Dec 28th, 2008 · Heavy Israeli air strikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip continued overnight and today. The death toll is rising and Gaza hospital officials say they are overwhelmed. Palestinians say more than 270 people have been killed so far, what aid groups are calling the highest two day death toll in the conflict since the 1967 war. Weekend Edition Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR's Eric Westervelt in Jerusalem about the situation.
Dec 10th, 2008 · The documents include the first draft of the civil rights leader's Feb. 25, 1967, anti-war speech, sketched out in Belafonte's New York City apartment, and notes for a speech on the Poor People's Campaign that King planned to deliver in Memphis the day he was killed.
Oct 17th, 2008 · Photographer William Claxton got his start taking photos of jazz musicians in natural settings instead of smoky lounges. His 1967 film Basic Black was considered the first fashion video. He died Oct. 11 from congestive heart failure.
Oct 3rd, 2008 · In 1967, Robert Kearns received patents for inventing intermittent car windshield wipers. He offered his idea to automakers but was turned away. When Ford and Chrysler started manufacturing cars with wipers without crediting Kearns, he took the case all the way to the Supreme Court. A new film called Flash of Genius tells his story.
Jul 3rd, 2008 · In 1967 a flat tire led dancer and artist Marta Becket to Death Valley, an opera house — and her life's work. Today, she no longer dances, but she continues to attract an audience.
Jun 12th, 2008 · June 12 is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as "Loving Day." It's the day in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. The day is named for the couple who brought the case to court, Richard and Mildred Loving.
May 5th, 2008 · Mildred Loving, a black woman who married a white man in 1958, when interracial unions were banned in Virginia, died last week. The couple's case made it to the Supreme Court, which overturned the Virginia ban in 1967.
Apr 21st, 2008 · Former President Jimmy Carter says the militant group would not undermine talks for an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, as long as the Palestinian people approve the deal by referendum. Hamas also says it will offer Israel a 10-year truce if it withdraws from land seized in the 1967 war.