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On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 817
On this day, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the American public. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 729
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 620
On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 519
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 742
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 564
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Oct 2023 1 954
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 755
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 620
On this day, October 21, 1972, both Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" had something to say about Watergate. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 710
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 732
On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 801
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On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 954
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 606
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 594
On this day, October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 649
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On this day, October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 611
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 651
On October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 629
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On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in SC 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 772
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On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 585
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On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 729
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On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 565
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On October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 648
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 649
On October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 631
On this day, October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 511
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On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 603
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On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago, Great Michigan, and Peshtigo Fires started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 761
On this day, October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland by a score of 222-0. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 789
On this day, October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 748
On this day, October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 946
On this day, October 6, 1949, inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur Lonnie George Johnson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 567
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 590
On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 638
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 673
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 685
On October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 974
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 627
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 669
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On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 521
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 702
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On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 906
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 698
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 916
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On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 857
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 799
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 788
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On this day, September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1444
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On this day, September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 749
On this day, September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 752
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On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 1053
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