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On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 324
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 384
At around 7:30 AM, July 1, 1863, a small patrol of the 8th IL Cav led by Lieutenant Marcellus Jones ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 401
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 396
On July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 295
On this day, July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 aircraft prototype crashed in Beverly Hills. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 363
On July 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 354
On July 6, 1944, at least 167 people were killed and more than 700 were injured in the Hartford circus fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 337
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 314
On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 1 328
On July 4, 1918, twin sisters Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer and Pauline Phillips were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 391
On July 4, three of the first five presidents died; Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 315
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 0 267
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 273
Trumbull Called It "One of the Highest Moral Lessons Ever Given the World," As I learned at Yale, On Kings. 0 NNadir Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 560
Let's celebrate the 4th of July with illustrations from America's favorite homoerotic illustrator, J. C. Leyendecker. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 609
Americas First Black Postmaster 1 struggle4progress Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 505
On this day, June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jul 2025 2 515
new History Hit video: "The Real History Behind the Boston Tea Party" 1 eShirl Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 542
I'm reading "Reading the Man" in which we discover what a horrible human being R.E "Bobby" Lee was. 3 NNadir Jun 2025 Jun 2025 13 945
On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 10 617
On this day, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 470
On this day, June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Lawrence v. Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 416
On this day, June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 440
On this day, June 26, 2000, the Supreme Court handed down the opinion in Apprendi v. New Jersey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 468
On June 28, 1942, the DuMont Television Network did not begin operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 568
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 543
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 566
On June 24, 1973, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place at a gay bar in New Orleans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 412
Has Trump gotten worse over the last five years? From June 25, 2020: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 598

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On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 487
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 649
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 379
On June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 490
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 462
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 387
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 459
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 372
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 442
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 487
Fred Smith, FedEx founder and American business magnate, dies at 80 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 602
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 559
On this day, June 17, 1971, the war on drugs began. Well, Richard Nixon's version of it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 511
Betsy Jochum, 104, Dies; Last Original Member of Women's Baseball League 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 12 599
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 11 735
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 538
On June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 2624
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 380
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 427
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 6 519
Civil War, Ken Burns, PBS 3 elleng Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 697
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 482
On this day, June 14, 1977, Illinois Nazis received a favorable ruling in their quest to march in Skokie, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 550
On this day, June 14, 2017, Steve Scalise and several aides were shot during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 502
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 458
Saturday, 9 p.m. The Civil War 0 elleng Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 512
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 602
On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 430
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 418
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 473

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On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 479
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 536
On July 4, 1983, the Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1075
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 574
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 0 478
On this day, June 10, 1963, "JFK gave best speech of his life ... at American University:" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 3 532
On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 712
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 564
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 660
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Jun 2025 8 840
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 2025 Jun 2025 16 1069
The Battle of Midway (1942 Documentary Film) 1 sl8 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 720
Why Early America Needed This Unhinged Hero - PBS Origins 1 sl8 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 5 858
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On May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 14 1113
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2025 May 2025 3 582
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