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On November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 1 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 4 190
On November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 8 199
On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 2 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 3 141
On this day, Sunday, November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 3 105
On this day, November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 1 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 3 247
On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 0 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 1 144
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 18 hrs ago 18 hrs ago 1 123
On November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 0 154
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 0 162
On November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 3 159
On November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 3 211
On this day, Monday, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 2 126
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 2 102
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 1 171
On this day, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 0 225
On this day, November 18, 1942, Dr. Stanley Levenson came to work in burn injury treatment at City Hospital in Boston. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 2 188
How General William T. Sherman Anticipated the Foxination of the Media Escapes Me. 3 NNadir Friday Saturday 6 284
🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Thursday Saturday 11 272
Smithsonian, Other Museums Begin to Reopen, Welcome Visitors Back after Govt Shutdown: NPR 0 appalachiablue Friday Friday 3 225
Building an Airship (photo) Summit County, Ohio, c. 1933 16 Diamond_Dog Thursday Friday 13 399
From my email feeds: Sure wish I could have been at this one 2 NNadir Friday Friday 4 378
The Hidden Black Society They Don't Teach You About 2 Uncle Joe Nov 11 Thursday 13 376
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 2 BeyondGeography Nov 9 Nov 9 11 287
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 268
On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 1 220
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 205
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 5 163
On November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 233
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 149
On November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 336

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George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83. He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 3 447
On October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 2 276
On October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 238
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 255
On October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 271
On October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 336
On October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 234
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 8 431
On October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 323
On October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 190
On October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 6 304
On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 173
On this day, October 30, 1980, Mark David Chapman flew to New York. Unable to purchase bullets, he flew to Atlanta. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 200
On October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 11 300
On October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 211
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 161
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 215
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 214
On this day, October 29, 1901, presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 3 283
Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin puts today in the context of Lincoln 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 5 684
Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandin. 1 elleng Oct 21 Oct 21 6 305
Photographs Reveal Extent of White House Demolition 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 12 811
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 10 290
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 2 229
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 201
On October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 7 267
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 12 342
In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3 elleng Oct 10 Oct 11 9 530
Eugenics: Madison Grant Book 'Passing of the Great Race,' Hitler Bible; White Sup, Nordic, Anti Immigrant 2 appalachiablue Oct 4 Oct 4 3 523
On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 2 410

American History Continued...

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New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal's Bicentennial. 2 elleng Sep 28 Oct 2 7 1929
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 288
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 438
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 315
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 0 309
Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 Sep 30 10 1868
1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 29 Sep 29 9 2294
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 29 Sep 29 2 615
Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 28 Sep 29 5 1336
What was the best law Dwight Eisenhower signed 0 irisblue Sep 29 Sep 29 5 1924
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 3 565
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 562
On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 492
What was the best law Harry S Truman signed, an idea taken from reddit 1 irisblue Sep 28 Sep 28 18 1991
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On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 548
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 0 519
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 3 571
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 4 592
On September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 534
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