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Empire State Bldg Plane Crash Accident, US Pilot, Sat June 28, 1945, 20 Yr Old Elevator Operator Survivor 5 appalachiablue 9 hrs ago 47 min ago 3 280
To Assuage My Despair For America: Two History Books My Family Gave Me for Christmas. 3 NNadir 7 hrs ago 4 hrs ago 14 419
On this day, December 27, 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 148
On this day, December 26, 1919, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 209
On this day, December 26, 1956, Preston Tucker died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 243
On this day, December 25, 1884 or 1885, Evelyn Nesbit was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Thursday 2 174
On this day, December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 204
On this day, December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 161
On this day, December 26, 1973, Richard Nixon flew from IAD to LAX on United Flight 55. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 281
On this day, December 26, 1972, former President Harry S. Truman died in Independence, Missouri. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 5 146
On this day, December 24, 1940, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 216
Trump's schedule for Thursday, December 24, 2020, edited to show the actual schedule 3 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 337
On December 23, 2019, Donald Trump announced more judicial nominees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 212
Stand at Elsenborn Ridge - The History Guy 0 sl8 Monday Monday 2 252
Donald Trump's December 23, 2020, signing statement regarding the NOAA Amendments Act of 2020 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 222
On December 22, 2020, Donald Trump pardoned a bunch of the usual grifters and con artists. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 234
On this day, December 23, 2020, Donald Trump vetoed an act that required the renaming of certain military installations. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 201
On this day, December 23, 2020, Donald Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 167
On this day, December 23, 1985, two Judas Priest fans shot themselves after hearing "Stained Class." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 240
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 240
On December 22, 2019, Donald Trump got into the Christmas spirit at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 191
On this day, December 23, 2020, "Balloon Boy"'s parents were pardoned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 0 204
On December 23, 1986, Voyager became first aircraft to fly non-stop around world w/o refueling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 122
One hundred years ago today, December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 10 553
On this day, December 21, 2020, Trump issued an "Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 0 238
On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 209
On this day, December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 213
On this day, December 21, 1970, the F-14 flew for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 183
Three Black men were lynched. A rural Virginia county has cleared their names. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 4 228
Joanne Pierce Misko, Ex-Nun Who Made F.B.I. History, Dies at 83 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 3 306

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On This Day In History 12/18/1620, the Mayflower passengers set foot on what would become Plymouth Rock. 0 elleng Dec 20 Dec 20 4 219
On this day, December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 2 197
On this day, December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 3 205
On this day, December 18, 2002, Gray Davis announced that California would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 208
On this day, December 18, 2019, Donald Trump was impeached for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 214
On this day, December 18, 2020, Donald Trump listed the names of the people he wanted on his Advisory 1776 Commission. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 255
On this day, December 18, 1972, the "Christmas bombings" of North Vietnam began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 193
On this day, December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train running on a new route derailed near Olympia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 178
On this day, December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 18 6 321
January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 0 219
On this day, December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 6 306
On this day, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air for 12 seconds. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 3 205
How a long-ago fight over a dormant constitutional weapon echoes today 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 4 463
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 1 284
On December 15, 1913, Muriel Rukeyser was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 7 243
On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Assn voted to remove homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 227
On this day, December 16, 1777, Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 194
On this day, December 16, 1773, hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in protest against the Tea Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 6 193
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 4 226
On December 15, 1944, the Japanese prisoner of war transport ship "Oryoku Maru" was sunk in Subic Bay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 251
On December 13, 1974, Southern Pacific locomotive number 4449 was removed from display for a return to service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 7 344
On this day, December 15, 1944, the airplane carrying Glenn Miller was lost over the English Channel. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 4 268
On this day, December 15, 1952, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 171
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 4 182
On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 1 213
On this day, December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at George Bush. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 2 243
On this day, December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 0 178
On this day, December 14, 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 3 196
On this day, December 14, 1964, "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 3 183
On this day, December 14, 1907: the first large marine oil spill? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 1 135

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80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 16 447
On December 10 and December 11, 2021, there was a tornado outbreak throughout the Ohio Valley. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 0 256
On this day, December 13, 1948, Harry Truman accepted two Christmas turkeys at the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 2 223
On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 1 274
On December 11, 2019, Trump reminisced about his time in the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 6 433
Artist Bill Hennessy Jr., whose sketches brought courtroom drama to life, dies at 67 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 3 265
December 12, 2000, a date that will live in infamy 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 13 516
On this day, December 12, 1851, Joel Roberts Poinsett died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 3 272
On this day, December 12, 2000, General Motors pulled the plug on Oldsmobile. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 2 250
On this day, December 12, 1985, Arrow Air Flight 1285 crashed after takeoff at Gander, Newfoundland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 1 246
On this day, December 11, 1978, the largest cash robbery committed in the U.S. up until that time occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 11 Dec 11 5 346
On this day, December 11, 1960, President-elect John F. Kennedy escaped an attempt at assassination. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 11 Dec 11 2 308
On this day, December 11, 1725, George Mason was born. He refused to sign the Constitution without a Bill of Rights. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 11 Dec 11 3 229
On this day, December 11, 1985, computer store owner Hugh Scrutton was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 11 Dec 11 1 238
On this day, December 10, 1994, advertising executive Thomas J. Mosser was killed by a bomb mailed by the Unabomber. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 10 2 225
On this day, December 10, 2021, a memorial service was held for Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 10 Dec 10 1 310
On this day, December 9, 1906, Grace Hopper was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 9 2 217
On December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 9 1 302
On December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 9 0 239
On this day, December 9, 1968, the concepts of the computer mouse, hypertext, and bit-mapped GUI were introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 9 Dec 9 5 219
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