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From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 7 hrs ago 2 974
CSPAN: Step Inside the Room Where the U.S. Declared Independence & the Constitution Was Created 2 marmar Yesterday 22 hrs ago 5 245
Thurgood Marshall, Narrated by Governor Wes Moore 1 marmar Yesterday Yesterday 6 243
America 250: The Legacy of Frederick Douglass 0 marmar Yesterday Yesterday 2 193
PBS: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War 0 marmar Tuesday Tuesday 2 233
On June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 319
National Geographic: America's Last Slave Ship (Full Episode) 1 marmar Monday Monday 3 359
Frances Perkins, Narrated by Cameron Katz 1 marmar Sunday Sunday 3 298
Obergefell v. Hodges, Narrated by Jim Obergefell 0 marmar Friday Friday 3 334
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 3 459
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 7 545
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 0 425
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 351
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 314
Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford 2 marmar Thursday Thursday 9 372
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 3 373
On June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 5 489
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 9 367
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 4 304
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 6 617
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 601
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 0 300
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 3 281
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 4 237
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 3 264
June 17,1972 - wasn't that the day of the Watergate break in? 4 rurallib Jun 17 Jun 21 3 445
Hoover Dam, Narrated by Michael Green 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 3 414
Eatonville, Narrated by Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 2 359
Establishment of Washington D.C., Narrated by Lisa Ann Walter 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 0 355
Stolen Girls of the Lee County Stockade- 1963 in Georgia 0 irisblue Jun 19 Jun 19 9 356

American History Continued...

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Michelle Obama's full speech at Obama Center grand opening 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 23 701
Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 9 542
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 18 7 696
PBS: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (full documentary) 0 marmar Jun 16 Jun 16 4 488
Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar Jun 15 Jun 15 9 512
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 13 Jun 13 9 653
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Jun 13 Jun 13 6 535
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 3 528
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 9 1 591
On June 8, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 6 588
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train operated from New York City to Washington, D.C. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 7 555
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 402
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 547
On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 5 562
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 471
On June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 454
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 403
On June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 417
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cohen v. California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 4 451
On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ran a report about an unusual disorder. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 655
On June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 551
On June 6, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was again alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 410
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 1 674
On June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 379
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 585
The Niagara Movement -- The Early Battle for Civil Rights 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 2 423
Ken Burns: The War -- Full Episode 1 -- "A Necessary War" (December 1941 - December 1942) -- PBS 0 marmar Jun 8 Jun 8 3 472
On June 6, 1964, CBS aired the 'CBS Reports' episode 'D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy.' 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 2 676
On this day, June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section of a Louisiana railroad car. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 623
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Narrated by Roxana Robinson 1 marmar Jun 6 Jun 6 1 467

American History Continued...

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Bruce Crandall, Part of a Heroic Rescue Mission in Vietnam, Dies at 93 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 3 Jun 6 9 808
Roy Cohn 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Jun 6 Jun 6 5 547
Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 6 578
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Jun 4 5 1506
Fannie Lou Hamer, Narrated by Monica Land 0 marmar Jun 4 Jun 4 2 415
The Civil War - Full Episode 1: 1861: "The Cause" (PBS) 0 marmar Jun 3 Jun 3 3 590
1524 - Verrazzano Reports Groups of Africans Living On The Coast of North America 3 GreatGazoo Jun 2 Jun 2 9 722
Ellis Island, Narrated by Ken Burns 0 marmar Jun 2 Jun 2 8 597
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 13 653
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 467
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 483
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 489
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers were poised on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 503
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 473
On May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 386
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 6 805
On May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 389
On this day 2 years ago, President Donald Trump became the first American president to be convicted of felony 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 31 May 31 4 521
On May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 2 621
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause (full documentary) 0 marmar May 29 May 29 2 606
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