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1	Sep 27, '25	In Columbus, the Ohio State University Marching Band forms a handicapped symbol in support of disability rights.	387×	8.3M	8.1k	507	351
2	Aug 9, '24	President Nixon’s morning begins with his last meal in the White House, consisting of his favorite foods: pineapple with cottage cheese on top, and a glass of warm milk.	303×	6.5M	6.7k	448	942
3	Jul 31, '25	Chinese Muslim warlord Ma Bufang dies in exile in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He was 71.	135×	2.9M	5k	239	1.2k
4	Nov 9, '25	An intense gale brews in the upper Midwest United States. Great Lakes freighters are advised to use increased caution, but commerce must continue, and ships carrying steel, iron, a	82.5×	1.8M	4.5k	226	256
5	Dec 20, '23	Spanish Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by Basque terrorist group ETA. They planted a bomb in his car that, in front of photographers’ cameras, went fl	58.1×	1.2M	2.5k	203	345
6	Aug 8, '24	BREAKING: In a television address to the American public, Richard Nixon announces that he will resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. The years-long Watergate Scandal ha	41.6×	896k	2.6k	297	224
7	Jul 10, '25	Five days after dying in Madrid, SS commando and Mossad agent Otto Skorzeny’s cremated ashes are brought to Vienna for a funeral attended by hundreds of people, including former SS	41.2×	886k	3.2k	626	1.9k
8	Jan 22, '25	Schoolchildren meet a polar bear as part of an educational program in Norilsk, USSR:	28.2×	608k	7k	700	614
9	Aug 22, '25	John Patler, the sniper who assassinated American Nazi leader George Lincoln Rockwell in 1967, is paroled after serving eight years of a 20-year prison sentence.	26.3×	565k	1.3k	46	93
10	Jul 13, '25	Staff at the Embassy of North Korea in Australia accidentally crash their Mercedes while driving in Canberra. They go to the nearest house to seek help, but they’re appalled to fin	21.3×	459k	6.6k	309	773
11	Apr 29, '25	On Armed Forces radio in Saigon, an announcer says calmly: “the temperature in Saigon is 105 degrees and rising,” and then puts on a record of “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas.”	19.7×	425k	3k	344	591
12	Oct 5, '25	Children in Cleveland, Ohio enjoy a visit to the Edmund Fitzgerald, one of the biggest Great Lakes freighters, which runs routes between Lake Superior and Lake Erie hauling iron or	17.8×	382k	3.3k	299	158
13	Mar 25, '24	Pro-Nixon protestors carry signs and effigies in Tokyo, Japan.	17.3×	372k	3.5k	419	483
14	Oct 9, '23	Secretary of State Henry Kissinger warns Israel not to use nuclear weapons in the ongoing Yom Kippur War, or else the United States will cease financial aid to Israel. In this warn	15.2×	327k	682	55	59
15	Jun 4, '24	The National Socialist League, a neo-Nazi organization exclusively for gay men, is founded by Jim Cherry and Russell Veh in Los Angeles. There are at least 400 members.	14.6×	315k	1.2k	109	428
16	Jul 5, '25	Otto Skorzeny, Nazi German SS commando who worked for Mossad after the war, dies of lung cancer in Madrid, Spain. He was 67. During WWII, Skorzeny was turned down for the Luftwaffe	14.3×	307k	2.8k	307	839
17	Aug 6, '24	Governor of California Ronald Regan calls on President Nixon to resign.	13.7×	295k	1.5k	87	106
18	Nov 10, '25	Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks near Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, drowning all 29 members of her crew.	12.8×	276k	2.9k	468	174
19	Oct 31, '25	In an interview with Emperor Hirohito, a Japanese reporter asks “Your Majesty, at the White House you said ‘I deeply deplore [WWII].’ Does your Majesty feel personal responsibility	11.7×	252k	946	52	150
20	Sep 5, '25	A Nigerian study finds that lorazepam is effective at treating Brain Fag Syndrome.	10.4×	223k	3.1k	209	356
21	Oct 1, '24	Governor of Georgia Jimmy Carter celebrates his 50th birthday.	9.0×	194k	9.2k	436	253
22	Nov 1, '25	Coal India, a new state-owned company that will govern coal-mining in India, is created.	8.0×	172k	1.5k	107	199
23	Apr 5, '25	Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Kuomintang who has been President of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 1950, dies of kidney failure in Taipei. He was 87. His last words were “count	7.2×	154k	2k	158	268
