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15 year old lad 2 Bucky Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 1039
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 637
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 1 634
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 711
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers posed on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 5 775
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 Jun 2024 0 557
On this day, May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 656
On this day, May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 584
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 666
On this day, May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 679
On this day, May 30, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 589
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 690
George Carlin's American Dream: What George Meant To Me Featurette HBO 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 9 813
On this day, May 29, 1950, Norfolk and Western Railway locomotive # 611 entered revenue service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 655
On this day, May 29, 1917, John F. Kennedy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 540
On this day, May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 874
On this day, May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1064
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 29 2287
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 526
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 935
On this day, May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 616
At 9:00 a.m. on May 23, 1865, Maj. Gen. George Meade led the Army of the Potomac down the streets of Washington D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 656
On this day, May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1075
On this day, May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 1220
On this day, May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 4369
On this day, May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 642
On this day, May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 776
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 763
On May 19, 1962, Marilyn Monroe wished President Kennedy a happy birthday. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 695
On this day, May 20, 2013, 24 people were killed when an EF5 tornado tore through Moore, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 589

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May 18, 1896: Plessy v. Ferguson 2 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 8 923
At noon on this day, May 19, 2014, a ban on same-sex marriage in the Oregon constitution was overturned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 620
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 1146
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 13 1004
Chief Justice at time of initiation of Brown Case, Vinson, died, and replaced by Earl Warren, 3 elleng May 2024 May 2024 3 1220
On this day, May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 964
A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue. 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 17 1029
On this day, May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 778
On this day, May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 845
After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1134
On this day, May 15, 2008, California became the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 658
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1465
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 729
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 695
On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 719
On this day, May 10, 1969, the Temptations and the Turtles performed at Tricia Nixon's masked ball. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 5 826
On this day, May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 7 1026
On May 12, 1968, C&O passenger train the Fast Flying Virginian (FFV) made its final run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 779
Here's the list of companies and CEOs that have condemned the riots in Washington 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 8 1013
On this day, May 9, 1974, the House Committee on the Judiciary opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 765
On this day, May 10, 1869, Omaha and Sacramento were linked by rail, but there was still no transcontinental railroad. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 946
The Golden Spike Ceremony, which took place May 10, 1869, was held at Promontory Summit, Utah Territory. 0 elleng May 2024 May 2024 2 765
On this day, May 9, 1980, part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 903
Is Walter Cronkite the Last Trustworthy Man in America? : Well, If He Isn't, Then Even He's Having Trouble 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 6 913
Three-Question interview with Zach Messitte 5 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 4 1017
On this day, May 7, 1931, 15,000 bystanders watched a shootout between murderer Francis Crowley and the NYPD. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 977
On this day, May 7, 1964, Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed after a distraught passenger shot and killed the pilots. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 956
On this day, May 7, 1960, steam locomotives made their final run on the Norfolk & Western Railway. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 1960
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1041
On this day, May 7, 1912, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, "Dr. Betty," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 783

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First Amendment Constitution 101 0 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 3 599
On this day, May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59-2/5, still a record. 11 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1465
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 9 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 1447
Kent State University, May 4, 1970 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 833
On this day, May 6, 2010, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in 36 minutes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 844
On this day, May 5, 1961, "Freedom 7" launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying Alan Shepard, the first American in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 890
On this day, May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 6 1195
On this day, May 3, 1953, Virginia Schau took the photograph "Rescue on Pit River Bridge." 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 8 1403
On this day, May 3, 1963, "Bull" Connor turned fire hoses and police dogs on schoolchildren walking in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 9 1226
On this day, May 3, 2003, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 27 2664
On this day, May 1, 1941, "Citizen Kane" opened, but only at the RKO Palace Theatre on Broadway. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 2 1200
Friday, May 1, 1970; It's the 4th now... 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2024 May 2024 2 1065
On this day, May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 0 833
On this day, May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig took the day off. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 885
On this day, May 2, 1983, Microsoft introduced its two-button mouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 3 802
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On this day, May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building, at that time the tallest building in the world, opened. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 1217
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1053
On this day, May 1, 1971, Amtrak began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 1 940
On this day, April 30, 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 1 967
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