Hiya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to William Robinson, who as Smokey Robinson wowed them at Motown. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

• 356 – Emperor Constantius II issues a decree closing all pagan temples in the Roman Empire.
• 1674 – England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster, ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, and it is renamed New York.
• 1807 – Former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr is arrested for treason in Wakefield, Alabama and confined to Fort Stoddert.
• 1846 – In Austin, Texas the newly formed Texas state government is officially installed. The Republic of Texas government officially transfers power to the State of Texas government following the annexation of Texas by the United States.
• 1847 – The first group of rescuers reaches the Donner Party.
• 1859 – Daniel E. Sickles,
  a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary
  insanity. This is the first time this defense is successfully used in
  the United States.
• 1878 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph.
• 1942 – World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the executive order 9066, allowing the United States military to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• 1953 – Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
• 1963 – The publication of Betty Friedan‘s The Feminine Mystique reawakens the feminist movement in the United States as women’s organizations and consciousness raising groups spread.
• 1976 – Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald R. Ford‘s Proclamation 4417
• 1985 – William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave hospital.
• 2001 – The Oklahoma City bombing museum is dedicated at the Oklahoma City National Memorial.
• 2002 – NASA‘s Mars Odyssey space probe begins to map the surface of Mars using its thermal emission imaging system.

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

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

FREE THE WEED!!!

IN LGBT NEWS:

IN INCOME INEQUALITY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

HACK ATTACKS:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

IN INNER SPACE:

IN OUTER SPACE:

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