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On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 487
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 3 550
How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 827
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 575
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 551
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 536
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 2 812
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 696
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 645
On this day, February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 551
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 536
On February 13, 1984, the consumer online service Prodigy was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 393
On this day, February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 464
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 2 496
On this day, Sunday, February 7, 1904, fire was reported in the John E. Hurst Building in Baltimore. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 543
On February 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat for this photograph by Alexander Gardner. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 897
On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 622
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 522
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 957
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 1124
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Jan 2024 6 1736
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 4 528
On the afternoon of this day, January 27, 1922, snow began to fall in DC. The snow went on all the next day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 674
On this day, January 26, 2001, lacrosse coach Diane Whipple was killed in a dog attack in San Francisco. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 726
On January 25, 1947, Thomas Goldsmith and Estle Ray Mann applied for a patent for the first ever electronic game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 709
Amy Goodman Reflects on the Build Up to the Iraq War and the Role of Media 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 578
On this day, January 25, 2004, Mars Exploration Rover - B, aka "Opportunity," landed on Mars. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 640
On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 864
On this day, January 22, 1984, the Apple Macintosh TV commercial aired during Super Bowl XVIII. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 696
On this day, January 23, 1870, the Marias massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 640

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On this day, January 22, 1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 621
On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 885
On January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In took place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 929
On this day, January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 476
On this day, January 18, 2021, the 1776 Commission took people to task for saying such bad things about slavery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 818
On this day, January 18, 2021, Trump signed Executive Order 13978: "Building the National Garden of American Heroes." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 659
On this day, January 18, 1983, the family of Jim Thorpe was presented with commemorative medals for the 1912 Olympics. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 712
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 625
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 656
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 668
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 617
On January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 566
On this day, January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was found dead in Los Angeles. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 748
On January 9, 2007, the iPhone was announced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 490
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 583
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On this day, January 15, 1953, a Pennsylvania RR passenger train crashed into DC's Union Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 579
On January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1030
On this day, January 13, 1908, the Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killed 171 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 509
On this day, January 11, 1755 or 1757, Alexander Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 483
On January 1, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 709
On this day, January 5, 1949, Harry Truman announced his "Fair Deal" proposals. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 623
'Fala Speech,' FDR Turns His Dog on Dewey, 1944 Campaign, WW2, Wins 4th Term US President 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 950
On this day, January 4, 2021, Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 873
On this day, January 4, 1987, the northbound Amtrak Colonial wrecked in Chase, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 551
On this day, January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman sworn in as speaker of the House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 676
On this day, January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 775
On this day, December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 658
On this day, December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 720

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On this day, December 29, 1876, the LS and MS Railway bridge over the Ashtabula River collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 730
On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 497
On this day, December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 782
On this day, December 28, 1948, a plane flying from San Juan to Miami disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 928
On this day, December 28, 1972, Harry Truman was buried. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 644
On this day, December 28, 1972, the draft ended. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 588
On this day, December 27, 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 564
Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, dies at 100 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 737
On this day, December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 864
On this day, December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 568
On this day, December 26, 1972, former President Harry S. Truman died in Independence, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 738
On this day, December 26, 1973, Richard Nixon flew from IAD to LAX on United Flight 55. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 684
After World War II, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers mutinied -- and won 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 998
On this day, December 25, 1884, Evelyn Nesbit was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 520
On this day, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 870
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On this day, December 24, 1940, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci was born. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 17 797
On December 22, 2019, Donald Trump got into the Christmas spirit at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 677
On this day, December 23, 2020, "Balloon Boy"'s parents were pardoned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 590
On this day, December 23, 1986, Voyager is first aircraft to fly non-stop around world w/o refueling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 484
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