Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Peter Blake. Peter was a famous artist before he designed the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP cover. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1658 – Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Rio Nuevo during the Anglo-Spanish War.
- 1678 – Venetian Elena Cornaro Piscopia is the first woman awarded a doctorate of philosophy when she graduates from the University of Padua.
- 1788 – Virginia becomes the 10th state to ratify the United States Constitution.
- 1876 – Battle of the Little Bighorn and the death of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer.
- 1910 – The United States Congress passes the Mann Act,
which prohibits interstate transport of females for “immoral purposes”;
the ambiguous language would be used to selectively prosecute people
for years to come. - 1943 – The Holocaust: Jews in the Częstochowa Ghetto in Poland stage an uprising against the Nazis.
- 1944 – The final page of the comic Krazy Kat was published, exactly two months after its author George Herriman died.
- 1947 – The Diary of a Young Girl (better known as The Diary of Anne Frank) is published.
- 1948 – The Berlin airlift begins.
- 1967 – Broadcasting of the first live global satellite television program: Our World
- 1978 – The rainbow flag representing gay pride is flown for the first time in the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade.
- 1981 – Microsoft is restructured to become an incorporated business in its home state of Washington.
- 1993 – Kim Campbell is sworn in as the first female Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1998 – In Clinton v. City of New York, the United States Supreme Court decides that the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 is unconstitutional.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
TODAY IN RELIGION & GUNS:
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
THE “G” IN GOP STANDS FOR GOOFBALLS:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
A new report predicts that the Southwest,
Southeast, and upper Midwest “will likely
see several months of 95°F days each year.
Southeast, and upper Midwest “will likely
see several months of 95°F days each year.
FREE THE WEED!!!
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:
BULLY CORNER:
The full-length book describing the crazy band of cyber-stalking
bullies who have been attacking this reporter for the last 3 years:
The Johnny Dollar Wars
bullies who have been attacking this reporter for the last 3 years:
The Johnny Dollar Wars
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FOX & FRIENDS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Got Irony? Steve Doocy Says Alleged School Website ‘Censorship’ Blocks ‘Half The Political Spectrum’
THE FIVE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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