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On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 935
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1251
Rerun, per request: On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 1 elleng Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 831
On July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 5 839
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 2870
On July 2, 1964, LBJ signed the Civil Rights Act. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 798
On this day, July 3, 1952, The SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 6 1407
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 1873
July 1, 1971: Supreme Court Upholds New York Times and Washington Post on Pentagon Papers, 6-3 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1718
On this day, July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1335
On June 28, 1919, Harry Truman and Bess Wallace were married in Independence. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 745
On this day, July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 742
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 1382
On July 1, 1916, Dwight Eisenhower and Mamie Doud were married in Denver. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 580
At around 7:30 AM, July 1, 1863, a small patrol of the 8th IL Cav led by Lieutenant Marcellus Jones 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 961
On this day, June 30, 1986, Bowers v. Hardwick was decided. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 854
On this day, June 28, 2018, a mass shooting occurred at the offices of The Capital Gazette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 927
On June 28, 1969, the Stonewall riots began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 689
On this day, June 27, 1895, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 898
On June 26, 1963, President Kennedy said "Ich bin ein Berliner" to a vast crowd in West Berlin 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1121
On June 20, 1973, Richard Nixon presented Leonid Brezhnev with a 1973 dark blue Lincoln Continental. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1516
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1571
On June 25, 1962, MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 615
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 988
On this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 865
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 931
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1057
On this day, June 20, 1925, Audie Murphy was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1049
On this day, June 19, 1903, Lou Gehrig was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1008
Juneteenth celebrated in Texas, 1900: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 699

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On June 12, 1776, the Virginia Convention adopted the Virginia Declaration of Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 805
On this day, June 18, 1873, Susan B. Anthony was convicted for voting in the 1872 election. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 868
Pvt. William Loop & father, Cpl. Roderick Loop, bid farewell to each other. Anzio, March 6, 1944. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 1145
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1392
On this day, June 18, 2007, the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 953
On this day, June 18, 1948, the long-playing record was unveiled. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1099
On this day, June 17, 1972, the Watergate break-in happened. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 961
On June 16, 1917, Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 831
On this day, June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 905
On this day, June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln wrote, "A house divided against itself, cannot stand." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 1066
On this day, June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 957
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1768
On this day, June 14, 1943, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 1306
On this day, June 15, 1943, a race riot broke out in Beaumont, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1809
On January 15, 2009, Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger ditched his Airbus 320 in the Hudson River. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jun 2023 3 1967
On June 14, 2017, there was a shooting during practice for a congressional baseball game. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 1026
On the night of June 12, 1994, 35-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson and 25-year-old Ron Goldman ... 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1542
June 13. Today's Highlight in History: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 942
On this day, June 12, 1963, civil rights activist Medgar Evers was murdered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1062
On this day, June 12, 1967, Loving v. Virginia was decided. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 737
On this day, June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 955
"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1178
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1324
June 11, 1963, was one of the most tumultuous days in the civil rights movement. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 787
On this day, June 10, 2009, James Wenneker von Brunn opened fire inside the US Holocaust Museum. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 891
On this day, June 10, 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963 into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 888
June 19, 1953 Rosenbergs executed 3 AKwannabe Jun 2023 Jun 2023 8 1294
June 9, 1954: "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 977
On June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 883
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1804

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On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train ran from NYC to DC. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1025
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing a jacket that ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1109
On this day, June 8, 1867, Frank Lloyd Wright was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 559
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1418
On this day, June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 695
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 1682
Current Exhibit, 'Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of WW2' Created Deceptions To Fight the Nazis 0 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1029
On this day, June 6, 1944, Roman citizens watched an American troop convoy in front of the Colosseum 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 1237
On this day, June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam failed. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 951
On June 3, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 3 1035
On this day, June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 4 991
On this day, June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report reported an unusual disorder. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1033
DC insider on the 10 most crucial days of the Obama presidency 0 catbyte Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 800
Americans preparing to fight for freedom on D-Day, this week 1944. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 852
June 1, 1963: young Black people are prevented from entering segregated Bishop's Restaurant 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 1053
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 1161
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 747
June 1, 1944: American Rangers poised on British landing craft, Weymouth, England 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1026
On this day, May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 Jun 2023 2 852
Seventy years ago, the United States received news about Stalin's death through a coded message. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 10 1139
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