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On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 353
On this day, September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 429
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 394
On this day, September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 380
On September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 330
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 586
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 676
On this day, September 20, 1967, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 742
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 409
On this day, September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 404
On September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 605
Virginia: The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon's Rebellion 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 563
On this September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 463
On this day, September 19, 1921, WBZ started broadcasting. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 457
On September 18, 1927, the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System made its debut. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 385
On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 385
On this day, September 19, 1995, the Unabomber manifesto was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 376
On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 1100
On this day, September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 420
On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 353
On this day, September 18, 1961, conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 489
General Smedley Butler - War is a Racket - Forgotten History 1 Uncle Joe Sep 2024 Sep 2024 7 569
It's Constitution Day. On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 9 445
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 495
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 461
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 376
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 640
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 472
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 390
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 355

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On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 349
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 334
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 643
September 11, 2001: Rick Rescorla, the man who ran back in 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 538
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 0 416
On September 10, 2001, a Canadian tourist took photographs of downtown Manhattan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 8 841
On September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 502
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 450
On September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 514
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 621
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 383
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 379
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 502
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 418
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 451
Rare copy of US Constitution to be sold at auction 1 sl8 Sep 2024 Sep 2024 12 602
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 464
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 598
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 478
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 6 519
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 427
On this day, September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 479
On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 527
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 1 665
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 5 527
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 4 424
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 400
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Sep 2024 2 391
Reticence on Policy and the Ranking of America's Greatest Presidents. 1 NNadir Sep 2024 Sep 2024 3 565
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 14 1485

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On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 634
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 467
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 414
Emmett Till August 28, 1955 1 spike jones Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 803
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 666
Brandon Museum & Rec co-host program on Vermont's darker history: eugenics 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 421
On this day, August 27, 1963, an explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah, killed 18 miners. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 436
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Largest US Labor Uprising: Aug. 25- Sept. 2, 1921 4 appalachiablue Aug 2024 Aug 2024 10 794
Some History Involving RFK Jr., his father, and, um, Joe McCarthy...THAT McCarthy. 11 NNadir Aug 2024 Aug 2024 8 1435
On this day, August 26, 1968, the Democratic National convention opened in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 497
On this day, August 26, 2021, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 US military personnel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 483
On this day, August 26, 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 6 545
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 519
On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 3 538
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 5 17460
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 1 501
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 497
On this day, August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 0 441
Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 562
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2024 Aug 2024 2 469
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