The South Seas Bar & The Lavender Scare:

The South Seas Bar & The Lavender Scare:

Prohibition Ends, Paving the Way for The Boom Boom Room’s Inception The Boom Boom Room, formerly known as the South Seas bar, was the first Laguna Beach establishment to be granted a legal liquor license following the end of Prohibition. Prohibition spanned from...
June 26, 1948: Berlin Airlift

June 26, 1948: Berlin Airlift

Soviet Union Blockade Similar to Russia Blocking Ukraine’s Access to the Black Sea On June 25, 1948, Berlin became isolated by a blockade by the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union wanted to consolidate control of Berlin. Their tactic? Cutting off all land and sea...
Remembering Thursday, June 24, 2021

Remembering Thursday, June 24, 2021

Nearly one year ago, around 1:15 a.m. on Thursday, June 24, 2021, Champlain Towers, south a Surfside Condominium, collapsed in Surfside, Florida. The collapse killed 98 people despite the cause of the building’s unannounced collapse still being a mystery....
June 12, 1967: What is Loving Day?

June 12, 1967: What is Loving Day?

Loving v. Virginia, the Case That Lifted the Ban Against Interracial Marriage Loving v. Virginia is a landmark Supreme Court case that forever redefined marriage in the United States by legalizing interracial marriage in the United States. A unanimous vote by the...