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On December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 48 2641
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 736
On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 657
On this day, December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 891
On this day, December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Kennedy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 463
On this day, December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 733
On December 15, 1944, the Japanese prisoner of war transport ship "Oryoku Maru" was sunk in Subic Bay. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 765
On this day, December 18, 1972, the "Christmas bombings" of North Vietnam began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 614
On this day, December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train running on a new route derailed near Olympia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 583
On this day, December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 762
On this day, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air for 12 seconds. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 580
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1302
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 725
On this day, December 16, 1773, hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in protest against the Tea Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 675
On this day, December 16, 1777, Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 592
Congress may honor Major Taylor, first Black American sports world hero; overcame racism to become world champion. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 789
On December 11, 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy escaped an attempt at assassination. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 909
On December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 595
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 700
On this day, December 15, 1952, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 634
if you like primative stuff + old samplers, poke me. one sampler was a surprise. 0 pansypoo53219 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 549
if you love primatives, old samplers poke me. there is 1 sanmpler that was a hoot. 0 pansypoo53219 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 709
On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 581
On this day, December 14, 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 564
On this day, December 14, 1964, "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 655
On this day, December 14, 1907: the first large marine oil spill? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 474
On this day, December 13, 1948, Harry Truman accepted two Christmas turkeys at the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 599
On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 707
On this day, December 12, 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 672
There's no known photograph of Homer Plessy (of Plessy v Ferguson fame) 0 Bucky Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 797

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December 12, 2000, a date that will live in infamy 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 976
On this day, December 12, 2000, General Motors pulled the plug on Oldsmobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 805
On this day, December 12, 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1114
On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 696
On this day, December 11, 1725, George Mason was born. He conceived the Bill of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 655
On this day, December 10, 1994, advertising executive Thomas J. Mosser was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 923
World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas 7 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1076
On this day, December 10, 2021, a memorial service was held for Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 596
On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 566
On this day, December 9, 1968, the computer mouse, hypertext, and bit-mapped GUI were introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 597
On this day, December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 706
On this day, December 8, 2020, Trump was still announcing appointments. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 592
On this day, December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553 crashed on approach to Midway. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 742
On this day, December 8, 1941, Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 530
On this day, December 7, 1946, 119 people died in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 642
On this day, December 7, 1941, the refurbished, streamlined Empire State Express made its first run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 679
Then Again: American Revolution's 'necessary man' mentored Ethan Allen 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 650
On this day, December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 640
On this day, December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 709
On this day, December 6, 1969, eighteen-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Hells Angels at Altamont. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 830
On this day, December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 641
On this day, December 6, 1877, The Washington Post was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 484
On this day, December 6, 1913, Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 511
On this day, December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 616
On this day, December 4, 1619, the first Thanksgiving celebrated by English colonists took place, in Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 659
On this day, December 3, 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 776
On this day, December 3, 1818, Illinois was admitted to the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 563
On this day, December 3, 1979, eleven fans were suffocated in a crush for seats at a Who concert in Cincinnati. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 892
On December 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather while on approach to Dulles. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 812
On this day, December 2, 2001, Enron filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 489

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On this day, December 2, 2016, the Ghost Ship warehouse fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 560
On this day, December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 522
Seattle WTO 24 years ago 0 spike jones Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 689
This date in history: Nov. 30, 1993 - The Brady Bill becomes law 0 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 739
On November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force departed Hittokapu Bay in the Kuril Islands en route to Hawaii. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 693
On November 29, 1941, the "Japanese American Review" of NYC cited the "Hopeful Tone" of Washington DC talks. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 686
On this day, November 29, 1962, Yo-Yo Ma performed at "An American Pageant of the Arts." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 525
On November 24, 1963, the Dallas police set out to transfer Lee Harvey Oswald from the city jail to the county jail. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 772
On this day, November 28, 2019, Trump visited Afghanistan and gave an inspirational speech to the troops. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 807
On Nov. 27, 2013 "Frozen", the highest-grossing animated film of all time, is released. 2 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 681
On this day, Monday, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 794
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 1016
On November 24, 1963, President Kennedy's flag-covered casket was taken from the White House to the Capitol rotunda. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 668
On November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 659
On this day, November 23, 1968, Harvard Beat Yale at football, 29-29. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 696
On the morning of November 22, 1963, JFK appeared at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 703
This is actually pretty cool for archology. 0 Eko Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 759
On this day, Thursday, November 21, 1963, it's wheels up for JFK and Jackie on their way to Texas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 646
On this day, November 21, 2021, an SUV plowed through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 536
On this day, November 21, 1980, the MGM Grand fire in Las Vegas, Nevada, occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 696
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