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CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 914
On this day, April 19, 1989, a gun turret on board the battleship Iowa exploded, killing 47 sailors. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1055
On this day, April 19, 1995, the Murrah Building, in Oklahoma City, was bombed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 791
On this day, April 19, 1993, the Waco siege ended as the Branch Davidian compound was burned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 844
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear ..." 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1331
On April 18, 1923, here's Babe Ruth at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 899
Lt Col (Dr) Alexander T Augusta, US Army's 1st Black Doctor, 7th USCT, Civil War, Buried Arl Nat Cem 2 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1221
On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 829
On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 965
President Eisenhower throws first ball, April 16, 1953, Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 858
On April 16, 1945, the bulk of the German forces surrendered in the collapse of the Ruhr pocket. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1020
President Lincoln Death, April 15, 1865. Son Robert Todd Lincoln Aided by Actor Edwin Booth c.1865 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 917
On this day, April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 836
On this day, April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 962
Sinking of the Titanic April 14-15, 1912 North Atlantic Ocean Voyage UK-US: Survivors Interviews 9 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1621
Last Witness to Pres Lincoln Assassination, April 14, 1865: TV Game Show Guest, 1956 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 815
April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, DC 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1306
On this day, April 14, 1935, the Black Sunday dust storm blew through Oklahoma and Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 811
NYC Slave Revolt, April 6, 1712: Prelude Yrs of Hardship, Slave Trade Hub; Sojourner Truth, Dutch NY 4 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1317
On this date, April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 704
On this day, April 13, 1953, Project MKUltra was started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 840
On this day, April 12, 1955, it was announced that the polio vaccine Jonas Salk developed was safe. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 2256
On this day, April 11, 1945, American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 951
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 45 3844
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 806
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 738
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 879
On this day, Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 1187
On this day, March 31, 1676 Zoeth "Zoar" Howland died, a casualty of King Philip's War 5 bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 Apr 2023 6 1476
On this day, April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 706

American History Continued...

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Eliz Van Lew: Union Spy, Richmond, Confed Capital, Grant's Source. Spy Mary Bowser, Libby Prison 1 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 1180
After demand by President Woodrow Wilson, United States entered First World War today, April 6, 1917 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 842
On this day, April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1053
On this day, April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in a coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 813
On this day, April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 925
On this day, April 4, 1968 0 snowybirdie Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 844
On this day, April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 985
April 3, 1968 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 780
On this day, April 3, 1860, the Pony Express began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1096
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1175
On March 29, 1961, police use clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside courthouse 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 1083
On March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 818
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt went to the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1179
On March 27, 1960, the last regularly scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the US ran. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1248
On this day, March 28, 1979, the Three Mile Island accident happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 732
So I'm reading one of the most brilliant explorations of American Racism that I've ever read. 1 NNadir Mar 2023 Mar 2023 27 1424
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 718
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1007
On this day, March 25, 1911, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 1044
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 8 1207
On this day, March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 886
On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1144
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 840
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 929
On March 16, 1968, Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jr was flying helicopter reconnaissance at My Lai. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1200
On this day, March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 940
On this day, March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 948
On this day, March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had the largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1010
On this day, March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1054
On this day, March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 1137

American History Continued...

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Opinion: My neighbor found Lincoln's hair in his basement. I found a mystery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1279
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, a Colorado Democrat who championed legislation on family leave 3 elleng Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 970
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1062
On March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 678
On this day, March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1063
On this day, March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 901
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1001
FDR's Ambassador in London and his 21-year-old son Jack departing for Paris, today 1939: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 1107
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 5 996
On this day, March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 985
On this day, March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 877
President Harry Truman on spring break, Key West, this month 1952: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 4 771
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 7 1128
March 8, 1945: FDR greets officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 1023
On this day, March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 840
On March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 993
On this day, March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1075
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 6 1009
Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. marshal 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 898
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