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On this day, September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 7 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 1067
Two Ford's Theatre tickets for night of Lincoln murder to be auctioned 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 452
On this day, September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 552
On this day, September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 572
Grandson in southern MD learning U.S. History! 4th grade 0 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 779
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 681
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 492
On September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 790
On this day, September 19, 1921, WBZ started broadcasting. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 411
On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 573
On this day, September 19, 1995, the Unabomber manifesto was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 464
On September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 999
On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 371
On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 674
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding 3 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 887
"Fight for the things that you care about, 1 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 448
On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 797
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 786
On this day, September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 469
On this day, September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 603
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 780
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 632
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 584
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 651
Grog! Rum Rations In The 18th Century Navy ⛵ 0 appalachiablue Sep 2023 Sep 2023 5 575
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 809
The Courageous Life and Death of Rick Rescorla, a September 11 Hero 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 12 690
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 835
Manhattan, September 10, 2001, photographed by a Canadian tourist, twenty-two years ago this week: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 11 799
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 686

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On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 528
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 685
On this day, September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 806
On this day, September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 480
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 786
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 603
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 935
On September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 627
On September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 569
On this day, September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 597
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 590
On September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 675
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 6 1014
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 464
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 8 769
From August 25 to September 2, 1921, the Battle of Blair Mountain occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 557
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 1 721
On this day, August 28, 2014, America lived through its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Sep 2023 7 1367
On this day, September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 826
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 580
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 3 856
On this day, August 31, 1940, Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashed near Lovettsville VA. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 885
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan released August 30, 1965 6 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 951
METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART ANNOUNCES HARLEM RENAISSANCE EXHIBITION 0 elleng Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 641
On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 639
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 842
Emmett Till murdered August 28, 1955 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 704
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 2150
The Working Man's Breakfast, 18th Century 🍲 6 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 806
I had no idea that there were tapes of Kennedy discussing Vietnam. 7 NNadir Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 968

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On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 986
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 939
On August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 458
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 768
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 935
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1109
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 776
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 554
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 990
On August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1378
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 451
On this day, August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 851
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 835
On this day, August 16, 1969, Hurricane Camille headed for the US after striking Cuba. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 857
On this day, August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 672
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 576
This Day In History, August 15, 1969 - Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York 0 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 855
On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 793
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 805
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 808
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