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On this day August 2, 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan. 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 882
On August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 840
August 2, 1814: the Declaration of Independence is smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 916
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 519
On July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1048
On this day, July 30, 1965, LBJ signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 38 2252
George Washington - Favorite Breakfast 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 775
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 829
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 624
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 759
On this day, July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 954
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 575
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 651
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 734
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for Little Boy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 716
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 590
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 922
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 572
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1097
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2719
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 555
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 892
On this day, July 23, 1928;. Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 561
On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 761
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 840
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 923
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 647
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 911
During this week in July 1952, Washington, DC, was visited by UFOs. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 691
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 684

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On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 806
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 610
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1045
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 485
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk while in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 841
1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 848
On this day, July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 768
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 586
On this day, July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 876
On July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 797
On July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 506
On this day, July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 633
On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 789
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself ""The luckiest man on the face of the earth." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 883
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 804
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 712
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 771
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 948
Rerun, per request: On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 1 elleng Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 691
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 621
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 2403
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 578
On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1175
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1258
July 1, 1971: Supreme Court Upholds New York Times and Washington Post on Pentagon Papers, 6-3 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1335
On this day, July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1044
On June 28, 1919, Harry Truman and Bess Wallace were married in Independence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 592
On this day, July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 570
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 1020
On July 1, 1916, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Doud were married in Denver. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 432

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At around 7:30 AM, July 1, 1863, a small patrol of the 8th IL Cav led by Lieutenant Marcellus Jones 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 802
On this day, June 30, 1986, Bowers v. Hardwick was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 668
On this day, June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of The Capital Gazette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 794
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 549
On this day, June 27, 1895, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 752
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 907
On June 20, 1973, Richard Nixon presented Leonid Brezhnev with a 1973 dark blue Lincoln Continental. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1184
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1269
On June 25, 1962, MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 472
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 822
On this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 696
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 755
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 815
On this day, June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 825
On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 860
Juneteenth celebrated in Texas, 1900: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 570
On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 647
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 683
Pvt. William Loop & father, Cpl. Roderick Loop, bid farewell to each other. Anzio, March 6, 1944. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 986
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1094
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