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On March 27, 1924, computing pioneer Margaret Butler was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 4 Apr 4 5 408
On this day Mar 25, 2016 Bird lands on Sanders' podium during Portland rally 2 Uncle Joe Mar 31 Mar 31 6 575
Richard Carlson, Journalist Who Led Voice of America, Dies at 84 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 31 Mar 31 2 442
Major General Smedley Butler bares plot by 'Fascists' in Newtown Square Pennsylva...HD Stock Footage 0 Uncle Joe Mar 27 Mar 27 9 597
On this day, Friday, March 27, 2020, this was the front page of The New York Times: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 8 621
On this day, March 27, 1960, the last scheduled steam-powered passenger train in the United States ran. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 27 Mar 27 1 523
Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 26 Mar 26 1 383
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 26 3 947
On this day, March 26, 1997, thirty-nine bodies were found in the Heaven's Gate mass suicides. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 0 476
On this day, March 26, 1945, the Battle of Iwo Jima ended as the island was officially secured by American forces. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 26 Mar 26 2 315
On this day, March 25, 1911, or maybe one of five other days, Jack Ruby was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 371
On this day, March 25, 1947, there was an explosion at the Centralia No. 5 coal mine. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 434
On this day, March 25, 1914, Norman Borlaug was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 3 345
On March 23, 1977, the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 25 Mar 25 1 322
On this day, March 24, 1839, the last detachment of Cherokee people arrived in Indian Territory. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 476
On March 22, 1972, Eisenstadt v. Baird was decided. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 344
On March 22, 1945, Eleanor and Franklin went to Union Station to meet the visiting Governor General of Canada. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 3 371
On March 22, 1984, teachers at a preschool were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 344
On March 23, 2005, the Texas City refinery explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 1 434
On March 23, 1923, the oldest extant high school AM radio station in the United States was licensed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 24 Mar 24 4 335
Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 23 Mar 23 0 331
WCBB's Angus King "A Conversation with Margaret Chase Smith" 1988 1 eShirl Mar 23 Mar 23 1 372
On this day, Friday, March 21, 1952, Alan Freed presented the Moondog Coronation Ball in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 21 Mar 21 0 395
On March 19, 1987, Jim Bakker resigned from PTL. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 2 443
On March 20, 1949, the California Zephyr made its first run. Its last run was on March 22, 1970. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 20 Mar 20 5 446
On March 17, 1933, Myrlie Louise Beasley was born. In 1951, she married Medgar Evers. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 349
Larry Buendorf, U.S. Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87; Sunday, March 16, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 446
Ron Nessen, press secretary to President Ford, dies at 90; Friday, March 14, 2025 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 344
On this day, March 19, 1945, a Japanese dive bomber hit the USS Franklin, killing 724 of her crew. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 4 477
On this day, March 19, 1979, C-SPAN started operation. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 292

American History Continued...

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On this day, March 19, 1958, the Monarch Underwear Company fire occured. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 318
On March 18, 1925, the Tri-State tornado hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana, killing 695 people. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 319
On March 18, 1990, the largest art theft in US history happened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 2 339
On March 18, 1937, the New London School explosion occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 286
On March 17, 1945, the "Bridge at Remagen" collapsed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 3 378
On March 17, 1948, the Hells Angels were formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 0 360
On March 18, 1966, Studebaker finally shut down. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 311
On March 16, 1968, the My Lai massacre occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 8 351
On March 16, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had its largest point drop in history. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 19 Mar 19 1 359
The Divine Connection: Ralph Waldo Emerson's Radical Vision of Nature and Self 1 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 6 307
On March 15, 1933, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 17 Mar 17 3 284
On February 28, 1956, 13 people were killed and 143 injured in two train wrecks on the same line on the same day. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 0 376
On this day, March 14, 1940, 34 people were killed when a train hit a truck carrying more than 40 agricultural workers. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 14 Mar 14 1 374
Baldwin-Buckley race debate still resonates 55 years on 0 Uncle Joe Mar 13 Mar 13 4 390
On this day, March 13, 1961, JFK proposed the Alliance for Progress in Latin America. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 0 424
Explorers discover wreckage of cargo ship that sank in Lake Superior storm over 130 years ago 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 13 Mar 13 3 387
On this day, March 12, 1933, Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 331
On this day, March 12, 1928, the St. Francis Dam in Los Angeles failed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 0 400
On March 11, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 2 340
On March 11, 1888, the Great Blizzard of 1888 began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 1 367
On March 11, 1965, the Reverend James Reeb of Boston, beaten in Selma, died. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 12 Mar 12 3 323
On March 11, 1943, oral arguments were heard in West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 220
That Time When the Mafia Saved Walt Disney...sort of 0 GreatGazoo Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 478
On this day, March 10, 1913, Harriet Tubman died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 294
On the night of March 9-10, 1945, the American Army Air Force firebombed Tokyo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 394
On March 9, 2009, the bear market of 2007-2009 bottomed out. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 371
On March 9, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt submitted the Emergency Banking Act to Congress. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 357
On March 8, 1945, FDR greeted officers and men of the 6th Ranger Battalion in the Oval Office. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 389
On this day, March 9, 1910, the Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, coal strike began 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 343
#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 356

American History Continued...

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On February 24, 1914, Joshua L. Chamberlain died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 10 345
Selwyn Raab, Tenacious Reporter Who Covered the Mob, Dies at 90 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 386
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 430
This day, March 7, 1965, turned into "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 316
📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 368
On this day, March 7, 1945, scouts from the 89th Reconnaissance Squadron saw the Ludendorff Bridge still standing. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 489
On March 6, 1836, the Alamo fell. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 306
On March 6, 1857, the decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 358
Joseph Wambaugh, cop-turned-best-selling-author, dies at 88 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 455
On this day, March 5, 1770, Crispus Attucks and four others were killed in the Boston Massacre. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 364
Lincoln's Second Inauguration: 160 Years Ago Today, March 4, 1865 1 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 432
On this day, March 4, 1933, Frances Perkins became Secretary of Labor. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 425
On this day, March 4, several presidents were inaugurated. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 314
On March 4, 1853, Judah P. Benjamin became the first Jew who had not renounced his faith sworn in to the US Senate. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 337
Lincoln is Elected President & Confronts a Nation Divided Abraham Lincoln 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 344
On this day, March 3, 1919, the decision in Schenck v. United States was handed down. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 401
On this day, March 3, 1890, teacher and civic activist Memphis Tennessee Garrison was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 297
Speaker of the House Joe Cannon was on the cover of the first issue of Time Magazine, dated this day, March 3, 1923. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 354
On Monday, March 3, 1913, there was a women's suffrage parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in DC. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 349
On March 2, 1983, compact discs and CD players went on sale in the United States. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 314
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