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On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 5 mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 4 238
On April 17, 1967, Jock Semple tried to keep Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 7 233
On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 1 145
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 4 mahatmakanejeeves 22 hrs ago 20 hrs ago 13 271
On this day, April 18, 1923, Babe Ruth was at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 22 hrs ago 2 184
On April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 0 215
On this day, April 17, 1965, the first pickets in DC for gay rights took place in front of the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 226
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Tuesday 2 245
250 Years Ago This Month: war was starting 0 eShirl Sunday Sunday 8 342
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 11 6 372
Happy Appomattox Day! 160 years ago the traitors surrendered 5 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 Apr 10 9 300
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 1 224
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 303
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 166
On March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 4 289
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 1 209
On this day, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 3 241
The Ziegfeld Follies 2 BootinUp Apr 8 Apr 8 4 363
On Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 190
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 0 181
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 2 208
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 0 157
On April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 161
On March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 2 261
On April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 159
On April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 0 184
On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 198
On this day, April 4, 1859, Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 2 189
On April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 1 173
On April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 0 165

American History Continued...

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On this day, April 8, 1897, there were numerous sightings of UFOs over Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 Apr 8 6 385
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 6 13 390
On March 27, 1924, computing pioneer Margaret Butler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 5 241
On this day Mar 25, 2016 Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally 2 Uncle Joe Mar 31 Mar 31 6 383
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 2 279
Major General Smedley Butler bares plot by 'Fascists' in Newtown Square Pennsylva...HD Stock Footage 0 Uncle Joe Mar 27 Mar 27 9 428
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 8 472
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 337
Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 26 Mar 26 1 222
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 26 3 796
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 0 301
On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 2 211
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 259
On this day, Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 10 374
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 309
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 240
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 227
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 323
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 250
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 270
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 234
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 311
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 4 237
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 242
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 23 Mar 23 1 270
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 304
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 333
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 5 340
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 251
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 327

American History Continued...

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Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 258
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 4 351
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 214
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 242
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 251
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 255
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 211
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 294
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 274
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 237
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 8 270
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 303
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 6 217
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 195
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 0 304
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 1 267
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 13 Mar 13 4 321
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 345
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 3 328
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 252
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