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250 Years Ago This Month: war was starting 0 eShirl 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 7 277
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Friday 6 337
Happy Appomattox Day! 160 years ago the traitors surrendered 5 Dennis Donovan Wednesday Thursday 9 256
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 202
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 6 277
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 146
On March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 4 273
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 1 193
On this day, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 224
The Ziegfeld Follies 2 BootinUp Tuesday Tuesday 4 331
On March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 211
On Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 177
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 168
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 194
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 143
On April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 150
On March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 248
On April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 143
On April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 169
On the night of April 5 - 6, 1936, the 1936 Tupelo-Gainesville tornado outbreak happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 170
On this day, April 4, 1859, Bryant's Minstrels premiered the minstrel song "Dixie" in New York City' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 162
On April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 158
On April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 150
On this day, April 8, 1897, there were numerous sightings of UFOs over Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Kansas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 373
Joe Harris, 108, Dies; Thought to Be the Oldest World War II Paratrooper 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Sunday 13 357
On March 27, 1924, computing pioneer Margaret Butler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 5 228
On this day Mar 25, 2016 Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally 2 Uncle Joe Mar 31 Mar 31 6 362
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 2 266
Major General Smedley Butler bares plot by 'Fascists' in Newtown Square Pennsylva...HD Stock Footage 0 Uncle Joe Mar 27 Mar 27 9 408
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 8 460

American History Continued...

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On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 323
Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 26 Mar 26 1 209
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 26 3 781
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 0 283
On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 2 196
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 247
On this day, Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 10 357
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 296
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 225
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 218
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 309
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 235
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 258
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 218
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 298
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 4 220
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 228
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 23 Mar 23 1 260
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 287
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 316
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 5 320
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 229
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 302
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 243
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 4 318
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 200
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 223
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 229
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 239
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 198

American History Continued...

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On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 277
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 257
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 215
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 8 255
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 286
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 6 201
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 165
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 0 291
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 1 254
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 13 Mar 13 4 308
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 331
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 3 318
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 239
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 0 294
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 266
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 1 282
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 3 231
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 1 151
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 10 Mar 10 4 371
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 10 Mar 10 3 234
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