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The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 973
Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1023
On this day, February 21, 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 963
The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 975
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 892
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 903
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 878
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 915
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 845
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 1085
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1059
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 1006
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2025 1 1054
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 1101
On April 19, 1940, 31 people were killed when a New York Central passenger train derailed in Little Falls, New York. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 982
On April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 1186
On April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2025 4 1270
For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 1101
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 4 1219
Native American community broke up 1958 Maxton NC KKK meeting 2 struggle4progress May 2025 May 2025 4 1240
On this day, June 14, 1977, Illinois Nazis received a favorable ruling in their quest to march in Skokie, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 819
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 780
An account of a very sick FDR struggling to get the United Nations in place as he faded rapidly into death. 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 10 1240
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 848
On July 17, 1975, the commanders of the Apollo and the Soyuz exchanged the first international handshake in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 690
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 734
On this day, July 13, 2021, analog TV broadcasting in the United States, other than Alaska, came to an end. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 799
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Apr 3 3 938
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 773
On July 3, 1952, the SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 644

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On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 721
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 699
On July 15, 1962, Morton Mintz of the Washington Post broke the thalidomide story. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 924
On this day, July 31, 1969, Gary Alan Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 902
On August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 736
On August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 705
On August 22, 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson set an American flag on fire during the Republican National Convention. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 816
On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1312
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 1979
German Pilots Mocked The Tuskegee 'Red Tails' 2 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 3152
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 865
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal's Bicentennial. 2 elleng Sep 2025 Oct 2025 7 2242
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 561
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 633
The Hidden Black Society They Don't Teach You About 2 Uncle Joe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 13 800
From my email feeds: Sure wish I could have been at this one 2 NNadir Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 818
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 0 634
On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 630
On Saturday, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 713
On this day, December 3, 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire started. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 716
Why the US is almost always at war? DW Documentary 2 Uncle Joe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 925
On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 700
On December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 939
On this day, December 19, 2020, Donald Trump summoned a mob to Washington, D.C., for a "protest" on Jan. 6, 2021. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 692
On December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 746
On this day, January 1, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 910
On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 827
"History Will Judge Them." No It Won't. - Tad Stoermer 2 ihaveaquestion Jan 2026 Jan 2026 11 1028
On January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into the 14th Street Bridge over the Potomac River just after takeoff 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 902
On this day, January 15, 1953, a Pennsylvania RR passenger train crashed into DC's Union Station. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 837

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"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 791
On this date in 1960, the first Woolworth lunch counter sit in occured 2 irisblue Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 829
Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 918
On February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 12 1425
On February 12, 1946, returning veteran Isaac Woodard was beaten until blind by SC police chief Lynwood Shull. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 10 928
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 8 831
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 4 777
On this day, March 21, 1937, the Ponce Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 2 640
On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 614
Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation The Dick Cavett Show 2 BootinUp Mar 26 Mar 26 9 750
On this day, March 28, 1979, there was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 at Three Mile Island. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 30 6 672
Donald W. Riegle, Representative Who Switched Parties, Dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 7 435
On this day, March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 610
On this day, April 5, 1976, a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts, took this picture. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 5 45 2093
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution FULL EPISODE 1 (from PBS's youtube) 2 eShirl Apr 7 Apr 7 2 681
PBS: FDR's Path to the White House (1884-1933) 2 marmar Apr 8 Apr 8 4 611
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 2 451
On this day, April 19, 1927, Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 19 Apr 19 5 601
On this day, April 19, 1993, 76 people died when the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, was set fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 19 Apr 20 4 476
On this day, April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 6 451
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