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That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 894
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 715
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 957
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 815
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 857
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 987
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 794
#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 921
On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 828
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1006
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1082
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 730
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 992
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 1112
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 832
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 943
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 1004
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 850
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 1014
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 1141
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 747
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 2025 Mar 2025 4 795
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 842
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 972
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 794
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 2025 Mar 2025 3 993
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 886
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 790
On March 1, 1933, FDR left Hyde Park, headed to Washington DC for his inauguration. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 766
On March 1, 1910, the deadliest avalanche in United States history buried a train in Washington state. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 846

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Presidents' Private Love Lives Explored in New Book, Including JFK's Alleged Affair with a Possible Nazi Spy 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 933
On this day, February 28, 1993, ATF agents raided the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 833
On February 1, 2017, Donald Trump cited Frederick Douglass as "an example of somebody who's done an amazing job ..." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 960
On February 29, 1940, Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Academy Award. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 749
On February 27 or February 29, 1960, the Tampa, Florida, Woolworth's lunch counter sit-in began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 728
Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1030
William R. Lucas, Official Blamed in Challenger Tragedy, Dies at 102 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1230
The Hill: 'The Internet? Bah!' Remembering 1995, the year of the world wide web. 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1045
On this day, February 27, 1860, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Cooper Union speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 840
On this day, February 27, 1968, Walter Cronkite called for an end to the war in Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 711
On this day, February 27, 1943, an explosion ripped through Smith Mine No. 3 in Montana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 740
On this day, February 27, 1897, Marian Anderson was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 676
On this day, February 27, 1869, Alice Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 747
On this day, February 26, 1882, Husband E. Kimmel was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 818
On this day, February 25, 1946, a race riot broke out in Columbia, Tennessee. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 6992
On this day, February 25, 2020, Kayleigh McEnany said, "We will not see diseases like the coronavirus come here ..." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 999
Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys' Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 11 1163
On February 23, 1886, Charles Hall discovered an inexpensive way to smelt aluminum. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1209
On this day, February 24, 1989, the cargo door tore off United Airlines Flight 811, ejecting nine people from the plane. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 932
On February 23, 1945, the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi -- several times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1384
On this day, February 21, 1947, Edwin Land demonstrated the first instant camera, the Polaroid Land Camera. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 1050
On this day, February 21, 1994, Aldrich Ames was arrested for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1076
On this day, February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 885
One hundred years ago today, February 21, 1925, The New Yorker published its first issue. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 852
On this day, February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 1162
David Crockett Attacks President Andrew Jackson 0 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 969
Why Did It Take a Fire for the World to Learn of Altadena's Black Arts Legacy? 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 5 966
On this day, February, 20, 1939, the largest ever pro-Nazi rally in US history was convened in Madison Square Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 812
Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 1115
On this day, February 19, 1976, President Gerald R. Ford signed a proclamation formally terminating EO 9066. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 1462

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On this day, February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order (EO) 9066. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 976
On this day, February 19, 1999, Billy Jack Gaither was brutally murdered for being gay in Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 730
On this day, February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were found "not guilty" of conspiracy. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 851
On this day, February 18, 1983, thirteen people died and one was seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 852
On this day, February 18, 2001, Dale Earnhardt died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 954
On this day, February 18, 1848, Louis Comfort Tiffany was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 720
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 2025 Feb 2025 1 998
On February 17, 1974, Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzed the White House in a stolen helicopter. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 907
On February 17, 1864, the H. L. Hunley became the first submarine to engage and sink a warship, the USS Housatonic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 748
Today, Monday, February 17, 2025, is Washington's Birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 834
America's Darkest DNA Secret The Melungeons of Appalachia 7 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 39 3635
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 813
On February 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 902
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 765
On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 806
The 6888 Postal Directory Battalion 2 struggle4progress Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 949
On this day, February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 6 1277
Jim Guy Tucker, Ex-Arkansas Governor Caught Up in Whitewater, Dies at 81 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 0 717
The Night the Lights Went Out in Texas: On February 14, 2021, it started to snow in Texas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 1081
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