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On this day, October 4, 1918, the T. A. Gillespie Company shell loading plant explosions began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 4 229
On this day, October 4, 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 13 hrs ago 13 hrs ago 1 184
On October 2, 1978, Jimmy Carter proclaimed October 4, 1978, as "10-4 Day." It's also called National CB Radio Day. 1 mahatmakanejeeves 17 hrs ago 17 hrs ago 2 294
On this day, October 3, 1849, Edgar Allan Poe was found semi-conscious and delirious in Baltimore. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 8 345
On this day, October 3, 1995, O. J. Simpson was acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 1 236
On this day, October 3, 2019, Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman tried to smear Elizabeth Warren. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 281
On this day, October 3, 1932, state troopers marched into Kincaid, Ill., to guard against a sympathy strike. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 263
On this day, October 3, 1951, there was a shot heard 'round the world. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 2 413
On this day, October 2, 2002, the Beltway sniper shootings began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 2 160
On this day, October 2, 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 6 155
On this day, October 2, 2018, Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Wednesday Wednesday 8 193
On this day, October 1, 1890, Congress established Yosemite National Park. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 5 166
On the night of October 1, 2017, the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in American history occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 404
On the night of September 30, 1962, there was a riot at Ole Miss over the admission of James Meredith. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 7 230
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 1of4 2 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 3 208
Jimmy Carter Democracy Now 2of4 2 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 4 236
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 4of4 0 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 7 253
Jimmy Carter on Democracy Now 3of4 0 Uncle Joe Sunday Sunday 5 194
On this day, September 29, 1935, Jerry Lee Lewis was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 2 174
On this day, September 29, 2008, the stock market crashed, due to Congressional inaction. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 2 289
On September 29, 1760, the Williamsburg Bray School, dedicated to educating Black children, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 1 135
On September 19, 2021, the remains of Gabby Petito were found in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sunday Sunday 4 250
On September 16, 1974, Robert Caro's "The Power Broker" was published. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 5 223
On this day, September 28, 1919, race riots began in Omaha, Nebraska. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 1 167
On this day, September 28, 1940, FDR laid the cornerstone of Washington National Airport. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 2 202
Masamitsu Yoshioka, last of Japan's Pearl Harbor attack force, dies at 106 1 mahatmakanejeeves Saturday Saturday 6 392
On this day, September 27, 1903, Southern Railway mail train 97 rolled off the Stillhouse Trestle. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 27 Sep 27 0 231
On this day, September 26, 2020, Donald Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 26 Sep 26 1 183
On September 23, 1952, Richard Nixon went on television to give his "Checkers speech." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 25 0 143
On this day, September 25, 1957, Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, was integrated by the use of Army troops. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 25 Sep 25 9 187

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On this day, September 25, 1978, PSA Flight 182, a Boeing 727, collided in mid-air with a Cessna 172 and crashed. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 25 Sep 25 2 231
On September 23, 1779, John Paul Jones said, "Sir, I have not yet begun to fight!" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 25 4 160
On this day, September 25, 2008, Washington Mutual was placed into receivership. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 25 Sep 25 1 220
On September 23, 1911, the first official airmail delivery was made in the United States. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 2 157
On this day, September 24, 1869, the Black Friday gold panic broke out in the US and triggered a financial crisis. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 5 193
On September 23, 1913, the United Mine Workers of America launched a strike in Colorado. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 24 Sep 24 1 131
On this day, September 22, 1993, Amtrak experienced its deadliest train wreck. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 3 268
On this day, September 22, 1975, Gerald Ford survived his second assassination attempt in 3 weeks. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 22 Sep 22 1 193
On this day, September 20, 1967, L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, announced the story of Xenu. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 20 Sep 21 3 365
On the night of September 20, 1776 -- September 21, the Great Fire of New York occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 Sep 21 3 212
On this day, September 21, 1976, Exiled Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt were killed by a car bomb. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 21 Sep 21 2 173
On September 5, 1957, "On the Road" was published. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 20 4 307
Virginia: The hidden story of Native tribes who outsmarted Bacon's Rebellion 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 20 Sep 20 4 311
On this September 20, 1973, Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played tennis on TV. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 20 Sep 20 4 238
On this day, September 19, 1921, WBZ started broadcasting. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 5 209
On September 18, 1927, the Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System made its debut. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 4 196
On this day, September 19, 1883, Mabel Vernon was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 2 179
On this day, September 19, 1995, the Unabomber manifesto was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 19 Sep 19 1 180
On this day, September 18, 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg died. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 7 859
On this day, September 18, 2008, Ben Bernanke requested a $700 billion fund to acquire toxic mortgages. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 0 221
On this day, September 18, 2001, the first of what became the 2001 anthrax attacks occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 1 165
On this day, September 18, 1961, conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell were born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 18 Sep 18 2 290
General Smedley Butler - War is a Racket - Forgotten History 1 Uncle Joe Sep 17 Sep 17 7 319
It's Constitution Day. On this day, September 17, 1787, the Constitution was signed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 17 Sep 17 9 246
On this day, September 16, 2013, a gunman killed twelve people at the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 16 Sep 17 3 278
On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote a poem, "Defence of Fort McHenry." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 3 185
On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after he was shot. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 1 191
On this day, September 15, 1963, a bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 15 Sep 15 6 252
On this day, September 13, 1848, Phineas Gage had a large iron rod driven through his head. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 13 Sep 13 4 297
On this day, September 12, 2008, 25 died when two trains collided in Chatsworth, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 12 Sep 12 1 206

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On this day, September 12, 1991, the last stoplight was removed from I-90 in Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 12 Sep 12 1 191
On this day, September 12, 1962, Kennedy gave his "We choose to go to the Moon" speech. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 12 Sep 12 1 166
On this day, September 12, 2009, agronomist and Nobel Prize recipient Norman Borlaug died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 12 Sep 12 1 139
On September 11, 1857, the Mountain Meadows Massacre culminated in the mass slaughter of an emigrant party. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 11 Sep 11 8 365
September 11, 2001: Rick Rescorla, the man who ran back in 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 11 Sep 11 3 329
On September 11, 2015, Meadville beat DuBois 107-90 in a Pennsylvania high school football shootout. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 11 Sep 11 0 210
On September 10, 2001, a Canadian tourist took photographs of downtown Manhattan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 10 Sep 10 8 654
On September 8, 1922, Lyndon Larouche was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 10 2 291
On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 218
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On September 5, 2020, several boats sank during the Lake Travis Trump Boat Parade. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 6 350
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On this day, September 9, 1850, California was admitted into the Union. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 201
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On September 6, 1869, a continuous railroad line was extended from Omaha to Alameda, California. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 9 Sep 9 1 247
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On this day, September 4, 2019, Sharpiegate happened. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 3 261
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On this day, September 4, 1957, Elizabeth Eckford attempted to enter Little Rock Central High. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 4 Sep 4 5 273
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