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On this day, February 5, 2020, Donald Trump was acquitted by the United States Senate in his first impeachment trial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 0 145
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On this day, February 4, 1913, Rosa Parks was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Yesterday 3 146
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On this day, February 1, 1960, the Greensboro, North Carolina, sit-ins began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 207
On this day, February 1, 1968, the merger that resulted in the Penn Central occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 0 207
On this day, February 1, 1956, Autherine Lucy Foster integrated The University of Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 151
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On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 4 220
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 6 434
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 209
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On November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 249
On the night of Saturday, January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 1 190
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On the afternoon of this day, January 27, 1922, snow began to fall in DC. The snow went on all the next day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 27 Jan 27 2 301
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On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 23 Jan 23 3 303
On January 23, 1870, some 200 Piegan Blackfeet Indians were massacred at the Marias River in Montana Territory. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 23 Jan 23 9 267
On this day, January 22, 1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 4 285
On the afternoon of this day, January 22, 2016, "Snowzilla" began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 2 265
On this day, January 22, 1984, the Apple Macintosh TV commercial aired during Super Bowl XVIII. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 22 Jan 22 5 299
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On this day, January 21, 1963, the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad ended operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 3 242
On January 18, 1933, audio engineer Ray Dolby was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 21 Jan 21 3 224
On this day, January 20, 2020, Donald Trump issued a memorandum regarding his impeachment trial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 20 Jan 20 0 320
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On this day, January 19, 2021, Donald Trump worked from early in the morning until late in the evening. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 19 Jan 19 0 384
On this day, January 19, 2021, Trump awarded presidential commendations to members of the "Operation Warp Speed" team. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 19 Jan 19 0 219
On this day, January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 19 Jan 19 0 205
64 Years Today (19 Jan 1961), Americans Celebrated President JFK with Stellar Pre-Inaugural Gala in Washington, DC 7 C0RI0LANUS Jan 19 Jan 19 21 967
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On this day, January 21, 2021, Melania Trump wrote about "Honoring American Craftsmanship in the People's House." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 1 269
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On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 1 168
On this day, January 18, 2021, the 1776 Commission took people to task for saying such bad things about slavery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 5 276
On this day, January 18, 2021, Trump signed Executive Order 13978: "Building the National Garden of American Heroes." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 0 248
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 7 290
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 5 256
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On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 2 231
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 290
On this day, January 16, 1942, actress Carole Lombard died in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 4 352
On this day, January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 3 274
On this day, January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 13 Jan 16 4 471
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On this day, January 15, 1953, a Pennsylvania RR passenger train crashed into DC's Union Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 15 1 287
On this day, January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In took place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 14 Jan 14 2 340
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