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On this day, June 18, 2007, the deadliest firefighter disaster in the U.S. since the September 11 attacks occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 9318
On this day, June 18, 1948, the long-playing record was unveiled. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 339
Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1: "5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 351
On June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 390
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 338
On June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 283
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 383
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 546
On June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 9187
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 334
On this day, June 14, 1977, Illinois Nazis received a favorable ruling in their quest to march in Skokie, Illinois. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 747
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 361
On this day, June 14, 2017, Steve Scalise and several aides were shot during practice for a congressional baseball game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 365
On this day, June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 413
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On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 397
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 500
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 357
On this day, June 12, 1865, 1942, 1966, 1967, and 1971, all kinds of things happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 605
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1005
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 815
On this day in history the Battle of St. Leonard Creek began. 0 elleng Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 422
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On this day, June 11, 1963, John F. Kennedy proposed what would become the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 395
On this day, June 11, 1963, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burned himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 342
On this day, June 11, 1963, George Wallace stood in a schoolhouse door. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 338
On this day, "JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 33 1464
On June 9, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was asked, "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 521
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 468
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 413

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On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 501
On this day, June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 352
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 406
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 7 531
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 513
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 496
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 726
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 382
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cohen v. California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 448
On this day, June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 545
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 631
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 379
On this day, June 6, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was again alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 8703
Freedom from Fear - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US Pres. - The 4 Freedoms Speech, Jan. 6, 1941 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 525
On this day, June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ran a report about an unusual disorder. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 448
On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 476
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 424
On this day, June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 437
On this day, June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 534
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May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 559
On this day, June 3, 1781, Jack Jouett rode 40 miles to warn Thomas Jefferson of a plan to capture him. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 393
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On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 429
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 524
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers posed on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 549
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 383
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On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 446
On this day, May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 425
On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 412
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 459
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On this day, May 29, 1950, Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive # 611 entered revenue service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 451
On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 389
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 627
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 712
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 29 1863
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 374
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 730
On this day, May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 471
At 9:00 a.m. on May 23, 1865, Maj. Gen. George Meade led the Army of the Potomac down the streets of Washington D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 474
On this day, May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 608
On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 845
On this day, May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 4137
On this day, May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 493
On this day, May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 596
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 625
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