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On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2025 Oct 2025 0 376
Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1975
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 2370
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 718
Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 1414
What was the best law Dwight Eisenhower signed 0 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2011
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 631
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 619
On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 543
What was the best law Harry S Truman signed, an idea taken from reddit 1 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 18 2053
What was the best law that Franklin D Roosevelt signed? 6 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 24 2478
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 613
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 592
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 647
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 651
On September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 601
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 572
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 802
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 604
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 632
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 583
The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two's biggest bomber 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 2684
German Pilots Mocked The Tuskegee 'Red Tails' 2 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2926
Captured German Nurses Shocked By American Medical Abundance 5 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 3340
***The American Revolution, Burns PBS 5 elleng Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1910
On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2199
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 712
On September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90, in Wallace, Idaho. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1594
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2311
On September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 594

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On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 587
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 621
On September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 697
On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 737
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 606
September 5 thru 11, 1609 -- Henry Hudson vs Verrazzano 4 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2099
Henry Hudson's Progeny Forced to Live in Muncie Indiana? The Sept 15th Log Entry 1 GreatGazoo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2380
On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 1779
20 First Ladies of the United States Brought Back to Life - Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy 3 QueerDuck Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3515
Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1004
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 1131
On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1088
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1232
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 698
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 567
Circular to the General Officers, 8 September 1775 0 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 1587
1863 The New Ironsides firing on Condederate traitors 0 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1459
Wehrmacht Soldiers Got 6 Cigarettes Daily While Americans Had Chocolate In Every K-Ration 0 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1042
On the day, September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2361
On this day, September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 893
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 546
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2194
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2176
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 484
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 500
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 827
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 533
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 531
On September 2, 1885, the Rock Springs massacre occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 485
On this day, September 3, 1925, the USS Shenandoah was destroyed in a squall over Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 437

American History Continued...

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On September 1, 1914, Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 530
On this day, September 2, 1901, VP Teddy Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 457
On this day, August 28, 1963, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was held. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 472
On this day, August 28, 2014, America was subjected to its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame ever. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 814
On this day, August 28, 2003, Brian Wells died during a bank robbery, in a collar bomb explosion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 540
On August 22, 1984, Gregory Lee Johnson set an American flag on fire during the Republican National Convention. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 622
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 567
On August 18, 1962, "Miss Sherri" of Arizona's version of "Romper Room" got an abortion in Sweden. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 635
On this day, August 21, 1945, physicist Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated at Los Alamos. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 571
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On August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 517
On August 4, 1964, civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney were found dead. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 556
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 543
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 498
On August 4, 1889, the Great Spokane Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 452
On August 12, 1963, 21-year-old University of Chicago student Bernie Sanders was charged with resisting arrest. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 8 544
On August 5, 1969, the "Lonesome Cowboys" police raid in Atlanta occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 461
On August 12, 1933, the Century of Progress World's Fair celebrated Black people with "National Negro Day." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 515
Live coverage: Protesters swarm Capitol, abruptly halting electoral vote count 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 653
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