Hey there, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Bulee Gaillard, better known as Slim Gaillard, and one half of famed duo Slim and Slam. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1642 – King Charles I of England sends soldiers to arrest members of Parliament, commencing England’s slide into civil war.
- 1649 – English Civil War: The Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial.
- 1762 – Great Britain declares war on Spain and Naples.
- 1847 – Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
- 1865 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at 10-12 Broad near Wall Street in New York City.
- 1889 – The Oklahoma Land Run opens 2 million acres of unused Oklahoma Territory to first serve first come settlers on April 22.
- 1896 – Utah is admitted as the 45th U.S. state.
- 1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. Thomas Edison‘s movie company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of the execution.
- 1912 – The Scout Association is incorporated throughout the British Commonwealth by Royal charter.
- 1958 – Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
- 1959 – Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
- 1965 – United States President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaims his “Great Society” during his State of the Union address.
- 1972 – Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England.
- 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
- 1998 – A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction.
- 2007 – The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:
IN LGBT NEWS:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
HACK ATTACKS:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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