Hello Headliners. Today’s musical birthday belongs to Yo-Yo Ma. Before we get to today’s Headlines Du Jour, let’s look at some of those from yesteryear:
- 1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
- 1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of Alleghenies to white settlements.
- 1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
- 1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
- 1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
- 1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
- 1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
- 1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down the crematoria.
- 1955 – American poet Allen Ginsberg performs his poem Howl for the first time at the Six Gallery in San Francisco.
- 1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
- 1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
- 1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Test Ban Treaty.
- 1985 – The Achille Lauro is hijacked by Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1996 – The Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
- 2003 – The govenor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Let’s look at today’s Headlines Du Jour:
IN LGBT NEWS:
SCOTUS WATCH:
EEEK! EBOLA!!!
What’s more alarming than the disease
is what the crisis says about our lack
of trust in U.S. institutions and leaders.
is what the crisis says about our lack
of trust in U.S. institutions and leaders.
TODAY IN RELIGION:
Pastors Can Endorse Candidates if
They Give Up Their Tax Exemption
They Give Up Their Tax Exemption
MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:
ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:
Jealous lover jailed after punching
friend to death because he had
poked his girlfriend… on FACEBOOK
friend to death because he had
poked his girlfriend… on FACEBOOK
SCIENCE MARCHES ON!!!
FREE THE WEED!!!
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
HUCKLEBERRY HOUND IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
PETER JOHNSON, JR. IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Peter Johnson, Jr.: Private Citizens Legally
Recording Police Could Be “Dangerous”
Recording Police Could Be “Dangerous”
BRAIN BRIAN KILMEADE IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BILL HEMMER IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
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