Hello Headliners! Today Peter O’Toole would be celebrating his birthday if he hadn’t had the misfortune of dying last December. Here are some of the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1610 – Henry Hudson sails into what is now known as Hudson Bay thinking he had made it through the Northwest Passage and reached the Pacific Ocean.
- 1776 – The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took place.
- 1790 – The first United States Census is conducted.
- 1870 – Tower Subway, the world’s first underground tube railway, opens in London, England, United Kingdom.
- 1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad begins operating the first cable car in San Francisco‘s famous cable car system.
- 1918 – The first general strike in Canadian history takes place in Vancouver.
- 1923 – As vice president, Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States after the death of Warren G. Harding
- 1932 – The positron (antiparticle of the electron) is discovered by Carl D. Anderson.
- 1934 – Gleichschaltung: Adolf Hitler becomes Führer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.
- 1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
- 1939 – Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.
- 1943 – World War II: the Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 is rammed by the Japanese destroyer Amagiri and sinks. Lt. John F. Kennedy, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: Gulf of Tonkin incident – North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer USS Maddox.
- 1989 – Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restoring democracy for the first time since 1972.
- 1990 – Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
Now for today’s Headlines Du Jour:
WHAT SCARES THE RIGHT WING??? EVERYTHING!!!
THE HOMOPHONE AGENDA:
FREE THE WEED!!!
So-called Prince of Pot gives 1st interview
to CBC since release from U.S. prison
to CBC since release from U.S. prison
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
One court sent him to prison for shooting
a woman. Another set him free over bad
police work. Was the NRA’s top lawyer
railroaded — or a bad guy with a gun?
a woman. Another set him free over bad
police work. Was the NRA’s top lawyer
railroaded — or a bad guy with a gun?
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BOBBY BECKEL IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ELISABETH HASSELBECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Fox Host Lists A “Ton Of Proof” That
Obama “Might Qualify For Impeachment”
Obama “Might Qualify For Impeachment”
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