Hiya, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to pianist, singer Nat King Cole. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour on this day:
- 624 – Led by Muhammad, the Muslims of Medina defeat the Quraysh of Mecca in the Battle of Badr.
- 1776 – American Revolution: British forces evacuate Boston, ending the Siege of Boston, after George Washington and Henry Knox place artillery in positions overlooking the city.
- 1780 – American Revolution: George Washington grants the Continental Army a holiday “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence”.
- 1941 – In Washington, D.C., the National Gallery of Art is officially opened by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1942 – Holocaust: The first Jews from the Lvov Ghetto are gassed at the Belzec death camp in what is today eastern Poland.
- 1950 – Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley announce the creation of element 98, which they name “californium“.
- 1958 – The United States launches the Vanguard 1 satellite.
- 1960 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the National Security Council directive on the anti-Cuban covert action program that will ultimately lead to the Bay of Pigs Invasion.
- 1966 – Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the DSV Alvin submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb.
- 1969 – Golda Meir becomes the first female Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1970 – My Lai Massacre: The United States Army charges 14 officers with suppressing information related to the incident.
- 1985 – Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the “Night Stalker”, commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.
- 1992 – A referendum to end apartheid in South Africa is passed 68.7% to 31.2%.
- 2003 – Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Robin Cook, resigns from the British Cabinet in disagreement with government plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
- 2013 – The largest meteorite (since NASA started observing the Moon in 2005) hit the Moon.
March 10
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
IN LGBT NEWS:
GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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