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On this day, March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 972
On this day, March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 746
On this day, March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 713
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1809
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 836
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 727
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 871
📺On this day, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 788
On this day, March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 717
On this day, March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 751
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 897
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 749
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 774
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 737
First issue of Time Magazine, dated March 3, 1923, featured House Speaker Joe Cannon: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 701
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 970
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 663
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 767
On this day, March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1268
On this day, March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 701
On February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 12 1252
On this day, February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 689
On this day, February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 728
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 805
On this day, February 28, 2010, Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 711
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 646
Ida B. Wells: Investigative Journalist, Civil Rights Leader, Passionate Suffragist 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 673
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 702
On February 25, 1946, the Columbia Race Riot of 1946 broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 936
On February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany was interviewed on Fox Business. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 981

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Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in WWII 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 667
On this day, February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 908
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 708
On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 596
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 679
On this day, February, 20, 1939, the largest ever pro-Nazi rally in US history was convened in Madison Square Garden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 797
How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 1279
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 785
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 736
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 684
The most devastating of all wars for the United States was the "Civil War"..1861 to 1865..Largest % of deaths ever. 5 Stuart G Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 1104
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 910
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 797
On this day, February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 721
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 718
On February 13, 1984, the consumer online service Prodigy was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 539
On this day, February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 614
On this day, February 12, 2004, the city of San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 671
On this day, Sunday, February 7, 1904, fire was reported in the John E. Hurst Building in Baltimore. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 717
On February 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat for this photograph by Alexander Gardner. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1132
On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 795
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 686
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1189
On the night of Saturday, January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., collapsed. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1628
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Jan 2024 6 2067
On this day, January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a launchpad capsule fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 695
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 2024 Jan 2024 1 844
On this day, January 26, 2001, lacrosse coach Diane Whipple was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 1099
On January 25, 1947, Thomas Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann applied for a patent for the first ever electronic game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 853
Amy Goodman Reflects on the Build Up to the Iraq War and the Role of Media 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 705

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On this day, January 25, 2004, Mars Exploration Rover - B, aka "Opportunity," landed on Mars. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 772
On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1212
On this day, January 22, 1984, the Apple Macintosh TV commercial aired during Super Bowl XVIII. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 903
On this day, January 23, 1870, the Marias massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 813
TOP SECRET U.S. Government Tunnels Cities Of The Underworld (S4, E2) Full Episode 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 954
On this day, January 22, 1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 784
On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 1125
On January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In took place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 1089
On this day, January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 608
On this day, January 18, 2021, the 1776 Commission took people to task for saying such bad things about slavery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 961
On this day, January 18, 2021, Trump signed Executive Order 13978: "Building the National Garden of American Heroes." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 792
On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 878
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 851
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 792
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 816
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 821
On January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 699
On this day, January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was found dead in Los Angeles. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1047
On January 9, 2007, the iPhone was announced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 673
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 787
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