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On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 7 1430
Bob Orben, comedy writer who crafted Gerald Ford's speeches, dies at 95 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 0 870
On February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 1323
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith 3 elleng Feb 2023 Feb 2023 22 1429
White House Historical Association 0 elleng Feb 2023 Feb 2023 6 741
As an old slide librarian 1 BittyJenkins Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 1384
Bust of former chief justice, proslavery Marylander removed from US Capitol 3 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 7 1044
On this day, Sunday, February 7, 1904, the Great Baltimore Fire began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 956
On February 5, 1865, Abraham Lincoln sat for this photograph by Alexander Gardner. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 14 1278
On this day, February 4, 1913, Rosa Parks was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 815
On this day, February 3, 1943, the American troop ship SS Dorchester sank. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 16 1632
Thirteenth Amendment, abolishing slavery, was passed by House today 1865, signed by Lincoln next day 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 956
On this day, January 30, 1919, Fred Korematsu was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 851
On this day, January 30, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 855
On this day, Friday, January 27, 1922, the Knickerbocker Storm started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1029
January 27, 1967: Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee die in launchpad capsule fire 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1175
Jean Veloz, celebrated 1940s Lindy Hop dancer, dies at 98 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 891
Arthur Duncan, pioneering Black tap dancer, dies at 97 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 1002
Justice Thurgood Marshall died three decades ago today: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 893
Horror & Heroism, Air Florida Plane Crash, Wash. DC, Jan. 13, 1982- 41 Yrs Ago: Graphic Images, Info 12 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 2473
On this day, January 23, 1870, the Marias massacre occurred. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 27 1693
Do you know about Dorothy Parker's connection to Martin Luther King, Jr? 7 elleng Jan 2023 Jan 2023 18 1456
They Posed As Master & Slave, The Saga of Ellen and Wm. Craft: Book Review, LAT 2 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 12 1576
On this day, January 17, 1961, outgoing Pres. Eisenhower warned of the military-industrial complex. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 1067
On January 17, 1945, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg was taken into Soviet custody. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 963
On this day, January 17, 1961, Patrice Lumumba was assassinated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 900
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1051
On January 16, 1786, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 1072
On this day, January 15, 1953, a Pennsylvania RR passenger train crashed into DC's Union Station. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1272
On this day, January 15, 1947, Elizabeth Short, the Black Dahlia, was found dead in Los Angeles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 1172

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On January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 1379
On this day, January 13, 1908, the Rhoads Opera House fire in Boyertown, PA killed 171 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 4 945
Alabama Black Belt designated National Heritage Area, unlocking up to $1M each year to preserve hist 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 982
On this day, January 11, 1755 or 1757, Alexander Hamilton was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 0 821
On January 8, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 9 1172
This message was self-deleted by its author 1 GenXer47 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1155
January 3, 1944: First usage of a helicopter for the US military 1 steve2470 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1386
On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1045
On December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 1172
On December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 981
Art at Capitol honors 140 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 900
On this day, December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred at least 146 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 1176
Sincere ignorant, admittedly, question about black and white film and still photos 1939 to 1945 7 steve2470 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1561
Ninety years ago today, December 27, 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 1043
The Founding of the United States 1 elleng Dec 2022 Dec 2022 6 936
George Washington had a SCOTUS nomination rejected in 1795 0 steve2470 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 1265
JFK's motorcade route was published in advance - @BeschlossDC 5 BootinUp Nov 2022 Dec 2022 11 1878
The Real History of the Americas before Columbus 1 littlemissmartypants Oct 2022 Oct 2022 7 1508
How four British migrations defined America 1 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 970
I surprised myself and read this wiki 2 Tetrachloride Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 1442
In President Harry's Truman's remarks in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952, he said this: 8 elleng Sep 2022 Oct 2022 19 2342
On This Day in History December 14, 1799: George Washington dies at Mount Vernon. 1 elleng Dec 2021 Sep 2022 8 1915
Did it take lots of physical strength to fly WWII war planes? 7 raccoon Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 1490
just for the record: September 11, 1996 - UP control of SP and its subsidiaries was cleared 0 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1467
On this day September 4 in 1823, Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams about dictators 1 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 37 2439
Learn Our History Today: On September 1, 1864, during the Civil War, 3 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1566
Wow! Did Joe hit out of the park, or what? 7 vlyons Sep 2022 Sep 2022 16 1229
Just watched some of FDR's state of the union in 1941 where he laid out the 4 freedoms 4 captain queeg Jul 2022 Aug 2022 9 1897
Robert Hall Clothes - Life in America 6 bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1341
The last known photo of Ulysses S. Grant. 19 Bleacher Creature Feb 2022 Aug 2022 33 4056

American History Continued...

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Mary Katharine Goddard, the Woman who Signed the Declaration of Independence (Smithsonian) 4 eppur_se_muova Sep 2020 Aug 2022 12 3255
The Pioneers by David McCullough 2 Marthe48 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1004
The Founding of the United States 4 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1297
Clifford L. Alexander Jr., whose long career as a leading adviser to Democratic presidents 0 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1554
How the 1812 Overture Became Music for the Fourth of July 1 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 996
On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 0 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 1125
1776, if it's not on TCM or elsewhere, I may actually pay to 'rent' it, sucker that I am. 12 elleng Jun 2022 Jul 2022 4 2251
The Siena Presidential Ranking Poll Screws Up Again. Unfair to James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson. 5 NNadir Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1513
'Bringing us together': The Ann Richards Legacy Project releases new book 'The One Ann Only.' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1296
Battle of St. Leonard Creek 0 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1085
THE BURNING DESIRE FOR EDUCATION 1 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 1091
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 3 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1047
Learn Our History Today: On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" 0 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 901
Charles Blockson's grade school teacher told him Black people have no history. He set out to prove h 0 cbabe Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1191
Audie Murphy, 'What's My Line?': One of the Most Decorated Combat Soldiers of WW2, Texan, Democrat 12 appalachiablue May 2022 Jun 2022 5 2505
Documents Rediscovered: Sojourner Truth's Historic Fight to Save Her Young Son from Slavery 6 appalachiablue Jun 2022 Jun 2022 20 1685
On This Day - June 13, 1777, during the American Revolution, a young French aristocrat 4 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1209
On This Day in History June 12, 1776 In Williamsburg, the Virginia Convention adopted 2 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 987
How RFK Could Have Become President 3 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1455
Did Jack Welch break Capitalism? 6 SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1661
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