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Rare 17th-Century Coin Featuring Charles I's Likeness Found in Maryland 5 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 4 2041
USS Sable and Wolverine 5 VGNonly Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1623
PBS: NATIVE AMERICA, 4- Part Series: Full Documentary (2018) 5 appalachiablue Oct 2021 Oct 2021 11 1234
NY Slave Revolt of April 6, 1712: Prelude To Decades of Hardship; Sojourner Truth, Dutch New York 5 appalachiablue Apr 2022 Apr 2022 13 1266
Lincoln Quote of The Week... 5 elleng May 2022 May 2022 16 888
The Siena Presidential Ranking Poll Screws Up Again. Unfair to James Buchanan and Andrew Johnson. 5 NNadir Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1207
JFK's motorcade route was published in advance - @BeschlossDC 5 BootinUp Nov 2022 Dec 2022 11 1549
On December 30, 1903, 602 people were killed in Chicago's Iroquois Theatre fire. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 900
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 1189
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 1041
Eleven days before his death, Robert Kennedy as if looking into the future, Astoria OR, May 24, 1968 5 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 9 879
On this day, June 1, 1861, the Battle of Fairfax Court House took place. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 645
WW2 Ghost Army Used Art to Deceive Nazis, D-Day, Rhineland - Artists, Designers, Engineers, Painters 5 appalachiablue Jun 2023 Jun 2023 21 1027
Canada and D-Day: On June 7 through June 17, 1944, the Ardenne Abbey massacres occurred. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 851
On this day, June 26, 2003, Lawrence v. Texas, reaffirming a right to privacy, was decided. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jul 2023 2 743
On this day, June 26, 1942, the DuMont Television Network began operation. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 874
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 841
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 538
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 705
On this day, August 28, 2014, America lived through its most unspeakably horrifying day of shame. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Sep 2023 7 1130
On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 467
1773 Apple Pie 🥧 Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking 5 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 617
On this day, November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 483
On this day, November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down 5 edbermac Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 598
On this day, November 17, 1973, Richard Nixon said, "I'm not a crook." 5 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 351
On this day, January 23, 1920, Fred Morrison, inventor of the "Pluto Platter" flying disc, was born. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 23 Jan 24 1 586
The most devastating of all wars for the United States was the "Civil War"..1861 to 1865..Largest % of deaths ever. 5 Stuart G Feb 17 Feb 18 2 484
San Francisco 1906 (New Version) in Color [VFX,60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added 5 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 5 559
I am reading James Bradley's-"The Imperial Cruise"- 4 digonswine Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 3361
1876: The Year When Things Went from Bad to Worse for Indians and Blacks 4 ellisonz Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 2727

American History Continued...

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Twain ripped 4 Bucky Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2857
Apparently everything, that needed to be said about American history, has already been said 4 struggle4progress Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2054
Jonathan Zimmerman: Newt Gingrich, Pseudo-Historian 4 ellisonz Dec 2011 Dec 2011 4 2155
New Look at an Old Memo Casts More Doubt on Rehnquist 4 ellisonz Mar 2012 Apr 2012 1 2457
Walter Russell Mead: The Myth of America's Decline 4 ellisonz Apr 2012 Apr 2012 0 2904
Lincoln's other legacy. 4 bluedigger Nov 2012 Feb 2013 1 2199
The 'Bill of Rights' Hand Game 4 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2667
7 Forgotten but extremely influential women from (American) history.... 4 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Mar 2018 5 6124
A Rivalry of Cousins: Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt 4 no_hypocrisy Sep 2014 Aug 2015 3 2387
This map predicted how Japan would attack the US during World War II 4 steve2470 May 2016 Jul 2016 5 2578
I wonder how Comrade tRump is going to F*** up Womens History month? 4 samnsara Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1705
The US war with Germany officially lasted about 10 years. 4 Kaleva Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 5205
Political Correctness? 4 srcameron Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 3664
New book by historianStevenJ Ross..Hitler in Los Angeles, 4 irisblue Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1979
50 years ago this event took place 4 Koch Ebola Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 2342
Why are we burying history? 4 grumpyduck Jul 2018 Mar 2020 4 3484
"Segregated By Design" 4 ariadne0614 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1878
Apollo 11 U.S. Customs form after first moon landing by astronauts, 50 years ago 4 Soph0571 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 37 3119
First World Trade Center bombing 2/26/93 4 geralmar Feb 2020 Jul 2020 4 4778
Mary Katharine Goddard, the Woman who Signed the Declaration of Independence (Smithsonian) 4 eppur_se_muova Sep 2020 Aug 2022 12 2784
The True Story of Pocahontas 4 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1394
Archaeologists probe oldest, deepest part of Meadowcroft Rockshelter 4 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1697
Last Known Surviving Widow of a Civil War Veteran Dies at 101 in Missouri 4 eppur_se_muova Jan 2021 Jan 2021 6 1813
Today is Kent State Day. 4 twodogsbarking May 2021 May 2021 7 1258
Mary Mallon, Cook, Spreads Typhoid Across NYC: Drunk History 4 appalachiablue May 2021 May 2021 2 1536
Gold Rush Ghost Ships (documentary) 4 Worried2020 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 995
"The North can't afford to have the mouth of the Mississippi in a foreign country." 4 raccoon Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 941
Clara Barton Nursed Ft Wagner Survivors, Smallpox Epidemic, She Was Immune: So. Carolina Civil War 4 appalachiablue Sep 2021 Sep 2021 20 1813
What We Can Learn From How the 1918 Pandemic Ended 4 elleng Feb 2022 Feb 2022 17 1442
Sorry About Your Sleep. 4 elleng Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 989

American History Continued...

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On This Day - June 13, 1777, during the American Revolution, a young French aristocrat 4 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 967
The Founding of the United States 4 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1058
Just watched some of FDR's state of the union in 1941 where he laid out the 4 freedoms 4 captain queeg Jul 2022 Aug 2022 9 1659
On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 730
On this day, December 29, 1890, the U.S. Army massacred at least 146 Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 914
On this day, February 15, 1961, the entire US figure-skating team was killed in a plane crash. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 7 1110
This was a unique performance...giving a newsman a government salary to attack the administration... 4 NNadir Feb 2023 Mar 2023 2 1282
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 660
On this day, March 30, 1942, 227 residents of Bainbridge Island, Washington, were rounded up. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 838
On this day, Easter Sunday, April 9, 1939, Marian Anderson performed at the Lincoln Memorial. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 8 839
NYC Slave Revolt, April 6, 1712: Prelude Yrs of Hardship, Slave Trade Hub; Sojourner Truth, Dutch NY 4 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1016
On this day, April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile was built. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 728
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 3 686
On May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 4 699
On this day, May 18, 1927, the deadliest school massacre in U.S. history occurred. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 2023 May 2023 11 929
On this date the Johnstown Flood occurred 4 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 4 526
On this day, June 21, 1964, three civil rights workers were brutally murdered in Mississippi. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 582
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 725
Breakfast Waffles Over The Fire - 18th Century Cooking 🧇 4 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 637
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 698
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