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On April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 517
On April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 574
On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 574
On this day, April 4, 1859, Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 585
On April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 1 586
On April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 537
On this day, April 8, 1897, there were numerous sightings of UFOs over Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 6 785
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 13 946
On March 27, 1924, computing pioneer Margaret Butler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 600
On this day Mar 25, 2016 Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally 2 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 921
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 721
Major General Smedley Butler bares plot by 'Fascists' in Newtown Square Pennsylva...HD Stock Footage 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 9 881
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 840
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 768
Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 598
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2025 3 1200
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 751
On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 539
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 632
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 688
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 592
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 578
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 852
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 564
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 625
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 622
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 721
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 584
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 576
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 644

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On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 658
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 776
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 5 682
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 692
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 754
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 579
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 4 771
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 566
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 562
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 535
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 601
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 520
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 624
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 600
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 539
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 8 682
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 600
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 582
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 603
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 0 610
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 1 648
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 631
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 696
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 610
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 608
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 0 625
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 543
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 616
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 580
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 442

American History Continued...

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That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 705
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 497
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 645
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 604
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 606
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 656
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 562
#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 2 589
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 571
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 662
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 3 751
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 527
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 659
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 772
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 573
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 629
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 711
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 587
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 684
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 742
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