Monument erected in Monongah, West Virginia.
The Monongah coal mine
06
Dec
WORST MINING DISASTER IN U.S. ON THIS DATE IN 1907
10
Nov
IT WAS DEDICATED ON THIS DATE IN 1954
The U.S. Marine Corps memorial, depicting the raising of the American
Flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, located in Arlington, VA.
Photographer Joe Rosenthal’s famous picture of the raising of the
American Flag on Iwo Jima by U.S. Marines, February 23, 1945.            Â
29
Oct
‘’THE GREATEST’’ WINS HIS FIRST IN 1960
 
It was on this date in 1960 that Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)
won his first professional fight. He beat Tunney Hunsaker in
6 rounds. Hunsaker was the Police Chief of Fayetteville,West
Virginia at the time.
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