Hello again, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Anna McGarrigle, one-half of Kate and Anna McGarrigle. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)
- 1674 – Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek. (The mission would later grow into the city of Chicago.)
- 1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers.
- 1791 – The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published.
- 1872 – The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
- 1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison. He will later be recaptured in Spain.
- 1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
- 1909 – In Canadian football, the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26–6.
- 1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
- 1921 – The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
- 1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami.
- 1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.
- 1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
- 1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water“.
- 1980 – English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
FERGUSON FOLLOW-UP:
ERIC GARNER FOLLOW-UP:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
IN LGBT NEWS:
Victories for gay rights in some parts of the
world have provoked a backlash elsewhere
world have provoked a backlash elsewhere
MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:
FREE THE WEED!!!
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
Francis’s softer brand of Catholicism kept
his bishops out of the midterms—and they’re
likely to tone down their message next time too.
his bishops out of the midterms—and they’re
likely to tone down their message next time too.
MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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