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On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 505
On this day, Thursday, November 7, 1968, this was the front page of the New York Times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 468
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Nov 2024 7 815
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Nov 2024 0 1011
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 293
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 287
On this day, November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 765
Legal Defense Fund: It's Election Day! 2 Dennis Donovan Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 565
On this day, November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 453
On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 442
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 390
Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 756
James Blake Miller the Marlboro Marine. 3 discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 983
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 556
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 601
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 471
Wesley Clark - facts you may not have known about the man who beat Serbia. 2 elleng Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 841
On November 3, 1987 ... 0 ificandream Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 636
On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 486
Leon N. Cooper, Nobel physicist who probed superconductivity, dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 408
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 361
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 362
On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists attempted to assassinate Harry Truman at the Blair House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 309
On this day, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2024 1 797
On the evening of Friday, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 378
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 343
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 442
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 345
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 352
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 285

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History and the Headless Horseman, Sleepy Hollow, America's 1st Ghost Story: The History Guy 🐎 0 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 617
Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 711
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 589
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 568
On October 14, 1890, Dwight Eisenhower was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 531
This day, Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 486
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 560
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 634
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Oct 2024 1 559
Megan Marshack, aide with Nelson Rockefeller on fatal night, dies at 70 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 739
On this day, October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 841
On this day, October 27, 1904, the first regularly operated line of the New York City Subway was opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 610
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 774
On this day, October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 607
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 584
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 578
On this day, October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 691
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 537
On this day, Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 409
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 435
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 924
Lincoln and Taney's great writ showdown 5 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 815
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On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 418
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 489
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 601
On this day, October 23, 1980, Mark David Chapman quit his security job, signing out for the last time as "John Lennon." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 539
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 681
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 502

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Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 491
Patti McGee, first women's pro skateboarder, dies at 79 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 525
On the evening of October 22, 1962, Pres. Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the US public. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 525
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Sen. Judiciary Comm. voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 475
Remember??? 9 elleng Oct 2024 Oct 2024 24 1437
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 651
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" both had something to say about Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 498
On this day, October 21, 2021, a shooting occurred on the set of the film "Rust." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 571
On this day, October 21, 1861, the battle of Ball's Bluff took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 526
The North Carolina flood of 1916 compares to 2024. 0 diehardblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 593
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 490
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On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 507
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 465
On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 592
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 555
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 458
On the evening of October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 591
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 610
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