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On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 881
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On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 575
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 4 680
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 565
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 521
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Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1654
What was the best law Dwight Eisenhower signed 0 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2191
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 875
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 772
On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 724
What was the best law Harry S Truman signed, an idea taken from reddit 1 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 18 2266
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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 2 781
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 761
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 854
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 810
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 2 754
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 750
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1043
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 775
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 835
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 793
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On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2417
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 923
On September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90, in Wallace, Idaho. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1837
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2490
On September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 798
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 745
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 783
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On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 903
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 761
September 5 thru 11, 1609 -- Henry Hudson vs Verrazzano 4 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2358
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On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1993
20 First Ladies of the United States Brought Back to Life - Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy 3 QueerDuck Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3778
Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1160
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1393
On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1337
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1476
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 889
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 731
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On this day, September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1066
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 756
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American History Continued...

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On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1021
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 727
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 686
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 639
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 575
On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 747
On this day, September 2, 1901, VP Teddy Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 603
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 670
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1001
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a collar bomb explosion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 692
On August 22, 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson set an American flag on fire during the Republican National Convention. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 839
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 743
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On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 734
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On August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 731
On August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 748
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 814
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 657
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