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Headlines Du Jour ► Tuesday, December 30, 2014

December 30, 2014420, Archeology, Bo Diddley, Climate Change, DNA, Free the Weed, GOP, Guns, Hacking, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, LGBT, Net Neutrality, Outer Space, Protest, Racism, Religion, Stem CellHeadly Westerfield

Howdy, Headliners! Celebrating a birthday today is Ellas Otha Bates, better known as Bo Diddley. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.

1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.

1919 – Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.

1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.

1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.

1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.

1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.

1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.

1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.

2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

Democrats pushed through dozens in December,
but Republicans have all the leverage now.

Documents Reveal Details of F.B.I. Inquiry Into Nevada Senator

IN LGBT NEWS:

The Death Of The Transphobic
“Bathroom Bill” Myth?

Why 2014 Was a Breakthrough
Year for Country’s LGBT Community

Back in the Shadows: The Perils of Being LGBT in India

11 defining moments in 2014 for the Christian LGBT conversation

10 great LGBT stories from 2014

TODAY IN RELIGION:

Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God

The odds of life existing on another planet
grow ever longer. Intelligent design, anyone?

An Unlikely Savior: Can The Pope Save The Planet – And The Church?

TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:

Pope Plans To Go All In
On Addressing Climate Change

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

Two men who shot up Idaho Walmart
with BB gun taken into custody by police

ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:

Experts: FCC will adopt Net
neutrality rules in early 2015

Frequently asked questions about
the North Korean Internet incident

U.S. suspects North Korea had help attacking Sony Pictures: source

Researcher Steals Fingerprints Using Only a Camera

Google’s Gmail blocked in China

FREE THE WEED!!!

Marijuana Business Outlook 2015: Northeast Riding the Greenwave

Representative plans to introduce fourth marijuana bill to Maine Legislature

IN INNER SPACE:

U.S. scientists to study monarch
butterfly numbers for protected status

Scientists show that drunk
birds ‘slur’ their songs

Archaeologists Have Unearthed
a 6,000-Year-Old Mega-Temple
Built by a Matriarchal Society

Fish Smell Like the Coral They Eat—Disguise Is New to Science

Stem Cell Therapy for MS Shows Promise

IN OUTER SPACE:

Boeing passes second
key test for NASA
space taxi flights in 2017

4 Sky Events This Week: Jovian Eclipses, First Meteor Shower of the Year, and More

Innovative use of pressurant extends MESSENGER’s Mercury mission

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Headlines Du Jour ► Sunday, December 28, 2014

December 28, 2014420, Climate Change, Cops Gone Wild, facebook, First Amendment, Free the Weed, GOP, Hacking, Headlines, Headlines Du Jour, Johnny Otis, LGBT, Outer Space, Racism, ReligionHeadly Westerfield

Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs Grandfather of Rhythm and Blues, Johnny Otis. Other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear include:

1065 – Westminster Abbey is consecrated.

1612 – Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.

1795 – Construction of Yonge Street, formerly recognized as the longest street in the world, begins in York, Upper Canada (present-day Toronto).

1832 – John C. Calhoun becomes the first Vice President of the United States to resign.

1835 – Osceola leads his Seminole warriors in Florida into the Second Seminole War against the United States Army.

1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.

1846 – Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.

1867 – United States claims Midway Atoll, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

1912 – The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco.

1918 – Constance Markievicz, while detained in Holloway prison, became the first woman to be elected MP to the British House of Commons.

1944 – Maurice Richard becomes the first player to score eight points in one game of NHL ice hockey.

1958 – “Greatest Game Ever Played”: Baltimore Colts defeat the New York Giants in the first ever National Football League sudden death overtime game at New York’s Yankee Stadium.

1973 – The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.

2000 – U.S. retail giant Montgomery Ward announces it is going out of business after 128 years.

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

Bay Area official censured for remarks: ‘I’m
sorry that I keep saying little n*gger babies’

Kareem Adbul-Jabbar Says Institutional
Racism Under Attack, Not Police

Black Ex-Cops Say They Were
Profiled by Fellow Cops While Off-Duty

Off duty, black cops in New York feel
threatened by fellow police officers

Racist song at ex-cop’s charity event
compares Michael Brown to a ‘roadkill dog’

FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS:

NBC Reporter Threatened With
Arrest For Filming The Police Making
False Arrests at John Crawford Protest

Indiana Supreme Court upholds law
prohibiting being ‘annoying’ while intoxicated