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On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 557
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 473
On November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 541
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 614
On November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 560
On November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 587
On this day, Monday, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 490
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 446
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 487
On this day, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 695
On this day, November 18, 1942, Dr. Stanley Levenson came to work in burn injury treatment at City Hospital in Boston. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 591
How General William T. Sherman Anticipated the Foxination of the Media Escapes Me. 3 NNadir Nov 2025 Nov 2025 6 781
🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 856
Smithsonian, Other Museums Begin to Reopen, Welcome Visitors Back after Govt Shutdown: NPR 0 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 517
Building an Airship (photo) Summit County, Ohio, c. 1933 16 Diamond_Dog Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 1467
From my email feeds: Sure wish I could have been at this one 2 NNadir Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 796
The Hidden Black Society They Don't Teach You About 2 Uncle Joe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 784
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 2 BeyondGeography Nov 2025 Nov 2025 11 756
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 615
On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 536
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 457
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 418
On November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 472
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 374
On November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 634
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83. He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 700
On October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 647
On October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 544
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 541
On October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 542

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On October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 718
On October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 477
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 8 703
On October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 603
On October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 469
On October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 561
On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 413
On this day, October 30, 1980, Mark David Chapman flew to New York. Unable to purchase bullets, he flew to Atlanta. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 437
On October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 11 647
On October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 474
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 402
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 531
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 467
On this day, October 29, 1901, presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 594
Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin puts today in the context of Lincoln 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 5 989
Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandin. 1 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 595
Photographs Reveal Extent of White House Demolition 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1232
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 10 639
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 478
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 440
On October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 7 552
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 617
In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3 elleng Oct 2025 Oct 2025 9 933
Eugenics: Madison Grant Book 'Passing of the Great Race,' Hitler Bible; White Sup, Nordic, Anti Immigrant 2 appalachiablue Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 873
On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 830
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal's Bicentennial. 2 elleng Sep 2025 Oct 2025 7 2223
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 550
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 662
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 547
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 499

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Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 2240
1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2547
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1051
Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1625
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On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 849
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 753
On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 700
What was the best law Harry S Truman signed, an idea taken from reddit 1 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 18 2241
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On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 756
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 735
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 825
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 791
On September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 734
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 729
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1009
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 751
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 801
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 765
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