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On this day, "JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 8 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 33 1587
On June 9, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was asked, "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 554
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 3 506
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 450
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 527
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 0 376
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 426
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 7 568
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 12 546
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 524
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 8 775
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 409
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 4 484
On this day, June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 591
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 665
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 403
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 8745
Freedom from Fear - Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd US Pres. - The 4 Freedoms Speech, Jan. 6, 1941 5 appalachiablue Jun 2024 Jun 2024 10 616
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 2 477
On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 518
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 486
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 6 455
On this day, June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 557
On June 3, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 6 1353
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 13 577
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 5 411
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In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 476
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 458
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 2 549

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On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers posed on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 580
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 410
On this day, May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 499
On this day, May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 431
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 479
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 3 475
On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 434
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 6 491
George Carlin's American Dream: What George Meant To Me Featurette HBO 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 9 646
On this day, May 29, 1950, Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive # 611 entered revenue service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 491
On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 409
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 651
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 753
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 29 1909
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 394
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 751
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 3 491
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 1 511
On this day, May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 684
On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 901
On this day, May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 4168
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 0 524
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 5 616
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 644
On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe wished President Kennedy a happy birthday. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 549
On this day, May 20, 2013, 24 people were killed when an EF5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 459
May 18, 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson 2 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 8 745
At noon on this day, May 19, 2014, a ban on same-sex marriage in the Oregon constitution was overturned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 474
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 822
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 13 886

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Chief Justice at time of initiation of Brown Case, Vinson, died, and replaced by Earl Warren, 3 elleng May 2024 May 2024 3 988
On this day, May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 776
A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue. 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 17 807
On this day, May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 621
On this day, May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 683
After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 892
On this day, May 15, 2008, California became the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 529
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1081
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 597
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 560
On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 558
On this day, May 10, 1969, the Temptations and the Turtles performed at Tricia Nixon's masked ball. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 689
On this day, May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 862
On May 12, 1968, C&O passenger train the Fast Flying Virginian (FFV) made its final run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 626
Here's the list of companies and CEOs that have condemned the riots in Washington 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 8 851
On this day, May 9, 1974, the House Committee on the Judiciary opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 639
On this day, May 10, 1869, Omaha and Sacramento were linked by rail, but there was still no transcontinental railroad. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 737
The Golden Spike Ceremony, which took place May 10, 1869, was held at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. 0 elleng May 2024 May 2024 2 662
On this day, May 9, 1980, part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 784
Is Walter Cronkite the Last Trustworthy Man in America? : Well, If He Isn't, Then Even He's Having Trouble 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 6 794
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