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John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 2 BeyondGeography Yesterday Yesterday 10 226
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 218
On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 178
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 166
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 5 128
On November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 199
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 115
On November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 275
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83. He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 409
On October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 2 221
On October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 204
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 195
On October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 222
On October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 261
On October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 181
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 8 378
On October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 256
On October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 156
On October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 6 237
On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 146
On this day, October 30, 1980, Mark David Chapman flew to New York. Unable to purchase bullets, he flew to Atlanta. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 170
On October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 11 270
On October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 177
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 128
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 166
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 182
On this day, October 29, 1901, presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 3 237
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On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 10 263
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 2 196
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 169
On October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 7 233
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 12 308
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On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 2 378
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On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 260
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 394
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 286
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 0 280
Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 Sep 30 10 1830
1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 29 Sep 29 9 2261
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 29 Sep 29 2 582
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On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 3 533
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 535
On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 466
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On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 519
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On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 3 546
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On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 1 515
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 544
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 23 Sep 23 2 496
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On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 517
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