Hey there, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Marc Bolan, who tragically died in a car crash much too young. Sadly, he became one of the headlines of yesteryear, on September 16, 1977:
- 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
- 1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
- 1882 – Thomas Edison‘s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
- 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
- 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
- 1938 – At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
- 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7.
- 1947 – The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
- 1955 – Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
- 1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
- 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
- 1972 – Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
- 1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 1996 – The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bars the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level.
Whew! Now here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
BEST HEADLINE DU JOUR TODAY:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
“If Obama decides to run again (against US law)
or declares a National Emergency to suspend
elections in 2016, what will our Democrat sheriff do?”
or declares a National Emergency to suspend
elections in 2016, what will our Democrat sheriff do?”
TODAY IN LGBT NEWS:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
FREE THE WEED!!!
ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:
The social networks we already have are not
giving us what we want. We’re turning to the
new thing because it’s new, not because it’s good
giving us what we want. We’re turning to the
new thing because it’s new, not because it’s good
COMEDIANS IN THE NEWS ATTACKING FOX “NEWS” AGAIN:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ELISABETH SCHICKELGRUBER IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
TUCKER FUCKER CARLSON IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
JUDGE JEANINE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
Like finding a molecular needle in a cosmic haystack, astronomers have detected radio waves emitted by isopropyl cyanide.
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