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On this day, March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 9 1140
On this day, March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 5 635
On February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2024 12 1173
On this day, February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 629
On this day, February 29, 1960, the Tampa Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 662
On February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 709
On this day, February 28, 2010, Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 653
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 580
Ida B. Wells: Investigative Journalist, Civil Rights Leader, Passionate Suffragist 0 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 8 619
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 641
On February 25, 1946, the Columbia Race Riot of 1946 broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 841
On February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany was interviewed on Fox Business. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 906
Bridge to the Sun: The Secret Role of the Japanese Americans Who Fought in the Pacific in WWII 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 606
On this day, February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 832
On February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 650
On this day, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 541
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 5 598
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 3 693
How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 2024 Feb 2024 10 1176
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 713
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 1 678
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 9 627
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 2 993
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 830
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 738
On this day, February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 652
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 661
On February 13, 1984, the consumer online service Prodigy was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 0 486
On this day, February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 3 560
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 2 600

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On this day, Sunday, February 7, 1904, fire was reported in the John E. Hurst Building in Baltimore. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 2 651
On February 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat for this photograph by Alexander Gardner. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2024 Feb 2024 4 1045
On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 728
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 623
Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1104
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 1478
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Jan 2024 6 1960
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 4 639
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 1 794
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 2 983
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 4 794
Amy Goodman Reflects on the Build Up to the Iraq War and the Role of Media 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 652
On this day, January 25, 2004, Mars Exploration Rover - B, aka "Opportunity," landed on Mars. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 720
On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 1113
On this day, January 22, 1984, the Apple Macintosh TV commercial aired during Super Bowl XVIII. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 830
On this day, January 23, 1870, the Marias massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 752
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On this day, January 22, 1973, Lyndon Baines Johnson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 725
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 1030
On January 14, 1967, the Human Be-In took place at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 1034
On this day, January 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 564
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 1 913
On this day, January 18, 2021, Trump signed Executive Order 13978: "Building the National Garden of American Heroes." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 750
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 3 817
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 794
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 747
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 759
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On January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 655
On this day, January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was found dead in Los Angeles. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 953

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On January 9, 2007, the iPhone was announced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 612
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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 3 668
On January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 1214
On this day, January 13, 1908, the Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killed 171 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 593
On this day, January 11, 1755 or 1757, Alexander Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 570
On January 1, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 804
On this day, January 5, 1949, Harry Truman announced his "Fair Deal" proposals. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 758
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On this day, January 4, 1987, the northbound Amtrak Colonial wrecked in Chase, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 658
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 2 775
On this day, January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 991
On this day, December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 764
On this day, December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 820
On this day, December 29, 1876, the LS and MS Railway bridge over the Ashtabula River collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 848
On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 627
On this day, December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 889
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 1061
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