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On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1110
On June 20, 1973, Richard Nixon presented Leonid Brezhnev with a 1973 dark blue Lincoln Continental. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1468
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1541
On June 25, 1962, MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 608
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 982
On this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 858
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 921
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1047
On this day, June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1038
On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1001
Juneteenth celebrated in Texas, 1900: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 690
On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 798
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 858
Pvt. William Loop & father, Cpl. Roderick Loop, bid farewell to each other. Anzio, March 6, 1944. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 1138
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1380
On this day, June 18, 2007, the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 945
On this day, June 18, 1948, the long-playing record was unveiled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1088
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 954
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 822
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 895
On this day, June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1056
On this day, June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 951
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1736
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1299
On this day, June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1791
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jun 2023 3 1958
On June 14, 2017, there was a shooting during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1017
On the night of June 12, 1994, 35-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson and 25-year-old Ron Goldman ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1531
June 13. Today's Highlight in History: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 931
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1057

American History Continued...

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On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 728
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 945
"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1162
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1315
June 11, 1963, was one of the most tumultuous days in the civil rights movement. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 776
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 881
On this day, June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 878
June 19, 1953 Rosenbergs executed 3 AKwannabe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1277
June 9, 1954: "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 965
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 876
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1797
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from NYC to DC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1014
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1100
On this day, June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 552
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1408
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 685
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 1664
Current Exhibit, 'Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of WW2' Created Deceptions To Fight the Nazis 0 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1021
On this day, June 6, 1944, Roman citizens watched an American troop convoy in front of the Colosseum 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1231
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 940
On June 3, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1023
On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 979
On this day, June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reported an unusual disorder. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1022
DC insider on the 10 most crucial days of the Obama presidency 0 catbyte Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 792
Americans preparing to fight for freedom on D-Day, this week 1944. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 845
June 1, 1963: young Black people are prevented from entering segregated Bishop's Restaurant 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1046
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1150
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 736
June 1, 1944: American Rangers poised on British landing craft, Weymouth, England 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1020
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 Jun 2023 2 847

American History Continued...

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Seventy years ago, the United States received news about Stalin's death through a coded message. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 1131
On this day, May 31, 2013, the El Reno tornado crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 865
On this date the Johnstown Flood occurred 4 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 4 936
On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 5 920
On this day, May 29, 1950, Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive # 611 entered revenue service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 5 1136
On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 9 740
JFK at Arlington National Cemetery for what would become his final Memorial Day, May 30, 1963 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 10 923
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 1278
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 951
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 6 1682
Presidential reviewing stand at Union Army victory parade, May 23, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 960
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 10 1440
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died, outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 756
On this day, May 20, 2013, 24 people were killed when an EF5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 0 1031
Lincoln Quote of The Week... 1 elleng May 2023 May 2023 7 774
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 11 1433
On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 1199
On this day, May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 1139
On May 5, 2009, scandal erupted when Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard for his hamburger. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 1482
On May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 1093
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