Welcome to today’s Headlines Du Jour. Celebrating a birthday today is Van Morrison. Among the Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.
- 1798 – Irish Rebellion of 1798: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
- 1803 – Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at 11 in the morning.
- 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta, Georgia.
- 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper‘s confirmed victims.
- 1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.
- 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
- 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1935 – In an attempt to stay out of the growing turmoil in Europe, the United States passes the first of its Neutrality Acts.
- 1940 – Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938.
- 1943 – The USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.
- 1957 – The Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
- 1962 – Trinidad and Tobago becomes independent.
- 1980 – After two weeks of nationwide strikes, the Polish government was forced to sign the Gdańsk Agreement, allowing for the creation of the trade union Solidarity.
- 1991 – Kyrgyzstan declares its independence from the Soviet Union.
- 1994 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army declares a ceasefire.
- 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.
- 2006 – Edvard Munch‘s famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
Let’s get to today’s Headlines Du Jour:
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
IN LGBT NEWS:
‘Gayborhoods’ fade with
growing acceptance of LGBT
Killings test police outreach
in LGBT community
In U.S., LGBT More Likely Than Non-LGBT to Be Uninsured
LGBT adults more likely to lack a personal doctor and enough money for healthcare
FREE THE WEED!!!
ANTI-SOCIAL NETWORKS:
Amazon.com, Domino’s Pizza Have Also Tested Delivery Drones
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
LOOFAH LAD IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
BULLY BOY BOLLING IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
NO LONGER PREGGY LEGGY MEGGY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
OUTNUMBERED IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ED HENRY IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
THE TARANTULA IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
ERICK ERICKSON IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
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