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June 17,1972 - wasn't that the day of the Watergate break in? 4 rurallib Wednesday Sunday 3 347
Hoover Dam, Narrated by Michael Green 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 3 269
Eatonville, Narrated by Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 2 237
Establishment of Washington D.C., Narrated by Lisa Ann Walter 0 marmar Sunday Sunday 0 238
Stolen Girls of the Lee County Stockade- 1963 in Georgia 0 irisblue Friday Friday 8 281
Michelle Obama's full speech at Obama Center grand opening 5 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 23 551
Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony 5 littlemissmartypants Thursday Thursday 9 424
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Thursday 7 572
PBS: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (full documentary) 0 marmar Tuesday Tuesday 4 401
Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar Jun 15 Jun 15 9 409
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 13 Jun 13 9 528
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Jun 13 Jun 13 6 428
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 3 460
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 9 1 500
On June 8, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 6 517
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train operated from New York City to Washington, D.C. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 7 481
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 340
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 426
On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 5 489
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 399
On June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 358
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 336
On June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 341
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cohen v. California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 377
On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ran a report about an unusual disorder. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 534
On June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 453
On June 6, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was again alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 330
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 573
On June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 291
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 504

American History Continued...

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The Niagara Movement -- The Early Battle for Civil Rights 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 2 357
Ken Burns: The War -- Full Episode 1 -- "A Necessary War" (December 1941 - December 1942) -- PBS 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 3 411
On June 6, 1964, CBS aired the 'CBS Reports' episode 'D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy.' 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 2 563
On this day, June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section of a Louisiana railroad car. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 524
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Narrated by Roxana Robinson 1 marmar Jun 6 Jun 6 1 388
Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 6 9 718
Roy Cohn 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Jun 6 Jun 6 5 479
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 2 802
Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 6 494
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Jun 4 5 1419
Fannie Lou Hamer, Narrated by Monica Land 0 marmar Jun 4 Jun 4 2 354
The Civil War - Full Episode 1: 1861: "The Cause" (PBS) 0 marmar Jun 3 Jun 3 3 511
1524 - Verrazzano Reports Groups of Africans Living On The Coast of North America 3 GreatGazoo Jun 2 Jun 2 9 644
Ellis Island, Narrated by Ken Burns 0 marmar Jun 2 Jun 2 8 530
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 13 567
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 373
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 403
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 416
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers were poised on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 423
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 392
On May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 301
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 6 672
On May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 318
On this day 2 years ago, President Donald Trump became the first American president to be convicted of felony 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 31 May 31 4 426
On May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 2 532
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause (full documentary) 0 marmar May 29 May 29 2 516
AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones 0 marmar May 28 May 28 2 459
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," Narrated by Representative Jamie Raskin 0 marmar May 28 May 28 9 512
Learning from our History about How to Save Democracy 1 blue_jay May 27 May 27 3 507
Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 0 Uncle Joe May 27 May 27 7 596

American History Continued...

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Margot Wellington, Who Helped Save Grand Central Terminal, Dies at 91 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 27 May 27 7 532
Constitutional Convention, Narrated by Heather Cox Richardson 1 marmar May 26 May 26 6 499
On May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, 24, became the first Union officer killed during the Civil War. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 822
On May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 419
JFK mini-series on the History Channel 3 Bayard May 24 May 25 6 528
On May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 488
On May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 609
On May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 540
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 9 807
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 653
On May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 431
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 25 May 25 3 463
On May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 778
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 569
On May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 790
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 530
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 356
On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 7 517
CBS News Radio signs off Friday night after nearly 100 years of broadcasting: "An American institution" 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 22 May 22 10 628
Sam Sianis, 'Cheezborger'-Flipping Owner of Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern, Dies at 91 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 21 May 21 8 534
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