VirtualGlobetrotting

Today in History – June 5

1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe’s anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom’s Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.

Josiah Henson's Cabin, the Inspiration for Uncle Tom's Cabin

1956 – Elvis Presley introduces his new single, “Hound Dog”, on The Milton Berle Show, scandalizing the audience with his suggestive hip movements.

'Elvis' by Michele Loughery