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1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 824
On this day, July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 749
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 575
On this day, July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 865
On July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 782
On July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 485
On this day, July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 617
On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 765
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself ""The luckiest man on the face of the earth." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 860
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 783
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 691
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 742
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 917
Rerun, per request: On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 1 elleng Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 680
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 592
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 2349
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 544
On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1152
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1185
July 1, 1971: Supreme Court Upholds New York Times and Washington Post on Pentagon Papers, 6-3 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1281
On this day, July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1024
On June 28, 1919, Harry Truman and Bess Wallace were married in Independence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 582
On this day, July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 545
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 1002
On July 1, 1916, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Doud were married in Denver. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 416
At around 7:30 AM, July 1, 1863, a small patrol of the 8th IL Cav led by Lieutenant Marcellus Jones 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 784
On this day, June 30, 1986, Bowers v. Hardwick was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 654
On this day, June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of The Capital Gazette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 783
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 534
On this day, June 27, 1895, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 737

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On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 887
On June 20, 1973, Richard Nixon presented Leonid Brezhnev with a 1973 dark blue Lincoln Continental. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1171
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1245
On June 25, 1962, MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 451
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 801
On this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 681
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 742
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 799
On this day, June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 800
On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 847
Juneteenth celebrated in Texas, 1900: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 548
On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 625
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 672
Pvt. William Loop & father, Cpl. Roderick Loop, bid farewell to each other. Anzio, March 6, 1944. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 968
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1058
On this day, June 18, 2007, the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 795
On this day, June 18, 1948, the long-playing record was unveiled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 955
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 699
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 629
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 724
On this day, June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 880
On this day, June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 763
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1193
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1035
On this day, June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1151
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jun 2023 3 1714
On June 14, 2017, there was a shooting during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 739
On the night of June 12, 1994, 35-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson and 25-year-old Ron Goldman ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1222
June 12. Today's Highlight in History: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 699
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 886

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On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 564
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 760
"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 878
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1147
June 11, 1963, was one of the most tumultuous days in the civil rights movement. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 642
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 736
On this day, June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 743
June 19, 1953 Rosenbergs executed 3 AKwannabe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 925
June 9, 1954: "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 808
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 740
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1604
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from NYC to DC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 732
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 972
On this day, June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 417
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1130
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 545
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 1311
Current Exhibit, 'Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of WW2' Created Deceptions To Fight the Nazis 0 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 838
On this day, June 6, 1944, Roman citizens watched an American troop convoy in front of the Colosseum 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1041
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 747
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