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On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 429
On this day, November 20, 1963, JFK met in the Oval Office with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, and others. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 7 504
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 20 6 1231
On this day, November 20, 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 424
On this day, November 20, 1969, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published explicit photographs of dead villagers from My Lai. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 348
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 391
On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 320
On November 19, 1963, President Kennedy received the Thanksgiving turkey in the Rose Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 1 327
On November 19, Ford's Edsel division both started (1956) and ended (1959) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 350
On November 19, 1863, eight score and two years ago ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 325
On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 10 434
On November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 4 577
On November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 8 522
On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 371
On this day, Sunday, November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 294
On this day, November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 505
On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 398
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 303
On November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 345
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 387
On November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 395
On November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 403
On this day, Monday, November 18, 1963, President Kennedy arrived in Miami. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 320
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 2003, Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 267
On this day, Tuesday, November 18, 1958, a freighter sank in a violent storm on one of the Great Lakes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 343
On this day, November 18, 1999, the Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing twelve. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 530
On this day, November 18, 1942, Dr. Stanley Levenson came to work in burn injury treatment at City Hospital in Boston. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 2 397
How General William T. Sherman Anticipated the Foxination of the Media Escapes Me. 3 NNadir Nov 14 Nov 15 6 490
🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 15 12 501
Smithsonian, Other Museums Begin to Reopen, Welcome Visitors Back after Govt Shutdown: NPR 0 appalachiablue Nov 14 Nov 14 3 377

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Building an Airship (photo) Summit County, Ohio, c. 1933 16 Diamond_Dog Nov 13 Nov 14 13 718
From my email feeds: Sure wish I could have been at this one 2 NNadir Nov 14 Nov 14 4 550
The Hidden Black Society They Don't Teach You About 2 Uncle Joe Nov 11 Nov 13 13 559
John Cleary, Wounded in Kent State Shooting, Dies at 74 2 BeyondGeography Nov 9 Nov 9 11 464
On this day, November 6, 1939, Michael Schwerner was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 399
On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 1 344
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 311
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 5 264
On November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 338
On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 2 251
On November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 6 Nov 6 3 454
George Banks, Convicted Mass Murderer, Dies at 83. He fatally shot 13 people in Pennsylvania in September 1982. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 4 Nov 4 3 549
On October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 2 412
On October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 363
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 377
On October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 371
On October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 533
On October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 335
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 8 541
On October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 431
On October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 304
On October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 6 419
On October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 277
On this day, October 30, 1980, Mark David Chapman flew to New York. Unable to purchase bullets, he flew to Atlanta. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 303
On October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 11 471
On October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 309
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 257
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 377
On this day, October 30, 1929, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 28.40 points, or 12.34%, to close at 258.47. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 311
On this day, October 29, 1901, presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 3 389

American History Continued...

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Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin puts today in the context of Lincoln 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 5 797
Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandin. 1 elleng Oct 21 Oct 21 6 409
Photographs Reveal Extent of White House Demolition 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 12 952
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 10 414
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 2 329
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 285
On October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 7 368
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 12 461
In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3 elleng Oct 10 Oct 11 9 657
Eugenics: Madison Grant Book 'Passing of the Great Race,' Hitler Bible; White Sup, Nordic, Anti Immigrant 2 appalachiablue Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 626
On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 2 512
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal's Bicentennial. 2 elleng Sep 2025 Oct 2025 7 2009
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 356
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 516
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 388
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 374
Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1974
1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2367
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 717
Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1412
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