24	Apr 5, '24	The new World Trade Center complex in New York City opens to the public.	6.9×	149k	2.9k	167	179
25	May 1, '25	George Lucas submits a six-page film treatment entitled “The Adventures of Luke Starkiller - The Star Wars” to Fox, hoping to secure a film deal for his space opera project.	6.9×	149k	1.7k	146	139
26	Oct 3, '24	Idi Amin, dictator of Uganda, demands his agents in London to find and recruit “two six-foot-four Scottish bagpipers” to serve as his bodyguards.	6.9×	148k	3.4k	192	241
27	Jul 9, '25	It is reported that former President Richard Nixon is almost completely broke, and has only $500 left in his bank. His lifestyle is maintained by wealthy friends and former donors.	6.4×	137k	808	63	77
28	Feb 29, '24	February 29, 1974 did not exist.	6.4×	137k	4.6k	241	116
29	Sep 11, '25	Six days after an assassination attempt, President Ford begins wearing a bulletproof vest during all public appearances.	6.1×	131k	960	37	29
30	Nov 9, '25	Ignacio Anaya, inventor of nachos (in 1940), dies in Piedras Negras, Mexico. He was 80. Anaya created nachos when a group of U.S. Army servicemen walked into his restaurant and he	5.8×	124k	1.5k	105	158
31	Feb 15, '25	The Miller Brewing Company releases a new line of Miller beer called “Miller Light.” It’s an instant hit.	5.7×	123k	893	76	25
32	Oct 4, '25	Okay going to Fourth-Wall Break here a bit. Social media loves to fetishize air travel in the 70s as some sort of luxury experience for the common person, but then they only post p	5.5×	119k	2k	135	179
33	Aug 9, '24	Nixon slept two hours. He spent most of the night pacing barefoot in blue pajamas. At 4 AM, his wristwatch battery went dead. He considers it a prophetic omen.	5.3×	114k	2.1k	47	85
34	May 20, '24	Cardinal Jean Daniélou, French Roman Catholic Cardinal, dies while visiting a brothel in Paris. He was 69. A prostitute at the brothel says he was simply visiting to declare his ch	5.1×	109k	1.4k	128	160
35	Apr 16, '25	Finnish President Urho Kekkonen visits Pyongyang, North Korea, where he is honored by Kim Il-Sung.	4.9×	106k	2k	138	255
36	Apr 29, '25	It’s noon on 30 April in Saigon. The North Vietnamese Army has almost completely taken the city. A lone PAVN tank crashes through the gates of the Presidential Palace and its crew	4.7×	101k	1.7k	390	178
37	Nov 10, '25	Mitt Romney, quarterback of the Chicago Bears from 1925 to 1928, dies in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was 76.	4.7×	100k	1.7k	48	130
38	Nov 9, '25	Captain Ernest McSorely of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald radioes that his ship, steaming eastward through Lake Superior, is “rolling some.”	4.6×	100k	1.6k	56	28
39	Dec 12, '24	Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter announces that he will run for President in 1976. His name recognition nationwide is 2%, and he is thought to have almost no chance at victory.	4.6×	99k	2k	135	84
40	Jun 4, '24	The Cleveland Indians host a “ten cent beer night” to promote a baseball game against the visiting Texas Rangers. The 25,000 fans are permitted to buy unlimited quantities of 10-ce	4.5×	97k	1.1k	94	97
41	Apr 29, '25	Helicopters are now landing at the Embassy every ten minutes. The Americans announce they can only conduct 19 more airlifts, on direct orders from President Ford - but by the time	4.2×	91k	1.6k	147	174
42	Oct 20, '25	Emperor Hirohito, who has just visited the United States, asks if he can meet John Wayne, as during WWII, Japanese propaganda used Wayne to symbolize American chauvinism. Wayne dec	4.1×	89k	1.4k	62	132
43	May 3, '25	In Chicago, the annual Polish Constitution Day Parade is held. Civic leader John Wayne Gacy directs and choreographs the procession.	4.1×	88k	1.8k	105	191
44	Feb 3, '25	A mass food poisoning incident occurs aboard a Japan Air Lines Boeing 747 flying from Anchorage to Copenhagen after the airline serves omelettes contaminated with Staphylococci to	3.3×	71k	888	59	117
45	Aug 13, '25	22-year-old Vladimir Putin, grandson of Vladimir Lenin’s personal chef Spiridon Putin, joins the KGB in the interest of serving his country as his dedushka did.	3.3×	71k	1.6k	127	155
46	Nov 24, '24	Joe Namath calls plays on the sideline of a muddy football game in New York.	⚡ 3.2×	4.9M	2.1k	99	156
