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On this day, May 7, 1960, steam locomotives made their final run on the Norfolk & Western Railway. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 1936
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1023
On this day, May 7, 1912, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, "Dr. Betty," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 767
First Amendment Constitution 101 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 3 576
On this day, May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59-2/5, still a record. 11 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1400
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1396
Kent State University, May 4, 1970 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 811
On this day, May 6, 2010, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in 36 minutes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 824
On this day, May 5, 1961, "Freedom 7" launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying Alan Shepard, the first American in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 867
On this day, May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1165
On this day, May 3, 1953, Virginia Schau took the photograph "Rescue on Pit River Bridge." 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 8 1356
On this day, May 3, 1963, "Bull" Connor turned fire hoses and police dogs on schoolchildren walking in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 1186
On this day, May 3, 2003, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 27 2616
On this day, May 1, 1941, "Citizen Kane" opened, but only at the RKO Palace Theatre on Broadway. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1171
Friday, May 1, 1970; It's the 4th now... 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2024 May 2024 2 1037
On this day, May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 813
On this day, May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig took the day off. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 866
On this day, May 2, 1983, Microsoft introduced its two-button mouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 784
Police Clear Columbia Protest -- Just As They Did On Same Day 56 Years Ago 4 LiberalArkie May 2024 May 2024 1 1136
On this day, May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building, at that time the tallest building in the world, opened. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 1181
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1029
On this day, May 1, 1971, Amtrak began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 913
On this day, April 30, 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 939
On this day, April 30, 1871, the Camp Grant massacre took place in Arizona Territory. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1035
On this day, April 30, 1975, American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of Saigon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 914
On this day, April 30, 1939, the New York World's Fair opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 854
On this day, April 30, 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opened in St. Louis. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 870
On this day, April 30, 1926, the number "66" was assigned to a Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 897
On the night of April 30, 2011, Donald Trump attended the WH Correspondents' Association dinner. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1015
On this day, April 30, 1939, FDR made the first presidential speech ever on TV, opening the New York World's Fair. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 930

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On this day, April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile was built. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1144
On April 29, 2020, Trump announced his intent to nominate Aileen Cannon to serve as a judge on the US District Court. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 938
On this day, April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 990
On this day, April 29, 2015, Major League Baseball set its all-time low attendance mark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 925
Financial Frauds - Theranos $9 Billion Fraud by Elizabeth Holmes & Magic Blood Testing Machine Scam - Joe Blogs 0 TexasTowelie Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1028
On April 27 and April 28, 1944, 749 American servicemen were killed in Exercise Tiger, a large-scale rehearsal for D-Day 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1256
On this day, April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was on its way from Hilo to Honolulu. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1067
On this day, April 28, 1971, OSHA was formed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 786
On this day, April 27, 1978, 51 workers died in the deadliest construction accident in United States history. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 10 1916
On this day, April 26, 1944, in Chicago, the US government took over retail giant Montgomery Ward. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1488
On this day, April 26, 1937, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Herndon v. Lowry. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 955
Plattsburgh discusses raising Revolutionary War ship "Spitfire" out of Lake Champlain 2 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1032
On this day, April 25, 1945, United States and Soviet troops met in Torgau and Strehla along the Elbe River. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 864
On this day, April 25, 1946, 45 people were killed and some 125 were injured in a train wreck in Naperville, Illinois. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1191
On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns launched a student strike for equal education in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 854
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On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 905
On this day, April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1018
On this day, April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1023
On this day, April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 961
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 960
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 938
On April 20, 1914, the Ludlow Massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1196
On this day, April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 884
It was the shot heard round the world -- and these women were there to hear it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 9 1341
On this day, April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 797
On this day, April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 people and injured 24 in the Columbine HS massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 836
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On this day 1863, Robert E Lee shouted "Never fight uphill, me b'hoys!" ... So beautiful 8 Bucky Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1719
On the night of April 14, 1865, this was what Abraham Lincoln took with him to Ford's Theatre. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 12 1494

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On this day, April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City was bombed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 930
On this day, April 19, 1993, the Waco siege ended with the burning of the Branch Davidian compound. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 994
On this day, April 19, 1989, a gun turret on board the battleship Iowa exploded, killing 47 sailors. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 1004
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 1122
Why Did Columbia University Students Protest in 1968? History 0 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 932
On this day, April 18, 1923, Babe Ruth was at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 870
On this day, April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 6 1090
On this day, April 17, 1967, Jock Semple tried to keep Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1020
On this day, April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 801
On this day, April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1010
On this day, April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 924
On this day, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 4 854
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On this day, April 15, 2013, the Boston Marathon bombing occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 759
On this day, April 15, 1923, ten Japanese-American children were killed in a racially motivated arson attack on a school 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 927
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April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 7 2049
On this day, April 14, 1935, the Black Sunday dust storm blew through Oklahoma and Texas. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 8 1283
On this day, April 13, 2018, Art Bell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1192
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