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On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 595
The Start of the National Aids Movement: Act Up's Defining Moment In Queer Protest History, Oct 1988 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 808
On October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 683
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 687
On October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 704
On this day, October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 563
Ferdinand Ward: Swindler, Fraud, Gold Digger, 'Young Napoleon of Wall St' 'Best Hated Man in the US' 0 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 722
On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 642
Opinion: At last, the 146 ghosts of the Triangle Fire are being immortalized 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 979
On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago, Great Michigan, and Peshtigo Fires started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 803
On this day, October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland by a score of 222-0. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 852
On this day, October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 796
On this day, October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 980
On this day, October 6, 1949, inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur Lonnie George Johnson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 606
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 626
On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 671
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 718
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 719
On October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1031
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 664
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 698
A Lecture by Annette Gordon Reed on the Hemmings of Monticello. 0 NNadir Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 760
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 560
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 755
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 575
NEW Digging Band of Brothers: Time Team Special with Tony Robinson (2023) - FULL EPISODE 0 Eko Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 651
On October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 773
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1441
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 970
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 728

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On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 961
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On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 895
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 831
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 834
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 772
On this day, September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1519
Two Ford's Theatre tickets for night of Lincoln murder to be auctioned 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 863
On this day, September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 785
On this day, September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 787
Grandson in southern MD learning U.S. History! 4th grade 0 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 954
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 984
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 707
On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1101
On this day, September 19, 1921, WBZ started broadcasting. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 673
On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 784
On this day, September 19, 1995, the Unabomber manifesto was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 671
On September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1309
On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 638
On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 867
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding 3 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1256
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On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1141
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 1072
On this day, September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 762
On this day, September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 835
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1057
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 840
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 1040
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 864

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Manhattan, September 10, 2001, photographed by a Canadian tourist, twenty-two years ago this week: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 1021
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 921
On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 825
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 929
On this day, September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1044
On this day, September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 719
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On September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 867
On September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 813
On this day, September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 809
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On September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 925
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1305
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 753
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