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On this day, May 14, 1961, a Freedom Riders bus was attacked and set on fire near Anniston, Alabama. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 1022
On this day, May 14, 1607, Jamestown was founded. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 853
On this day, May 14, 1988, the Carrollton bus collision happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 868
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 0 987
On May 10, 1969, the Temptations and the Turtles performed at Tricia Nixon's masked ball. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 772
On this day, May 10, 1869, a railroad from Omaha to Sacramento was completed, but not a transcon. 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 1478
Otherwise known as the Golden Spike Ceremony, this historic event 2 elleng May 2023 May 2023 1 747
On May 7, 1912, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, "Dr. Betty," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 887
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 18 1218
On this day, May 7, 1960, steam locomotives made their final run on the Norfolk & Western Railway. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 943
On this day, May 6, 2010, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in 36 minutes. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 2 776
Launch from Cape Canaveral of Freedom 7, with Alan Shepard, first American in space, May 5, 1961 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 0 849
A Thought Provoking Perspective: Elvis's Army. 0 NNadir May 2023 May 2023 5 892
On this day, May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59-2/5, still a record. 3 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 948
May 2 1927 Buck v Bell US Supreme Ct, Sterilization of Unfit; Eugenics,1924 Immigration Law, Nazis 2 appalachiablue May 2023 May 2023 4 966
On this day, May 3, 2003, the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 1127
On this day, May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig took the day off. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 1097
On this day, May 2, 1983, Microsoft introduced its two-button mouse. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 1 828
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 1090
On this day, May 1, 1971, Amtrak began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 928
On the night of April 30, 2011, Donald Trump attended the WH Correspondents' Association dinner. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1148
On this day, April 30, 1939, the New York World's Fair opened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 713
On this day, April 30, 1975, American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of Saigon. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 922
On this day, April 30, 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opened in St. Louis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 793
On this day, April 30, 1926, the number 66 was assigned to a Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 781
On this day, April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile was built. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1132
On this day, April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 742
Graphic: On this day, April 28, 1945, Benito Mussolini and his mistress Clara Petacci were executed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 1114
On this day, April 28, 1971, OSHA was formed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 684
On this day, April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was on its way from Hilo to Honolulu. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1051

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Old Tolbert Rock House, Greenwood, SC - 19th Century Civil Rights Cross post Photography 0 WalkerinSC Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 943
On this day, April 26, 1944, in Chicago, the US government took over retail giant Montgomery Ward. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 11 1164
Doctors and nurses of New York Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau brought to court today, 1929 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 946
On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns launched a student strike for equal education in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 894
On this day, April 25, 1946, the wreck of the Exposition Flyer occurred. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 841
On this day, April 25, 1945, United States and Soviet troops met in Torgau along the Elbe River. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 953
"RIP Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Potts who passed away on Friday, one week after his 102nd birthday." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1118
Deadliest Strike US History, Ludlow Massacre April 20 1914, 1200 Miners: Rockefeller Jr Armed Thugs 7 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1469
On this day, April 21, 1910, Mark Twain died. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 987
April 23, 1987: L'Ambiance Plaza collapse, the worst construction accident in Connecticut's history 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 918
On this day, April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 937
On this day, April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 968
CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite talking about the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 980
On this day, April 19, 1989, a gun turret on board the battleship Iowa exploded, killing 47 sailors. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 1100
On this day, April 19, 1995, the Murrah Building, in Oklahoma City, was bombed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 857
On this day, April 19, 1993, the Waco siege ended as the Branch Davidian compound was burned. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 891
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear ..." 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1472
On April 18, 1923, here's Babe Ruth at the first game in New York City's new Yankee Stadium. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 953
Lt Col (Dr) Alexander T Augusta, US Army's 1st Black Doctor, 7th USCT, Civil War, Buried Arl Nat Cem 2 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1334
On April 17, 2013, an explosion at a fertilizer plant in the city of West, Texas, killed 15 people. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 903
On April 17, 1964, the Ford Mustang was introduced to the public at the New York World's Fair. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1053
President Eisenhower throws first ball, April 16, 1953, Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 943
On April 16, 1945, the bulk of the German forces surrendered in the collapse of the Ruhr pocket. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 1105
President Lincoln Death, April 15, 1865. Son Robert Todd Lincoln Aided by Actor Edwin Booth c.1865 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 7 999
On this day, April 16, 2007, the Virginia Tech school shootings occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 891
On this day, April 16, 1947, the SS Grandcamp, filled with ammonium nitrate, blew up in Texas City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1029
Sinking of the Titanic April 14-15, 1912 North Atlantic Ocean Voyage UK-US: Survivors Interviews 9 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1790
Last Witness to Pres Lincoln Assassination, April 14, 1865: TV Game Show Guest, 1956 0 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 901
April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, DC 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1383
On this day, April 14, 1935, the Black Sunday dust storm blew through Oklahoma and Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 864

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NYC Slave Revolt, April 6, 1712: Prelude Yrs of Hardship, Slave Trade Hub; Sojourner Truth, Dutch NY 4 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1439
On this date, April 13, 1743, Thomas Jefferson was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 771
On this day, April 13, 1953, Project MKUltra was started. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 900
On this day, April 12, 1955, it was announced that the polio vaccine Jonas Salk developed was safe. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 2439
On this day, April 11, 1945, American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1023
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 45 3984
On this day, April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher sank. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 4 866
On this day, April 10, 1880, Frances Perkins was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 804
Thousands cheer madly as Titanic leaves Southampton on maiden voyage, April 10, 1912 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 941
On this day, Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 1292
On this day, March 31, 1676 Zoeth "Zoar" Howland died, a casualty of King Philip's War 5 bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 Apr 2023 6 1548
On this day, April 7, 1933, the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 766
Eliz Van Lew: Union Spy, Richmond, Confed Capital, Grant's Source. Spy Mary Bowser, Libby Prison 1 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 5 1275
After demand by President Woodrow Wilson, United States entered First World War today, April 6, 1917 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 918
On this day, April 6, 1958, Capital Airlines Viscount N7437 crashed on final approach to Freeland MI 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1140
On this day, April 5, 2010, twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion in a coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 872
On this day, April 5, 1949, a fire started in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois. 77 people died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 2 986
On this day, April 4, 1968 0 snowybirdie Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 884
On this day, April 4, 1936, the Hindenburg arrived in Rio de Janeiro. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 1048
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