| Image | Hook | Date | Date views | Next day views | Month total views | Days with data | Other days average | Net views |
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| 2008 –Governor of IllinoisRod Blagojevichwas arrested for a number of corruption crimes, including attempting to sell theU.S. Senate seat that was being vacated by then-U.S. President-electBarack Obama. | 12/9/2009 | 23,674 | 15,842 | 63,237 | 31 | 818.0 | 37,880.1 |
| 1941 –Willie Gillis, one ofNorman Rockwell's trademark characters, debuted on the cover of theSaturday Evening Post. | 10/4/2012 | 26,868 | 995 | 29,821 | 31 | 67.5 | 27,728.0 |
| 2003 – AfterChicago police detectiveJon Burge was discovered to haveforced confessions from more than 200 suspects,Governor of IllinoisGeorge Ryancommuted thedeath sentences of 167 prisoners andpardoned four more. (Stats based on Burge) | 1/11/2013 | 23,193 | 1,126 | 29,200 | 31 | 168.3 | 23,982.4 |
| 1943 –The Saturday Evening Post published the first ofNorman Rockwell'sFour Freedoms, some of the most widely distributed paintings ever produced, in support ofU.S. PresidentFranklin Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms". | 2/20/2013 | 23,064 | 1,334 | 32,900 | 28 | 327.0 | 23,744.0 |
| 1963 –Whaam!, now considered one ofRoy Lichtenstein's most important works, debuted at an exhibition held at theLeo Castelli Gallery, New York City. | 9/28/2015 | 21,910 | 1,189 | 28,020 | 30 | 175.8 | 22,747.5 |
 | 1920 – TheFountain of Time(detail pictured) opened as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following theTreaty of Ghent. | 9/1/2011 | 18,630 | | 20,415 | 29 | 66.1 | 18,497.8 |
| 1919 –Red Summer:Race riots erupted inChicago after a racial incident occurred on aSouth Side beach, leading to 38 fatalities and 537 injuries over a five-day period. | 7/27/2010 | 14,999 | 339 | 18,048 | 26 | 112.9 | 15,112.2 |
| 2007 – Airport police officerMaría del Luján Telpuk discovered a suitcase containingUS$800,000 as it went through anx-ray machine inBuenos Aires, sparking an international scandal involving Venezuela and Argentina known as "Maletinazo" | 8/4/2011 | 12,547 | 491 | 13,659 | 31 | 21.4 | 12,995.2 |
| 1962 – In a seminal moment forpop art,Andy Warhol'sCampbell's Soup Cans exhibition opened at theFerus Gallery inLos Angeles. | 7/9/2012 | 12,662 | 993 | 25,648 | 31 | 413.6 | 12,827.9 |