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On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 605
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 615
Martin Gugino, Activist Shoved by Buffalo Police at 2020 Protest, Dies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 716
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 587
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 2 599
On this day, April 9, 1939, Easter Sunday, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 4 737
Has any American President ever received a Tito letter? 5 Wolf Frankula Apr 8 Apr 9 3 1061
'Duck and Cover,' Nuclear Attack Civil Defence Film 1952; Lewis Black Comedy Gold 5 appalachiablue Apr 8 Apr 8 2 941
PBS: How Thoreau Told the Stories of the Black Community near Walden 1 marmar Apr 8 Apr 8 8 684
PBS: FDR's Path to the White House (1884-1933) 2 marmar Apr 8 Apr 8 4 759
For baseball fans: 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 8 Apr 8 7 764
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution FULL EPISODE 1 (from PBS's youtube) 2 eShirl Apr 7 Apr 7 2 866
On this day, April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 5 491
April 6, 1712, In Labor History: One Of The First Slave Revolts, In New York City 0 erronis Apr 6 Apr 6 4 590
On this day, April 5, 1976, a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts, took this picture. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 5 45 2266
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Apr 3 3 1081
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up and removed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 811
On this day, March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 717
PBS: The Final Battle for the 19th Amendment (1916-1920) 0 marmar Mar 30 Mar 30 7 609
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 579
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt left DC for the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 640
On this day, March 28, 1979, there was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 at Three Mile Island. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 30 6 784
PBS: The Black Congresswoman They DON'T Teach You About 21 marmar Mar 29 Mar 29 49 2825
On March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 2 691
On this day, Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 543
On this day, March 28, 1979, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 6 659
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 1 691
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 10 827
Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation The Dick Cavett Show 2 BootinUp Mar 2026 Mar 2026 9 878
At 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire flared up at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 13 1947

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On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 606
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 572
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 580
On this day, March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 596
The Beatles are a threat to our children, especially girls. A Warning from Cincinnati August 1964. 6 BootinUp Mar 2026 Mar 2026 7 1256
On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 727
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 547
On this day, March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 527
On this day, March 21, 1937, the Ponce Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 719
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 718
On March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 758
On March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 1 665
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 1 731
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 685
On March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 573
Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 8 1272
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 2 568
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 884
Through 1933, on March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 3 716
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 4 651
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 8 931
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 6 753
Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2026 Mar 2026 6 752
Nick Salvatore, 'one of our foremost historians,' dies at 82 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Mar 2026 1 709
Pending shutdown of facility that rebuilds vacuum tubes for radio transmitters raises a serious concern. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 7 1040
On February 12, 1946, returning veteran Isaac Woodard was beaten until blind by SC police chief Lynwood Shull. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 10 1042
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 945
On this day, February 18, 1983, thirteen people died and one was seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 779
On February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 739
On this day, February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were found "not guilty" of conspiracy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 4 567

American History Continued...

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On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 2 833
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 800
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 1018
On February 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 0 611
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 0 666
Today, Monday, February 16, 2026, is Washington's Birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 0 585
On Friday, February 7, 1964, "Beatlemania Grips Gotham" as the Beatles arrived in America. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 1 668
Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 1023
On this day, February 2, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush asked people to "please clap." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2026 Feb 2026 5 1137
The 'Good German' - Marlene Dietrich vs. The Nazis 0 bucolic_frolic Feb 2026 Feb 2026 9 808
On this date in 1960, the first Woolworth lunch counter sit in occured 2 irisblue Feb 2026 Feb 2026 8 905
Help a sister out, I googled how European were fedin the US 3 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1018
Would any one help a sister our? 3 irisblue Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 1040
John Adams campaign song 0 struggle4progress Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 780
On this day, January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 1252
On this day, January 19, 1959, the key law behind Virginia's Massive Resistance laws was struck down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 819
On December 28, 2020, the Hotel Harrington announced that it would be closed during planned Jan. Pro-Trump demonstration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 977
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 896
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 6 889
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 5 806
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