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On the evening of October 20, 1973, the Saturday Night Massacre took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 Oct 20 3 309
On this day, October 18, 1954, the transistor radio was announced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 18 Oct 18 4 283
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John Adams: I Must Study Politics, War, Sons Have Liberty to Study Math, Philosophy, Children Study Ptg, Poetry 4 appalachiablue Oct 17 Oct 17 12 348
On October 17, 1969, 14 Black players were dismissed from UWyo's football team for wanting to protest racial injustice. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 17 Oct 17 1 210
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 6 381
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 315
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On this day, October 16, 1923, the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 259
On October 12, 2024, Lilly Ledbetter, a stalwart in the fight for fair pay, died at the age of 86. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 3 331
On this day, October 15, 1965, a draft card was burned during an anti-war rally. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 3 368
On this day, October 15, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 733 points. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 1 312
On this day, October 15, 2018, Dorcas Reilly, the inventor or popularizer of the green bean casserole, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 1 378
On this day, October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel made landfall in the Carolinas. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 15 Oct 15 1 375
On this day, October 14, 1947 Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in a Bell X-1. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 5 349
On this day, October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from a helium balloon in the stratosphere. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 2 391
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 6 403
Opinion: Born in another ugly era, Columbus Day is an accident of history 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 13 Oct 14 4 488
On this day, October 13, 1983, cell service was first provided to the general public. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 13 Oct 13 1 315
On this day, October 12, 1928, the iron lung was used for the first time. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 12 3 278
On this day, October 12, 1871, Pres. Grant took the first step to suspending habeas corpus in South Carolina. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 12 2 312
On this day, October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 12 Oct 12 8 274
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On this day, October 11, 2023, a memorial to the victims of the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire was unveiled. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 3 312
On this day, October 11, 1987, the AIDS Memorial Quilt was displayed for the first time. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 2 359
On this day, October 11, 1963, the President's Commission on the Status of Women released its report. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 11 Oct 11 2 276
On this day, October 10, 1774, the Battle of Point Pleasant was fought. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 1 452
On this day, October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 2 269
On this day, October 10, 1957, Ghanian finance minister Komla Gbedemah was denied service at a Delaware restaurant. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 10 Oct 10 4 354
On this day, October 9, 1949, activist William E. Woods was born. His work led to the legalization of same-sex marriage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 9 Oct 9 1 275

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On this day, October 8, 1956, Don Larsen threw the only perfect game in World Series history. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 2 344
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On this day, October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago, Great Michigan, and Peshtigo Fires started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 8 Oct 8 2 290
On this day, October 7, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 7 Oct 7 6 252
On this day, October 7, 1916, Georgia Tech beat Cumberland by a score of 222-0. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 7 Oct 7 0 287
On October 6, 1998, Matthew Shepard was attacked and fatally wounded near Laramie, Wyoming 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 7 Oct 7 10 292
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The Absolute Unit That Was The USS Enterprise 3 Eko Oct 6 Oct 6 3 610
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On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2023 Oct 5 2 463
On this day, October 5, 1982, Tylenol products were recalled after bottles were found with cyanide. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 1 324
On this day, October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 3 258
On this day, October 5, 1970, the Public Broadcasting Service was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 5 Oct 5 2 231
On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 4 293
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 1 252
On October 2, 1978, Jimmy Carter proclaimed October 4, 1978, as "10-4 Day." It's also called National CB Radio Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 4 Oct 4 2 414
On this day, October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 3 Oct 3 8 401
On this day, October 3, 1995, O. J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 3 Oct 3 1 285
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 3 Oct 3 2 336
On this day, October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 3 Oct 3 2 315
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 3 Oct 3 2 473
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 2 210
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 6 196
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 8 247
On this day, October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 1 Oct 1 5 217
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 1 Oct 1 3 487
On the night of September 30, 1962, there was a riot at Ole Miss over the admission of James Meredith. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 30 Sep 30 7 280
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Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 3of4 0 Uncle Joe Sep 29 Sep 29 5 244
On this day, September 29, 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 2 215
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 2 338
On September 19, 2021, the remains of Gabby Petito were found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 29 Sep 29 4 293
On September 16, 1974, Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" was published. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 5 269
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 1 211
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 248
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 6 473
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 27 Sep 27 0 275
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 1 235
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 25 0 184
On this day, September 25, 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated by the use of Army troops. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 25 Sep 25 9 251
On this day, September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 25 Sep 25 2 272
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 25 4 196
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On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 2 190
On this day, September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 5 233
On September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 1 174
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 3 307
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 1 239
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