Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to harmonica virtuoso Larry Adler. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1763 – French and Indian War: The 1763 Treaty of Paris ends the war and France cedes Quebec to Great Britain.
- 1840 – Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
- 1861 – Jefferson Davis is notified by telegraph that he has been chosen as provisional President of the Confederate States of America.
- 1870 – The YWCA is founded in New York City.
- 1940 – The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
- 1942 – The first gold record is presented to Glenn Miller for “Chattanooga Choo Choo“.
- 1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.
- 1962 – Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
- 1962 – Roy Lichtenstein‘s first solo exhibition opened, and it included Look Mickey, which featured his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for.
- 1967 – The 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified.
- 1989 – Ron Brown is elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee becoming the first African American to lead a major American political party.
- 1996 – The IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
- 1998 – Voters in Maine repeal a gay rights law passed in 1997 becoming the first U.S. state to abandon such a law.
- 2009 – The communication satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
IN LGBT NEWS:
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:
GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:
HACK ATTACKS:
ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INNER SPACE:
Forgotten version of historical parchment that established
principle of rule of law discovered in files of history
department of Kent County Council in Maidstone
principle of rule of law discovered in files of history
department of Kent County Council in Maidstone
IN OUTER SPACE:
A hidden treasure trove of gear flown on the Apollo 11
mission to the moon sees the light of day after Neil
Armstrong’s widow shares the find with the Smithsonian.
mission to the moon sees the light of day after Neil
Armstrong’s widow shares the find with the Smithsonian.
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