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On this day, November 27, 1978, mayor George Moscone and supervisor Harvey Milk were assassinated by Dan White. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 771
On November 19, 2014, "Rolling Stone" magazine published the story "A Rape on Campus." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 779
On November 25, 1865, Mississippi created the first of the Black Codes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 598
On this day, November 27, 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald Ford as Vice President of the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 537
On this day, November 26, 1922, Charles Schulz was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 674
On this day, November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force departed Hittokapu Bay in the Kuril Islands en route to Hawaii. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 783
On Monday, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 572
On November 24, 1963, the Dallas police set out to transfer Lee Harvey Oswald from the city jail to the county jail. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 731
On November 24, 1917, nine members of the Milwaukee PD were killed by a bomb, the most police deaths at once until 2001. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 792
On November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 791
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 953
On November 24, 1963, President Kennedy's flag-covered casket was taken from the White House to the Capitol rotunda. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 756
Alice Brock of 'Alice's Restaurant' dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 16 870
Sandra Gilbert, feminist scholar of 'Madwoman in the Attic,' dies at 87 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 862
On this day, November 23, 1968, Harvard beat Yale at football, 29-29. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 665
Trump's remarks on November 20, 2020, and November 20, 2019: a reminder of what's coming next. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 734
On the morning of Friday, November 22, 1963, JFK appeared at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 714
On November 18 through 21, 1974, an exchange of letters took place between a Cleveland Browns fan and the team's lawyer. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 690
On this day, November 20, 1963, JFK met in the Oval Office with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, and others. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 789
New York magnate seeks to stop famous ocean liner from becoming world's largest artificial reef 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 972
On this day, November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 638
On this day, Thursday, November 21, 1963, it's wheels up for President Kennedy, on his way to Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 651
On the morning of November 21, 1963, JFK and Jackie went to Andrews Air Force Base to board Air Force One. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 633
On this day, November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand fire happened in Las Vegas, Nevada. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 704
Thomas Kurtz, co-inventor of BASIC computer language, dies at 96 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 821
On this day, November 20, 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 963
On this day, November 20, 1969, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published explicit photographs of dead villagers from My Lai. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 644
On November 19, 1963, President Kennedy received the Thanksgiving turkey in the Rose Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 626
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 615
On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 611

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On this day, November 19, 1863, eight score and one years ago ... 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 780
On this day, November 19, Ford's Edsel division both started (1956) and ended (1959) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 714
FDR's Compliant Justices 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 687
Clifton Wharton Jr., barrier-breaking leader in academia and business, dies at 98 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 519
On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 747
On November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 876
A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy's death 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1749
On this day, Saturday, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 988
On this day, Sunday, November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was released. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 558
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 656
On this day, Thursday, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 870
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 484
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 650
On this day, Monday, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 628
Remains of 21-year-old WWII aviator recovered from sunken bomber 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 978
On this day, November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 982
On this day, November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 783
On this day, November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 771
Reg Murphy, editor and publisher who survived a kidnapping, dies at 90 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 735
On this day, November 16, 1940, George Metesky, New York's Mad Bomber, planted his first bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 542
On November 13, 2013, Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 537
On this Veterans Day, remember Austin Tice, soldier turned war correspondent. Austin was captured .. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 625
November 11, 1942: FDR at Arlington National Cemetery, today 1942, first Veterans Day of World War II: #FDRL 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 683
On this day, November 15, two of the Unabomber's bombs activated; one in 1979 and the other in 1985. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 575
On this day, November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 817
On this day, Saturday, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 760
On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 910
On this day, November 14, 2020, Trump played golf. On his way there, he passed through a rally in DC. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1031
On this day, November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 814
WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 2) 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 551

American History Continued...

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WW1 - Oversimplified (Part 1) 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 595
Theodore Olson, conservative lawyer who backed marriage equality, dies at 84 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 745
On this day, November 13, 2022, three members of the University of Virginia football team were shot and killed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 583
On this day, November 13, 2022, four students were murdered at the University of Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 652
On this day, November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 590
On this day, November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 6 581
On November 13, 2019, Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdogan met with Trump. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 552
On this day, November 13, 2020, Trump nominated two more judges for the federal judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 558
On this day, November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger became the first professional football player. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2024 1 739
On November 10, 1954, the Marine Corps War Memorial was dedicated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 488
On this day, November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 835
On this day, November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 863
On this day, November 12, 2022, a B-17G and a P-63 collided in mid-air at "Wings Over Dallas." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 596
On this day, November 12, 1892, Pudge Heffelfinger became the first professional football player. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 496
The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 2) 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 621
The American Civil War - OverSimplified (Part 1) 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 564
On this day, November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 543
Today, I find myself reflecting on the death of John Waldron as a comfort. 3 NNadir Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1358
The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 2) 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 606
The American Revolution - OverSimplified (Part 1 0 Uncle Joe Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 639
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