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The Working Man's Breakfast, 18th Century 🍲 6 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1006
I had no idea that there were tapes of Kennedy discussing Vietnam. 7 NNadir Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1143
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1089
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 1076
On August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 514
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 828
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 1013
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 1198
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 882
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 614
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 1329
On August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1488
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 505
On this day, August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 914
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 939
On this day, August 16, 1969, Hurricane Camille headed for the US after striking Cuba. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 941
On this day, August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 740
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 630
This Day In History, August 15, 1969 - Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York 0 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 919
On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 877
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 905
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 926
On this day, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 475
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the U.S. Agency for Global Media had hired Frank Wuco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 776
Historical French Toast, Pain Perdu 18th Century 🥖 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 830
On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and media sensation Annie Oakley was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 987
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 726
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1033
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 761
On the night of August 11, 2017, an estimated 200 Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 929

American History Continued...

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On this day, August 11, 2000, Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 was subject to an incident of air rage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 881
On August 6, 1956, the DuMont Television Network ceased network operations. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 901
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 907
On this day, August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford became president. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 574
On August 9 and August 10, 1969, the Tate-LaBianca murders occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 552
On this day, August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Largo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 648
On the night of August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took several Manson girls to 10050 Cielo Drive in LA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1300
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 657
Breakfast Waffles Over The Fire - 18th Century Cooking 🧇 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 812
On this day, August 6, 1930, Judge Crater got into a cab and was never seen again. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 948
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 523
On this day, August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded June 23, 1972. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 860
On this day, August 5, 1969, the Lonesome Cowboys police raid in Atlanta occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 645
On this day, August 4, 2019, nine people were killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 615
On this day, August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 830
On this day August 2, 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan. 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 865
On August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 821
August 2, 1814: the Declaration of Independence is smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 900
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 508
On July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1025
On this day, July 30, 1965, LBJ signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 38 2207
George Washington - Favorite Breakfast 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 755
On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 811
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 602
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 742
On this day, July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 932
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 555
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 639
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 722
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for Little Boy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 701

American History Continued...

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On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 577
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 901
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 551
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1073
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2712
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 547
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 880
On this day, July 23, 1928;. Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 549
On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 741
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 827
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 904
On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 633
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 880
During this week in July 1952, Washington, DC, was visited by UFOs. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 671
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 670
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 778
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 591
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1009
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 472
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk while in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 829
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