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On August 20, 1989, as their parents watched television, Lyle and Erik Menendez shot them to death. 6 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1566
On this day, August 21, 1939, one of America's first sit-ins took place. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 544
On this day, August 17, 1915, a category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 943
On this day, August 19, 1962, this president was not wearing a tan suit. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 986
On this day, August 16, 1969, Hurricane Camille headed for the US after striking Cuba. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 1001
On this day, August 17, 1915, Leo Frank was lynched in Marietta, Georgia. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 767
On this day, August 16, 1969, Charles Manson was arrested. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 664
This Day In History, August 15, 1969 - Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel, New York 0 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 941
On this day, August 15, 1969, "An Aquarian Exposition in White Lake,N.Y." began. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 916
This Day In History: Aug. 14, 1935, FDR Signs Social Security Act 5 appalachiablue Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 966
On this day, August 14, 1969, Hurricane Camille formed. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 960
On this day, August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 511
On August 13, 2020, it was reported that the U.S. Agency for Global Media had hired Frank Wuco. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 805
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On this day, August 13, 1860, sharpshooter and media sensation Annie Oakley was born. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 3 1032
On this day, August 12, 1981, the IBM PC was released. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 791
On this day, August 11, 1942, actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 1093
On August 10, 1927, President Coolidge dedicated the site of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 801
On the night of August 11, 2017, an estimated 200 Nazis marched up the Lawn at UVa. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 971
On this day, August 11, 2000, Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 was subject to an incident of air rage. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 908
On August 6, 1956, the DuMont Television Network ceased network operations. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 963
On this day, August 9, 1944, Smokey Bear was "born," or introduced, or whatever. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 950
On this day, August 9, 1974, Gerald Ford became president. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 604
On August 9 and August 10, 1969, the Tate-LaBianca murders occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 580
On this day, August 8, 2022, the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Largo. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 673
On the night of August 8, 1969, Tex Watson took several Manson girls to 10050 Cielo Drive in LA. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1353
On August 5, 2011, 38 people were killed when a Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 0 682
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On this day, August 6, 1930, Judge Crater got into a cab and was never seen again. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 989
On August 5, 1949, thirteen firefighters were killed in the Mann Gulch fire. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 2 559

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On this day, August 5, 1974, Richard Nixon released the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded June 23, 1972. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 4 888
On this day, August 5, 1969, the Lonesome Cowboys police raid in Atlanta occurred. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 679
On this day, August 4, 2019, nine people were killed and 26 injured in a shooting in Dayton, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 639
On this day, August 3, 2019, 23 people were killed and 22 injured in a mass shooting in El Paso TX. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 855
On this day August 2, 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan. 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 904
On August 2, 1945, sailors were spotted adrift in the ocean between Guam and the Philippines. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 8 869
August 2, 1814: the Declaration of Independence is smuggled out of DC to keep it from being burned 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 6 942
On this day, August 1, 1966, the Texas Tower Sniper shootings occurred. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 539
On July 31, 1969, Gary Allen Hinman was found murdered in Topanga Canyon, California. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 1 1086
On this day, July 30, 1965, LBJ signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 38 2358
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On this day, July 30, 1975, Jimmy Hoffa was seen in public for the last time. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 839
On this day, July 29, 1967, a fire broke out on board the USS Forrestal. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 643
On this day, July 29, 1924, Elizabeth Short, the "Black Dahlia," was born. She was murdered in 1947. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 782
On this day, July 28, 1973, nearly 600,000 people attended a rock festival at Watkins Glen, NY. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 983
On July 19, 1919, the Washington race riot of 1919 began. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 587
On this day, July 27, 1974, the House Judiciary Committee voted 27-11 for Nixon's impeachment. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 667
On this day, July 26, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981, desegregating the military. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 755
On this day, July 26, 1945, the USS Indianapolis arrived at Tinian with components for Little Boy. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 730
On this day, July 25, 1972, the story of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study broke. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 609
On this day, July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that Nixon could not withhold WH tapes. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 951
On this day, July 24, 1935, the Dust Bowl heat wave reached its peak. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 596
On July 17, 1981, a walkway collapsed at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. 5 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1146
On this day, July 24, 1998, Russell Weston went to the U.S. Capitol looking for a ruby satellite. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 2734
On this day, July 24, 1897, Amelia Earhart was born. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 576
On this day, July 23, 1967, the 1967 Detroit riot began. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 906
On this day, July 23, 1928;. Vera Rubin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 579
On this day, July 22, 1893, Katharine Lee Bates wrote "America the Beautiful." 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 800
Pictures from Michael Beschloss; July 21, 2020. From 1944, 1952, 1959, and 1969. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 16 854
On this day, July 21, 1925, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty. 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 971

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On this day, July 21, 2003, the Kinzua Viaduct was destroyed by a tornado. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 671
July 13, 2021, was the last day of analog TV in the United States, other than Alaska. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 949
During this week in July 1952, Washington, DC, was visited by UFOs. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 7 719
On this day, July 19, 1845, the Great New York City Fire of 1845 occurred. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 701
On this day, July 19, 1989, United Airlines Flight 232 crash-landed in Sioux City, Iowa. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 861
On this day, July 18, 1966, the Hough riots began in Cleveland, Ohio. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 626
On this day, July 14, 1970, the Nixons welcomed Prince Charles and Princess Anne to the White House. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 1078
On this day, July 14, 1965, Adlai Stevenson died. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 504
On this day, July 14, 2001, Katharine Graham fell on a sidewalk while in Sun Valley, Idaho. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 855
1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 864
On this day, July 12, 1973, the National Personnel Records Center caught on fire. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 786
On this day, July 11, 1960, "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 602
On this day, July 10, 1913, the air temperature in Furnace Creek, California, reached 134 degrees F. 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 890
On July 8, 1947, this was the front page of the Roswell Daily Record: 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 806
On July 9, 1981, Nintendo released "Donkey Kong." 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 0 522
On this day, July 10, 1972, the Democratic convention opened in Miami Beach. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 650
On July 9, 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled a wall of 32 Campbell Soup can paintings at an LA gallery. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 800
On July 4, 1939, Lou Gehrig declared himself ""The luckiest man on the face of the earth." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 912
On July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass asked, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 4 826
On July 5, 1937, Hormel introduced Spam to a hungry world. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 2 745
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