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I'm reading "Reading the Man" in which we discover what a horrible human being R.E "Bobby" Lee was. 3 NNadir 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 13 326
On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 10 255
On this day, June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 4 170
On this day, June 26, 2003, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Lawrence v. Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 10 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 2 157
On this day, June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago 10 hrs ago 2 164
On this day, June 26, 2013, the Supreme Court decided United States v. Windsor and Hollingsworth v. Perry. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 11 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 1 162
On this day, June 26, 2000, the Supreme Court handed down the opinion in Apprendi v. New Jersey. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 12 hrs ago 12 hrs ago 2 186
On June 28, 1942, the DuMont Television Network did not begin operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 1 259
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 249
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 1 205
On June 24, 1973, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place at a gay bar in New Orleans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 3 155
Has Trump gotten worse over the last five years? From June 25, 2020: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 0 254
On this day, June 25, 1906, the Murder of the Century occurred on the roof of Madison Square Garden. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 298
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 4 162
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 226
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 145
On June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 213
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 148
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 106
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 191
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 125
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 160
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 205
Fred Smith, FedEx founder and American business magnate, dies at 80 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 0 343
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 4 302
On this day, June 17, 1971, the war on drugs began. Well, Richard Nixon's version of it. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 3 226
Betsy Jochum, 104, Dies; Last Original Member of Women's Baseball League 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 12 324
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 11 369
On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 2 259
On June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 1377

American History Continued...

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On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 157
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 1 156
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 17 Jun 17 6 227
Civil War, Ken Burns, PBS 3 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 2 370
On June 13, 1966, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 220
On this day, June 14, 1977, Illinois Nazis received a favorable ruling in their quest to march in Skokie, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 5 261
On this day, June 14, 2017, Steve Scalise and several aides were shot during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 1 246
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 14 Jun 14 0 222
Saturday, 9 p.m. The Civil War 0 elleng Jun 14 Jun 14 1 294
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 321
On the morning of June 12, 2016, the Pulse nightclub shooting took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 217
On this day, June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 198
On the night of June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were stabbed to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 2 245
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 3 232
On this day, June 12, 1967, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Loving v. Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 12 Jun 12 7 265
On July 4, 1983, the Beach Boys' Fourth of July concert on the National Mall was canceled. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 11 Jun 12 4 570
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 2 312
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 0 245
On this day, June 10, 1963, "JFK gave best speech of his life ... at American University:" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 10 Jun 10 3 252
On June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from New York City to Washington, D.C. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 5 367
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 2 270
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 8 383
Bill Atkinson, Who Made Computers Easier to Use, Is Dead at 74 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 8 496
57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 5 Jun 6 16 545
The Battle of Midway (1942 Documentary Film) 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 4 445
Why Early America Needed This Unhinged Hero - PBS Origins 1 sl8 Jun 4 Jun 4 5 585
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 31 May 31 3 441
Harrison Ruffin Tyler, Grandson of the 10th President, Is Dead at 96 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 30 May 30 6 461
An account of a very sick FDR struggling to get the United Nations in place as he faded rapidly into death. 2 NNadir May 23 May 23 10 609
Howard Zinn, a people's history of the United States ⚒️Social Full Documentary 3 Goonch May 17 May 18 17 844

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His great-grandfather enshrined birthright citizenship. Norman Wong is trying to save it. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 16 May 16 7 427
On May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 14 658
On this day, May 14, 2022, ten people, all African Americans, were murdered in a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 3 366
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 584
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 0 352
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 2 315
On this day, May 14, 1988, the deadliest incident involving drunk driving in U.S. history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 5 684
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 14 May 14 1 472
Native American community broke up 1958 Maxton NC KKK meeting 2 struggle4progress May 11 May 12 4 487
88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 1 Dennis Donovan May 6 May 6 4 553
May 5, 1925: High school teacher John T. Scopes is arrested in Dayton, TN for teaching evolution 9 Dennis Donovan May 5 May 5 11 918
It's been 55 years since one of the mass shootings at a school. 15 discntnt_irny_srcsm May 1 May 5 16 1269
100 years ago news: The Eastern Chiropractic Institute holds a contest to choose New York's most beautiful back 1 Dennis Donovan May 5 May 5 3 559
The Americans Who Left 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 4 May 4 14 948
On this day, Saturday, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 May 2 11 1083
Happy Appomattox Day! 160 years ago the traitors surrendered 6 Dennis Donovan Apr 9 May 2 10 709
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson announced that he would not be running for another term. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 8 May 2 1 454
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 22 May 2 2 421
On this day, May 2, 1972, J. Edgar Hoover died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 2 472
On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 18 May 2 5 778
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