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On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 2 325
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 0 248
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 1 301
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 2 348
Fred Smith, FedEx founder and American business magnate, dies at 80 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 22 Jun 22 0 478
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 4 425
On this day, June 17, 1971, the war on drugs began. Well, Richard Nixon's version of it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 3 359
Betsy Jochum, 104, Dies; Last Original Member of Women's Baseball League 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 12 466
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 11 559
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 2 400
On June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 2469
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 261
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 299
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 6 369
Civil War, Ken Burns, PBS 3 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 2 533
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 336
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 5 411
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 1 362
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 324
Saturday, 9 p.m. The Civil War 0 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 1 403
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 447
On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 314
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 293
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 353
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 341
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 7 392
On July 4, 1983, the Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 12 4 817
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 2 432
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 0 353
On this day, June 10, 1963, "JFK gave best speech of his life ... at American University:" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 3 373

American History Continued...

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On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 5 534
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 2 395
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 8 515
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 665
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 5 Jun 6 16 811
The Battle of Midway (1942 Documentary Film) 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 4 566
Why Early America Needed This Unhinged Hero - PBS Origins 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 5 693
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 May 31 3 538
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Grandson of the 10th President, Is Dead at 96 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 30 May 30 6 577
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 10 748
Howard Zinn, a people's history of the United States ⚒️Social Full Documentary 3 Goonch May 17 May 18 17 992
His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 7 505
On May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 14 837
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 3 460
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 666
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 0 427
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 2 391
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 773
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 566
Native American community broke up 1958 Maxton NC KKK meeting 2 struggle4progress May 11 May 12 4 595
88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 1 Dennis Donovan May 6 May 6 4 680
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 1156
It's been 55 years since one of the mass shootings at a school. 15 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 1 May 5 16 1574
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 3 662
The Americans Who Left 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 14 1088
On this day, Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 May 2 11 1207
Happy Appomattox Day! 160 years ago the traitors surrendered 6 Dennis Donovan Apr 2025 May 2 10 870
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 1 569
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 2 517
On this day, May 2, 1972, J. Edgar Hoover died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 2 581

American History Continued...

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On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 5 905
On this day, April 17, 1965, the first pickets in DC for gay rights took place in front of the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 4 564
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 2 571
On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 May 2 2 524
On April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 May 2 4 674
Extremely rare photograph of Harriet Tubman lying in her casket - 1913 12 Dennis Donovan Apr 28 May 2 81 3043
Photos: A look back at the fall of Saigon and the final days of the Vietnam War 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 644
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 6 649
CBS News: 1975 Evacuation of Saigon 2 Dennis Donovan Apr 30 Apr 30 8 674
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 10 932
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 NNadir Apr 27 Apr 27 0 236
Geronimo in a Locomobile Model C 0 struggle4progress Apr 27 Apr 27 8 641
On April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 2 557
On April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 1 427
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 1 450
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 8 625
On April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 478
On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 596
On April 20, 1914, the Ludlow Massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 488
On April 19, 1940, 31 people were killed when a New York Central passenger train derailed in Little Falls, New York. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2025 Apr 2025 0 547
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