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On June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 4 180
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 2 164
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 0 90
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 0 111
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 1 139
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 14 hrs ago 2 180
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2 mahatmakanejeeves 14 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 2 128
Fred Smith, FedEx founder and American business magnate, dies at 80 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 0 324
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 4 290
Betsy Jochum, 104, Dies; Last Original Member of Women's Baseball League 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 12 310
On this day, June 17, 1971, the war on drugs began. Well, Richard Nixon's version of it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 3 219
On June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 1107
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 145
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 2 247
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 11 354
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 6 211
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 142
Civil War, Ken Burns, PBS 3 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 2 353
On this day, June 14, 1977, Illinois Nazis received a favorable ruling in their quest to march in Skokie, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 5 248
On this day, June 14, 2017, Steve Scalise and several aides were shot during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 1 236
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 210
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 211
Saturday, 9 p.m. The Civil War 0 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 1 282
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 311
On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 204
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 191
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 234
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 220
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 7 257
On July 4, 1983, the Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 12 4 543

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On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 2 301
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 0 237
On this day, June 10, 1963, "JFK gave best speech of his life ... at American University:" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 3 245
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 8 378
On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 5 353
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 2 260
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 484
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 5 Jun 6 16 524
The Battle of Midway (1942 Documentary Film) 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 4 430
Why Early America Needed This Unhinged Hero - PBS Origins 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 5 575
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 May 31 3 430
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Grandson of the 10th President, Is Dead at 96 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 30 May 30 6 448
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 10 597
Howard Zinn, a people's history of the United States ⚒️Social Full Documentary 3 Goonch May 17 May 18 17 830
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 7 419
On May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 14 631
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 575
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 0 344
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 3 358
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 2 306
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 674
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 464
Native American community broke up 1958 Maxton NC KKK meeting 2 struggle4progress May 11 May 12 4 478
88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 1 Dennis Donovan May 6 May 6 4 545
May 5, 1925: High school teacher John T. Scopes is arrested in Dayton, TN for teaching evolution 9 Dennis Donovan May 5 May 5 11 905
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 3 550
The Americans Who Left 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 14 935
On this day, May 2, 1972, J. Edgar Hoover died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 2 460
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 581
It's been 55 years since one of the mass shootings at a school. 15 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 1 May 5 16 1254

American History Continued...

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CBS News: 1975 Evacuation of Saigon 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 30 Apr 30 8 600
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 6 574
Extremely rare photograph of Harriet Tubman lying in her casket - 1913 12 Dennis Donovan Apr 28 May 2 81 2834
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Apr 27 Apr 27 0 212
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 10 804
Geronimo in a Locomobile Model C 0 struggle4progress Apr 27 Apr 27 8 599
On April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 May 2 4 578
On April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 2 479
On April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 389
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 1 412
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 8 559
On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 4 549
On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 456
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 415
On April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 2 404
On April 20, 1914, the Ludlow Massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 Apr 22 2 454
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 501
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 0 490
Who Were The Minutemen? 0 Eko Apr 20 Apr 20 2 547
I'm Mike Wallace and this is Biography. Our story: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 0 Dennis Donovan Apr 20 Apr 20 10 687
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