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On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 580
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 482
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 845
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 552
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 479
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 440
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 453
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 405
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 814
September 11, 2001: Rick Rescorla, the man who ran back in 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 614
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 525
On September 10, 2001, a Canadian tourist took photographs of downtown Manhattan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 901
On September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 613
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 557
On September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 743
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 761
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 490
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 462
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 590
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 503
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 572
Rare copy of US Constitution to be sold at auction 1 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 727
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 614
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 705
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 593
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 640
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 536
On this day, September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 555
On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 687
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 815

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On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 620
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 517
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 503
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 486
Reticence on Policy and the Ranking of America's Greatest Presidents. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 701
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 14 1782
On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 739
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 532
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 510
Emmett Till August 28, 1955 1 spike jones Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 978
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 872
Brandon Museum & Rec co-host program on Vermont's darker history: eugenics 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 501
On this day, August 27, 1963, an explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah, killed 18 miners. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 516
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Largest US Labor Uprising: Aug. 25- Sept. 2, 1921 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 938
Some History Involving RFK Jr., his father, and, um, Joe McCarthy...THAT McCarthy. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 1783
On this day, August 26, 1968, the Democratic National convention opened in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 607
On this day, August 26, 2021, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 US military personnel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 565
On this day, August 26, 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 643
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 594
On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 624
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 17668
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 619
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 642
On this day, August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 568
Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 627
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 575
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 545
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 464
On this day, August 22, 1965, SF Giant Juan Marichal hit LA Dodger John Roseboro on the head with a bat. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 863
On this day, August 22, 1880, "Krazy Kat" cartoonist George Herriman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 484

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On this day, August 22, 2003, Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 511
On this day, August 22, 1992, an FBI sniper shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 545
Fannie Lou Hamer rattled Democratic convention 60 years ago with 'Is this America?' speech 3 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 766
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 950
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 583
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2024 1 1055
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 778
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 533
On this day, August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 643
Then Again: Finding Addie [child laborer] 1 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 555
On August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 628
On August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 503
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 606
From August 14 through August 16, 1908, the Springfield, Illinois, race riot of 1908 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 7 573
On Aug. 17, 1964, the final stretch of the Capital Beltway opened to traffic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 513
On this day, August 16, 1955, Boston's polio epidemic hit a high of 480 cases. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 748
On this day, August 16, 1884, Hugo Gernsback was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 738
On this day, August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died, many people believe. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 846
On November 16, 2018, Miriam Adelson and Elvis Presley received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 776
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested on suspicion of car theft. He was released a few days later. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 690
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