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On this day, January 13, 1908, the Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killed 171 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 563
On this day, January 11, 1755 or 1757, Alexander Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 535
On January 1, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 771
On this day, January 5, 1949, Harry Truman announced his "Fair Deal" proposals. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 696
'Fala Speech,' FDR Turns His Dog on Dewey, 1944 Campaign, WW2, Wins 4th Term US President 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1225
On this day, January 4, 2021, Donald Trump awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Devin Nunes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 0 936
On this day, January 4, 1987, the northbound Amtrak Colonial wrecked in Chase, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 1 625
On this day, January 4, 2007, Nancy Pelosi became the first woman sworn in as speaker of the House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 2 742
On this day, January 1, 1808, the importation of slaves into the United States was officially banned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 9 909
On this day, December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 727
On this day, December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 792
On this day, December 29, 1876, the LS and MS Railway bridge over the Ashtabula River collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 808
On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 594
On this day, December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 853
On this day, December 28, 1948, a plane flying from San Juan to Miami disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 1025
On this day, December 28, 1972, Harry Truman was buried. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 692
On this day, December 28, 1972, the draft ended. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 642
On this day, December 27, 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 618
Maureen Sweeney, weather watcher who influenced D-Day plans, dies at 100 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 805
On this day, December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 1007
On this day, December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 643
On this day, December 26, 1972, former President Harry S. Truman died in Independence, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 808
On this day, December 26, 1973, Richard Nixon flew from IAD to LAX on United Flight 55. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 769
After World War II, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers mutinied -- and won 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1060
On this day, December 25, 1884, Evelyn Nesbit was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 605
On this day, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 945
🎄 The Original Christmas Dessert, 18th Century 0 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 744
On this day, December 24, 1940, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci was born. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 17 979
On December 22, 2019, Donald Trump got into the Christmas spirit at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 760
On this day, December 23, 2020, "Balloon Boy"'s parents were pardoned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 658

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On this day, December 23, 1986, Voyager is first aircraft to fly non-stop around world w/o refueling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 575
On December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 48 2712
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 773
On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 687
On this day, December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 912
On this day, December 21, 1968, Apollo 8 was launched from Cape Kennedy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 492
On this day, December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 756
On December 15, 1944, the Japanese prisoner of war transport ship "Oryoku Maru" was sunk in Subic Bay. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 796
On this day, December 18, 1972, the "Christmas bombings" of North Vietnam began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 642
On this day, December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train running on a new route derailed near Olympia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 600
On this day, December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 786
On this day, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air for 12 seconds. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 604
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 1364
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 749
On this day, December 16, 1773, hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in protest against the Tea Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 692
On this day, December 16, 1777, Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 615
Congress may honor Major Taylor, first Black American sports world hero; overcame racism to become world champion. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 806
On December 11, 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy escaped an attempt at assassination. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 953
On December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 613
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 720
On this day, December 15, 1952, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 653
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On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 599
On this day, December 14, 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 580
On this day, December 14, 1964, "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 5 671
On this day, December 14, 1907: the first large marine oil spill? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 490
On this day, December 13, 1948, Harry Truman accepted two Christmas turkeys at the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 616
On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 724
On this day, December 12, 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 688

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There's no known photograph of Homer Plessy (of Plessy v Ferguson fame) 0 Bucky Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 824
December 12, 2000, a date that will live in infamy 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 6 1032
On this day, December 12, 2000, General Motors pulled the plug on Oldsmobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 840
On this day, December 12, 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 1138
On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 711
On this day, December 11, 1725, George Mason was born. He conceived the Bill of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 670
On this day, December 10, 1994, advertising executive Thomas J. Mosser was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 943
World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas 7 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 1113
On this day, December 10, 2021, a memorial service was held for Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 611
On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 584
On this day, December 9, 1968, the computer mouse, hypertext, and bit-mapped GUI were introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 4 623
On this day, December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 727
On this day, December 8, 2020, Trump was still announcing appointments. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 605
On this day, December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553 crashed on approach to Midway. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 758
On this day, December 8, 1941, Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 547
On this day, December 7, 1946, 119 people died in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 664
On this day, December 7, 1941, the refurbished, streamlined Empire State Express made its first run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 0 694
Then Again: American Revolution's 'necessary man' mentored Ethan Allen 0 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 658
On this day, December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 661
On this day, December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 735
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