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On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 339
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 395
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 318
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 298
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 409
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 322
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 339
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 313
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 408
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 4 304
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 303
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 23 Mar 23 1 333
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 370
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 412
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 5 419
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 315
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 413
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 317
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 4 423
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 269
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 291
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 294
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 306
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 259
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 344
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 327
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 290
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 8 326
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 339
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 6 269

American History Continued...

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On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 251
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 0 347
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 1 339
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 13 Mar 13 4 365
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 397
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 3 364
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 294
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 0 374
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 318
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 1 343
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 3 300
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 1 201
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 10 Mar 10 4 448
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 273
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 373
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 347
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 2 324
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 364
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 9 Mar 9 3 317
#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 2 335
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 10 323
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 2 356
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 377
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 2 295
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 4 327
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 458
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 1 285
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 323
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 5 2 425
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 5 Mar 5 6 342

American History Continued...

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Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 1 400
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 6 385
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 3 294
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 4 313
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 3 Mar 3 2 326
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 363
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 275
Speaker of the House Joe Cannon was on the cover of the first issue of Time Magazine, dated this day, March 3, 1923. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 326
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 323
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 290
On March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 263
On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 325
Presidents' Private Love Lives Explored in New Book, Including JFK's Alleged Affair with a Possible Nazi Spy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2 Mar 2 1 418
On this day, February 28, 1993, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 0 300
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 3 400
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 270
On February 27 or February 29, 1960, the Tampa, Florida, Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 269
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 414
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 2 521
The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 27 Feb 27 4 379
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