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On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns launched a student strike for equal education in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 8 hrs ago 8 hrs ago 3 180
On this day, April 24, 1980, eight U.S. servicemen died in Operation Eagle Claw, a failed attempt to rescue hostages. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 2 178
On April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenburg concentration camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 6 261
On April 17, 1967, Jock Semple tried to keep Kathrine Switzer from running in the Boston Marathon. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 19 hrs ago 3 267
On April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 22 hrs ago 2 286
Considering History: Jackie Robinson, Japanese Americans, and the Best of American Sports and Community 0 mahatmakanejeeves 23 hrs ago 23 hrs ago 1 157
On this day, April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 0 220
On this day, April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 2 206
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 3 316
On the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970, CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite narrated a special report. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 7 322
On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 10 427
On this day, April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 314
On April 17, 1965, the first pickets in DC for gay rights took place in front of the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 300
On this day, April 19, 1993, 76 people died when the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas, was set fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Monday 4 344
On this day, April 20, 1914, approximately 21 people were killed in the Ludlow Massacre. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 1275
On this day, April 19, 1995, 168 people were killed in the truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 7 429
Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Sunday 6 289
On this day, April 19, 1927, Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 5 458
Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 5 447
Ishmael Jaffree, Who Won Case Rejecting School Prayer, Is Dead at 80 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 15 Apr 15 9 448
On this day, April 13, 1873, the Ku Klux Klan carried out the Colfax Massacre in response to an 1872 Republican victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 13 Apr 13 5 459
On this day, April 12, 1955, it was announced that the polio vaccine Jonas Salk developed was safe. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 12 Apr 12 6 437
On this day, April 11, 1945, American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 11 Apr 11 6 412
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 2 510
On April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in the Upper Big Branch coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 2 358
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 399
On April 10 and April 11, 1945, President Roosevelt was photographed in Warm Springs, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 3 397
Martin Gugino, Activist Shoved by Buffalo Police at 2020 Protest, Dies 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 471
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 Apr 10 6 372
On this day, April 9, 2003, a 40-foot statue of Saddam Hussein in Baghdad's Firdos Square was toppled. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 2 324

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On this day, April 9, 1939, Easter Sunday, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 9 Apr 9 4 475
Has any American President ever received a Tito letter? 5 Wolf Frankula Apr 8 Apr 9 3 645
'Duck and Cover,' Nuclear Attack Civil Defence Film 1952; Lewis Black Comedy Gold 5 appalachiablue Apr 8 Apr 8 2 532
PBS: How Thoreau Told the Stories of the Black Community near Walden 1 marmar Apr 8 Apr 8 8 441
PBS: FDR's Path to the White House (1884-1933) 2 marmar Apr 8 Apr 8 4 467
For baseball fans: 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 8 Apr 8 7 557
Lucy Worsley Investigates: The American Revolution FULL EPISODE 1 (from PBS's youtube) 2 eShirl Apr 7 Apr 7 2 564
On this day, April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 7 Apr 7 5 306
April 6, 1712, In Labor History: One Of The First Slave Revolts, In New York City 0 erronis Apr 6 Apr 6 4 378
On this day, April 5, 1976, a photographer in Boston, Massachusetts, took this picture. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 5 Apr 5 45 1943
On this day, June 24, 1994, a B-52 crashed at Fairchild Air Force Base during practice for an airshow. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2025 Apr 3 3 837
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up and removed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 550
On this day, March 30, 1954, Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson suffered a massive heart attack 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 504
PBS: The Final Battle for the 19th Amendment (1916-1920) 0 marmar Mar 30 Mar 30 7 425
On March 29, 1961, police used clubs and German Shepherds to attack Black citizens outside a courthouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 5 386
On March 29, 1945, Roosevelt left DC for the Little White House at Warm Springs, Georgia, for some rest. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 30 Mar 30 9 455
On this day, March 28, 1979, there was a partial meltdown of reactor number 2 at Three Mile Island. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 30 6 544
PBS: The Black Congresswoman They DON'T Teach You About 21 marmar Mar 29 Mar 29 49 1994
On March 28, 1898, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 29 Mar 29 2 533
On this day, Friday, March 28, 1969, Dwight Eisenhower died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 3 364
On this day, March 28, 1979, the Supreme Court handed down a 5-3 decision in Stump v. Sparkman. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 28 Mar 28 6 488
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 500
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 10 639
Lester Maddox and Jim Brown Get Into Heated Debate on Segregation The Dick Cavett Show 2 BootinUp Mar 26 Mar 26 9 649
At 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire flared up at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 13 1035
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 2 418
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 438
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 2 436
On this day, March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 3 442
The Beatles are a threat to our children, especially girls. A Warning from Cincinnati August 1964. 6 BootinUp Mar 22 Mar 22 7 933

American History Continued...

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On this day, March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 517
On this day, March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 4 387
On this day, March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 22 Mar 22 3 395
On this day, March 21, 1937, the Ponce Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 2 567
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 5 609
On March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 4 601
On March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 1 556
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 1 606
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 5 549
On March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 3 467
Carol Kitman, 96, Dies; Photographer Documented the Vindman Twins 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 8 1137
The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 463
On this day, March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 16 Mar 16 4 702
Through 1933, on March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 3 562
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 11 Mar 11 4 535
Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 8 732
On this day, March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 8 Mar 8 6 631
Jo Ann Bland, Child Activist in Civil Rights Struggle, Dies at 72 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 3 Mar 3 6 609
Nick Salvatore, 'one of our foremost historians,' dies at 82 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 28 Mar 1 1 581
Pending shutdown of facility that rebuilds vacuum tubes for radio transmitters raises a serious concern. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 18 Feb 26 7 887
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