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On this day, November 21, 1964, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge was opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 470
On this day, November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 680
In which battle did the most Americans die? The question is answered in the following lecture: 13 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 1700
Born 11/20/1942: Joe Biden, President (1/20/2021-), US Senator, Delaware (1973-2009); Pres. Barack Obama VP 2 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 556
Nov. 20, 3013 - Oprah Winfrey awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama 1 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 504
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 921
On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 517
On November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 784
On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 852
On this day, November 19, 1863, eight score years ago ... 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 21 1121
On this day, November 19, Ford's Edsel division both started (1956) and ended (1959) 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 596
New Orleans civil rights activist's family home listed on National Register of Historic Places 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 522
On this day, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 660
On this day, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 519
On this day, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 26 1466
On this day, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 498
On November 12, 2022, a B-17G and a P-63 collided in mid-air at "Wings Over Dallas." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 519
On this day, November 18, 1978, The Jonestown Massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 600
On this day, November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 661
On this day, November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 727
On this day, November 16, 1940, George Metesky, New York's Mad Bomber, planted his first bomb. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 635
On this day, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 781
On this day, November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 955
On this day, November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 557
On this day, November 14, 2020, Trump played golf. On his way there, he passed through a rally in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 788
On this day, November 13, 2013, Hawaii legalized same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 420
On this day, November 13, 2022, four students were murdered at the University of Idaho. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 581
On November 13, 1956, the Supreme Court declared Alabama laws requiring segregated buses illegal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 423
On November 13, 1957, the Longview, Texas, chapter of the NAACP refused to disclose its membership. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 618
On November 13, 2019, Lindsey Graham blocked a resolution recognizing Armenian genocide after Erdogan met with Trump. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 669

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On this day, November 13, 2020, Trump nominated two more judges for the federal judiciary. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 535
On this day, November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 577
On this day, November 12, 1970, a whale blowed up real good on the Oregon coast. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 813
On this day, November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 650
Pres. Obama reflects on what his mother in law said and did on 2017 election night........ 2 riversedge Nov 2023 Nov 2023 8 837
On this day, November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down 5 edbermac Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 1138
On this day, November 10, 1898, the Wilmington massacre of 1898 occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 725
On this day, November 9, 1853, architect Stanford White was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 593
On this day, November 8, 1965, Kennedy assassination skeptic Dorothy Kilgallen died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 983
On this day, November 7, 2020, Rudy Giuliani held a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 610
On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 887
On this day, November 7, 1968, this was the front page of the New York Times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 798
On this day, November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 687
On this day, November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 745
On this day, November 5, 2021, Colin Powell's funeral was held at Washington National Cathedral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 566
On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 534
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 569
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 557
What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) 47 Stuart G Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 3776
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 6 627
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 413
On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 633
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 494
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 472
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 665
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 634
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 649
On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 10 718
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 392
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 623

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On Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 528
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 606
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 499
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 510
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 742
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 799
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 503
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 489
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 568
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 731
On this day, October 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the American public. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 646
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 554
On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 450
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 2 656
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 504
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Oct 2023 1 878
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 664
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 558
On this day, October 21, 1972, both Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" had something to say about Watergate. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 636
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 672
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