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On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 476
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 482
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 533
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 544
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 642
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 588
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 566
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 648
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 482
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 669
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 448
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 477
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 443
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 495
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 432
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 522
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 506
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 452
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 555
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 490
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 496
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 490
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 523
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 554
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 526
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 596
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 514
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 505
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 535
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 458

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On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 518
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 481
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 354
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 619
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 407
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 532
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 509
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 498
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 532
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 468
#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 480
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 476
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 551
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 614
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 427
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 548
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 661
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 478
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 521
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 612
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 491
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 588
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 631
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 425
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 461
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 473
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 557
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 427
Speaker of the House Joe Cannon was on the cover of the first issue of Time Magazine, dated this day, March 3, 1923. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 495
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 505

American History Continued...

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On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 441
On March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 406
On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 455
Presidents' Private Love Lives Explored in New Book, Including JFK's Alleged Affair with a Possible Nazi Spy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 571
On this day, February 28, 1993, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 455
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 576
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 402
On February 27 or February 29, 1960, the Tampa, Florida, Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 410
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 608
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 758
The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 569
On this day, February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 475
On this day, February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 398
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 410
On this day, February 27, 1897, Marian Anderson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 370
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 419
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 496
On this day, February 25, 1946, a race riot broke out in Columbia, Tennessee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 6679
On this day, February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany said, "We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 638
Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys' Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 669
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