Hello Headline hunters! Today’s birthday belongs to Elva Miller, who, as Mrs. Miller, warbled on variety shows all through the ’60s. She knew all about the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1450 – Jews are expelled from Lower Bavaria by order of Louis IX, Duke of Bavaria.
- 1793 – French Revolution: Christianity is disestablished in France.
- 1813 – Battle of the Thames in Canada; Americans defeat British and kill Shawnee leader Tecumseh.
- 1877 – Chief Joseph surrenders his Nez Perce band to General Nelson A. Miles.
- 1905 – Wilbur Wright pilots Wright Flyer III in a flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes, a world record that stood until 1908.
- 1921 – Baseball: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
- 1938 – In Nazi Germany Jews’ passports were invalidated, and those who needed a passport for emigration purposes were given one marked with the letter J (Jude – Jew).
- 1947 – The first televised White House address is given by U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
- 1962 – Dr. No, the first in the James Bond film series, is released.
- 1962 – The Beatles‘ first single, “Love Me Do” backed with “P.S. I Love You“, is released in the United Kingdom.
- 1966 – Near Detroit, Michigan, there is a partial core meltdown at the Enrico Fermi demonstration nuclear breeder reactor.
- 1968 – Police baton civil rights demonstrators in Derry, Northern Ireland – considered to mark the beginning of The Troubles.
- 1969 – The first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus airs on BBC One.
- 1970 – Montreal: British Trade Commissioner James Cross is kidnapped by members of the FLQ terrorist group, triggering the October Crisis.
- 1974 – Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
- 1984 – Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- 2001 – Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire‘s single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs.
Let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour:
FREE THE WEED!!!
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
OUR WIRED WORLD:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
O’Reilly’s ‘Killing Patton’
Book Panned By Historians
Book Panned By Historians
“Bill O’Reilly is a f***ing egomaniac”:
Stephen Colbert’s latest amazing Fox News takedown
THE TARANTULA IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE FIVE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
GRETA VAN SUSTEREN IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BOB BECKEL IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ELISABETH HASSELBECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
JIM CROW AT FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
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