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On this day, October 30, 1980, Mark David Chapman flew to New York. Unable to purchase bullets, he flew to Atlanta. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 4 273
On October 27, 1962, "A guy called Vasily Arkhipov saved the world." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 11 421
On October 29, 1960, a C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 1 280
On Tuesday, October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 0 224
On this day, Sunday, October 30, 1938, The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast "The War of the Worlds." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 30 Oct 30 3 332
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 1 281
On this day, October 29, 1901, presidential assassin Leon Czolgosz was executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 29 Oct 29 3 361
Pulitzer-winning biographer Doris Kearns Goodwin puts today in the context of Lincoln 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 28 Oct 28 5 764
Meet This Year's Winners of the Portrait of a Nation Award, Including Steven Spielberg and Temple Grandin. 1 elleng Oct 21 Oct 21 6 370
Photographs Reveal Extent of White House Demolition 5 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 21 Oct 21 12 911
On this day, October 16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the Black Power salute at the Olympics. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 10 371
On this day, October 16, 1882, the Nickel Plate Road began operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 2 298
On this day, October 16, 1991, the Luby's shooting in Killeen, Texas, occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 16 Oct 16 0 258
On October 12, 1998, Matthew Shepard died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 7 334
On this day, October 14, 1963, JFK met with his aides in the Oval Office while John John was at play. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 14 Oct 14 12 421
In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald 3 elleng Oct 10 Oct 11 9 617
Eugenics: Madison Grant Book 'Passing of the Great Race,' Hitler Bible; White Sup, Nordic, Anti Immigrant 2 appalachiablue Oct 4 Oct 4 3 586
On October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 2 465
New York Faces Painful History as It Marks the Erie Canal's Bicentennial. 2 elleng Sep 28 Oct 2 7 1972
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 328
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 473
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 4 355
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2 Oct 2 0 346
Legendary N.D. columnist Marilyn Hagerty, of viral Olive Garden review fame, dies at 99 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 Sep 30 10 1918
1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 29 Sep 29 9 2333
September 29, 2005, John G. Roberts, Jr. was confirmed as Chief Justice of the United States. 5 irisblue Sep 29 Sep 29 2 664
Following Benedict Arnold: The 1775 Invasion of Quebec 3 eShirl Sep 28 Sep 29 5 1374
What was the best law Dwight Eisenhower signed 0 irisblue Sep 29 Sep 29 5 1955
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 3 595
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 582

American History Continued...

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On September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 28 Sep 28 2 514
What was the best law Harry S Truman signed, an idea taken from reddit 1 irisblue Sep 28 Sep 28 18 2014
What was the best law that Franklin D Roosevelt signed? 6 irisblue Sep 26 Sep 26 24 2427
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 573
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 0 543
On September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 3 602
On September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 4 613
On September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 564
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 0 532
On September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 1 726
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 1 561
On September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 2 594
Ron DiMenna, Founder of the Ron Jon Surf Shop Chain, Dies at 88 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 23 Sep 23 2 547
The airliner pilot who gets to fly World War Two's biggest bomber 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 11 2624
German Pilots Mocked The Tuskegee 'Red Tails' 2 struggle4progress Sep 19 Sep 19 8 2879
Captured German Nurses Shocked By American Medical Abundance 5 struggle4progress Sep 18 Sep 19 9 3275
***The American Revolution, Burns PBS 5 elleng Sep 16 Sep 17 1 1848
On September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 7 2148
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 663
On September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90, in Wallace, Idaho. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 3 1552
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 8 2282
On September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 3 560
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 557
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 584
On September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 667
On September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 3 693
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 16 1 573
September 5 thru 11, 1609 -- Henry Hudson vs Verrazzano 4 GreatGazoo Sep 8 Sep 16 8 2057
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On September 6, 1995, Cal Ripken Jr. played in a baseball game for the 2,131st time in a row. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 15 6 1739

American History Continued...

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20 First Ladies of the United States Brought Back to Life - Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy 3 QueerDuck Sep 11 Sep 11 5 3436
Michael Seltzer, Who Raised Millions to Fight AIDS, Dies at 78 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 4 965
On September 7, 1964, The "Daisy" commercial aired on TV. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 3 1082
On this day, September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 2 1047
On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 0 1200
On this day, September 8, 1994, USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 1 661
On September 7, 2008, the Feds took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 8 Sep 8 1 530
Circular to the General Officers, 8 September 1775 0 struggle4progress Sep 7 Sep 7 7 1562
1863 The New Ironsides firing on Condederate traitors 0 irisblue Sep 7 Sep 7 10 1424
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On this day, September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 829
On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 487
On this day, September 4, 1949, the Peekskill riots erupted after a Paul Robeson concert in NY. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 2136
It's "E Day." On this day, September 4, 1957, the Edsel was introduced. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2136
On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 445
On this day, September 4, 2015, same-sex couples were issued marriage licenses in Rowan County, Kentucky. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 455
On August 31, 1940, a Pennsylvania Central Airlines DC-3A crashed near Lovettsville VA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 792
On September 1, 1961, the deadliest (at the time) single plane disaster in U.S. history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 490
On September 1, 1894, the Great Hinckley Fire started. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 495
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