Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Hezekiah Leroy Gordon Smith, better known to Jazz fans as Stuff Smith., violinist extraordinaire. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 326 – Helena of Constantinople discovers the True Cross and the Holy Sepulchre (Jesus‘s tomb) in Jerusalem.
- 786 – “Night of the three Caliphs”: Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi. Birth of Harun’s son al-Ma’mun.
- 1741 – George Frideric Handel completes his oratorio Messiah
- 1752 – The British Empire adopts the Gregorian calendar, skipping eleven days (the previous day was September 2).
- 1814 – The poem Defence of Fort McHenry is written by Francis Scott Key. The poem is later used as the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.
- 1901 – President of the United States William McKinley dies after an assassination attempt on September 6, and is succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1917 – Russia is officially proclaimed a republic.
- 1959 – The Soviet probe Luna 2 crashes onto the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach it.
- 1960 – The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is founded.
- 1969 – The US Selective Service selects September 14 as the First Draft Lottery Date.
- 1987 – The Toronto Blue Jays set a record for the most home runs in a single game, hitting 10 of them.
- 1994 – The Major League Baseball season is canceled because of a strike.
- 2000 – Microsoft releases Windows ME.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
THE SPERM WARS:
ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
FREE THE WEED!!!
FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
The media monitoring service — used by MSNBC,
among others — is found to be transformative
among others — is found to be transformative
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| Loofah Lad showing no self-awareness whatsoever |
FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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| No longer preggy leggy Meggy showing off her journalistic credentials…again. |
NO LONGER PREGGY LEGGY MEGGY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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off his journalistic credentials |
TUCKER FUCKER CARLSON IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BOB BECKEL IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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| Bully Boy Bolling showing off his journalistic credentials |
BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
STEVE DOOCY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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| Greg Gutfeld showing off his journalistic credentials |
GREG GUTFELD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE TARANTULA IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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| Sean Hannity showing off his journalistic credentials |
SEAN HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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