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On this day, April 23, 1987, 28 construction workers died in the collapse of the L'Ambiance Plaza. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 3 486
On this day, April 23, 1940, 209 people were killed in the Rhythm Club fire in Natchez. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 4 515
On this day, April 23, 1945, the US Army's 90th Infantry Division liberated Flossenbrg concentration camp. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 4 553
On April 21 through April 23, 2020, there was an outbreak of tornadoes across Texas and Oklahoma. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 23 Apr 23 2 458
On April 23, 1951, Barbara Johns launched a student strike for equal education in Virginia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 24 Apr 24 2 462
On this day, April 25, 1946, 45 people were killed and some 125 were injured in a train wreck in Naperville, Illinois. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 1 501
On this day, April 25, 1945, United States and Soviet troops met in Torgau and Strehla along the Elbe River. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 25 Apr 25 1 466
On this day, April 26, 1944, in Chicago, the US government took over retail giant Montgomery Ward. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 6 647
On this day, April 26, 1937, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Herndon v. Lowry. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 26 Apr 26 3 479
On this day, April 27, 1978, 51 workers died in the deadliest construction accident in United States history. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 27 Apr 27 10 1292
On this day, April 28, 1971, OSHA was formed. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 0 354
On this day, April 28, 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 was on its way from Hilo to Honolulu. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 3 519
On April 27 and April 28, 1944, 749 American servicemen were killed in Exercise Tiger, a large-scale rehearsal for D-Day 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 28 Apr 28 4 657
On April 29, 2020, Trump announced his intent to nominate Aileen Cannon to serve as a judge on the US District Court. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 2 415
On this day, April 29, 2015, Major League Baseball set its all-time low attendance mark. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 0 413
On this day, April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile was built. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 2 475
On this day, April 29, 1970, U.S. troops entered Cambodia. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 29 Apr 29 1 416
On this day, April 30, 1939, FDR made the first presidential speech ever on TV, opening the New York World's Fair. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 2 366
On the night of April 30, 2011, Donald Trump attended the WH Correspondents' Association dinner. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 1 463
On this day, April 30, 1926, the number "66" was assigned to a Chicago-to-Los Angeles highway. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 1 377
On this day, April 30, 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opened in St. Louis. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 2 324
On this day, April 30, 1975, American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of Saigon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 2 355
On this day, April 30, 1939, the New York World's Fair opened. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 1 344
On this day, April 30, 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 1 379
On this day, April 30, 1871, the Camp Grant massacre took place in Arizona Territory. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 30 Apr 30 1 446
On this day, May 1, 1971, Amtrak began operation. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 1 370
On May 1, 1852, sharpshooter and raconteur Calamity Jane was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 4 445
On this day, May 1, 1941, "Citizen Kane" opened, but only at the RKO Palace Theatre on Broadway. 4 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 2 2 471
On this day, May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building, at that time the tallest building in the world, opened. 6 mahatmakanejeeves May 1 May 1 1 436
On this day, May 2, 1983, Microsoft introduced its two-button mouse. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 3 315

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On this day, May 2, 1939, Lou Gehrig took the day off. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 4 383
On this day, May 2, 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves May 2 May 2 0 353
On this day, May 3, 2003, New Hampshire's Old Man of the Mountain collapsed. 7 mahatmakanejeeves May 3 May 3 27 1522
On this day, May 3, 1953, Virginia Schau took the photograph "Rescue on Pit River Bridge." 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 3 May 3 8 575
On this day, May 3, 1963, "Bull" Connor turned fire hoses and police dogs on schoolchildren walking in Birmingham. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 3 May 3 9 449
On this day, May 5, 2009, America's worst day of shame, Barack Obama ordered Dijon mustard on his hamburger. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 6 505
On this day, May 5, 1973, Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in 1:59-2/5, still a record. 11 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 Monday 6 424
On this day, May 5, 1961, "Freedom 7" launched from Cape Canaveral, carrying Alan Shepard, the first American in space. 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 5 May 5 9 321
On this day, May 6, 2010, the Dow-Jones average plunged nearly 1,000 points in 36 minutes. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 1 314
On this day, May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg floated high over Manhattan on its way to NAS Lakehurst. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 453
Kent State University, May 4, 1970 0 mahatmakanejeeves Monday Monday 3 304
On this day, May 7, 1960, steam locomotives made their final run on the Norfolk & Western Railway. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 10 829
On this day, May 7, 1955, George Lee was assassinated in retaliation for registering voters. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 3 515
On this day, May 7, 1912, Dr. Elizabeth Hayes, "Dr. Betty," was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 2 249
On this day, May 7, 1964, Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashed after a distraught passenger shot and killed the pilots. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 4 402
On this day, May 7, 1931, 15,000 bystanders watched a shootout between murderer Francis Crowley and the NYPD. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Tuesday Tuesday 1 345
On this day, May 9, 1980, part of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Florida collapsed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Thursday 0 275
On this day, May 9, 1974, the House Committee on the Judiciary opened impeachment hearings against Richard Nixon. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Thursday Saturday 3 209
On this day, May 10, 1869, Omaha and Sacramento were linked by rail, but there was still no transcontinental railroad. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 4 250
On this day, May 10, 1969, the Temptations and the Turtles performed at Tricia Nixon's masked ball. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Friday Friday 5 272
On May 12, 1968, C&O passenger train the Fast Flying Virginian (FFV) made its final run. 0 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 5 hrs ago 0 193
On this day, May 13, 1958, Eisenhower sent troops to rescue Vice President Nixon when he was endangered. 2 mahatmakanejeeves 5 hrs ago 3 hrs ago 6 370
The Pioneers by David McCullough 2 Marthe48 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 832
Civil War Sesquicentennial 10 melonkali Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3429
'Master of the mountain' 1 mgc1961 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1602
Jon Meacham's Thomas Jefferson 0 mgc1961 Nov 2012 Nov 2012 2 1467
Civil War historian makes Gettysburg his focus and his home 0 mgc1961 Jun 2013 Jun 2013 1 1395
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mgc1961 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1704
Jubilee Singers' matriarch stepped into greatness 1 mgc1961 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1646
The Harp: Augusta Savage's lost masterpiece 3 mia Feb 2021 Feb 2021 10 1686

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A Lecture by Annette Gordon Reed on the Hemmings of Monticello. 0 NNadir Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 373
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