Hello again, Headliners.Today’s birthday girl is Memphis Soul singer Ann Peebles. Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s take a look at more of them from yesteryear than usual:

• 1521 – Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu.
• 1667 – The blind and impoverished John Milton sells the copyright of Paradise Lost for £10.





• 1813 – War of 1812: American troops capture the capital of Upper Canada in the Battle of York (present day Toronto, Canada).





• 1861 – American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus.





• 1865 – The steamboat SS Sultana, carrying 2,400 passengers, explodes and sinks in the Mississippi River, killing 1,700, most of whom are Union survivors of the Andersonville and Cahaba Prisons.
• 1936 – The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
• 1945 – World War II: Benito Mussolini is arrested by Italian partisans in Dongo, while attempting escape disguised as a German soldier.




• 1950 – Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed formally segregating races.
• 1967 – Expo 67 officially opens in Montreal, Canada with a large opening ceremony broadcast around the world. It opens to the public the next day.




• 1974 – Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
• 1978 – Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.




• 1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse.





• 1987 – The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim from entering the United States, saying he had aided in the deportation and execution of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
• 1992 – The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, comprising Serbia and Montenegro, is proclaimed.




• 1994 – South African general election, 1994: The first democratic general election in South Africa, in which black citizens could vote. The Interim Constitution comes into force.
• 2006 – Construction begins on the Freedom Tower for the new World Trade Center in New York City.

Without any further ado, let’s get right to today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

AND, IN THE WORLD OF SPORTS:

IRONY ALERTS:

THE “O” IN GOP STANDS FOR OBSOLETE:

GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:

IT’S A GOOD START:

FREE THE WEED!!!

GLENN BECK IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

SEAN HANNITY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN OUTER SPACE:

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