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Obergefell v. Hodges, Narrated by Jim Obergefell 0 marmar 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 154
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 2 320
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 5 364
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 23 hrs ago 0 273
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 2 228
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 171
Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford 2 marmar Yesterday Yesterday 9 245
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 269
On June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 5 343
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 9 254
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 200
On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 6 448
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 463
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 0 204
On this day, June 24, 1973, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place at a gay bar in New Orleans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 205
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 155
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 190
June 17,1972 - wasn't that the day of the Watergate break in? 4 rurallib Jun 17 Sunday 3 379
Hoover Dam, Narrated by Michael Green 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 3 338
Eatonville, Narrated by Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 2 285
Establishment of Washington D.C., Narrated by Lisa Ann Walter 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 0 301
Stolen Girls of the Lee County Stockade- 1963 in Georgia 0 irisblue Friday Friday 9 306
Michelle Obama's full speech at Obama Center grand opening 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 23 610
Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 9 472
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 18 7 610
PBS: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (full documentary) 0 marmar Jun 16 Jun 16 4 433
Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar Jun 15 Jun 15 9 444
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 13 Jun 13 9 562
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Jun 13 Jun 13 6 460
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 3 481

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On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 9 1 531
On June 8, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 6 538
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train operated from New York City to Washington, D.C. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 7 503
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 357
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 472
On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 5 513
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 421
On June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 392
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 362
On June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 365
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cohen v. California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 398
On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ran a report about an unusual disorder. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 576
On June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 488
On June 6, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was again alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 352
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 603
On June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 330
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 528
The Niagara Movement -- The Early Battle for Civil Rights 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 2 378
Ken Burns: The War -- Full Episode 1 -- "A Necessary War" (December 1941 - December 1942) -- PBS 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 3 430
On June 6, 1964, CBS aired the 'CBS Reports' episode 'D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy.' 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 2 593
On this day, June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section of a Louisiana railroad car. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 552
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Narrated by Roxana Robinson 1 marmar Jun 6 Jun 6 1 412
Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 6 9 757
Roy Cohn 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Jun 6 Jun 6 5 497
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 2 855
Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 6 522
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Jun 4 5 1439
Fannie Lou Hamer, Narrated by Monica Land 0 marmar Jun 4 Jun 4 2 377
The Civil War - Full Episode 1: 1861: "The Cause" (PBS) 0 marmar Jun 3 Jun 3 3 540
1524 - Verrazzano Reports Groups of Africans Living On The Coast of North America 3 GreatGazoo Jun 2 Jun 2 9 668

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Ellis Island, Narrated by Ken Burns 0 marmar Jun 2 Jun 2 8 551
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 13 593
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 398
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 427
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 438
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers were poised on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 448
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 412
On May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 335
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 6 730
On May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 340
On this day 2 years ago, President Donald Trump became the first American president to be convicted of felony 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 31 May 31 4 457
On May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 2 559
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause (full documentary) 0 marmar May 29 May 29 2 541
AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones 0 marmar May 28 May 28 2 484
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," Narrated by Representative Jamie Raskin 0 marmar May 28 May 28 9 534
Learning from our History about How to Save Democracy 1 blue_jay May 27 May 27 3 536
Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 0 Uncle Joe May 27 May 27 7 620
Margot Wellington, Who Helped Save Grand Central Terminal, Dies at 91 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 27 May 27 7 558
Constitutional Convention, Narrated by Heather Cox Richardson 1 marmar May 26 May 26 6 523
On May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, 24, became the first Union officer killed during the Civil War. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 850
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