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Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation The Dick Cavett Show 2 BootinUp 16 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 9 328
At 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire flared up at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 13 399
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 205
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 245
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 199
On this day, March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 238
The Beatles are a threat to our children, especially girls. A Warning from Cincinnati August 1964. 6 BootinUp Sunday Sunday 7 548
On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 4 278
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 4 224
On this day, March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 4 221
On this day, March 21, 1937, the Ponce Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 337
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 5 350
On March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 329
On March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 393
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 361
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 5 333
On March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 281
Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 8 872
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 290
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 4 381
Through 1933, on March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 3 339
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 4 364
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 8 447
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 6 432
Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 6 404
Nick Salvatore, 'one of our foremost historians,' dies at 82 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Mar 1 1 391
Pending shutdown of facility that rebuilds vacuum tubes for radio transmitters raises a serious concern. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 26 7 679
On February 12, 1946, returning veteran Isaac Woodard was beaten until blind by SC police chief Lynwood Shull. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 10 661
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 8 570
On this day, February 18, 1983, thirteen people died and one was seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 3 462

American History Continued...

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On February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 2 423
On this day, February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were found "not guilty" of conspiracy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 4 316
On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 2 480
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 9 531
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 3 717
On February 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 352
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 430
Today, Monday, February 16, 2026, is Washington's Birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 324
On Friday, February 7, 1964, "Beatlemania Grips Gotham" as the Beatles arrived in America. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 11 Feb 11 1 388
Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 10 Feb 10 8 678
On this day, February 2, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush asked people to "please clap." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 3 5 684
The 'Good German' - Marlene Dietrich vs. The Nazis 0 bucolic_frolic Feb 2 Feb 2 9 574
On this date in 1960, the first Woolworth lunch counter sit in occured 2 irisblue Feb 1 Feb 1 8 591
Help a sister out, I googled how European were fedin the US 3 irisblue Jan 30 Jan 30 0 663
Would any one help a sister our? 3 irisblue Jan 30 Jan 30 0 666
John Adams campaign song 0 struggle4progress Jan 27 Jan 27 5 554
On this day, January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 23 5 753
On this day, January 19, 1959, the key law behind Virginia's Massive Resistance laws was struck down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 19 Jan 19 4 603
On December 28, 2020, the Hotel Harrington announced that it would be closed during planned Jan. Pro-Trump demonstration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 4 772
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 5 646
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 6 596
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 5 588
On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 5 572
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 4 526
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 537
On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia was launched. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 3 683
On this day, January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 2 575
On this day, January 16, 1942, actress Carole Lombard died in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 1 616
Jirdes Winther Baxter, 101, Dies; Last Survivor of Epidemic in Alaska 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 5 696
On this day, January 15, 1953, a Pennsylvania RR passenger train crashed into DC's Union Station. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 15 2 651

American History Continued...

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On this day, January 15, 1974, serial killer Dennis Rader, the "BTK killer," murdered his first four victims. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 15 0 617
On this day, January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was found dead in Los Angeles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 15 1 699
On January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 15 10 807
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after takeoff 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 1 697
On January 13, 1908, 171 people died in the Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, Pennsylvania. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 3 685
On this day, January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In took place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 5 661
"History Will Judge Them." No It Won't. - Tad Stoermer 2 ihaveaquestion Jan 7 Jan 13 11 830
Two hundred and fifty years ago today, on January 10, 1776, Thomas Paine published "Common Sense." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 9 611
On this day, January 10, 2021, Donald Trump issued a proclamation honoring United States Capitol Police officers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 10 Jan 10 1 592
On this day, January 9, 2007, the iPhone was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 9 Jan 9 2 632
On January 8, 2011, Jared Lee Loughner opened fire at a public meeting held by Representative Gabby Giffords. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 9 Jan 9 5 615
On this day, January 7, 1955, Marian Anderson broke the color barrier at the Metropolitan Opera. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 7 Jan 7 4 540
On this day, January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt exhorted Congress to defend the "Four Freedoms." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 6 Jan 7 5 688
On January 4, 2021, Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 625
On January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman sworn in as speaker of the House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 1 506
On this day, January 5, 2024, a door plug blew out on the Boeing 737 MAX 9 operating Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 3 560
On January 4, 1987, the northbound Amtrak Colonial wrecked in Chase, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 5 Jan 5 2 583
Excerpt from Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture 1 Uncle Joe Jan 4 Jan 4 4 681
On December 28, 1958, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" was played. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 3 790
On this day, January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 1 Jan 1 3 629
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