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On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 5 195
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 1 159
It was a legendary suffragist's home. This year it's a voting site. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 291
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Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 556
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 452
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 380
On October 14, 1890, Dwight Eisenhower was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 416
This day, Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 353
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 407
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 443
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2024 Oct 2024 1 395
Megan Marshack, aide with Nelson Rockefeller on fatal night, dies at 70 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 591
On this day, October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 463
On this day, October 27, 1904, the first regularly operated line of the New York City Subway was opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 330
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 557
On this day, October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 468
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 392
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 449
On this day, October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 426
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 360
On this day, Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 282
On this day, October 25, 2021, the Boise Towne Square Mall shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 276
Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 670
Lincoln and Taney's great writ showdown 5 NNadir Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 506
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On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 278
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 351
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 432
On this day, October 23, 1980, Mark David Chapman quit his security job, signing out for the last time as "John Lennon." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 410

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On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 410
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 359
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 339
Patti McGee, first women's pro skateboarder, dies at 79 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 7 395
On the evening of October 22, 1962, Pres. Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the US public. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 362
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Sen. Judiciary Comm. voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 320
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On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 487
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" both had something to say about Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 366
On this day, October 21, 2021, a shooting occurred on the set of the film "Rust." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 423
On this day, October 21, 1861, the battle of Ball's Bluff took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 395
The North Carolina flood of 1916 compares to 2024. 0 diehardblue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 455
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 366
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On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 386
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 326
On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 462
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 411
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 317
On the evening of October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 460
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 484
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On October 17, 1969, 14 Black players were dismissed from UWyo's football team for wanting to protest racial injustice. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 376
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 609
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 489
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 482
On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 0 381
On October 12, 2024, Lilly Ledbetter, a stalwart in the fight for fair pay, died at the age of 86. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 473
On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 543

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On this day, October 15, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 733 points. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 474
On this day, October 15, 2018, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 516
On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 543
On this day, October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 5 518
On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 567
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 6 589
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On this day, October 13, 1983, cell service was first provided to the general public. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 462
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 457
On this day, October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 449
On this day, October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 8 406
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On this day, October 11, 2023, a memorial to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was unveiled. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 447
On this day, October 11, 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 501
On this day, October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 399
On this day, October 10, 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant was fought. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 606
On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 434
On this day, October 10, 1957, Ghanian finance minister Komla Gbedemah was denied service at a Delaware restaurant. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 4 501
On this day, October 9, 1949, activist William E. Woods was born. His work led to the legalization of same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 1 415
On this day, October 8, 1956, Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2024 Oct 2024 2 511
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