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On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1078
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 1201
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 985
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 780
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 791
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 736
Reticence on Policy and the Ranking of America's Greatest Presidents. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1055
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 14 2735
On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1084
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 806
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 786
Emmett Till August 28, 1955 1 spike jones Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 1328
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1261
Brandon Museum & Rec co-host program on Vermont's darker history: eugenics 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 780
On this day, August 27, 1963, an explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah, killed 18 miners. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 755
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Largest US Labor Uprising: Aug. 25- Sept. 2, 1921 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 1521
Some History Involving RFK Jr., his father, and, um, Joe McCarthy...THAT McCarthy. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 2703
On this day, August 26, 1968, the Democratic National convention opened in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 925
On this day, August 26, 2021, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 US military personnel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 821
On this day, August 26, 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 906
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 866
On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 968
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 18223
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 966
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 968
On this day, August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 855
Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 949
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 943
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 834
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 706

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On this day, August 22, 1965, SF Giant Juan Marichal hit LA Dodger John Roseboro on the head with a bat. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 1317
On this day, August 22, 1880, "Krazy Kat" cartoonist George Herriman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 786
On this day, August 22, 2003, Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 756
On this day, August 22, 1992, an FBI sniper shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 869
Fannie Lou Hamer rattled Democratic convention 60 years ago with 'Is this America?' speech 3 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1185
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 1345
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 945
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2024 1 1384
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1059
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 818
On this day, August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 914
Then Again: Finding Addie [child laborer] 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 839
On August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 900
On August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 765
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 885
From August 14 through August 16, 1908, the Springfield, Illinois, race riot of 1908 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 827
On Aug. 17, 1964, the final stretch of the Capital Beltway opened to traffic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 761
On this day, August 16, 1955, Boston's polio epidemic hit a high of 480 cases. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1244
On this day, August 16, 1884, Hugo Gernsback was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1126
On this day, August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died, many people believe. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 1196
On November 16, 2018, Miriam Adelson and Elvis Presley received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 1261
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested on suspicion of car theft. He was released a few days later. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1050
On this day, August 16, 1920, Ray Chapman was struck in the head by a pitch. He died the following morning. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 744
On this day, August 16, 1969, Hurricane Camille headed for the US after striking Cuba. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 874
From Robert Reich's Washington diary: April 20, 1994 1 elleng Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 855
On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1059
Aug. 14, 1935: FDR Signs the Social Security Act 3 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 1244
On this day, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 903
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1212
On August 14, 2023, Donald Trump was charged in Georgia with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 844

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On this day, August 14, 2003, the Northeast blackout of 2003 started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 744
On this day, August 13, 1963, the roof of the Sheppton anthracite coal mine collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 989
On this day, August 13, 1967, two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in Glacier NP. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 950
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the U.S. Agency for Global Media had hired Frank Wuco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 739
On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and wild west show sensation Annie Oakley was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 763
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 910
On this day, August 12, 2017, the Unite the Right rally occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 749
On August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 766
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 828
On the night of August 11, 2017, some 200 white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 842
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 1599
On this day, August 11, 2000, an incident of air rage took place onboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1763. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 967
On this day, August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2024 2 1451
On July 31, 2024, Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient who saved unit under siege, died at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 1095
On July 12, 2024, Norma Padgett, accuser of exonerated "Groveland Four,'" died at 92. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1039
Corporate media fails to cover the threat to democracy. 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 826
On August 9 and August 10, 1969, the Tate-LaBianca murders occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 1016
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 879
On this day, August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford became the only president who had not won an election for president or VP. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 792
On the evening of August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 1748
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