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Rare copy of US Constitution to be sold at auction 1 sl8 9 hrs ago 8 hrs ago 12 299
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 317
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 5 219
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 6 274
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 171
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 198
On this day, September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 5 219
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 393
On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 250
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 289
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 201
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 199
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 186
Reticence on Policy and the Ranking of America's Greatest Presidents. 1 NNadir Monday Monday 3 252
On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 2 339
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 1 189
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 28 2 191
Emmett Till August 28, 1955 1 spike jones Aug 28 Aug 28 6 319
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 28 3 385
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 29 14 944
Brandon Museum & Rec co-host program on Vermont's darker history: eugenics 0 sl8 Aug 28 Aug 28 2 194
On this day, August 27, 1963, an explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah, killed 18 miners. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 27 Aug 27 0 216
On this day, August 26, 2021, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 US military personnel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 3 223
On this day, August 26, 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 6 280
On this day, August 26, 1968, the Democratic National convention opened in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 5 203
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 4 294
On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 25 Aug 25 3 270
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 25 Aug 25 5 7779
Some History Involving RFK Jr., his father, and, um, Joe McCarthy...THAT McCarthy. 11 NNadir Aug 25 Aug 26 8 661
On this day, August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 0 215

American History Continued...

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On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 2 240
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 1 232
Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 24 Aug 24 11 369
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 2 212
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 0 206
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 0 189
On this day, August 22, 1880, "Krazy Kat" cartoonist George Herriman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 4 206
On this day, August 22, 2003, Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 1 226
On this day, August 22, 1992, an FBI sniper shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 0 254
On this day, August 22, 1965, SF Giant Juan Marichal hit LA Dodger John Roseboro on the head with a bat. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 4 399
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Largest US Labor Uprising: Aug. 25- Sept. 2, 1921 4 appalachiablue Aug 21 Aug 27 10 363
Fannie Lou Hamer rattled Democratic convention 60 years ago with 'Is this America?' speech 3 sl8 Aug 21 Aug 21 7 357
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 7 464
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 3 456
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 3 259
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 211
On this day, August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 20 Aug 20 2 281
Then Again: Finding Addie [child laborer] 1 sl8 Aug 19 Aug 19 6 225
On August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 0 322
On August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 2 201
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 7 335
From August 14 through August 16, 1908, the Springfield, Illinois, race riot of 1908 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 7 245
On Aug. 17, 1964, the final stretch of the Capital Beltway opened to traffic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 1 231
On this day, August 16, 1884, Hugo Gernsback was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 290
On this day, August 16, 1955, Boston's polio epidemic hit a high of 480 cases. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 2 261
On this day, August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died, many people believe. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 1 317
On November 16, 2018, Miriam Adelson and Elvis Presley received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 1 291
On this day, August 16, 1920, Ray Chapman was struck in the head by a pitch. He died the following morning. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 2 216
On this day, August 16, 1969, Hurricane Camille headed for the US after striking Cuba. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 3 222
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested on suspicion of car theft. He was released a few days later. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 2 205

American History Continued...

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From Robert Reich's Washington diary: April 20, 1994 1 elleng Aug 16 Aug 16 3 317
On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 15 Aug 15 3 238
Aug. 14, 1935: FDR Signs the Social Security Act 3 appalachiablue Aug 14 Aug 14 11 297
On August 14, 2023, Donald Trump was charged in Georgia with attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 3 266
On this day, August 14, 2003, the Northeast blackout of 2003 started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 3 259
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 2 279
On this day, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 14 Aug 14 2 226
On this day, August 13, 1967, two young women became the first fatal victims of grizzly bear attacks in Glacier NP. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 2 314
On this day, August 13, 1963, the roof of the Sheppton anthracite coal mine collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 1 268
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the U.S. Agency for Global Media had hired Frank Wuco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 1 218
On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and wild west show sensation Annie Oakley was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 13 Aug 13 2 210
On this day, August 12, 2017, the Unite the Right rally occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 Aug 12 2 224
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 12 Aug 12 8 264
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 11 Aug 11 10 441
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 11 Aug 11 0 232
On the night of August 11, 2017, some 200 white supremacists and neo-Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 11 Aug 11 1 236
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On August 10, 2020, a derecho in Iowa became the most costly thunderstorm disaster in U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 11 Aug 11 1 191
On July 31, 2024, Paul Bucha, Medal of Honor recipient who saved unit under siege, died at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 Aug 10 7 365
On July 12, 2024, Norma Padgett, accuser of exonerated "Groveland Four,'" died at 92. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 10 Aug 10 3 291
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