Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 93 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»American History
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

American History

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1003
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 977
On this day, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 534
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the U.S. Agency for Global Media had hired Frank Wuco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 817
Historical French Toast, Pain Perdu 18th Century 🥖 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 921
On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and media sensation Annie Oakley was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1066
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 824
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1110
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 828
On the night of August 11, 2017, an estimated 200 Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 992
On this day, August 11, 2000, Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 was subject to an incident of air rage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 917
On August 6, 1956, the DuMont Television Network ceased network operations. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 988
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 973
On this day, August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford became president. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 621
On August 9 and August 10, 1969, the Tate-LaBianca murders occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 597
On this day, August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Largo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 678
On the night of August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took several Manson girls to 10050 Cielo Drive in LA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1381
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 690
Breakfast Waffles Over The Fire - 18th Century Cooking 🧇 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 888
On this day, August 6, 1930, Judge Crater got into a cab and was never seen again. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1005
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 570
On this day, August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded June 23, 1972. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 897
On this day, August 5, 1969, the Lonesome Cowboys police raid in Atlanta occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 697
On this day, August 4, 2019, nine people were killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 658
On this day, August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 871
On this day August 2, 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan. 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 951
On August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 889
August 2, 1814: the Declaration of Independence is smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 964
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 553
On July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1120

American History Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
On this day, July 30, 1965, LBJ signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 38 2492
George Washington - Favorite Breakfast 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 802
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 849
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 660
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 797
On this day, July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1005
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 603
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 673
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 768
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for Little Boy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 738
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 636
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 972
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 618
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1190
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2754
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 594
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 915
On this day, July 23, 1928;. Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 599
On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 828
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 866
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 986
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 707
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 998
During this week in July 1952, Washington, DC, was visited by UFOs. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 751
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 707
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 907
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 644
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1119
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 520
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk while in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 871

American History Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 911
On this day, July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 830
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 617
On this day, July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 913
On July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 826
On July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 549
On this day, July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 669
On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 823
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself ""The luckiest man on the face of the earth." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 940
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 849
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 770
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 799
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1018
Rerun, per request: On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 1 elleng Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 718
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 669
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 2557
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 653
On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1243
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1448
July 1, 1971: Supreme Court Upholds New York Times and Washington Post on Pentagon Papers, 6-3 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1435
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»American History
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2025 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.