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On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 720
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 778
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 761
What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) 47 Stuart G Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 4892
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 824
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 548
On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 795
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 679
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 618
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 902
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 830
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 798
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 878
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 536
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 838
On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 723
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 751
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 655
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 678
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 970
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1005
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 641
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 652
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 886
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 934
On this day, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the American public. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 861
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 732
On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 605
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 895
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 658

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On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Oct 2023 1 1066
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 900
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 715
On this day, October 21, 1972, both Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" had something to say about Watergate. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 817
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 831
On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 921
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On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 1096
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 716
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 679
On this day, October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 734
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On this day, October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 741
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 790
On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 752
On October 18, 2021, Sinclair Broadcast Group announced it had been hit by a ransomware attack. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 658
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in SC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 897
1773 Apple Pie 🥧 Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking 5 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1405
John Brown's raid October 16, 1859 0 spike jones Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 846
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 697
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 752
On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 819
On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 753
On this day, October 15, 2008, the DJIA dropped 733 points. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 567
JFK in Oval Office with aides and son John, October 14, 1963, month before assassination: #Getty 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 1377
On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 651
The Start of the National Aids Movement: Act Up's Defining Moment In Queer Protest History, Oct 1988 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 884
On October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 735
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 743

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On October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 768
On this day, October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 641
Ferdinand Ward: Swindler, Fraud, Gold Digger, 'Young Napoleon of Wall St' 'Best Hated Man in the US' 0 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 781
On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 697
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On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago, Great Michigan, and Peshtigo Fires started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 852
On this day, October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland by a score of 222-0. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 932
On this day, October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 851
On this day, October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1037
On this day, October 6, 1949, inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur Lonnie George Johnson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 651
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 682
On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 723
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 768
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 774
On October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1098
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 712
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 744
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On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 614
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 815
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