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On July 15, 1962, Morton Mintz of the Washington Post broke the thalidomide story. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 898
Washington Post, Monday, July 28, 1952: "'Saucer' Outran Jet, Pilot Reveals" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 1002
On this day, July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended "The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen," in Watkins Glen, New York. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 836
On this day, July 28, 1945, a B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building, killing 14. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 847
On this day, July 28, 1967, sheriff's deputies apprehended Charles Manson and 14-year-old runaway Ruth Ann Moorehouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 836
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 619
On this day, July 27, 1969, Gary Alan Hinman was killed. It was the first of the Manson Family slayings. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 858
On this day, July 26, 1863, the Confederate Army got as far north as it ever would. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 862
On this day, July 26, 1990, the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 686
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for the "Little Boy" bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 642
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 584
July 25 1960 the Woolworth Lunch counter sit ins ended 3 irisblue Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 863
On this day, July 25, 1944, Lieutenant General Lesley James McNair was killed in action in France. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 746
On July 25, 1972, VP nominee Eagleton acknowledged that he had received electroshock therapy for clinical depression. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 646
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 585
On July 23, 1973, Nixon refused to turn over presidential tapes to the Sen. Watergate Cmte. or the special prosecutor. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 605
On this day, July 24, 1911, Hiram Bingham III re-discovered Machu Picchu. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 616
On July 23, 1928, astronomer Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 532
On July 23, 1962, Telstar relayed the first publicly transmitted, live trans-Atlantic television program. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 1016
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold subpoenaed White House tapes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 598
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 540
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 580
On this day, July 24, 1998, U.S. Capitol Police Officer Jacob Chestnut and Detective John Gibson were shot and killed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 582
On July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 585
On this day, July 19, 1969, Senator Kennedy crashed his car into a tidal pond at Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 692
On July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 595
On the night of July 19, 1952, an air traffic controller at Washington National Airport saw seven objects on his radar. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 748
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 539
On July 19, 1969, Apollo 11 went behind the Moon and fired its service propulsion engine to enter lunar orbit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 502
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2025 4 1694

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On July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 613
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 599
On July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 528
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 623
On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 524
On this day, July 22, 1926, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 867
On July 17, 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded in mid-air off the coast of Long Island and crashed in the Atlantic Ocean. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 671
Herblock, July 21, 1974: "How Can They Say He Hasn't Faithfully Executed The Laws?" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 8 719
On this day, July 17, 1902, Willis Carrier created the first air conditioner, in Buffalo, New York. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 746
100 years: A Route 66 ghost town was 'frozen in time'. Is it on the brink of a comeback? 3 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 1401
On July 15, 1979, Jimmy Carter went on TV. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 753
On tis day, July 17, 2001, Katharine Graham died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 623
On July 17, 1975, the commanders of the Apollo and the Soyuz exchanged the first international handshake in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 681
On July 15, 1940, Ronald Gene Simmons, the most prolific mass murderer in Arkansas history, was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 645
On this day, July 17, 1944, two ships laden with munitions for World War II exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 633
On this day, July 17, 1941, Brigadier General Brehon B. Somervell summoned George Bergstrom and Major Hugh Casey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 625
On July 16, 1945, the Atomic Age began, and the USS Indianapolis left San Francisco with a secret cargo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 549
On this day, July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 684
On July 13, 1923, James H. Harvey was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 574
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 801
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 545
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 571
On this day, July 13, 2021, analog TV broadcasting in the United States, other than Alaska, came to an end. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 791
On this day, July 12, 1917, vigilantes kidnapped and deported 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 9 757
On June 19, 1947, Pan Am Flight 121 crashed following an engine failure and in-flight fire 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 628
On this day, July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 796
On the night of July 12, 1979, Disco Demolition Night was held at Comiskey Park in Chicago, Illinois. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1082
On July 11, 1944, Democratic Party leaders concerned by the president's declining health met with him in the White House 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 865
On July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 631
On July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 649

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On July 10, 1962, communications satellite Telstar 1 became the first privately sponsored space launch. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 623
On July 10, 2012, the Episcopal Church USA allowed same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 505
On July 10, 1856, -- or July 28, 1856, -- Nikola Tesla was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 589
On July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 488
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 713
On July 9, 1982, Pan Am flight 759 crashed shortly after takeoff from New Orleans as the result of a microburst. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 660
On this day, July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 514
On this day, July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 600
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 2025 Jul 2025 2 555
On this day, July 9, 1864, the Battle of Monocacy was fought. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 531
On this day, July 9, 1755, British commander-in-chief for the Thirteen Colonies Edward Braddock was mortally wounded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 567
Front page of "Roswell Daily Record," July 8, 1947: "RAAF Captures Flying Saucer on Ranch in Roswell Region" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 683
On July 3, 1952, the SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 635
On this day, June 25, 1906, the Murder of the Century occurred on the roof of Madison Square Garden. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jul 2025 2 1143
On July 1, 1916, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Doud were married in Denver. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 615
On July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 570
On July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 706
On July 1, 1862, the "Union Pacific Rail Road" was incorporated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 490
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 560
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 592
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