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On October 6, 1949, inventor, engineer, and entrepreneur Lonnie George Johnson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 648
The Absolute Unit That Was The USS Enterprise 3 Eko Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1262
The amazing story of how a young Jimmy Carter helped avert a nuclear disaster 7 Uncle Joe Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1914
On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2024 2 1243
On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 869
On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 811
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 646
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 816
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 650
On October 2, 1978, Jimmy Carter proclaimed October 4, 1978, as "10-4 Day." It's also called National CB Radio Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 1174
On this day, October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 910
On this day, October 3, 1995, O. J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 862
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 992
On this day, October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 747
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 906
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 883
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 744
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 1021
On this day, October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 691
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 1040
On the night of September 30, 1962, there was a riot at Ole Miss over the admission of James Meredith. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 712
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 1of4 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 901
Jimmy Carter Democracy Now 2of4 2 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 898
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 4of4 0 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 726
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 3of4 0 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 685
On this day, September 29, 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 814
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 1210
On September 19, 2021, the remains of Gabby Petito were found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 759
On September 16, 1974, Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" was published. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 804
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 666

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On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 783
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 970
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 762
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 681
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 724
On this day, September 25, 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated by the use of Army troops. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 782
On this day, September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 825
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 740
On this day, September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 774
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 809
On this day, September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 702
On September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 622
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1260
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 994
On this day, September 20, 1967, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1293
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 712
On this day, September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 706
On September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 1037
Virginia: The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon's Rebellion 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 833
On this September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 765
On this day, September 19, 1921, WBZ started broadcasting. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 811
On September 18, 1927, the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System made its debut. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 660
On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 639
On this day, September 19, 1995, the Unabomber manifesto was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 637
On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1434
On this day, September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 683
On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 612
On this day, September 18, 1961, conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 752
General Smedley Butler - War is a Racket - Forgotten History 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 873
It's Constitution Day. On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 753

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On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 834
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 839
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 704
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1248
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 756
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 677
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 660
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 657
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 585
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1204
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On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 760
On September 10, 2001, a Canadian tourist took photographs of downtown Manhattan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 1091
On September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 894
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 767
On September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 1146
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 1049
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 746
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 652
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 794
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