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On Friday, December 16, 1960, a United DC-8 and TWA Super Constellation collided in mid-air over Staten Island. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 792
On December 29, 1970, President Nixon signed the Occupational Safety and Health Act into law. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 686
On December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred hundreds of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee, South Dakota. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 10 872
On December 31, 1970, Samuel Little, the most prolific serial killer in US history, committed the first of 93 murders. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 1086
On this day, January 1, 1942, Roosevelt and Churchill paid a visit to George Washington's grave. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 1 1000
This was the cover of the "Saturday Evening Post" for the week of Saturday, January 2, 1926: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 3 900
On December 31, 1986, three disgruntled employees set fire to the Dupont Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 0 768
On December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2026 Jan 2026 2 704
May Britt, 91, Dies; Her Marriage to Sammy Davis Jr. Sparked Outrage 6 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 32 2476
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 896
This was the cover of the "Saturday Evening Post" for the week of Saturday, December 26, 1925: 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1320
On December 21, 2020, Trump issued an "Executive Order on Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 788
On December 17, 1984, during a lung biopsy, Ryan White was diagnosed with AIDS. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 808
On December 17, 1944, soldiers of the Waffen-SS carried out the Malmedy massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 730
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 703
Relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein 0 Uncle Joe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 1014
On this day, Decenber 26, 1963, Capitol Records released "I Want to Hold Your Hand" in the U.S. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 841
🎄 MACY'S CHRISTMAS PARADE 1927🎄 🛷 6 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 23 1587
🎄Christmas 100 Years Ago, Detroit, Mich., 1920s In Color, Remastered with Sound 4 appalachiablue Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1250
An amateur codebreaker may have just solved the Black Dahlia and Zodiac killings 5 WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2025 Dec 2025 12 1509
On December 19, 1907, two hundred thirty-nine coal miners died in the Darr Mine Disaster in Jacobs Creek PA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 783
On December 19, 1914, 1949 Boston mayoral candidate Walter A. O'Brien, Jr. was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 691
On December 23, 1985, two Judas Priest fans shot themselves after hearing "Stained Class." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 754
On December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 863
On December 21, 1970, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon met in the White House. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 684
On December 21, 1988, a bomb exploded on board Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 795
On December 9, 1775, William "Billy" Flora, a free Black man, fought in the Battle of Great Bridge. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 595
He Was The Most Decorated Marine In US History. Then He Turned on The Empire. 3 Uncle Joe Dec 2025 Dec 2025 11 1330
WWII Navy veteran Ira 'Ike' Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 843
On this day, December 19, 2020, Donald Trump summoned a mob to Washington, D.C., for a "protest" on Jan. 6, 2021. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 738

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On this day December 12, 2000, the Supreme Court decided that votes do not count. 3 spike jones Dec 2025 Dec 2025 15 996
On this day, December 8, 1915, a white mob raped and lynched Cordelia Stevenson near Columbus, Mississippi. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 1109
On December 6, 1963, Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline went to the Georgetown home of Averell Harriman. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 9 977
On December 7, 1941, the refurbished, streamlined Empire State Express made its first run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 752
On December 6, 1913, Olympic gold medalist Eleanor Holm was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 633
On December 6, 1877, The Washington Post was founded. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 674
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 496
On December 6, 1969, 18-year-old Meredith Hunter was stabbed to death by Hells Angels at the Altamont Free Concert. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 5 815
On December 6, 1907, 362 workers were killed in the Monongah mining disaster. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 755
On this day, December 8, 1941, Roosevelt addressed Congress and asked it to declare war on Japan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 599
On this day, December 8, 1963, Pan Am flight 214 crashed after being struck by lightning. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 605
On this day, December 8, 1940, the Chicago Bears beat the Washington Redskins 73-0. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 553
On December 7, 1946, 119 people died in Atlanta's Winecoff Hotel fire. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 761
On this day, December 8, 1972, United Airlines Flight 553 crashed on approach to Midway. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 727
Map of US Site 0 littlemissmartypants Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 679
On December 6, 1971, Ryan White was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 758
On November 29, 1864, U.S. forces killed hundreds of indigenous people in the Sand Creek massacre. 7 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 10 1118
On December 5, 1946, Harry Truman created the President's Committee on Civil Rights. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 561
On this day, December 6, 1915, the Supreme Court ruled that American women with foreign husbands lost their citizenship. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 8 923
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 2025 Dec 2025 4 669
On this day, December 5, 1933, the 21st Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 686
On this day, December 5, 1945, Flight 19, a group of TBF Avengers, disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 726
On December 3, 1818, Illinois was admitted to the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 583
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 2025 1 1068
On December 2, 2015, a mass shooting and attempted bombing occurred at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, CA. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 1 868
On this day, December 4, 1858, Chester Greenwood, inventor of the earmuff, was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 676
On this day, December 4, 1619, the first Thanksgiving celebrated by English colonists took place, in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 697
On December 1, 1974, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, sent to pick up the Baltimore Colts in Buffalo, crashed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 6 782
On December 1, 1974, TWA Flight 514 crashed into Mount Weather while on approach to Dulles. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 652
On the night of November 29, 1962, Yo-Yo Ma performed at "An American Pageant of the Arts." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 571

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On Monday, December 1, 1958, a fire broke out at Our Lady of the Angels School in Chicago, Illinois. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 760
On November 28, 1942, the Cocoanut Grove Fire started. 492 people were killed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 767
On November 15, 1942, six Boston firefighters were killed in the Great Luongo Fire, aka the Maverick Square Fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 562
On this day, December 3, 1999, the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire started. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 3 767
On this day, December 3, 1979, eleven fans were suffocated in a crush for seats at a Who concert in Cincinnati. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 783
On December 2, 2016, the Ghost Ship warehouse fire occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2025 Dec 2025 0 557
On this day, November 26, 1941, a Japanese task force departed Hittokapu Bay in the Kuril Islands en route to Hawaii. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 598
New owner to open Mississippi barn where Emmett Till was killed as a memorial site 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 15 948
On Saturday, November 15, 1969, the Second Moratorium March took place in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 754
On the morning of November 21, 1963, JFK and Jackie went to Andrews Air Force Base to board Air Force One. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 614
On Thursday, November 21, 1963, it was wheels up for President Kennedy, on his way to Texas. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 790
On this day, November 25, 1963, Washington, D.C., ground to a halt for Kennedy's funeral. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 4 723
On the morning of Friday, November 22, 1963, JFK appeared at the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce breakfast. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 707
On November 24, 1971, Dan "D. B." Cooper bought a one-way ticket on Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 1 686
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 2025 Nov 2025 2 647
On November 24, 1963, President Kennedy's flag-covered casket was taken from the White House to the Capitol rotunda. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 3 552
Why the US is almost always at war? DW Documentary 2 Uncle Joe Nov 2025 Nov 2025 12 964
On this day, November 19, 1915, Joe Hill was executed by a firing squad. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 2 677
On this day, November 20, 1963, JFK met in the Oval Office with Lena Horne, Carol Lawrence, and others. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 814
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 2025 6 1549
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