Hello Headliners! It’s the birthday of both Albert Speer and Adolph Eichmann, not to mention Wyatt Earp, William Jennings Bryan, and Patrick McGoohan. They all loved their Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

• 1885 – Louis Riel declares a Provisional Government in Saskatchewan, beginning the North-West Rebellion.




• 1895 – Auguste and Louis Lumière record their first footage using their newly patented cinematograph.




• 1918 – The U.S. Congress establishes time zones and approves daylight saving time.













• 1931 – Gambling is legalized in Nevada.







• 1941 – World War II: The 99th Pursuit Squadron also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, the first all-black unit of the Army Air Corp, is activated.




• 1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler issues his “Nero Decree” ordering all industries, military installations, shops, transportation facilities and communications facilities in Germany to be destroyed.
• 1954 – Willie Mosconi
  sets a world record by running 526 consecutive balls without a miss
  during a straight pool exhibition at East High Billiard Club in Springfield, Ohio. The record still stands today.







• 1962 – Highly influential artist, Bob Dylan releases his first album, Bob Dylan, on Columbia Records label.













• 1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.

It’s time for today’s Headlines Du Jour:

Anti-Gay Harlem Church Sign: ‘Jesus Would Stone Homos’

Harry Belafonte calls for US to review its aid to all countries with anti-gay laws

The Secret Lives of
Inner-City Black Males
Paul Ryan’s explanation for urban poverty isn’t much different from Barack Obama’s. Why did it make liberals so angry?

Do You Think the CIA Infected African-
Americans With HIV? You’re Not Alone

It’s a Fact: Republican Run
Red States Have America’s
Highest Poverty Rates

It’s Payback Time for McDonald’s — Lawsuits Could Force Company to Hike Wages

The rich strike back

FREE THE WEED!!!

Federal Government Signs Off
On Study Using Marijuana
To Treat Veterans’ PTSD

24 Mind-Blowing Facts About
Marijuana Production in America

How To Grow Pot for (Soon to Be) Legal Profit: Inside Cannabis
Career Institute’s Miami Seminar

Medical marijuana stores
blocked from tax breaks

How to Survive the
Windows XPiration Date
Microsoft urges users of its aging software to move to Windows 8.1, but other paths might be easier

Bryan Fischer Explains Why
God Did Not Smite Bill Maher
for Calling Him Out on Friday

NASA Scientists Create Largest High-Resolution
Interactive Mosaic Of Moon’s North Pole

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