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On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 787
On this day, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 692
On March 11, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was argued before the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 708
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 883
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 661
On this day, March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 685
On this day, March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 883
Mar 3, 2015 Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's full speech to Congress 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 778
On this day, March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 807
On this day, March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 824
On this day, March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 558
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 756
On this day, March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had the largest point drop in history. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 708
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Mar 2024 2 751
On this day, March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 589
On this day, March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born. On this day, March 14, 2018, Stephen Hawking died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 674
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 535
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 575
On this day, March 12, 2008, Eliot Spitzer announced his resignation as governor of New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 599
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 528
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 667
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 587
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 729
On March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 622
On this day, March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 766
On this day, March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 590
On this day, March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 565
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 6 1337
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 676
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 594

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On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 732
📺On this day, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 596
On this day, March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 550
On this day, March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 563
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 679
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 584
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 2 617
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 582
First issue of Time Magazine, dated March 3, 1923, featured House Speaker Joe Cannon: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 0 572
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 805
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 1 502
On February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 3 603
On this day, March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 953
On this day, March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 560
On February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 12 1072
On this day, February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 567
On this day, February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 582
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 580
On this day, February 28, 2010, Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 584
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 504
Ida B. Wells: Investigative Journalist, Civil Rights Leader, Passionate Suffragist 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 566
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 573
On February 25, 1946, the Columbia Race Riot of 1946 broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 698
On February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany was interviewed on Fox Business. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 805
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in WWII 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 545
On this day, February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 715
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 573
On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 470
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 507
On this day, February, 20, 1939, the largest ever pro-Nazi rally in US history was convened in Madison Square Garden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 582

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How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 944
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 605
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 585
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 561
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 2 845
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 728
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 667
On this day, February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 571
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 560
On February 13, 1984, the consumer online service Prodigy was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 413
On this day, February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 485
On this day, February 12, 2004, the city of San Francisco began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 522
On this day, Sunday, February 7, 1904, fire was reported in the John E. Hurst Building in Baltimore. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 572
On February 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat for this photograph by Alexander Gardner. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 931
On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 644
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 548
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 990
On the night of Saturday, January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., collapsed. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1223
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Jan 2024 6 1796
On this day, January 27, 1967, astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died in a launchpad capsule fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 552
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