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From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 21 hrs ago 21 hrs ago 3 218
On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 3 139
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 2 133
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 2 171
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 3 145
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 7 192
On July 4, 1983, the Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday 22 hrs ago 4 391
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 240
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 179
On this day, June 10, 1963, "JFK gave best speech of his life ... at American University:" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 192
On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 266
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 199
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 8 307
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 8 389
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 5 Friday 16 415
The Battle of Midway (1942 Documentary Film) 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 4 360
Why Early America Needed This Unhinged Hero - PBS Origins 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 5 509
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 May 31 3 380
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Grandson of the 10th President, Is Dead at 96 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 30 May 30 6 391
An account of a very sick FDR struggling to get the United Nations in place as he faded rapidly into death. 2 NNadir May 23 May 23 10 547
Howard Zinn, a people's history of the United States ⚒️Social Full Documentary 3 Goonch May 17 May 18 17 752
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 7 369
On May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 14 557
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 3 307
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 529
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 0 295
On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 2 257
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 612
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 410
Native American community broke up 1958 Maxton NC KKK meeting 2 struggle4progress May 11 May 12 4 415

American History Continued...

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88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 1 Dennis Donovan May 6 May 6 4 469
May 5, 1925: High school teacher John T. Scopes is arrested in Dayton, TN for teaching evolution 9 Dennis Donovan May 5 May 5 11 802
It's been 55 years since one of the mass shootings at a school. 15 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 1 May 5 16 1104
100 years ago news: The Eastern Chiropractic Institute holds a contest to choose New York's most beautiful back 1 Dennis Donovan May 5 May 5 3 501
The Americans Who Left 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 14 878
On this day, Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 May 2 11 1005
Happy Appomattox Day! 160 years ago the traitors surrendered 6 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 May 2 10 596
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 May 2 1 375
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 355
On this day, May 2, 1972, J. Edgar Hoover died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 2 401
On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 May 2 5 692
On this day, April 17, 1965, the first pickets in DC for gay rights took place in front of the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 May 2 4 446
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 436
On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 387
On April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 May 2 4 503
Extremely rare photograph of Harriet Tubman lying in her casket - 1913 12 Dennis Donovan Apr 28 May 2 81 2728
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 526
For some Americans, the end of the Vietnam War after Saigon fell 50 years ago is still deeply felt 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 6 512
CBS News: 1975 Evacuation of Saigon 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 30 Apr 30 8 539
I have started reading Nigel Hamilton's trilogy on FDR as Commander in Chief during the Second World War. 8 NNadir Apr 27 Apr 28 10 716
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Apr 27 Apr 27 0 164
Geronimo in a Locomobile Model C 0 struggle4progress Apr 27 Apr 27 8 553
On April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 2 411
On April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 342
On this day, April 24, 1980, eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue hostages. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 362
Auschwitz Memorial: 23 April 1945 The US Army liberated the Flossenbrg camp, where they found 1,500 critically ill pr 1 Dennis Donovan Apr 23 Apr 23 8 501
On April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 2 343
On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 4 487
On April 20, 1914, the Ludlow Massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 2 390
On April 19, 1940, 31 people were killed when a New York Central passenger train derailed in Little Falls, New York. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 21 Apr 21 0 434

American History Continued...

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Who Were The Minutemen? 0 Eko Apr 20 Apr 20 2 492
On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 20 2 356
I'm Mike Wallace and this is Biography. Our story: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 0 Dennis Donovan Apr 20 Apr 20 10 630
On April 17, 1967, Jock Semple tried to keep Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 7 526
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 15 601
On this day, April 18, 1923, Babe Ruth was at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 Apr 18 2 409
On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 17 Apr 17 0 427
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 15 3 477
250 Years Ago This Month: war was starting 0 eShirl Apr 13 Apr 13 8 598
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 11 6 602
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 1 522
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 500
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 343
On March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 4 513
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 1 386
On this day, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 4 453
The Ziegfeld Follies 2 BootinUp Apr 8 Apr 8 4 593
On Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 375
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 0 369
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 2 387
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