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On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 246
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 275
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 279
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 285
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 239
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 328
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 306
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 273
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 8 301
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 319
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 6 241
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 221
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 0 331
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 1 308
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 13 Mar 13 4 345
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 370
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 3 350
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 272
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 0 338
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 297
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 1 318
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 3 271
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 1 176
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 10 Mar 10 4 404
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 258
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 353
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 328
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 2 298
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 5 342
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 9 Mar 9 3 295

American History Continued...

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#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 2 290
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 10 302
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 2 338
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 350
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 2 268
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 4 301
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 435
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 1 262
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 7 3 302
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 5 2 393
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 5 Mar 5 6 324
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 1 376
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 6 356
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 3 277
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 4 298
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 3 Mar 3 2 308
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 338
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 256
Speaker of the House Joe Cannon was on the cover of the first issue of Time Magazine, dated this day, March 3, 1923. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 313
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 306
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 280
On March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 252
On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 314
Presidents' Private Love Lives Explored in New Book, Including JFK's Alleged Affair with a Possible Nazi Spy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2 Mar 2 1 403
On this day, February 28, 1993, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 0 283
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 3 380
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 256
On February 27 or February 29, 1960, the Tampa, Florida, Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 250
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 395
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 2 495

American History Continued...

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The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 27 Feb 27 4 360
On this day, February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 2 296
On this day, February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 245
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 1 260
On this day, February 27, 1897, Marian Anderson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 1 222
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 251
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 26 4 348
On this day, February 25, 1946, a race riot broke out in Columbia, Tennessee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 25 Feb 25 4 6550
On this day, February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany said, "We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 25 Feb 25 11 474
Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys' Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 11 446
On February 23, 1886, Charles Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 4 400
On this day, February 24, 1989, the cargo door tore off United Airlines Flight 811, ejecting nine people from the plane. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 2 442
On February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 6 389
On this day, February 21, 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 5 323
On this day, February 21, 1994, Aldrich Ames was arrested for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 2 337
On this day, February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 6 335
One hundred years ago today, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 6 353
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 20 Feb 20 1 334
David Crockett Attacks President Andrew Jackson 0 Uncle Joe Feb 20 Feb 20 6 449
Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena's Black Arts Legacy? 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 20 Feb 20 5 373
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