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On August 7, 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey and 3 friends became the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 487
On August 7, 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 648
Then Again: The Battle of Bennington and its aftermath. A German soldier's firsthand account, which lingered ... 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 741
On this day, August 6, 1930, Judge Crater ate dinner in NYC and then got into a cab. He was never seen again. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 888
On this day, August 6, 1956, the DuMont Television Network ceased network operations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 702
The first ever film of Appalachian music (1928) "Doggett Gap" - Bascom Lamar Lunsford [RESTORED] 4 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 1060
Aug 5, 1981 Reagan Fired 11, 345 Striking Air Traffic Controllers: Consequences, War on Unions, Workers 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1051
On this day, August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 517
On this day, August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 834
On July 24, 2002, eighteen coal miners at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania were trapped underground for over 77 hours. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 509
On this day, August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 455
On this day, August 5, 1969, the "Lonesome Cowboys" police raid in Atlanta occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 620
On this day, August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 659
On this day, August 4, 1889, the Great Spokane Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 492
On this day, August 4, 2019, nine people were killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 465
On August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 476
America' s Ace Of Aces - Richard Bong 0 Eko Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 586
On this day, August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 631
On this day, August 2, 1814, the Declaration of Independence was smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 531
On the night of July 13-14, 1966, Richard Speck killed eight student nurses in their Chicago residence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 842
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 642
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 296
On this day, July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 957
On this day, July 30, 1974, Richard Nixon released subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 526
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 605
July 30, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson Signed the Medicare & Medicaid Act 🥼 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 930
have you visited "Montezuma Well" in Arizona? 1 ret5hd Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 940
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 794
On July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 1161
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 567

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On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 579
On this day, July 26, 1863, the Confederate Army got as far north as it ever would. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 775
On July 25, 1972, VP nominee Eagleton acknowledged that he had received electroshock therapy for clinical depression. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 716
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for the "Little Boy" bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 548
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 495
July 25, 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Signed into Law 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 689
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 414
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 482
V-J Day, 1945 0 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 725
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 523
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 467
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 594
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 520
These guns killed racists 2 orangecrush Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 844
A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 948
On this day, July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 943
RETROPOLIS: Before Biden, Truman and LBJ withdrew from races as support waned 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 575
On July 22, 1926, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 532
On this day, July 23, 1928, astronomer Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 451
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 486
On July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 449
John Trudell is such relevant poet for this day. 0 1WorldHope Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 605
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 432
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 350
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 11055
Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic golds -- then was paid to campaign against FDR 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 820
How Duke Kahanamoku won gold, lost to Tarzan and then found a bigger legacy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 728
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 518
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 914
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 758

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On this day, July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 went behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 555
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 465
On the night of July 19, 1952, an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport saw seven objects on his radar. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 774
On July 17, 2001, Katharine Graham died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 550
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 503
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 595
On this day, July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner, in Buffalo, New York. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 720
On this day, July 17, 1944, two ships laden with munitions for World War II exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 603
On Thursday, July 17, 1941, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell summoned George Bergstrom and Major Hugh Casey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 616
On this day, July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began, and the USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with a secret cargo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 582
On this day, July 15, 1940, Ronald Gene Simmons, the most prolific mass murderer in Arkansas history, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 561
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 754
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 589
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 581
On July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 548
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 751
Commentary: GOP debate made it clear that cutting humanities from universities is a danger to humankind 0 Uncle Joe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 585
On July 11, 1944, Democratic Party leaders concerned by the president's declining health met with him in the White House 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 719
On July 10, 1962, communications satellite Telstar 1 became the first privately sponsored space launch. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 691
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 552
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