Good morning, Headliners. It’s Chuck Norris’ birthday and it can beat up your birthday — with one hand tied behind its back. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include:
- 1804 – Louisiana Purchase: In St. Louis, Missouri, a formal ceremony is conducted to transfer ownership of the Louisiana Territory from France to the United States.
- 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call by saying “Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.”
- 1891 – Almon Strowger, an undertaker in Topeka, Kansas, patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
- 1922 – Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in India, tried for sedition, and sentenced to six years in prison, only to be released after nearly two years for an appendicitis operation.
- 1945 – The U.S. Army Air Force firebombs Tokyo, and the resulting conflagration kills more than 100,000 people, mostly civilians.
- 1952 – Fulgencio Batista leads a successful coup in Cuba and appoints himself as the “provisional president”.
- 1969 – In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. He later unsuccessfully attempts to retract his plea.
- 1977 – Rings of Uranus: Astronomers discover rings around Uranus.
Let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
Watch The ‘Not-Racist’ Crowd React
To ‘Annie’s’ Blackness In Remake
TODAY IN VOTER FRAUD NEWS:
How Much Voter Fraud Is There?
A state-by-state map reveals the answer: almost none.
INCOME INEQUALITY:
Income equality is just a
dream for most Americans
4 States Where the
Rich Got Richer at
the Expense of the Poor
FREE THE WEED!!!
Tests show THC content in
marijuana edibles is inconsistent
MORE DISPATCHES FROM DETROIT, ‘MERKA’S FIRST THROWAWAY CITY:
Detroit Police Chief Tells
Homeowners Don’t Wait for Cops –
‘Shoot Thugs Who Invade Your Home’
M-1 Rail groundbreaking nears amid hopes for a broader regional system
CPAC PROM KING:
CPAC Presidential Straw Poll Picks Guy Who Thinks Whites-Only Lunch Counters Should Be Legal
THE SIMPSONS IN THE NEWS:
IN OUTER SPACE:
Scientists Discover New
Process that Protects Earth
from Space Weather
Every red dwarf star
has at least one planet
REMEMBERING COSMOS, THE ORIGINAL SERIES:
Cosmos reboot with Neil deGrasse Tyson: 13 new episodes after 34 years – What to expect
VIDEO DU JOUR:
REMEMBERING CARL SAGAN,
THE ORIGINAL COSMOS HOST
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