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Kent State Killings, Narrated by Rosanne Cash 0 marmar 15 hrs ago 15 hrs ago 11 209
Martha Lillard, last American using iron lung, dies in Shawnee, Oklahoma 6 mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago 16 hrs ago 18 427
Charlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77 1 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 5 200
Fourteenth Amendment, Narrated by Sherrilyn Ifill 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 2 263
American Story: The Hands That Built the White House -- With Robin Roberts 0 marmar Wednesday Wednesday 2 263
On this day, July 7, 1861, Nettie Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 9 283
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 372
On July 5, 1975, Arthur Ashe beat Jimmy Connors 6-1, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 to win Wimbledon men's singles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 177
On this day, July 7, 1946, Howard Hughes nearly died when his XF-11 aircraft prototype crashed in Beverly Hills. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 259
On July 6, 1944, Jackie Robinson refused to move to the back of a bus, leading to a court-martial. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 271
On July 5, 1971, the 26th Amendment was formally certified by Richard Nixon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 243
On July 6, 1944, at least 167 people were killed and more than 700 were injured in the Hartford circus fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 208
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 191
On July 5, 1947, Larry Doby became the first black player in the American League. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 184
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 2 327
On July 4, three of the first five presidents died; Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2025 Jul 4 4 665
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and Monroe in 1831. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2024 Jul 4 4 868
On this day, July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself "the luckiest man on the face of the earth." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 4 284
On this day, July 4, 1918, twin sisters Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer and Pauline Phillips were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 3 312
On July 3, 1952, the SS United States set sail on her maiden voyage to Southampton. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 4 Jul 4 2 269
Murder at City Hall: The killing of Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk 0 marmar Jul 4 Jul 4 3 304
Gettysburg Address, Narrated by Governor JB Pritzker 1 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 7 359
Civil War Income Taxes, Narrated by Danny Werfel 0 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 1 301
"The Star-Spangled Banner," Narrated by Sarah Longwell 0 marmar Jul 3 Jul 3 1 283
On this day, July 2, 1776, the Second Continental Congress passed the Lee Resolution. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 4 338
On July 1, 1862, the "Union Pacific Rail Road" was incorporated. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 3 333
On July 1, 1963, the ZIP Code was introduced. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 304
On this day, July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 5 279
On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in New York Times Co. v. United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 291
On this day, July 2, 1982, "Lawnchair Larry" took to the air. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 1 381

American History Continued...

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On July 1, 1971, the United States Postal Service began operations. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 3 291
On this day, July 2, 1881, Charles J. Guiteau shot and fatally wounded President Garfield. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 0 218
On June 30, 1956, 128 people died as a result of a mid-air collision over the Grand Canyon. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 2 198
On June 30, 2013, nineteen firefighters died controlling a wildfire near Yarnell, Arizona. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2 Jul 2 0 188
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jul 2 2 1065
CSPAN: Step Inside the Room Where the U.S. Declared Independence & the Constitution Was Created 2 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 5 407
Thurgood Marshall, Narrated by Governor Wes Moore 1 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 6 402
America 250: The Legacy of Frederick Douglass 0 marmar Jul 1 Jul 1 2 334
PBS: Black Americans and the Revolutionary War 0 marmar Jun 30 Jun 30 2 383
On June 17, 1963, Abington School District v. Schempp was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 29 Jun 29 6 414
National Geographic: America's Last Slave Ship (Full Episode) 1 marmar Jun 29 Jun 29 3 473
Frances Perkins, Narrated by Cameron Katz 1 marmar Jun 28 Jun 28 3 446
Obergefell v. Hodges, Narrated by Jim Obergefell 0 marmar Jun 26 Jun 26 3 395
On the night of June 11, 1962, three men escaped from Alcatraz. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 3 536
On June 16, 1944, George Junius Stinney Jr., 14, became the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 7 617
On this day, June 25, 1876, George Armstrong Custer died at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 0 533
On this day, June 25, 1962, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in MANual Enterprises, Inc. v. Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 2 418
On this day, June 25, 1978, the rainbow flag appeared in a parade for the first time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 25 Jun 25 2 381
Civilian Conservation Corps, Narrated by Harrison Ford 2 marmar Jun 25 Jun 25 9 459
On June 24, 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encountered severe wind shear and crashed on final approach to JFK. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 467
On June 10, 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 5 585
On June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 9 455
On June 23, 1972, Nixon and H. R. Haldeman were taped talking about using the CIA to cover up Watergate. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 4 387
On June 24, 1947, Kenneth Arnold saw a string of nine, shiny unidentified flying objects flying past Mount Rainier. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 6 729
On the night of June 23, 1950, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 disappeared over Lake Michigan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 688
On this day, June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 0 383
On this day, June 24, 1973, the UpStairs Lounge arson attack took place at a gay bar in New Orleans. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 336
On June 22, 1951, Harry Truman laid the cornerstone for a new center at the NIH. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 4 296
In the early hours of this day, June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida, collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 24 Jun 24 3 327
June 17,1972 - wasn't that the day of the Watergate break in? 4 rurallib Jun 17 Jun 21 3 565

American History Continued...

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Hoover Dam, Narrated by Michael Green 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 3 464
Eatonville, Narrated by Representative Maxwell Alejandro Frost 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 2 415
Establishment of Washington D.C., Narrated by Lisa Ann Walter 0 marmar Jun 21 Jun 21 0 412
Stolen Girls of the Lee County Stockade- 1963 in Georgia 0 irisblue Jun 19 Jun 19 9 416
Michelle Obama's full speech at Obama Center grand opening 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 23 811
Obama Presidential Center Dedication Ceremony 5 littlemissmartypants Jun 18 Jun 18 9 676
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 18 7 807
PBS: Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (full documentary) 0 marmar Jun 16 Jun 16 4 537
Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar Jun 15 Jun 15 9 598
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 13 Jun 13 9 754
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Jun 13 Jun 13 6 642
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 3 587
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 9 1 725
On June 8, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 9 Jun 9 6 648
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train operated from New York City to Washington, D.C. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 7 621
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 3 457
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 669
On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 5 629
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 2 530
On June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 8 Jun 8 6 532
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