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Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe 42 min ago 42 min ago 2 119
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 0 204
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves 7 hrs ago 7 hrs ago 3 205
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 125
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 0 180
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 150
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 1 165
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 3 120
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 44
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Monday Monday 4 261
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 133
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 227
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 183
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 154
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 216
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 3 156
#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 161
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 10 198
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 203
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 197
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 166
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 181
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 289
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 146
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 3 182
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 5 2 261
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 5 Mar 5 6 209
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 1 226
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 6 231
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 3 170

American History Continued...

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On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 4 Mar 4 4 194
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 3 Mar 3 2 196
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 206
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 154
Speaker of the House Joe Cannon was on the cover of the first issue of Time Magazine, dated this day, March 3, 1923. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 206
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 3 184
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 1 180
On March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 155
On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 2 213
Presidents' Private Love Lives Explored in New Book, Including JFK's Alleged Affair with a Possible Nazi Spy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2 Mar 2 1 310
On this day, February 28, 1993, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 0 215
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 3 291
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 178
On February 27 or February 29, 1960, the Tampa, Florida, Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Feb 28 4 183
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 306
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 2 374
The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 27 Feb 27 4 272
On this day, February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 2 213
On this day, February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 170
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 1 183
On this day, February 27, 1897, Marian Anderson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 1 146
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 27 Feb 27 3 163
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 26 Feb 26 4 269
On this day, February 25, 1946, a race riot broke out in Columbia, Tennessee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 25 Feb 25 4 5442
On this day, February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany said, "We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 25 Feb 25 11 391
Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys' Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 11 354
On February 23, 1886, Charles Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 4 271
On this day, February 24, 1989, the cargo door tore off United Airlines Flight 811, ejecting nine people from the plane. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 2 321
On February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 24 Feb 24 6 268
On this day, February 21, 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 5 243

American History Continued...

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On this day, February 21, 1994, Aldrich Ames was arrested for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 2 223
On this day, February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 6 252
One hundred years ago today, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 21 Feb 21 6 237
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 20 Feb 20 1 246
David Crockett Attacks President Andrew Jackson 0 Uncle Joe Feb 20 Feb 20 6 366
Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena's Black Arts Legacy? 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 20 Feb 20 5 300
On this day, February, 20, 1939, the largest ever pro-Nazi rally in US history was convened in Madison Square Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 20 Feb 20 2 251
Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 2 338
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 3 455
On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 0 262
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 0 209
On this day, February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were found "not guilty" of conspiracy. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 0 202
On this day, February 18, 1983, thirteen people died and one was seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 2 232
On this day, February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 3 238
On this day, February 18, 1848, Louis Comfort Tiffany was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 3 191
On this day, February 17, 1970, the family of U.S. Army captain Jeffrey R. MacDonald was found murdered in their home. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 17 Feb 17 1 358
On February 17, 1974, Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzed the White House in a stolen helicopter. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 17 Feb 17 1 226
On February 17, 1864, the H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 17 Feb 17 1 189
Today, Monday, February 17, 2025, is Washington's Birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 17 Feb 17 0 184
America's Darkest DNA Secret The Melungeons of Appalachia 7 Uncle Joe Feb 16 Feb 17 39 1898
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