Hey there, Headliners! Rather than a musician or singer, today’s birthday belongs to songwriter Irwin Levin, who was responsible for many #1 hits, including the 3 at the end of today’s column. Among the other Headlines Du Jour from yesteryear:
- 1775 – American Revolutionary War: Patrick Henry delivers his speech – “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” – at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Richmond, Virginia.
- 1806 – After traveling through the Louisiana Purchase and reaching the Pacific Ocean, explorers Lewis and Clark and their “Corps of Discovery” begin their arduous journey home.
- 1857 – Elisha Otis‘s first elevator is installed at 488 Broadway New York City.
- 1909 – Theodore Roosevelt leaves New York for a post-presidency safari in Africa. The trip is sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and National Geographic Society.
- 1919 – In Milan, Italy, Benito Mussolini founds his Fascist political movement.
- 1933 – The Reichstag passes the Enabling Act of 1933, making Adolf Hitler dictator of Germany.
- 1956 – Pakistan becomes the first Islamic republic in the world. (Republic Day in Pakistan)
- 1965 – NASA launches Gemini 3, the United States‘ first two-man space flight (crew: Gus Grissom and John Young).
- 1977 – All 12 of the Nixon Interviews are recorded with British journalist David Frost interviewing former President of the United States Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
- 1983 – Strategic Defense Initiative: President Ronald Reagan makes his initial proposal to develop technology to intercept enemy missiles.
- 1994 – Aeroflot Flight 593 crashes in Siberia when the pilot‘s fifteen-year old son accidentally disengages the autopilot, killing all 75 people on board.
- 2001 – The Russian Mir space station is disposed of, breaking up in the atmosphere before falling into the southern Pacific Ocean near Fiji.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
IN LGBT NEWS:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:
ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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