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On December 6, 1971, Ryan White was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 49 min ago 49 min ago 2 95
On December 5, 1946, Harry Truman created the President's Committee on Civil Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 170
On November 29, 1864, U.S. forces killed hundreds of indigenous people in the Sand Creek massacre. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 21 hrs ago 9 225
On December 5, 1910, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that a child could not attend school because she was 1/16th Black. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 4 222
On this day, December 6, 1915, the Supreme Court ruled that American women with foreign husbands lost their citizenship. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 8 330
On this day, December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 216
On this day, December 5, 1945, Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 277
On December 3, 1818, Illinois was admitted to the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 189
On this day, December 4, 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff, was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 214
On this day, December 4, 1619, the first Thanksgiving celebrated by English colonists took place, in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 240
On December 2, 2015, a mass shooting and attempted bombing occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 393
On December 1, 1974, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, sent to pick up the Baltimore Colts in Buffalo, crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 6 322
On December 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather while on approach to Dulles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 274
On the night of November 29, 1962, Yo-Yo Ma performed at "An American Pageant of the Arts." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 209
On November 15, 1942, six Boston firefighters were killed in the Great Luongo Fire, aka the Maverick Square Fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 204
On November 28, 1942, the Cocoanut Grove Fire started. 492 people were killed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 283
On December 2, 2016, the Ghost Ship warehouse fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 0 184
On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 227
On this day, December 3, 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire started. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 235
On this day, December 3, 1979, eleven fans were suffocated in a crush for seats at a Who concert in Cincinnati. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 255
On this day, November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force departed Hittokapu Bay in the Kuril Islands en route to Hawaii. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 5 238
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 15 402
On Thursday, November 21, 1963, it was wheels up for President Kennedy, on his way to Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 404
On the morning of November 21, 1963, JFK and Jackie went to Andrews Air Force Base to board Air Force One. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 3 242
On the morning of Friday, November 22, 1963, JFK appeared at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 5 329
On November 24, 1963, the Dallas police set out to transfer Lee Harvey Oswald from the city jail to the county jail. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 326
On this day, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 4 325
On November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 1 294
On November 24, 1963, President Kennedy's flag-covered casket was taken from the White House to the Capitol rotunda. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 3 209
Why the US is almost always at war? DW Documentary 2 Uncle Joe Nov 24 Nov 24 12 423

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On this day, November 20, 1963, JFK met in the Oval Office with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, and others. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 7 368
On this day, November 20, 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 321
On this day, November 20, 1969, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published explicit photographs of dead villagers from My Lai. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 243
On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 308
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 281
On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 213
On November 19, 1963, President Kennedy received the Thanksgiving turkey in the Rose Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 1 227
On November 19, Ford's Edsel division both started (1956) and ended (1959) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 239
On November 19, 1863, eight score and two years ago ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 222
On Saturday, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 25 2 293
On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 10 313
On November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 8 423
On November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 4 465
On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 298
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 212
On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 260
On this day, Sunday, November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 194
On November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 267
On November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 314
On November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 255
On this day, Monday, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 225
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 267
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 190
On this day, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 437
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 285
On this day, November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 401
On this day, November 18, 1942, Dr. Stanley Levenson came to work in burn injury treatment at City Hospital in Boston. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 318
Smithsonian, Other Museums Begin to Reopen, Welcome Visitors Back after Govt Shutdown: NPR 0 appalachiablue Nov 14 Nov 14 3 302
From my email feeds: Sure wish I could have been at this one 2 NNadir Nov 14 Nov 14 4 479
How General William T. Sherman Anticipated the Foxination of the Media Escapes Me. 3 NNadir Nov 14 Nov 15 6 398

American History Continued...

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Building an Airship (photo) Summit County, Ohio, c. 1933 16 Diamond_Dog Nov 13 Nov 14 13 589
🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 15 12 402
The Hidden Black Society They Don't Teach You About 2 Uncle Joe Nov 11 Nov 13 13 480
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 2 BeyondGeography Nov 9 Nov 9 11 388
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 364
On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 1 309
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 285
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 5 238
On November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 314
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 224
On November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 415
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83. He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 3 524
On October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 345
On October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 309
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 8 518
On October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 334
On October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 505
On October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 401
On October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 6 392
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 352
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