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Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail' greeting, dies at 74 0 mahatmakanejeeves 1 hr ago 1 hr ago 1 101
On this day, November 8, 1965, Kennedy assassination skeptic Dorothy Kilgallen died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 2 hrs ago 2 hrs ago 1 164
On this day, November 7, 2020, Rudy Giuliani held a press conference at Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 19 hrs ago 3 32
On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday 19 hrs ago 3 77
On this day, Thursday, November 7, 1968, this was the front page of the New York Times. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday Yesterday 3 93
On October 17, 1871, Pres. Grant declared martial law and suspended the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 Wednesday 7 304
On October 19, 1987, Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22.6 percent. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Wednesday 0 354
On this day, November 6, 2012, Tammy Baldwin became the first openly gay politician to be elected to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 0 24
On this day, November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 1 13
On this day, November 5, 1862, 303 Dakota warriors were found guilty of the rape and murder of whites. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 208
Legal Defense Fund: It's Election Day! 2 Dennis Donovan Tuesday Tuesday 4 138
On this day, November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony voted for the first time. She was later fined $100. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 7 148
On this day, November 5, 1893, Raymond Loewy was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 112
On this day, November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon was elected as 37th President of the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 0 90
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James Blake Miller the Marlboro Marine. 3 discntnt_irny_srcsm Sunday Monday 4 333
On this day, November 4, 1979, the American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was taken over. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 193
On this day, November 3, 1948, Dewey defeated Truman. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 1 173
On this day, November 3, 2007, Navy ended an NCAA-record 43-game losing streak to Notre Dame. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 1 142
Wesley Clark - facts you may not have known about the man who beat Serbia. 2 elleng Saturday Saturday 4 388
On November 3, 1987 ... 0 ificandream Saturday Saturday 5 271
On this day, November 2, 1947, the "Spruce Goose" took to the air for the one and only time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 8 109
Leon N. Cooper, Nobel physicist who probed superconductivity, dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 7 87
On this day, November 2, 1920, KDKA started broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 41
On this day, November 2, 2000, the first long-term residents arrived at the International Space Station. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 0 23
On November 1, 1950, Puerto Rican pro-independence activists attempted to assassinate Harry Truman at the Blair House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 3 37
On this day, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Friday 1 453
On the evening of Friday, November 1, 1918, the worst rapid transit accident in US history occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 5 60
On this day, November 1, 1941, Ansel Adams took the photograph "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 13 88
On this day, November 1, 1949, a P-38 collided with an Eastern Air Lines DC-4 at Washington National Airport. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 2 39

American History Continued...

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On this day, November 1, 1894; Buffalo Bill, 15 Indians, and Annie Oakley were filmed by Thomas Edison. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 50
On this day, November 1, 1938, Seabiscuit defeated War Admiral in an upset victory. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 5 28
On this day, November 1, 1982, Honda's Marysville, Ohio, plant opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 1 18
It was a legendary suffragist's home. This year it's a voting site. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 31 Oct 31 10 75
History and the Headless Horseman, Sleepy Hollow, America's 1st Ghost Story: The History Guy 🐎 0 appalachiablue Oct 30 Oct 30 5 293
Lost for centuries, Virginia school for enslaved children gets new life 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 325
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 1 179
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 2 187
On October 14, 1890, Dwight Eisenhower was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 1 163
This day, Tuesday, October 29, 1929, was "Black Tuesday." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 3 210
On this day, October 29, 1969, Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education was handed down. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 0 187
On this day, October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 1 237
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Oct 28 1 209
Megan Marshack, aide with Nelson Rockefeller on fatal night, dies at 70 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 1 383
On this day, October 28, 1963, the demolition of New York City's Pennsylvania Station began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 5 237
On this day, October 27, 1904, the first regularly operated line of the New York City Subway was opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 2 157
On this day, October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 8 381
On this day, October 27, 1992, Radioman 3rd Class Allen R. Schindler Jr. was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 27 Oct 27 4 307
On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 26 1 204
On this day, October 26, 1963, JFK rode in a rented open car in Amherst, Massachusetts. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 26 Oct 26 1 267
On this day, October 25, 1995, a commuter train hit a school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois, killing seven students. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 25 Oct 25 3 236
On this day, October 25, 1962, Adlai Stevenson showed photos of Soviet missiles in Cuba at the UN. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 25 Oct 25 2 197
On this day, Oct. 25, 1848, the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad became the first railroad to operate in Chicago. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 25 Oct 25 3 147
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Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 24 Oct 24 6 427
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On this day, October 24, 1972, Jackie Robinson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 24 Oct 24 3 138
On this day, October 24, 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph was completed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 24 Oct 24 5 212
On this day, October 24, 2003, Concorde made its last commercial flight. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 24 Oct 24 3 223

American History Continued...

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On this day, October 23, 1980, Mark David Chapman quit his security job, signing out for the last time as "John Lennon." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 23 4 259
On this day, October 23, 1983, 307 people were killed in the truck bombing of two barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 23 1 213
On this day, October 23, 2001, the iPod was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 23 Oct 23 1 193
Thelma Mothershed Wair, one of the Little Rock Nine, dies at 83 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 2 185
Patti McGee, first women's pro skateboarder, dies at 79 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 6 245
On the evening of October 22, 1962, Pres. Kennedy announced the discovery of Russian missiles in Cuba to the US public. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 5 197
On this day, October 22, 2020, the Sen. Judiciary Comm. voted to send the Amy Coney Barrett nomination to the Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 22 Oct 22 0 183
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On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and the Osmond Brothers attended a Nixon-Agnew fundraiser in Chicago. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 1 218
On this day, October 21, 1972, Spiro Agnew and "Deep Throat" both had something to say about Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 1 220
On this day, October 21, 2021, a shooting occurred on the set of the film "Rust." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 0 202
On this day, October 21, 1861, the battle of Ball's Bluff took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 2 249
The North Carolina flood of 1916 compares to 2024. 0 diehardblue Oct 21 Oct 21 2 317
On this day, October 21, 1986, Natalee Holloway was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 1 236
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On this day, October 20, 1972, President and Pat Nixon watched "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" at Camp David. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 1 228
On this day, October 20, 1973, Henry Kissinger met Leonid Brezhnev to work out a Mideast cease-fire plan. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 1 174
On this day, October 20, 1951, Johnny Bright was assaulted during a football game at Oklahoma A&M. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 2 284
On this day, October 20, 1968, Jackie Kennedy became Jackie Onassis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 1 254
On October 19, 1960, Martin Luther King was arrested at a lunch counter sit-in. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 3 147
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