Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Oliver Hardy, half of Laurel and Hardy, one of the greatest comedy teams ever. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1486 – King Henry VII of England marries Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV.
- 1778 – James Cook is the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he names the “Sandwich Islands”.
- 1896 – An X-ray generating machine is exhibited for the first time by H. L. Smith.
- 1911 – Eugene B. Ely lands on the deck of the USS Pennsylvania stationed in San Francisco Bay, the first time an aircraft landed on a ship.
- 1916 – A 611-gram chondrite type meteorite strikes a house near the village of Baxter in Stone County, Missouri.
- 1919 – Bentley Motors Limited is founded.
- 1944 – The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City hosts a jazz concert for the first time. The performers are Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, Lionel Hampton, Artie Shaw, Roy Eldridge and Jack Teagarden.
- 1967 – Albert DeSalvo, the “Boston Strangler“, is convicted of numerous crimes and is sentenced to life imprisonment.
- 1974 – A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- 1983 – The International Olympic Committee restores Jim Thorpe‘s Olympic medals to his family.
- 1990 – Washington, D.C. Mayor Marion Barry is arrested for drug possession in an FBI sting.
- 1993 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states.
- 2000 – The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
SCOTUS WATCH:
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear four marriage equality
cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld
marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
cases from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld
marriage bans in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
IN LGBT NEWS:
TODAY IN CLIMATE CHANGE:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
A study of Muslim students found that hearing the
Islamic call to prayer made them act more morally.
Islamic call to prayer made them act more morally.
HACK ATTACKS:
MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:
FOX NEWS IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INNER SPACE:
The Earth in the coming decades could cease to be a ‘safe
operating space’ for human beings, new paper concludes.
operating space’ for human beings, new paper concludes.
IN OUTER SPACE:
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