As we celebrate the birthday of Canadian inventor Alexander Graham Bell, let’s take a quick look at a cosmic coincidence: on the 38th anniversary of Bell’s birth, AT&T was incorporated in 1885. Some of the other Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear include:

• 1820 – The U.S. Congress passes the Missouri Compromise.




• 1836 – Texans celebrate the first Texas Independence Day with the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence, officially broke Texas from Mexico, and creating the Republic of Texas.




• 1845 – Florida is admitted as the 27th U.S. state.




• 1857 – Second Opium War: France and the United Kingdom declare war on China.




• 1873 – Censorship in the United States: The U.S. Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it illegal to send any “obscene, lewd, or lascivious” books through the mail.




• 1875 – The first ever organized indoor game of ice hockey is played in Montreal, Canada as recorded in The Montreal Gazette.




• 1885 – The American Telephone & Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York.




• 1913 – Thousands of women march in a suffrage parade in Washington, D.C.




• 1923 – TIME magazine is published for the first time.




• 1931 – The United States adopts The Star-Spangled Banner as its national anthem.




• 1938 – Oil is discovered in Saudi Arabia.




• 1951 – Jackie Brenston, with Ike Turner and his band, records “Rocket 88“, often cited as “the first rock and roll record“, at Sam Phillips‘ recording studios in Memphis, Tennessee.




• 1991 – An amateur video captures the beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers.

Now let’s take a look at today’s Headlines Du Jour:

Oscars 2014: Winners list

Ellen DeGeneres brings pizza and deadpan affability to Oscars

Ellen DeGeneres Breaks Twitter
With Truly Epic Oscars Selfie

Things You Missed at the Oscars:
On the Scene at the Dolby Theater

Oscars 2014: Bill Murray gives
late Harold Ramis shoutout
while presenting award

U2, Pharrell and Karen O Stun With
Showstopping Oscar Performances

Oscars 2014: Ranking the acceptance speeches! — VIDEO

Oscars: ‘In Memoriam’ Snubs Cory Monteith, James Avery, Tom Clancy

When May I Shoot a Student?

FBI reports a drop in crime in
2013: why the rate continues to fall

5 Things Kentucky Could Spend $73 Million On Instead Of A Fake Noah’s Ark

Man Who Tried to Hire KKK to Hang Black Neighbor
‘From a Tree’ Like ‘An Animal’ Begs Court for Leniency

Man Says It’s Okay To Do Blackface If You Sleep With Black Chicks

Harvard Professor To NFL:
Treat Concussions With Pot

Gov. Jerry Brown on
legalized marijuana: ‘How
many people can get stoned
and still have a great state?’

Marijuana legalization on
cusp of mass acceptance

If It’s News, It’s News To The Coconut Grove Grapevine

Ilitches to get all revenues from new publicly financed Red Wings arena

What Louis Armstrong
Really Thinks

Louis Armstrong, in His
Own Words: Armstrong
Biographer Terry Teachout
Takes Satchmo to the Stage

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