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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 8 512
Leon N. Cooper, Nobel physicist who probed superconductivity, dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 7 427
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 380
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 0 380
On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists attempted to assassinate Harry Truman at the Blair House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 3 333
On this day, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2024 1 816
On the evening of Friday, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 398
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 13 360
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 2 459
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 4 366
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 369
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 302
It was a legendary suffragist's home. This year it's a voting site. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 485
History and the Headless Horseman, Sleepy Hollow, America's 1st Ghost Story: The History Guy 🐎 0 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 645
Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 732
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 1 621
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 2 612
On October 14, 1890, Dwight Eisenhower was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 550
This day, Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 513
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 600
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 1 670
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Oct 2024 1 580
Megan Marshack, aide with Nelson Rockefeller on fatal night, dies at 70 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 761
On this day, October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 903
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 2 649
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 818
On this day, October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 649
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 614
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 612
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 3 739

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On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 589
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 3 428
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 451
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 981
Lincoln and Taney's great writ showdown 5 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 847
Opinion: These torchlit young marchers helped to save American democracy 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 Oct 2024 10 1878
On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 434
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 520
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 627
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 4 563
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 1 740
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 517
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 512
Patti McGee, first women's pro skateboarder, dies at 79 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 545
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 5 542
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 0 490
Remember??? 9 elleng Oct 2024 Oct 2024 24 1490
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 1 691
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" both had something to say about Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 516
On this day, October 21, 2021, a shooting occurred on the set of the film "Rust." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 586
On this day, October 21, 1861, the battle of Ball's Bluff took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 541
The North Carolina flood of 1916 compares to 2024. 0 diehardblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 613
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 508
Carter White House Cornbread - From Plains, Ga with Love 🌽 2 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 12 1091
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 1 522
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 1 483
On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 608
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 579
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 480
On the evening of October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 608

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On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 636
📜 SOLD: Rare Copy of US Constitution Up For Auction In NC, Printed in 1787 7 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1203
John Adams: I Must Study Politics, War, Sons Have Liberty to Study Math, Philosophy, Children Study Ptg, Poetry 4 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 12 820
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 1 547
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 1119
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 647
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 651
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 547
On October 12, 2024, Lilly Ledbetter, a stalwart in the fight for fair pay, died at the age of 86. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 738
On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 740
On this day, October 15, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 733 points. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 688
On this day, October 15, 2018, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 684
On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 743
On this day, October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 714
On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 768
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 735
Opinion: Born in another ugly era, Columbus Day is an accident of history 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 963
On this day, October 13, 1983, cell service was first provided to the general public. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 675
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 625
On this day, October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 618
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