Hiya, Headliners. Today’s birthday belongs to Gospel and Soul singer Sam Cooke, who died tragically in a shooting that made the Headlines Du Jour. Here are some more headlines from yesteryear:
- 1889 – Columbia Phonograph is formed in Washington, D.C.
- 1890 – The United Mine Workers of America is founded in Columbus, Ohio.
- 1901 – Edward VII is proclaimed King after the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
- 1946 – Creation of the Central Intelligence Group, forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
- 1947 – KTLA, the first commercial television station west of the Mississippi River, begins operation in Hollywood.
- 1957 – Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula.
- 1957 – The New York City “Mad Bomber”, George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
- 1968 – Apollo 5 lifts off carrying the first Lunar module into space.
- 1973 – The Supreme Court of the United States delivers its decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, legalizing elective abortion in all fifty states.
- 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during Super Bowl XVIII with its famous “1984“ television commercial.
- 1990 – Robert Tappan Morris is convicted of releasing the 1988 Internet Computer worm.
- 1992 – Space Shuttle program: Dr. Roberta Bondar becomes the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist in space.
- 2002 – Kmart becomes the largest retailer in United States history to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
Black police sergeant files suit
over cartoon used in SDPD training
over cartoon used in SDPD training
MORE OF THAT GOP OUTREACH:
Republicans are forced to drop proposed legislation at the last minute.
IN INCOME INEQUALITY:
SCOTUS WATCH:
IN LGBT NEWS:
TODAY IN RELIGION:
GUNS, GUNS, GUNS:
MORE EXCITING EPISODES OF COPS GONE WILD:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
FREE THE WEED!!!
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
VIDEOS DU JOUR:
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