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On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 906
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 981
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 8 1002
Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross 8 appalachiablue Mar 2024 Mar 2024 18 1648
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1057
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 829
On this day, March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 889
On this day, March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1011
On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 1196
On this day, March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 896
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 697
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 914
On this day, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 803
On March 11, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was argued before the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 846
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 1076
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 784
On this day, March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 794
On this day, March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 1074
Mar 3, 2015 Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's full speech to Congress 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 937
On this day, March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 930
On this day, March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 973
On this day, March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 701
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 890
On this day, March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had the largest point drop in history. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 860
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Mar 2024 2 894
On this day, March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 722
On this day, March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born. On this day, March 14, 2018, Stephen Hawking died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 817
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 652
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 693
On this day, March 12, 2008, Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation as governor of New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 732

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On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 647
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 797
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 709
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 869
On March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 816
On this day, March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 946
On this day, March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 723
On this day, March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 696
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1734
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 813
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 711
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 854
📺On this day, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 768
On this day, March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 695
On this day, March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 720
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 868
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 731
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 756
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 715
First issue of Time Magazine, dated March 3, 1923, featured House Speaker Joe Cannon: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 685
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 950
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 646
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 750
On this day, March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1236
On this day, March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 683
On February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 12 1228
On this day, February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 672
On this day, February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 706
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 780
On this day, February 28, 2010, Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 692

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On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 624
Ida B. Wells: Investigative Journalist, Civil Rights Leader, Passionate Suffragist 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 657
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 680
On February 25, 1946, the Columbia Race Riot of 1946 broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 915
On February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany was interviewed on Fox Business. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 962
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in WWII 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 647
On this day, February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 883
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 692
On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 579
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 646
On this day, February, 20, 1939, the largest ever pro-Nazi rally in US history was convened in Madison Square Garden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 762
How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 1246
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 766
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 718
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 664
The most devastating of all wars for the United States was the "Civil War"..1861 to 1865..Largest % of deaths ever. 5 Stuart G Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1055
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 880
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 778
On this day, February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 697
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 699
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