47	Mar 12, '25	Jamaica and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.	3.2×	68k	2.7k	116	84
48	Aug 9, '24	In reaction to the announcement of Nixon’s resignation, spontaneous parties have broken out on the streets of Washington, DC. Thousands of young people pour out to celebrate.	3.1×	66k	762	65	52
49	Oct 30, '25	Spanish dictator Francisco Franco falls into a coma and is put on life support. Juan Carlos becomes acting head of state.	3.0×	65k	1.6k	58	104
50	Jun 21, '25	Former Governor of California Ronald Reagan announces that he is running for President in 1976, challenging President Ford for the Republican nomination.	3.0×	65k	812	58	38
51	Jul 30, '25	In Detroit, former president of the Teamsters Union Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing after his car is found abandoned at a restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he had a l	3.0×	64k	1.2k	132	83
52	Aug 9, '24	[Meme]	2.8×	61k	1.1k	10	28
53	Aug 9, '24	President Nixon has signed a letter of resignation. Henry Kissinger post-dates the letter with the time of Nixon’s upcoming departure in blue crayon.	2.8×	61k	1.4k	107	68
54	Aug 25, '25	Despite having no previous hang-gliding experience, American cult leader Father Yod decides to try hang-gliding in Oahu, Hawaii. He instantly crashes and dies of his injuries. He w	2.8×	60k	744	69	51
55	Jan 19, '25	Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan David Duke announces that he has changed his political party affiliation from American Nazi to Democrat, so that he can run for a seat in the Louis	2.7×	59k	857	51	73
56	Oct 11, '25	29-year-old popular Arkansas lawyer William Clinton weds his fiance, Hillary Rodham, in the living room of their home in Fayetteville.	2.7×	58k	804	43	73
57	Oct 9, '24	Oskar Schindler, Sudeten German businessman and savior of more than 1,000 Jews during WWII, dies, entirely broke, in Hildesheim, West Germany. He was 66.	2.7×	57k	1.4k	87	61
58	Jun 7, '25	A 208-0 vote in Greek Parliament formally replaces the monarchy with a republic. Greece also changes its national flag. Pictured are the old flag and new flag beside one another.	2.2×	48k	889	31	46
59	Sep 21, '25	Sir Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists in the 1930s, says in a television interview that he did nothing wrong and that he wishes to stand for Parliament again.	2.1×	46k	961	45	100
60	Jan 1, '25	HAPPY 1975	2.1×	45k	1.8k	171	102
61	Feb 17, '24	Zimbabwean pilot Joyce Mujuru shoots down a Rhodesian helicopter, achieving the first recorded female air-to-air kill in Africa. She takes the nom-du-guerre Teurai Ropa (“Blood Spi	2.1×	45k	1.4k	158	97
62	Jun 29, '25	Richard Loving, a white man who married a black woman and, in Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, ended bans on interracial marriage, is hit by a drunk driver and killed in Virg	2.1×	45k	1.8k	62	82
63	Jan 1, '24	HAPPY 1974	2.1×	45k	860	55	22
64	Aug 9, '24	@TheTate_	2.1×	44k	803	11	12
65	Sep 3, '24	President Ford hugs his 19-year-old son, Steve, goodbye as he sets off on a cross-country motorcycle trip to find himself.	2.1×	44k	911	56	68
66	Jan 26, '24	Folk singer John Denver, who is an avid pilot, buys a Learjet so he can fly himself to concerts.	⚡ 2.1×	2.5M	1.4k	29	84
67	Nov 5, '25	New White House Chief of Staff Richard B. “Dick” Cheney moves into his office near the Oval.	2.0×	43k	1.3k	85	102
68	Aug 18, '24	President Ford leaves for work as his wife, Betty, wishes him goodbye. Ford became President nine days ago, but he has not yet moved into the White House, so he still has to commut	1.9×	41k	1.2k	77	66
69	Nov 6, '24	The new flag of Toronto, Ontario, designed by 21-year-old Italian-born graphic arts student Renato “Ren” DeSantis, is unveiled.	1.9×	40k	977	30	60
70	Aug 9, '24	Gerald Ford has taken the oath of office to become President of the United States. “My fellow Americans,” he says in his inaugural address, “our long national nightmare is over.”	1.8×	40k	761	97	55
71	Nov 9, '25	@Vidor1 Yeah the crew and captain are well-seasoned	1.8×	39k	1.2k	1	3
72	Oct 9, '25	Former Beatle John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono announce that Ono has given birth to a son, whom they name “Sean.” Today is Lennon’s 35th birthday.	1.8×	39k	893	32	41
