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America' s Ace Of Aces - Richard Bong 0 Eko Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 681
On this day, August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 707
On this day, August 2, 1814, the Declaration of Independence was smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 602
On the night of July 13-14, 1966, Richard Speck killed eight student nurses in their Chicago residence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 1037
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 740
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 374
On this day, July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1105
On this day, July 30, 1974, Richard Nixon released subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 603
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 676
July 30, 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson Signed the Medicare & Medicaid Act 🥼 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 8 1108
have you visited "Montezuma Well" in Arizona? 1 ret5hd Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1023
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 966
On July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 1261
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 639
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 650
On this day, July 26, 1863, the Confederate Army got as far north as it ever would. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 870
On July 25, 1972, VP nominee Eagleton acknowledged that he had received electroshock therapy for clinical depression. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 817
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for the "Little Boy" bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 635
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 566
July 25, 1990, The Americans with Disabilities Act, ADA Signed into Law 4 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 806
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 493
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 556
V-J Day, 1945 0 Lionel Mandrake Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 782
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 616
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 550
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 665
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 601
These guns killed racists 2 orangecrush Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 932
A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 1053
On this day, July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 1046

American History Continued...

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RETROPOLIS: Before Biden, Truman and LBJ withdrew from races as support waned 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 640
On July 22, 1926, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 608
On this day, July 23, 1928, astronomer Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 529
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 559
On July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 521
John Trudell is such relevant poet for this day. 0 1WorldHope Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 714
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 502
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 421
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 11126
Jesse Owens won 4 Olympic golds -- then was paid to campaign against FDR 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 926
How Duke Kahanamoku won gold, lost to Tarzan and then found a bigger legacy 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 804
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 595
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 1074
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 896
On this day, July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 went behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 644
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 530
On the night of July 19, 1952, an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport saw seven objects on his radar. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 866
On July 17, 2001, Katharine Graham died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 626
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 571
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 668
On this day, July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner, in Buffalo, New York. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 822
On this day, July 17, 1944, two ships laden with munitions for World War II exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 686
On Thursday, July 17, 1941, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell summoned George Bergstrom and Major Hugh Casey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 690
On this day, July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began, and the USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with a secret cargo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 645
On this day, July 15, 1940, Ronald Gene Simmons, the most prolific mass murderer in Arkansas history, was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 630
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 867
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 669
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 648
On July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 612
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 820

American History Continued...

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Commentary: GOP debate made it clear that cutting humanities from universities is a danger to humankind 0 Uncle Joe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 10 653
On July 11, 1944, Democratic Party leaders concerned by the president's declining health met with him in the White House 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 7 799
On July 10, 1962, communications satellite Telstar 1 became the first privately sponsored space launch. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 789
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 640
NEW YORK TIMES MAKES GLARING ERROR ABOUT IRAQ WAR -- THEN CORRECTS IT INCORRECTLY 1 Uncle Joe Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 757
On July 9, 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed shortly after takeoff from New Orleans as the result of a microburst. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 711
On this day, July 10, 2012, the Episcopal Church USA allowed same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 546
Tessie Prevost, pioneer of Deep South school desegregation, dies at 69 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 947
On this day, July 10, 1856, -- or July 28, 1856, -- Nikola Tesla was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 832
On this day, July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 0 709
On this day, July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 667
This portrait of Dolley Madison might be the first photo of a first lady 1 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 36 1590
On this day, July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 537
On this day, July 9, 1755, British commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies Edward Braddock was mortally wounded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 3 1323
On this day, July 9, 1864, the Battle of Monocacy was fought. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 5 1282
On this day, July 9, 1937, a fire broke out in a 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in Little Ferry, New Jersey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 753
On this day, July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 605
Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 6 990
On this day, July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 aircraft prototype crashed in Beverly Hills. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 2 632
On this day, July 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 618
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