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On April 17, 1967, Jock Semple tried to keep Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 7 643
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 15 745
On this day, April 18, 1923, Babe Ruth was at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 506
On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 501
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 572
250 Years Ago This Month: war was starting 0 eShirl Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 686
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 727
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 615
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 588
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 3 425
On March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 592
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 442
On this day, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 546
The Ziegfeld Follies 2 BootinUp Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 693
On Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 436
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 419
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 447
On April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 407
On March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 522
On April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 370
On April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 424
On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 434
On this day, April 4, 1859, Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 425
On April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 390
On April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 370
On this day, April 8, 1897, there were numerous sightings of UFOs over Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 611
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 13 716
On March 27, 1924, computing pioneer Margaret Butler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 453
On this day Mar 25, 2016 Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 666
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 501

American History Continued...

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Major General Smedley Butler bares plot by 'Fascists' in Newtown Square Pennsylva...HD Stock Footage 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 648
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 670
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 579
Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 440
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2025 3 1015
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 573
On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 388
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 453
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 507
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 423
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 390
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 602
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 399
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 447
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 422
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 530
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 406
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 395
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 442
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 462
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 551
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 506
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 454
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 535
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 406
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 568
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 360
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 371
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 369
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 406

American History Continued...

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On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 354
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 435
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 432
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 369
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 449
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 416
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 411
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 386
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 454
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 479
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 452
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 499
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 444
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 410
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 468
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 398
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 434
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 402
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 280
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 539
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