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On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 606
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 629
On this day, June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 561
On this day, June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 668
On June 3, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1442
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 644
On this day, June 3, 1781, Jack Jouett rode 40 miles to warn Thomas Jefferson of a plan to capture him. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 473
15 year old lad 2 Bucky Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 912
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 546
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 545
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 634
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers posed on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 670
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 487
On this day, May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 569
On this day, May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 510
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 564
On this day, May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 568
On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 506
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 592
George Carlin's American Dream: What George Meant To Me Featurette HBO 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 9 723
On this day, May 29, 1950, Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive # 611 entered revenue service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 578
On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 467
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 760
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 878
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 29 2089
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 460
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 845
On this day, May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 548
At 9:00 a.m. on May 23, 1865, Maj. Gen. George Meade led the Army of the Potomac down the streets of Washington D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 573
On this day, May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 888

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On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 1079
On this day, May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 4275
On this day, May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 582
On this day, May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 698
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 706
On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe wished President Kennedy a happy birthday. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 618
On this day, May 20, 2013, 24 people were killed when an EF5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 525
May 18, 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson 2 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 8 840
At noon on this day, May 19, 2014, a ban on same-sex marriage in the Oregon constitution was overturned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 541
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 961
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 13 942
Chief Justice at time of initiation of Brown Case, Vinson, died, and replaced by Earl Warren, 3 elleng May 2024 May 2024 3 1114
On this day, May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 875
A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue. 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 17 934
On this day, May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 704
On this day, May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 753
After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1014
On this day, May 15, 2008, California became the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 591
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1280
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 662
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 627
On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 646
On this day, May 10, 1969, the Temptations and the Turtles performed at Tricia Nixon's masked ball. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 755
On this day, May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 940
On May 12, 1968, C&O passenger train the Fast Flying Virginian (FFV) made its final run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 681
Here's the list of companies and CEOs that have condemned the riots in Washington 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 8 944
On this day, May 9, 1974, the House Committee on the Judiciary opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 697
On this day, May 10, 1869, Omaha and Sacramento were linked by rail, but there was still no transcontinental railroad. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 835
The Golden Spike Ceremony, which took place May 10, 1869, was held at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. 0 elleng May 2024 May 2024 2 709
On this day, May 9, 1980, part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 838

American History Continued...

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Is Walter Cronkite the Last Trustworthy Man in America? : Well, If He Isn't, Then Even He's Having Trouble 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 6 842
Three-Question interview with Zach Messitte 5 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 4 920
On this day, May 7, 1931, 15,000 bystanders watched a shootout between murderer Francis Crowley and the NYPD. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 880
On this day, May 7, 1964, Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed after a distraught passenger shot and killed the pilots. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 890
On this day, May 7, 1960, steam locomotives made their final run on the Norfolk & Western Railway. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 1850
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 982
On this day, May 7, 1912, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, "Dr. Betty," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 719
First Amendment Constitution 101 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 3 521
On this day, May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59-2/5, still a record. 11 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1265
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1279
Kent State University, May 4, 1970 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 756
On this day, May 6, 2010, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in 36 minutes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 772
On this day, May 5, 1961, "Freedom 7" launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying Alan Shepard, the first American in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 803
On this day, May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1095
On this day, May 3, 1953, Virginia Schau took the photograph "Rescue on Pit River Bridge." 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 8 1280
On this day, May 3, 1963, "Bull" Connor turned fire hoses and police dogs on schoolchildren walking in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 1064
On this day, May 3, 2003, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 27 2517
On this day, May 1, 1941, "Citizen Kane" opened, but only at the RKO Palace Theatre on Broadway. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1097
Friday, May 1, 1970; It's the 4th now... 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2024 May 2024 2 984
On this day, May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 768
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