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10th Mountain Division, Narrated by Representative Jason Crow 2 marmar 10 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 6 209
Link to footage from 1940's, Los Angeles residential street 0 BootinUp 11 hrs ago 11 hrs ago 4 302
Ed King, 89, Scarred Veteran of Mississippi's Civil Rights Struggle, Dies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 274
Great Crash of 1929, Narrated by Paul Krugman 0 marmar Monday Monday 5 319
On July 11, 1804, Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton faced each other in a duel. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Monday 4 263
What's under Trump's ballroom? If You're Listening ABC NEWS In-depth 0 LessAspin Monday Monday 7 466
Kent State Killings, Narrated by Rosanne Cash 1 marmar Saturday Sunday 12 307
Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 3 531
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Charlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 5 320
Fourteenth Amendment, Narrated by Sherrilyn Ifill 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 2 323
American Story: The Hands That Built the White House -- With Robin Roberts 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 2 294
On this day, July 7, 1861, Nettie Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 9 313
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 3 422
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 4 207
On this day, July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 aircraft prototype crashed in Beverly Hills. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 1 288
On July 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 4 295
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 3 274
On July 6, 1944, at least 167 people were killed and more than 700 were injured in the Hartford circus fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 3 244
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 3 222
On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 7 Jul 7 2 225
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 2 357
On July 4, three of the first five presidents died; Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 4 4 679
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 4 4 903
On this day, July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 4 307
On this day, July 4, 1918, twin sisters Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer and Pauline Phillips were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 337
On July 3, 1952, the SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 2 284
Murder at City Hall: The killing of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk 0 marmar Jul 4 Jul 4 3 323
Gettysburg Address, Narrated by Governor JB Pritzker 1 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 7 388
Civil War Income Taxes, Narrated by Danny Werfel 0 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 1 326

American History Continued...

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"The Star-Spangled Banner," Narrated by Sarah Longwell 0 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 1 314
On this day, July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 4 359
On July 1, 1862, the "Union Pacific Rail Road" was incorporated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 3 363
On July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 326
On this day, July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 5 300
On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in New York Times Co. v. United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 303
On this day, July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 1 408
On July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 3 312
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 0 241
On June 30, 1956, 128 people died as a result of a mid-air collision over the Grand Canyon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 222
On June 30, 2013, nineteen firefighters died controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 0 206
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jul 2 2 1074
CSPAN: Step Inside the Room Where the U.S. Declared Independence & the Constitution Was Created 2 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 5 452
Thurgood Marshall, Narrated by Governor Wes Moore 1 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 6 429
America 250: The Legacy of Frederick Douglass 0 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 2 358
PBS: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War 0 marmar Jun 30 Jun 30 2 412
On June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 6 435
National Geographic: America's Last Slave Ship (Full Episode) 1 marmar Jun 29 Jun 29 3 487
Frances Perkins, Narrated by Cameron Katz 1 marmar Jun 28 Jun 28 3 484
Obergefell v. Hodges, Narrated by Jim Obergefell 0 marmar Jun 26 Jun 26 3 407
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 3 565
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 7 638
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 0 559
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 2 432
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 2 404
Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford 2 marmar Jun 25 Jun 25 9 485
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 487
On June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 5 603
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 9 470
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 4 401

American History Continued...

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On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 6 747
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 700
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 0 401
On this day, June 24, 1973, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place at a gay bar in New Orleans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 347
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 4 310
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 339
June 17,1972 - wasn't that the day of the Watergate break in? 4 rurallib Jun 17 Jun 21 3 587
Hoover Dam, Narrated by Michael Green 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 3 477
Eatonville, Narrated by Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 2 433
Establishment of Washington D.C., Narrated by Lisa Ann Walter 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 0 427
Stolen Girls of the Lee County Stockade- 1963 in Georgia 0 irisblue Jun 19 Jun 19 9 429
Michelle Obama's full speech at Obama Center grand opening 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 23 848
Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 9 706
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 18 7 830
PBS: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (full documentary) 0 marmar Jun 16 Jun 16 4 551
Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar Jun 15 Jun 15 9 617
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 13 Jun 13 9 792
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Jun 13 Jun 13 6 665
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 3 604
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 9 1 746
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