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On this day, June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section of a Louisiana railroad car. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 13 min ago 3 min ago 2 77
On June 6, 1964, CBS aired the 'CBS Reports' episode 'D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy.' 1 mahatmakanejeeves 31 min ago 23 min ago 1 132
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Narrated by Roxana Robinson 1 marmar Yesterday Yesterday 1 239
Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 4 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Yesterday 9 470
Roy Cohn 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Yesterday Yesterday 5 313
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 387
Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 5 285
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Thursday 5 1282
Fannie Lou Hamer, Narrated by Monica Land 0 marmar Thursday Thursday 2 232
The Civil War - Full Episode 1: 1861: "The Cause" (PBS) 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 3 382
1524 - Verrazzano Reports Groups of Africans Living On The Coast of North America 3 GreatGazoo Tuesday Tuesday 9 495
Ellis Island, Narrated by Ken Burns 0 marmar Tuesday Tuesday 8 410
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 13 442
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 234
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 301
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 299
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers were poised on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 302
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 279
On May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 184
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 344
On May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 208
On this day 2 years ago, President Donald Trump became the first American president to be convicted of felony 2 LetMyPeopleVote Sunday Sunday 4 291
On May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 2 390
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause (full documentary) 0 marmar May 29 May 29 2 394
AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones 0 marmar May 28 May 28 2 339
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," Narrated by Representative Jamie Raskin 0 marmar May 28 May 28 9 408
Learning from our History about How to Save Democracy 1 blue_jay May 27 May 27 3 341
Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 0 Uncle Joe May 27 May 27 7 476
Margot Wellington, Who Helped Save Grand Central Terminal, Dies at 91 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 27 May 27 7 397
Constitutional Convention, Narrated by Heather Cox Richardson 1 marmar May 26 May 26 6 378

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On May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, 24, became the first Union officer killed during the Civil War. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 452
On May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 297
JFK mini-series on the History Channel 3 Bayard May 24 May 25 6 408
On May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 377
On May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 443
On May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 411
On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 9 651
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 491
On May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 311
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 25 May 25 3 355
On May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 585
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 446
On May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 427
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 386
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 234
On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 7 408
CBS News Radio signs off Friday night after nearly 100 years of broadcasting: "An American institution" 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 22 May 22 10 513
Sam Sianis, 'Cheezborger'-Flipping Owner of Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern, Dies at 91 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 21 May 21 8 431
On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 2 375
Doris 'Dorie' Miller 'Hero of Pearl Harbor' Dec. 7, 1941 USS West Virginia 'Above & Beyond the Call of Duty' WW2 0 appalachiablue May 20 May 20 11 608
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 0 400
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 6 722
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 605
On May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 10 521
On May 15, 2008, California became the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 0 414
On May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 3 442
On this day, May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 17 7 1163
On May 14, 1945, house painter Albert Stevens was injected with the highest known accumulated radiation dose in a human. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 8 800
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that segregation in public education was unconstitutional. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 3 516
On May 15, 1970, Mississippi Police Opened Fire on Crowd of Jackson State College Students, Killing Two 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 9 556

American History Continued...

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On May 13, 1993, Bill Clinton got a haircut while on board Air Force One at LAX. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 17 810
"I shrink from butchery" 0 orangecrush May 16 May 16 4 532
On this day, May 14, 1804, the Lewis and Clark Expedition set out from Camp Dubois, Illinois. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 545
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 8 565
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 7 625
On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 6 391
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 3 390
Gore Vidal on Understanding America's Terrorist Crisis (April 18, 2002) 0 BootinUp May 13 May 13 2 430
Bobby Cox, Hall of Fame manager of Atlanta Braves, dies at age 84 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 10 May 10 5 435
Everyone Remembers Paul Revere's Midnight Ride. His Forgotten Race to Secure a Trove of Documents 2 G_j May 6 May 6 6 599
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 6 May 6 4 693
On this day, May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 6 0 1159
On May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig took the day off. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 4 556
On May 1, 1971, Amtrak began operation. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 4 1043
On the night of April 30, 2011, Donald Trump attended the WH Correspondents' Association dinner. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 3 659
On May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 1 395
On this day, May 5, 1961, "Freedom 7" launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying Alan Shepard, the first American in space. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 3 335
America recalls the hellish agony of May 5, 2009: the day Barack Hussein Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 9 789
On April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 0 423
On May 3, 1963, "Bull" Connor turned fire hoses and police dogs on schoolchildren walking in Birmingham. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 4 695
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