Hey there, Headliners.Today’s birthday belongs to Roger Allen François Jouret, better known to his fans as Plastic Bertrand. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1582 – With the papal bull Inter gravissimas, Pope Gregory XIII announces the Gregorian calendar.
- 1803 – In Marbury v. Madison, the Supreme Court of the United States establishes the principle of judicial review.
- 1831 – The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
- 1868 – Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be impeached by the United States House of Representatives. He is later acquitted in the Senate.
- 1920 – The Nazi Party is founded.
- 1942 – The Battle of Los Angeles, one of the largest documented UFO sightings in history; the event lasted into the early hours of February 25.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive is halted; South Vietnam recaptures Hué.
- 1976 – Cuba: national Constitution is proclaimed.
- 1983 – A special commission of the U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of Japanese internment during World War II.
- 1989 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini offers a US$3 million bounty for the death of The Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie.
- 1999 – The U.S. state of Arizona executes Karl LaGrand,
a German national convicted of murder during a botched bank robbery, in
spite of Germany’s legal action to attempt to save him. - 2008 – Fidel Castro retires as the President of Cuba after nearly fifty years.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN LGBT NEWS:
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF CORPORATIONS GONE WILD:
BULLY IS AS BULLY DOES:
Incredible Story of Allen Kurzweil’s Childhood Nightmare
GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:
ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:
ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:
HACK ATTACKS:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEO DU JOUR:
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