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On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 16 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 3 201
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 3 148
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 1 154
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 6 200
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 255
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 168
On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 160
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 134
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 110
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 8 330
September 11, 2001: Rick Rescorla, the man who ran back in 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 281
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 0 178
On September 10, 2001, a Canadian tourist took photographs of downtown Manhattan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 8 584
On September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Tuesday 2 259
On September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 3 232
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 193
On September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 3 218
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 6 312
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 164
On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 166
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 6 258
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 3 182
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 209
Rare copy of US Constitution to be sold at auction 1 sl8 Sep 7 Sep 7 12 356
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 3 230
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 4 354
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 5 244
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 6 298
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 2 198
On this day, September 4, 1882, the electrical age began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 5 241

American History Continued...

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On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 3 299
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 1 428
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 5 322
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 4 229
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 223
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 3 Sep 3 2 211
Reticence on Policy and the Ranking of America's Greatest Presidents. 1 NNadir Sep 2 Sep 2 3 279
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 10 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 29 14 988
On this day, August 29, 2007, Richard Jewell died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 2 367
On this day, August 29, 1944, troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 29 Aug 29 1 210
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 28 2 216
Emmett Till August 28, 1955 1 spike jones Aug 28 Aug 28 6 369
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a most unusual way. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 28 Aug 28 3 408
Brandon Museum & Rec co-host program on Vermont's darker history: eugenics 0 sl8 Aug 28 Aug 28 2 215
On this day, August 27, 1963, an explosion at the Cane Creek potash mine near Moab, Utah, killed 18 miners. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 27 Aug 27 0 240
The Battle of Blair Mountain, Largest US Labor Uprising: Aug. 25- Sept. 2, 1921 4 appalachiablue Aug 21 Aug 27 10 404
Some History Involving RFK Jr., his father, and, um, Joe McCarthy...THAT McCarthy. 11 NNadir Aug 25 Aug 26 8 733
On this day, August 26, 1968, the Democratic National convention opened in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 5 229
On this day, August 26, 2021, a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport killed 13 US military personnel. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 3 247
On this day, August 26, 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 6 308
On this day, August 26, 2015, two Virginia TV station workers were shot and killed while on the air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 26 Aug 26 4 315
On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 25 Aug 25 3 292
On this day, August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell was assassinated while doing the laundry. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 25 Aug 25 5 11624
On this day, August 24, 1814, the British set the Presidential Mansion and the Capitol on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 1 260
On this day, August 24, 1970, the Army Mathematics Research Center at UWisconsin was bombed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 2 265
On this day, August 24, 1919, Ray Caldwell survived a lightning strike during a baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 24 Aug 24 0 233
Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 24 Aug 24 11 391
On this day, August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake was felt across the eastern U.S. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 2 235
On this day, August 23, 1933, the Chesapeake-Potomac hurricane made landfall on the Outer Banks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 0 231
On this day, August 23, 1891, Elijah Barrett Prettyman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 23 Aug 23 0 213

American History Continued...

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On this day, August 22, 1965, SF Giant Juan Marichal hit LA Dodger John Roseboro on the head with a bat. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 4 431
On this day, August 22, 1880, "Krazy Kat" cartoonist George Herriman was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 4 228
On this day, August 22, 2003, Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 1 251
On this day, August 22, 1992, an FBI sniper shot and killed Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 22 Aug 22 0 281
Fannie Lou Hamer rattled Democratic convention 60 years ago with 'Is this America?' speech 3 sl8 Aug 21 Aug 21 7 378
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 7 497
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 1 236
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 21 1 693
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 3 478
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 21 Aug 21 3 285
On this day, August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 20 Aug 20 2 303
Then Again: Finding Addie [child laborer] 1 sl8 Aug 19 Aug 19 6 254
On August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 0 342
On August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 2 223
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 19 Aug 19 7 359
From August 14 through August 16, 1908, the Springfield, Illinois, race riot of 1908 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 7 264
On Aug. 17, 1964, the final stretch of the Capital Beltway opened to traffic. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 1 250
On this day, August 16, 1955, Boston's polio epidemic hit a high of 480 cases. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 2 276
On this day, August 16, 1884, Hugo Gernsback was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 5 310
On this day, August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died, many people believe. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 16 Aug 16 1 352
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