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On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 749
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 787
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 982
Rerun, per request: On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 1 elleng Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 708
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 643
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 2483
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 609
On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1201
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1346
July 1, 1971: Supreme Court Upholds New York Times and Washington Post on Pentagon Papers, 6-3 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1382
On this day, July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1075
On June 28, 1919, Harry Truman and Bess Wallace were married in Independence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 611
On this day, July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 588
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 1071
On July 1, 1916, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Doud were married in Denver. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 453
At around 7:30 AM, July 1, 1863, a small patrol of the 8th IL Cav led by Lieutenant Marcellus Jones 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 820
On this day, June 30, 1986, Bowers v. Hardwick was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 697
On this day, June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of The Capital Gazette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 807
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 562
On this day, June 27, 1895, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 775
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 930
On June 20, 1973, Richard Nixon presented Leonid Brezhnev with a 1973 dark blue Lincoln Continental. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1220
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1308
On June 25, 1962, MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 484
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 845
On this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 728
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 771
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 843
On this day, June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 852
On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 879

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On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 675
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 704
Pvt. William Loop & father, Cpl. Roderick Loop, bid farewell to each other. Anzio, March 6, 1944. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 1012
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1140
On this day, June 18, 2007, the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 830
On this day, June 18, 1948, the long-playing record was unveiled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 976
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 756
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 670
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 763
On this day, June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 913
On this day, June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 802
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1333
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1092
On this day, June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1330
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jun 2023 3 1764
On June 14, 2017, there was a shooting during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 807
On the night of June 12, 1994, 35-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson and 25-year-old Ron Goldman ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1289
June 13. Today's Highlight in History: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 763
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 927
On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 606
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 798
"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 966
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1182
June 11, 1963, was one of the most tumultuous days in the civil rights movement. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 675
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 768
On this day, June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 771
June 19, 1953 Rosenbergs executed 3 AKwannabe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1024
June 9, 1954: "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 846
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 769

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On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1658
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from NYC to DC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 822
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 993
On this day, June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 447
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1201
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 571
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 1378
Current Exhibit, 'Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of WW2' Created Deceptions To Fight the Nazis 0 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 866
On this day, June 6, 1944, Roman citizens watched an American troop convoy in front of the Colosseum 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1065
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 793
On June 3, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 906
On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 856
On this day, June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reported an unusual disorder. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 901
DC insider on the 10 most crucial days of the Obama presidency 0 catbyte Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 681
Americans preparing to fight for freedom on D-Day, this week 1944. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 673
June 1, 1963: young Black people are prevented from entering segregated Bishop's Restaurant 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 926
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 907
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 621
June 1, 1944: American Rangers poised on British landing craft, Weymouth, England 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 911
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 Jun 2023 2 711
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