Hello, Headliners! Today’s the birthday of poet, children’s author, cartoonist, and singer- songwriter Shel Silverstein. He saw his share of Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1237 – England and Scotland sign the Treaty of York, establishing the location of their common border.
- 1513 – Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa reaches what would become known as the Pacific Ocean.
- 1789 – The United States Congress passes twelve amendments to the United States Constitution: the Congressional Apportionment Amendment (which was never ratified), the Congressional Compensation Amendment, and the ten that are known as the Bill of Rights.
- 1804 – The Teton Sioux (a subdivision of the Lakota) demand one of the boats from the Lewis and Clark Expedition as a toll for moving further upriver.
- 1846 – U.S. forces led by Zachary Taylor capture the Mexican city of Monterrey.
- 1890 – The U.S. Congress establishes Sequoia National Park.
- 1911 – Ground is broken for Fenway Park in Boston
- 1912 – Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism is founded in New York City.
- 1957 – Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, is integrated by the use of United States Army troops.
- 1977 – About 4,200 people take part in the first running of the Chicago Marathon.
- 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer, a $511 million probe to Mars, in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years. Eleven months later, the probe would fail.
- 1996 – The last of the Magdalene asylums closes in Ireland.
- 2008 – China launches the spacecraft Shenzhou 7.
Today’s Headlines Du Jour:
IN LGBT NEWS:
A priest and bishop in Montana say
that’s the only way two gay men
who are lifelong Catholics can have
their church privileges restored.
that’s the only way two gay men
who are lifelong Catholics can have
their church privileges restored.
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:
FREE THE WEED!!!
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE FIVE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE FALAFEL KING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Blackwater’s Erik Prince: Mercenaries Are
As “Part Of American History As Apple Pie”
As “Part Of American History As Apple Pie”
Krauthammer: “Do You Really Want To Be Running Around
The World Responsible For A Band Of Desperados?”
The World Responsible For A Band Of Desperados?”
BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ELISABETH HASSELBECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Elisabeth Hasselbeck Uses Persecuted,
Christian, Canadian Law School To
Fear Monger About Obamacare!
Christian, Canadian Law School To
Fear Monger About Obamacare!
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN OUTER SPACE:
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