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On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 769
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 747
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 841
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 802
On September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 746
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 741
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1031
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 767
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 821
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 784
The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two's biggest bomber 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2945
German Pilots Mocked The Tuskegee 'Red Tails' 2 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 3157
Captured German Nurses Shocked By American Medical Abundance 5 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 3670
***The American Revolution, Burns PBS 5 elleng Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 2274
On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2402
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 907
On September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90, in Wallace, Idaho. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1821
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2481
On September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 792
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 736
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 775
On September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 859
On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 895
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 752
September 5 thru 11, 1609 -- Henry Hudson vs Verrazzano 4 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2342
Henry Hudson's Progeny Forced to Live in Muncie Indiana? The Sept 15th Log Entry 1 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2570
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1980
20 First Ladies of the United States Brought Back to Life - Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy 3 QueerDuck Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3762
Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1150
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1378

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On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1314
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1452
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 872
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 722
Circular to the General Officers, 8 September 1775 0 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 1730
1863 The New Ironsides firing on Condederate traitors 0 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1616
Wehrmacht Soldiers Got 6 Cigarettes Daily While Americans Had Chocolate In Every K-Ration 0 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1196
On the day, September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2801
On this day, September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1048
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 742
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2384
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2358
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 647
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 666
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1006
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 714
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 675
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 631
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 568
On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 735
On this day, September 2, 1901, VP Teddy Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 586
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 655
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 987
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a collar bomb explosion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 682
On August 22, 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson set an American flag on fire during the Republican National Convention. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 818
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 727
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 805
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 722
Vietnam: Back to My Lai 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 931
How bigotry crushed the dreams of an all-Black Little League team 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 1012

American History Continued...

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On August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 708
On August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 737
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 795
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 647
On August 4, 1889, the Great Spokane Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 592
On August 12, 1963, 21-year-old University of Chicago student Bernie Sanders was charged with resisting arrest. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 753
On August 5, 1969, the "Lonesome Cowboys" police raid in Atlanta occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 600
On August 12, 1933, the Century of Progress World's Fair celebrated Black people with "National Negro Day." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 721
Live coverage: Protesters swarm Capitol, abruptly halting electoral vote count 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 803
LIVE COVERAGE Mob storms the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th 2021 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 653
Edward R Murrow's final reply to Senator Joseph McCarthy's See It Now appearance April 13, 1954 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 762
Barbara Jordan's 1974 Watergate speech, link below, nt 5 ShazamIam Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1142
Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 1020
On August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 867
On August 2, 1814, the Declaration of Independence was smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 5 781
On August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 807
On this day, August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 587
Joan Anderson, Unsung Heroine of Hula Hoop History, Dies at 101 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 792
On this day, July 31, 1968, "Peanuts" got a new character, Franklin. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 771
On this day, July 31, 1969, Gary Alan Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 907
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