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On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 608
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On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 480
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On this day, October 11, 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 525
On this day, October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 420
On this day, October 10, 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant was fought. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 627
On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 452
On this day, October 10, 1957, Ghanian finance minister Komla Gbedemah was denied service at a Delaware restaurant. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 528
On this day, October 9, 1949, activist William E. Woods was born. His work led to the legalization of same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 438
On this day, October 8, 1956, Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 544
Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss, Frank Capra & Mel Blanc 1 BootinUp Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 829
On this day, October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago, Great Michigan, and Peshtigo Fires started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 455
On this day, October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 436
On this day, October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland by a score of 222-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 467
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 428
On October 6, 1949, inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur Lonnie George Johnson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 368
The Absolute Unit That Was The USS Enterprise 3 Eko Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 832
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On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 465
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 397
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 522
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 403
On October 2, 1978, Jimmy Carter proclaimed October 4, 1978, as "10-4 Day." It's also called National CB Radio Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 754

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On this day, October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 595
On this day, October 3, 1995, O. J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 478
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 533
On this day, October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 463
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 618
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 403
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 370
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 446
On this day, October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 373
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 667
On the night of September 30, 1962, there was a riot at Ole Miss over the admission of James Meredith. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 443
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 1of4 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 538
Jimmy Carter Democracy Now 2of4 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 503
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 4of4 0 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 466
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On this day, September 29, 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 415
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 613
On September 19, 2021, the remains of Gabby Petito were found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 481
On September 16, 1974, Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" was published. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 457
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 357
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 442
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 647
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 428
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 387
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 393
On this day, September 25, 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated by the use of Army troops. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 425
On this day, September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 460
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 334
On this day, September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 423
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On this day, September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 378
On September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 324
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 547
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 662
On this day, September 20, 1967, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 721
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 399
On this day, September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 398
On September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 580
Virginia: The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon's Rebellion 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 555
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On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 377
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On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1083
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On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 351
On this day, September 18, 1961, conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 480
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It's Constitution Day. On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 437
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