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On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and wild west show sensation Annie Oakley was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 396
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 467
On this day, August 12, 2017, the Unite the Right rally occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 401
On August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 377
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 406
On the night of August 11, 2017, some 200 white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 423
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 683
On this day, August 11, 2000, an incident of air rage took place onboard Southwest Airlines Flight 1763. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 524
On this day, August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2024 2 974
On July 31, 2024, Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient who saved unit under siege, died at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 528
On July 12, 2024, Norma Padgett, accuser of exonerated "Groveland Four,'" died at 92. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 463
Corporate media fails to cover the threat to democracy. 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 456
On August 9 and August 10, 1969, the Tate-LaBianca murders occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 453
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 455
On this day, August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford became the only president who had not won an election for president or VP. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 427
On the evening of August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon made a nationally televised address from the Oval Office. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 633
On the night of August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took several Manson girls to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 528
On this day, August 8, 1899, Benjamin Thomas was lynched in Alexandria, Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 491
On this day, August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Largo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 379
On this day, August 7, 1930, the last confirmed lynching of black people in the northern US occurred in Marion, Indiana. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 491
On August 7, 1909, Alice Huyler Ramsey and 3 friends became the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 326
On August 7, 1962, Frances Oldham Kelsey received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 423
Then Again: The Battle of Bennington and its aftermath. A German soldier's firsthand account, which lingered ... 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 12 557
On this day, August 6, 1930, Judge Crater ate dinner in NYC and then got into a cab. He was never seen again. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 9 700
On this day, August 6, 1956, the DuMont Television Network ceased network operations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 542
The first ever film of Appalachian music (1928) "Doggett Gap" - Bascom Lamar Lunsford [RESTORED] 4 Uncle Joe Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 790
Aug 5, 1981 Reagan Fired 11, 345 Striking Air Traffic Controllers: Consequences, War on Unions, Workers 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 616
On this day, August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 345
On this day, August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 669
On July 24, 2002, eighteen coal miners at the Quecreek Mine in Pennsylvania were trapped underground for over 77 hours. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 366

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On this day, August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 308
On this day, August 5, 1969, the "Lonesome Cowboys" police raid in Atlanta occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 453
On this day, August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 434
On this day, August 4, 1889, the Great Spokane Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 344
On this day, August 4, 2019, nine people were killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 334
On August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 316
America' s Ace Of Aces - Richard Bong 0 Eko Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 434
On this day, August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 479
On this day, August 2, 1814, the Declaration of Independence was smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 388
On the night of July 13-14, 1966, Richard Speck killed eight student nurses in their Chicago residence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 467
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 425
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 199
On this day, July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 623
On this day, July 30, 1974, Richard Nixon released subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 373
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 453
July 30, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson Signed the Medicare & Medicaid Act 🥼 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 584
have you visited "Montezuma Well" in Arizona? 1 ret5hd Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 755
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 504
On July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 872
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 414
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 391
On this day, July 26, 1863, the Confederate Army got as far north as it ever would. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 557
On July 25, 1972, VP nominee Eagleton acknowledged that he had received electroshock therapy for clinical depression. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 502
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for the "Little Boy" bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 384
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 343
July 25, 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Signed into Law 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 403
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 314
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 338
V-J Day, 1945 0 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 584
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 337

American History Continued...

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On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 304
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 446
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 354
These guns killed racists 2 orangecrush Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 664
A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 715
On this day, July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 449
RETROPOLIS: Before Biden, Truman and LBJ withdrew from races as support waned 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 451
On July 22, 1926, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 372
On this day, July 23, 1928, astronomer Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 279
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 332
On July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 304
John Trudell is such relevant poet for this day. 0 1WorldHope Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 372
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 281
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 198
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 10889
Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic golds -- then was paid to campaign against FDR 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 602
How Duke Kahanamoku won gold, lost to Tarzan and then found a bigger legacy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 565
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 353
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 517
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 474
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