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On this day, December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 31 2 313
Why do we drop a ball on New Year's Eve? The Times Square tradition, explained 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 8 502
On this day, December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 31 Dec 31 2 381
On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 7 318
On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 3 275
Is is the law or just protocol that flags be flown at half-staff upon the death of a president? 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 12 755
December 30, 2006: Twenty-one gun salute on arrival of casket of former President Gerald Ford 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 4 347
On December 28, 1958, "The Greatest Game Ever Played" was played. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 2 338
On this day, December 30, 1953, Admiral demonstrated to its distributors the first home color television set, at $1,175. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 4 279
On December 29, 1975, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 2 248
On December 29, 1876, the LS and MS Railway bridge over the Ashtabula River collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 1 276
On December 28, 1948, a plane flying from San Juan to Miami disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 2 266
On December 28, 1972, Harry Truman was buried. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 1 245
On December 28, 1972, the draft ended. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 30 Dec 30 2 211
Empire State Bldg Plane Crash Accident, US Pilot, Sat June 28, 1945, 20 Yr Old Elevator Operator Survivor 5 appalachiablue Dec 28 Dec 28 3 512
To Assuage My Despair For America: Two History Books My Family Gave Me for Christmas. 3 NNadir Dec 28 Dec 28 15 682
On this day, December 27, 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 27 Dec 27 2 246
On this day, December 26, 1919, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 2 323
On this day, December 26, 1956, Preston Tucker died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 3 360
On this day, December 25, 1884 or 1885, Evelyn Nesbit was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 25 Dec 26 2 266
On this day, December 26, 1996, JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 3 285
On this day, December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 1 258
On this day, December 26, 1973, Richard Nixon flew from IAD to LAX on United Flight 55. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 3 388
On this day, December 26, 1972, former President Harry S. Truman died in Independence, Missouri. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 26 Dec 26 5 246
On this day, December 24, 1940, Dr. Anthony Stephen Fauci was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 6 311
Trump's schedule for Thursday, December 24, 2020, edited to show the actual schedule 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 0 446
On December 23, 2019, Donald Trump announced more judicial nominees. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 24 Dec 24 0 285
Stand at Elsenborn Ridge - The History Guy 0 sl8 Dec 23 Dec 23 2 332
Donald Trump's December 23, 2020, signing statement regarding the NOAA Amendments Act of 2020 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 2 292
On December 22, 2020, Donald Trump pardoned a bunch of the usual grifters and con artists. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 2 313

American History Continued...

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On this day, December 23, 2020, Donald Trump vetoed an act that required the renaming of certain military installations. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 2 279
On this day, December 23, 2020, Donald Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, Paul Manafort, and Roger Stone. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 2 304
On this day, December 23, 1985, two Judas Priest fans shot themselves after hearing "Stained Class." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 1 341
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 7 317
On December 22, 2019, Donald Trump got into the Christmas spirit at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 0 276
On this day, December 23, 2020, "Balloon Boy"'s parents were pardoned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 0 284
On December 23, 1986, Voyager became first aircraft to fly non-stop around world w/o refueling 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 23 Dec 23 2 194
One hundred years ago today, December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 22 10 689
On this day, December 21, 2020, Trump issued an "Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 21 0 334
On this day, December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 21 2 302
On this day, December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 21 3 310
On this day, December 21, 1970, the F-14 flew for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 21 1 278
Three Black men were lynched. A rural Virginia county has cleared their names. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 21 Dec 21 4 330
Joanne Pierce Misko, Ex-Nun Who Made F.B.I. History, Dies at 83 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 20 Dec 20 3 675
On This Day In History 12/18/1620, the Mayflower passengers set foot on what would become Plymouth Rock. 0 elleng Dec 20 Dec 20 4 299
On this day, December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 2 261
On this day, December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 19 Dec 19 3 280
On this day, December 18, 2002, Gray Davis announced that California would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 268
On this day, December 18, 2019, Donald Trump was impeached for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 295
On this day, December 18, 2020, Donald Trump listed the names of the people he wanted on his Advisory 1776 Commission. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 336
On this day, December 18, 1972, the "Christmas bombings" of North Vietnam began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 2 262
On this day, December 18, 2017, an Amtrak train running on a new route derailed near Olympia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 18 Dec 18 1 265
On this day, December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 18 6 424
January 1, 2025 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1929 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1924! 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 0 287
On this day, December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 6 379
On this day, December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air for 12 seconds. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 17 Dec 17 3 276
How a long-ago fight over a dormant constitutional weapon echoes today 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 4 563
On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 1 362
On December 15, 1913, Muriel Rukeyser was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 7 326
On December 15, 1973, the American Psychiatric Assn voted to remove homosexuality from its list of psychiatric disorders 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 308

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On this day, December 16, 1777, Virginia became the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 262
On this day, December 16, 1773, hundreds of crates of tea were dumped into Boston harbor in protest against the Tea Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 6 275
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 4 294
On December 15, 1944, the Japanese prisoner of war transport ship "Oryoku Maru" was sunk in Subic Bay. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 16 Dec 16 2 319
On December 13, 1974, Southern Pacific locomotive number 4449 was removed from display for a return to service. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 7 436
On this day, December 15, 1944, the airplane carrying Glenn Miller was lost over the English Channel. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 4 331
On this day, December 15, 1952, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were unveiled at the Archives. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 1 250
On this day, December 15, 1791, the Bill of Rights was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 15 Dec 15 4 249
On this day, December 14, 2020, the members of the Electoral College met across the U.S. to cast their official votes. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 1 295
On this day, December 14, 2008, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw his shoes at George Bush. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 2 334
On this day, December 14, 2012, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 0 253
On this day, December 14, 1799, George Washington died at Mount Vernon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 3 261
On this day, December 14, 1964, "Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States" was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 3 247
On this day, December 14, 1907: the first large marine oil spill? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 1 189
80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 14 Dec 14 16 523
On December 10 and December 11, 2021, there was a tornado outbreak throughout the Ohio Valley. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 0 329
On this day, December 13, 1948, Harry Truman accepted two Christmas turkeys at the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 2 306
On this day, December 13, 1977, Air Indiana Flight 216 crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 13 Dec 13 1 351
On December 11, 2019, Trump reminisced about his time in the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 6 507
Artist Bill Hennessy Jr., whose sketches brought courtroom drama to life, dies at 67 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 12 Dec 12 3 352
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