73	Nov 14, '25	The wreck of freighter Edmund Fitzgerald is discovered, broken in two, at a depth of 530 feet. She was just 15 nautical miles from the safety of Whitefish Bay, Michigan. The search	1.7×	36k	1.5k	98	63
74	Jan 27, '21	Designer Syd Mead’s concept art for the American home of 2021.	1.6×	0	1k	174	58
75	Feb 5, '25	Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava is sworn in as President of Madagascar, succeeding Gabriel Ramanantsoa.	1.6×	34k	695	19	43
76	May 19, '25	Pol Pot, the new dictator of Cambodia, celebrates his 50th birthday with his newfound power.	1.5×	33k	769	45	49
77	Jan 1, '25	Color television is introduced in Malta, Norway, and Oman on the same day. Seen here is Norway’s dramatic switch:	1.5×	33k	961	53	67
78	Jun 1, '25	A drunkard sleeping in front of a sign that says “Helsinki of the Future” in Finland.	1.5×	32k	1.6k	119	123
79	Mar 17, '25	Japanese graphic designer Yuko Shimizu releases a vinyl coinpurse featuring a bizarre mouthless white cat whom she calls “Hello Kitty.” Whatever it is, it sells out right away, and	1.5×	31k	990	116	81
80	Oct 11, '25	A new late-night comedy ensemble sketch show called “Saturday Night Live” premieres on NBC. Comedian George Carlin hosts the first episode. Billy Preston and Janis Ian are the firs	1.4×	31k	898	92	50
81	Dec 14, '24	[Fourth-Wall Break] Introducing next year’s 1975 Live profile picture:	1.4×	31k	1.1k	11	21
82	Oct 6, '25	For the first time in American television history, major TV networks decline a request to interrupt programming to broadcast a speech by a U.S. President. The nationwide address by	1.4×	30k	760	43	53
83	Oct 7, '25	East Germany and the Soviet Union sign a new treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance, that will last until 1995.	1.4×	30k	902	45	56
84	Jan 4, '25	President Ford imposes a permanent national speed limit of 55mph (88kph) on the Interstate Highway System.	1.4×	29k	865	18	26
85	Dec 31, '24	Musicians Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham join the group Fleetwood Mac.	1.3×	27k	878	76	43
86	Apr 26, '25	Former South Vietnamese President Nguyen Vǎn Thiêu flees the country, departing for Taiwan aboard a C-118 transport plane containing 16 tons of gold.	1.3×	27k	751	55	51
87	Dec 27, '24	Ned Maddrell, the last surviving speaker of the Manx language, dies on the Isle of Man. He was 97. The language is now considered extinct.	1.2×	26k	1.3k	70	89
88	Jan 16, '25	Famed Japanese kabuki theater actor Bandō Mitsugorō VIII eats four servings of toxic fugu fish liver, brags that he can survive any quantity of poison, then dies of said poison. He	1.2×	25k	951	95	41
89	Feb 5, '25	The city of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, adopts a flag for the first time:	1.2×	25k	733	21	27
90	Nov 15, '25	The search is called off for survivors of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. 29 sailors are confirmed to be dead.	1.1×	25k	1.4k	71	54
91	Aug 11, '25	To celebrate its centennial, the city of Santa Paula, California buries a time capsule, to be uncovered 50 years from today, on August 11, 2025.	1.1×	24k	932	38	62
92	Oct 31, '24	Contraception becomes free for all women in the United States, by federal law.	1.1×	24k	906	35	36
93	Jul 13, '25	Lillian Disney celebrates her 50th anniversary with Walt Disney - Alone. Walt died nine years ago.	1.0×	22k	723	23	40
94	Sep 29, '25	Singer Johnny Cash releases his 52nd album, “Look at them Beans.”	1.0×	22k	760	50	36
95	Jan 30, '25	Hungarian inventor Ernő Rubik files a patent for his new “Magic Rubik’s Cube.”	1.0×	22k	796	48	34
96	Nov 2, '24	Adrian Street, Welsh professional wrestler, pictured with his father, a coal miner, in his hometown.	1.0×	22k	714	61	55
97	Nov 7, '24	President Ford fondles his golden retriever, Liberty, in the Oval Office.	1.0×	21k	787	23	30
98	May 4, '25	Moe Howard, the leader and last survivor of the Three Stooges comedy troupe, dies of lung cancer in Los Angeles. He was 77.	0.9×	20k	753	51	27
99	Nov 11, '25	The Mariners’ Church in Detroit, Michigan rings its bell 29 times to commemorate the 29 sailors lost on the Edmund Fitzgerald yesterday.	0.8×	18k	915	62	24
100	Nov 7, '25	The Soviet Union holds massive parades in observance of the 58th anniversary of its 7 November 1917 revolution.	0.8×	17k	853	118	103

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