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On December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 4 141
On December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 2 105
On December 23, 1985, two Judas Priest fans shot themselves after hearing "Stained Class." 0 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 0 190
On December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 6 271
An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings 4 WhiskeyGrinder 22 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 12 391
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 0 141
On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 6 hrs ago 6 hrs ago 1 161
On December 9, 1775, William "Billy" Flora, a free Black man, fought in the Battle of Great Bridge. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 9 hrs ago 9 hrs ago 2 110
He Was The Most Decorated Marine In US History. Then He Turned on The Empire. 3 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 10 624
WWII Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 8 206
On this day, December 19, 2020, Donald Trump summoned a mob to Washington, D.C., for a "protest" on Jan. 6, 2021. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Saturday 3 150
On this day December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court decided that votes do not count. 3 spike jones Dec 12 Friday 15 336
On this day, December 8, 1915, a white mob raped and lynched Cordelia Stevenson near Columbus, Mississippi. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 16 6 487
On December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 9 448
On December 7, 1941, the refurbished, streamlined Empire State Express made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 6 317
On December 6, 1913, Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 202
On December 6, 1877, The Washington Post was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 236
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 0 117
On December 6, 1969, 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Hells Angels at the Altamont Free Concert. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 5 391
On December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 301
On this day, December 8, 1941, Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 4 209
On this day, December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 248
On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 213
On December 7, 1946, 119 people died in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 1 282
On this day, December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553 crashed on approach to Midway. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 8 Dec 8 0 266
Map of US Site 0 littlemissmartypants Dec 8 Dec 8 4 351
On December 6, 1971, Ryan White was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 7 Dec 7 4 381
On November 29, 1864, U.S. forces killed hundreds of indigenous people in the Sand Creek massacre. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 10 406
On December 5, 1946, Harry Truman created the President's Committee on Civil Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 3 255
On this day, December 6, 1915, the Supreme Court ruled that American women with foreign husbands lost their citizenship. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 8 447

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On December 5, 1910, the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled that a child could not attend school because she was 1/16th Black. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 6 Dec 6 4 312
On this day, December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 4 298
On this day, December 5, 1945, Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 5 Dec 5 2 423
On December 3, 1818, Illinois was admitted to the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 268
On December 2, 2015, a mass shooting and attempted bombing occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 4 1 709
On December 2, 2015, a mass shooting and attempted bombing occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 1 485
On this day, December 4, 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff, was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 2 324
On this day, December 4, 1619, the first Thanksgiving celebrated by English colonists took place, in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 4 Dec 4 3 357
On December 1, 1974, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, sent to pick up the Baltimore Colts in Buffalo, crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 6 478
On December 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather while on approach to Dulles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 4 358
On the night of November 29, 1962, Yo-Yo Ma performed at "An American Pageant of the Arts." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 3 284
On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 4 320
On November 28, 1942, the Cocoanut Grove Fire started. 492 people were killed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 3 370
On November 15, 1942, six Boston firefighters were killed in the Great Luongo Fire, aka the Maverick Square Fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 2 271
On this day, December 3, 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire started. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 3 342
On this day, December 3, 1979, eleven fans were suffocated in a crush for seats at a Who concert in Cincinnati. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 2 430
On December 2, 2016, the Ghost Ship warehouse fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 3 Dec 3 0 249
On this day, November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force departed Hittokapu Bay in the Kuril Islands en route to Hawaii. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 5 308
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 26 Nov 26 15 506
On Saturday, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 25 2 403
On the morning of November 21, 1963, JFK and Jackie went to Andrews Air Force Base to board Air Force One. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 3 315
On Thursday, November 21, 1963, it was wheels up for President Kennedy, on his way to Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 531
On this day, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 4 401
On the morning of Friday, November 22, 1963, JFK appeared at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 5 405
On November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 1 361
On November 24, 1963, the Dallas police set out to transfer Lee Harvey Oswald from the city jail to the county jail. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 2 390
On November 24, 1963, President Kennedy's flag-covered casket was taken from the White House to the Capitol rotunda. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 25 Nov 25 3 278
Why the US is almost always at war? DW Documentary 2 Uncle Joe Nov 24 Nov 24 12 508
On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 380
On this day, November 20, 1963, JFK met in the Oval Office with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, and others. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 7 456

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On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 20 6 1182
On this day, November 20, 1820, an 80-ton sperm whale attacked and sank the Essex, a whaling ship from Nantucket. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 3 385
On this day, November 20, 1969, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published explicit photographs of dead villagers from My Lai. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 308
On November 20, 1963, his final night in the WH, JFK and Jacqueline held a reception for members of the Judiciary. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 5 346
On this day, November 20, 1968, 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated No. 9 mine. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 275
On November 19, 1963, President Kennedy received the Thanksgiving turkey in the Rose Garden. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 1 289
On November 19, Ford's Edsel division both started (1956) and ended (1959) 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 308
On November 19, 1863, eight score and two years ago ... 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 2 283
On November 14, 1960, Ruby Bridges entered the William Frantz Elementary School. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 20 Nov 20 10 386
On November 12, 1969, Seymour Hersh broke the My Lai massacre story 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 4 539
On November 11, 1963, President Kennedy observed a moment of silence at Arlington National Cemetery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 8 495
On November 17, 1968, the Jets and the Raiders met in the "Heidi" Game. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 330
On this day, Sunday, November 18, 1928, "Steamboat Willie" was released. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 259
On this day, November 18, 1883, North America experienced "The Day of Two Noons." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 471
On November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 366
On this day, November 18, 1961, President Kennedy ordered 18,000 military advisors sent to South Vietnam. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 1 276
On November 16, 1963, Wernher von Braun briefed JFK on NASA's new Saturn rocket at Cape Canaveral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 313
On this day, November 18, 1978, the Jonestown Massacre occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 0 360
On November 14, 1970, a plane carrying the Marshall University football team crashed near Huntington WV. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 355
On November 15, 1959, two men murdered all four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 18 Nov 18 3 377
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