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On this day, November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 487
On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 485
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 424
Remains of nearly 30 Civil War veterans found in a funeral home's storage are laid to rest 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 11 787
James Blake Miller the Marlboro Marine. 3 discntnt_irny_srcsm Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 1054
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 584
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 643
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 501
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On November 3, 1987 ... 0 ificandream Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 676
On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 519
Leon N. Cooper, Nobel physicist who probed superconductivity, dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 434
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 389
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 389
On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists attempted to assassinate Harry Truman at the Blair House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 340
On this day, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2024 1 832
On the evening of Friday, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 406
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 368
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 2 469
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 379
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 392
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 311
It was a legendary suffragist's home. This year it's a voting site. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 498
History and the Headless Horseman, Sleepy Hollow, America's 1st Ghost Story: The History Guy 🐎 0 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 656
Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 741
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 2024 Oct 2024 1 631
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 620
On October 14, 1890, Dwight Eisenhower was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 561
This day, Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 526
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 618

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On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 686
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Oct 2024 1 593
Megan Marshack, aide with Nelson Rockefeller on fatal night, dies at 70 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 772
On this day, October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 930
On this day, October 27, 1904, the first regularly operated line of the New York City Subway was opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 668
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 830
On this day, October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 663
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 625
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 624
On this day, October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 755
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 606
On this day, Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 437
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 459
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 989
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On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 445
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 530
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 638
On this day, October 23, 1980, Mark David Chapman quit his security job, signing out for the last time as "John Lennon." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 573
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 764
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 527
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 519
Patti McGee, first women's pro skateboarder, dies at 79 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 553
On the evening of October 22, 1962, Pres. Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the US public. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 551
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Sen. Judiciary Comm. voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 502
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On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 705
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On this day, October 21, 1861, the battle of Ball's Bluff took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 549
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On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 530
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 494
On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 616
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 586
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 488
On the evening of October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 616
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 648
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On October 17, 1969, 14 Black players were dismissed from UWyo's football team for wanting to protest racial injustice. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 554
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 1145
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 657
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 662
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 558
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On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 750
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