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On this day, December 23, 2020, "Balloon Boy"'s parents were pardoned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 450
On December 23, 1986, Voyager became first aircraft to fly non-stop around world w/o refueling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 356
One hundred years ago today, December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 10 937
On this day, December 21, 2020, Trump issued an "Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 555
On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 538
On this day, December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 666
On this day, December 21, 1970, the F-14 flew for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 440
Three Black men were lynched. A rural Virginia county has cleared their names. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 527
Joanne Pierce Misko, Ex-Nun Who Made F.B.I. History, Dies at 83 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 884
On This Day In History 12/18/1620, the Mayflower passengers set foot on what would become Plymouth Rock. 0 elleng Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 443
On this day, December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 434
On this day, December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 464
On this day, December 18, 2002, Gray Davis announced that California would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 446
On this day, December 18, 2019, Donald Trump was impeached for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 551
On this day, December 18, 2020, Donald Trump listed the names of the people he wanted on his Advisory 1776 Commission. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 534
On this day, December 18, 1972, the "Christmas bombings" of North Vietnam began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 479
On this day, December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train running on a new route derailed near Olympia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 519
On this day, December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 806
January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 506
On this day, December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 553
On this day, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air for 12 seconds. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 456
How a long-ago fight over a dormant constitutional weapon echoes today 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 822
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 591
On December 15, 1913, Muriel Rukeyser was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 526
On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Assn voted to remove homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 517
On this day, December 16, 1777, Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 436
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 2024 Dec 2024 6 442
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 478
On December 15, 1944, the Japanese prisoner of war transport ship "Oryoku Maru" was sunk in Subic Bay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 505
On December 13, 1974, Southern Pacific locomotive number 4449 was removed from display for a return to service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 619

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On this day, December 15, 1944, the airplane carrying Glenn Miller was lost over the English Channel. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 516
On this day, December 15, 1952, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 516
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 429
On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 501
On this day, December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at George Bush. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 571
On this day, December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 423
On this day, December 14, 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 420
On this day, December 14, 1964, "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 392
On this day, December 14, 1907: the first large marine oil spill? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 377
80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 16 721
On December 10 and December 11, 2021, there was a tornado outbreak throughout the Ohio Valley. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 506
On this day, December 13, 1948, Harry Truman accepted two Christmas turkeys at the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 472
On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 517
On December 11, 2019, Trump reminisced about his time in the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 754
Artist Bill Hennessy Jr., whose sketches brought courtroom drama to life, dies at 67 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 505
December 12, 2000, a date that will live in infamy 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 13 904
On this day, December 12, 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 596
On this day, December 12, 2000, General Motors pulled the plug on Oldsmobile. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 476
On this day, December 12, 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 492
On this day, December 11, 1978, the largest cash robbery committed in the U.S. up until that time occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 665
On this day, December 11, 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy escaped an attempt at assassination. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 681
On this day, December 11, 1725, George Mason was born. He refused to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 563
On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 553
On this day, December 10, 1994, advertising executive Thomas J. Mosser was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 587
On this day, December 10, 2021, a memorial service was held for Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 562
On this day, December 9, 1906, Grace Hopper was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 442
On December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 671
On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 0 489
On this day, December 9, 1968, the concepts of the computer mouse, hypertext, and bit-mapped GUI were introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 438
In January 1961, John F. Kennedy appointed Mortimer Caplin U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 514

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On December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553 crashed on approach to Midway. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 652
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On December 8, 1941, Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 445
On December 7, 1946, 119 people died in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 468
On December 7, 1941, the refurbished, streamlined Empire State Express made its first run. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 636
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On this day, December 6, 1969, the Altamont Free Concert was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 486
On this day, December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 563
On this day, December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 5 560
On this day, December 6, 1969, eighteen-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Hells Angels at Altamont. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 547
On this day, December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 6 667
On this day, December 6, 1877, The Washington Post was founded. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 463
On this day, December 6, 1913, Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 426
On this day, December 6, 1971, Ryan White was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 555
On this day, December 5, 1945, Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 2 692
On this day, December 4, 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff, was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 1 558
On this day, December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 533
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