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Great Americans: A conversation with Ruby Bridges 3 marmar 7 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 9 233
David Plowden, Who Photographed a Disappearing America, Dies at 93 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 9 375
PBS: How the Public Library Became an American Civic Institution (full documentary) 2 marmar Saturday Saturday 6 302
On June 9 and 10, 1960, the Arlington County, Virginia, lunch counter sit-ins occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 350
On this day, June 8, 2023, Pat Robertson died. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Tuesday 1 380
On June 8, 2023, Donald Trump was indicted on federal charges of misusing classified information. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 6 433
On this day, June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phc was burned by napalm. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 467
On this day, June 8, 1968, Robert Kennedy's funeral train operated from New York City to Washington, D.C. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 395
On this day, June 8, 1789, James Madison introduced the Bill of Rights to Congress. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 276
On June 5, 1976, the Teton Dam, on the Teton River in Idaho, failed. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 308
On June 7, 1965, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Griswold v. Connecticut. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 5 409
On this day, June 8, 1966, an XB-70A Valkyrie and F-104 Starfighter collided in mid-air. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 339
On June 4, 1939, MS St. Louis, carrying 963 German Jewish refugees, was denied permission to land in Florida. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 6 282
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 278
On June 5, 1946, the La Salle Hotel fire in Chicago killed 61 people. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 264
Happy **** The Draft Day! On June 7, 1971, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Cohen v. California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 4 303
On June 5, 1981, the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ran a report about an unusual disorder. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 429
On June 7, 1911, industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 364
On June 6, 1980, the Strategic Air Command was again alerted that the Soviet Union was attacking the US. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 254
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 400
On June 4, 1944, the United States Fifth Army captured Rome. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 211
On June 3, 1980, warning displays at the Strategic Air Command suddenly indicated that a Soviet SLBM attack was underway 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 2 349
The Niagara Movement -- The Early Battle for Civil Rights 0 marmar Monday Monday 2 303
Ken Burns: The War -- Full Episode 1 -- "A Necessary War" (December 1941 - December 1942) -- PBS 0 marmar Monday Monday 3 350
On June 6, 1964, CBS aired the 'CBS Reports' episode 'D-Day Plus 20 Years - Eisenhower Returns to Normandy.' 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 2 472
On this day, June 7, 1892, Homer Plessy was arrested for sitting in a "whites only" section of a Louisiana railroad car. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 7 Jun 7 3 422
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Narrated by Roxana Robinson 1 marmar Jun 6 Jun 6 1 328
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Roy Cohn 60 Minutes Archive 1 Uncle Joe Jun 6 Jun 6 5 417
From June 3 through June 8, 1943, the Zoot Suit Riots occurred in Los Angeles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 6 Jun 6 2 673

American History Continued...

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Ruth Shack, Early Champion of Gay Rights in Miami, Dies at 94 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 4 Jun 4 6 414
On Saturday, November 24, 1928, this was the cover of the Saturday Evening Post: 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Jun 4 5 1357
Fannie Lou Hamer, Narrated by Monica Land 0 marmar Jun 4 Jun 4 2 296
The Civil War - Full Episode 1: 1861: "The Cause" (PBS) 0 marmar Jun 3 Jun 3 3 444
1524 - Verrazzano Reports Groups of Africans Living On The Coast of North America 3 GreatGazoo Jun 2 Jun 2 9 573
Ellis Island, Narrated by Ken Burns 0 marmar Jun 2 Jun 2 8 476
May 30, 1937: the Memorial Day massacre that Americans weren't supposed to remember 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 13 488
On this day, June 1, 2008, the Universal Studios fire broke out. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 299
In the first week in June 1944, Americans prepared for the landing on D-Day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 347
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 4 349
On this day, June 1, 1944, American Rangers were poised on a British landing craft in Weymouth, England. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 367
On this day, June 1, 1963, young Black people were prevented from entering Bishop's Restaurant in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 336
On May 31, 2019, thirteen people died in a shooting inside a municipal building in Virginia Beach, Virginia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 0 244
On May 31, 1921, the Tulsa race massacre began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 6 523
On May 31, 2013, the largest recorded tornado in U.S. history crossed central Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 1 Jun 1 3 264
On this day 2 years ago, President Donald Trump became the first American president to be convicted of felony 2 LetMyPeopleVote May 31 May 31 4 364
On May 26, 1934, the Pioneer Zephyr made its record-breaking Denver-Chicago run. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 29 May 29 2 463
W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With A Cause (full documentary) 0 marmar May 29 May 29 2 462
AIDS Memorial Quilt, Narrated by Cleve Jones 0 marmar May 28 May 28 2 400
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense," Narrated by Representative Jamie Raskin 0 marmar May 28 May 28 9 461
Learning from our History about How to Save Democracy 1 blue_jay May 27 May 27 3 425
Confederacy: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) 0 Uncle Joe May 27 May 27 7 530
Margot Wellington, Who Helped Save Grand Central Terminal, Dies at 91 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 27 May 27 7 470
Constitutional Convention, Narrated by Heather Cox Richardson 1 marmar May 26 May 26 6 443
On May 24, 1861, Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, 24, became the first Union officer killed during the Civil War. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 667
On May 22, 2011, the costliest and seventh-deadliest single tornado in U.S. history struck Joplin, Missouri. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 362
JFK mini-series on the History Channel 3 Bayard May 24 May 25 6 474
On May 23, 1939, 26 sailors and civilians died when the USS Squalus sank off the coast of New Hampshire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 435
On May 22, 1968, the submarine USS Scorpion sank. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 538
On May 21, 1976, the bus crash that became the NTSB's deadliest highway disaster investigation ever occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 477

American History Continued...

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On this day, May 25, 1979, the deadliest aviation accident in United States history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 9 738
On May 23, 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall K. Crocker set off to cross the United States in an automobile. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 570
On May 30, 1963, JFK made what would become his final Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 370
At 9:00 a.m. on May 23, 1865, Maj. Gen. George Meade led the Army of the Potomac down the streets of Washington D.C. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 408
On May 21, 1924, Leopold and Loeb kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 6 692
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 5 505
On May 22, 1949, James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense, died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 1 638
On the night of May 21, 1979, the "White Night" riots in San Francisco occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 4 468
On this day, May 25, 1961, President Kennedy called for a manned lunar landing. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 3 286
On May 23, 1934, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow died outside Gibsland, Louisiana. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 25 May 25 7 464
CBS News Radio signs off Friday night after nearly 100 years of broadcasting: "An American institution" 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 22 May 22 10 575
Sam Sianis, 'Cheezborger'-Flipping Owner of Chicago's Billy Goat Tavern, Dies at 91 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 21 May 21 8 483
On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 20 May 20 2 441
Doris 'Dorie' Miller 'Hero of Pearl Harbor' Dec. 7, 1941 USS West Virginia 'Above & Beyond the Call of Duty' WW2 0 appalachiablue May 20 May 20 11 671
On May 15, 1855, Louis Bamberger was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 0 449
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 19 May 19 6 809
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 18 May 18 8 683
On May 15, 1979, Willie Nelson and Charley Pride presented Jimmy Carter with a gold record. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 10 572
On May 15, 2008, California became the second U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 0 476
On May 15, 1916, Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 17 May 17 3 518
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