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On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1268
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1224
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 2025 Jun 2025 16 1585
Empire State Bldg Plane Crash Accident, US Pilot, Sat June 28, 1945, 20 Yr Old Elevator Operator Survivor 5 appalachiablue Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 1626
On this day, July 22, 1926, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 887
On July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1032
Barbara Jordan's 1974 Watergate speech, link below, nt 5 ShazamIam Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1136
***The American Revolution, Burns PBS 5 elleng Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 2269
Captured German Nurses Shocked By American Medical Abundance 5 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 3664
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1072
Photographs Reveal Extent of White House Demolition 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 12 1260
🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 886
An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings 5 WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1415
Has any American President ever received a Tito letter? 5 Wolf Frankula Apr 8 Apr 9 3 818
'Duck and Cover,' Nuclear Attack Civil Defence Film 1952; Lewis Black Comedy Gold 5 appalachiablue Apr 8 Apr 8 2 690
On this day, May 10, 1869, a railroad from Omaha to Sacramento was completed, but not a transcon. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 1818
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 10 1699
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1410
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 2031
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1740
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 1618
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1852
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2025 4 1709
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1691
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1260
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1545
On this day, August 28, 2014, America lived through its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Sep 2023 7 2143
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 1356
On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2024 2 1254
1773 Apple Pie 🥧 Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking 5 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1665

American History Continued...

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On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 1385
On this day, November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down 5 edbermac Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 1654
On this day, November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 1122
On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1465
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 1374
San Francisco 1906 (New Version) in Color [VFX,60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added 5 Uncle Joe Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 1777
Three-Question interview with Zach Messitte 5 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 4 1245
Opinion: These torchlit young marchers helped to save American democracy 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 Oct 2024 10 2217
On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 1444
On this day, May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1255
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1373
Freedom from Fear - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US Pres. - The 4 Freedoms Speech, Jan. 6, 1941 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 1389
On this day, July 10, 1856, -- or July 28, 1856, -- Nikola Tesla was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 994
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1045
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1059
On this day, August 7, 1930, the last confirmed lynching of black people in the northern US occurred in Marion, Indiana. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 1083
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1261
Lincoln and Taney's great writ showdown 5 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 1186
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 1275
On this day, November 14, 2020, Trump played golf. On his way there, he passed through a rally in DC. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 1336
On this day, February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1135
On this day, December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 1465
On this day, January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 3 1499
U.S. Marine killed in World War II accounted for 8 decades after sending ominous letter to family 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 11 1704
Trump and His Allies Set the Stage for Riot Well Before January 6, 2021 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 6 1429
Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 1294
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 1083
On February 23, 1886, Charles Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1114
SS United States to leave Philadelphia to move to Okaloosa, FL for ultimate reefing. 4 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1355
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1075

American History Continued...

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On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1156
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 1289
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 1211
On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 1041
On this day, June 25, 1906, the Murder of the Century occurred on the roof of Madison Square Garden. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jul 2025 2 1157
September 5 thru 11, 1609 -- Henry Hudson vs Verrazzano 4 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2337
🎄Christmas 100 Years Ago, Detroit, Mich., 1920s In Color, Remastered with Sound 4 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1175
On December 28, 1958, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" was played. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 964
On this day, January 6, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt exhorted Congress to defend the "Four Freedoms." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 886
On this day, February 2, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush asked people to "please clap." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 1007
On this day, April 12, 1955, it was announced that the polio vaccine Jonas Salk developed was safe. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 12 Apr 12 6 581
On this day, April 25, 1946, 45 people were killed and some 125 were injured in a train wreck in Naperville, Illinois. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 3 600
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 1452
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 1486
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 11 1702
On this date the Johnstown Flood occurred 4 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 4 1211
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1281
Breakfast Waffles Over The Fire - 18th Century Cooking 🧇 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 1348
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1318
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1590
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