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On this day, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 899
On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1114
On this day, November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 650
On this day, November 14, 2020, Trump played golf. On his way there, he passed through a rally in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 879
On this day, November 13, 2013, Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 517
On this day, November 13, 2022, four students were murdered at the University of Idaho. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 672
On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 501
On November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 708
On November 13, 2019, Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdogan met with Trump. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 769
On this day, November 13, 2020, Trump nominated two more judges for the federal judiciary. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 624
On this day, November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 698
On this day, November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 941
On this day, November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 746
Pres. Obama reflects on what his mother in law said and did on 2017 election night........ 2 riversedge Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 959
On this day, November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down 5 edbermac Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 1307
On this day, November 10, 1898, the Wilmington massacre of 1898 occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 824
On this day, November 9, 1853, architect Stanford White was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 707
On this day, November 8, 1965, Kennedy assassination skeptic Dorothy Kilgallen died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 1191
On this day, November 7, 2020, Rudy Giuliani held a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 725
On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1084
On this day, November 7, 1968, this was the front page of the New York Times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 899
On this day, November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 796
On this day, November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 849
On this day, November 5, 2021, Colin Powell's funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 668
On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 647
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 694
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 674
What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) 47 Stuart G Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 4397
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 762
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 497

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On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 730
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 604
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 564
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 793
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 760
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 742
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 811
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 483
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 743
On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 651
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 694
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 591
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 614
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 891
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 937
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 589
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 589
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 759
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 865
On this day, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the American public. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 782
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 664
On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 550
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 805
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 601
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On this day, October 22, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 824
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 657
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On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 772
On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 847

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On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1018
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 651
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 628
On this day, October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 683
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On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 631
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On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 761
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