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'Duck and Cover,' Nuclear Attack Civil Defence Film 1952; Lewis Black Comedy Gold 5 appalachiablue 8 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 318
Has any American President ever received a Tito letter? 4 Wolf Frankula 8 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 401
PBS: How Thoreau Told the Stories of the Black Community near Walden 1 marmar 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 6 241
PBS: FDR's Path to the White House (1884-1933) 2 marmar 16 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 4 291
For baseball fans: 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm 19 hrs ago 19 hrs ago 7 353
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution FULL EPISODE 1 (from PBS's youtube) 2 eShirl Tuesday Tuesday 2 365
On this day, April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 194
April 6, 1712, In Labor History: One Of The First Slave Revolts, In New York City 0 erronis Monday Monday 4 204
On this day, April 5, 1976, a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts, took this picture. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 45 1662
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Friday 3 722
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up and removed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 430
On this day, March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 388
PBS: The Final Battle for the 19th Amendment (1916-1920) 0 marmar Mar 30 Mar 30 7 327
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 295
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt left DC for the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 354
On this day, March 28, 1979, there was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 at Three Mile Island. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 30 6 412
PBS: The Black Congresswoman They DON'T Teach You About 21 marmar Mar 29 Mar 29 49 1548
On March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 2 437
On this day, Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 3 275
On this day, March 28, 1979, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 6 359
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 396
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 10 531
Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation The Dick Cavett Show 2 BootinUp Mar 26 Mar 26 9 518
At 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire flared up at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 13 774
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 2 321
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 338
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 2 338
On this day, March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 3 344
The Beatles are a threat to our children, especially girls. A Warning from Cincinnati August 1964. 6 BootinUp Mar 22 Mar 22 7 753
On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 397

American History Continued...

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On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 305
On this day, March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 3 308
On this day, March 21, 1937, the Ponce Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 2 449
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 5 483
On March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 4 479
On March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 1 462
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 1 452
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 5 437
On March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 3 364
Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 8 994
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 375
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 4 545
Through 1933, on March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 3 449
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 4 443
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 8 596
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 6 534
Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 6 511
Nick Salvatore, 'one of our foremost historians,' dies at 82 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Mar 1 1 478
Pending shutdown of facility that rebuilds vacuum tubes for radio transmitters raises a serious concern. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 26 7 778
On February 12, 1946, returning veteran Isaac Woodard was beaten until blind by SC police chief Lynwood Shull. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 19 Feb 19 10 770
Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 8 688
On this day, February 18, 1983, thirteen people died and one was seriously injured in the Wah Mee massacre in Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 3 547
On February 13, 1892, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 2 529
On this day, February 18, 1970, the Chicago Seven were found "not guilty" of conspiracy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 18 4 394
On February 15, 1933, Giuseppe Zangara attempted to assassinate US President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 2 589
On February 14, 1990, the Voyager 1 space probe took the photograph "Pale Blue Dot." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 9 623
On February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 3 802
On February 15, 1820, Susan B. Anthony was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 429
On this day, February 16, 1996, two passenger trains collided in Silver Spring, Maryland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 503
Today, Monday, February 16, 2026, is Washington's Birthday. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 16 Feb 16 0 412

American History Continued...

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On Friday, February 7, 1964, "Beatlemania Grips Gotham" as the Beatles arrived in America. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 11 Feb 11 1 449
Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Stanford White Descendant Who Wrote a Haunting Family Memoir 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 10 Feb 10 8 776
On this day, February 2, 2016, Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush asked people to "please clap." 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2 Feb 3 5 819
The 'Good German' - Marlene Dietrich vs. The Nazis 0 bucolic_frolic Feb 2 Feb 2 9 648
On this date in 1960, the first Woolworth lunch counter sit in occured 2 irisblue Feb 1 Feb 1 8 696
Help a sister out, I googled how European were fedin the US 3 irisblue Jan 30 Jan 30 0 808
Would any one help a sister our? 3 irisblue Jan 30 Jan 30 0 796
John Adams campaign song 0 struggle4progress Jan 27 Jan 27 5 649
On this day, January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 15 Jan 23 5 889
On this day, January 19, 1959, the key law behind Virginia's Massive Resistance laws was struck down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 19 Jan 19 4 681
On December 28, 2020, the Hotel Harrington announced that it would be closed during planned Jan. Pro-Trump demonstration 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 4 850
Joel Primack, Physicist Who Helped Explain the Cosmos, Dies at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 18 Jan 18 5 732
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 6 697
On this day, January 17, 1944, the Battle of Monte Cassino began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 5 674
On this day, January 17, 1966, a B-52 bomber collided with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 5 663
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 4 587
On this day, January 17, 2019, Donald Trump canceled a Congressional flight to Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 17 Jan 17 3 599
On January 15, 2001, Wikipedia was launched. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 3 816
On this day, January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly enacted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 2 652
On this day, January 16, 1942, actress Carole Lombard died in a plane crash. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 16 Jan 16 1 690
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