Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to singer and activist Harry Belafonte. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

• 1642 – Georgeana, Massachusetts (now known as York, Maine), becomes the first incorporated city in the United States.




• 1692 – Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne and Tituba are brought before local magistrates in Salem Village, Massachusetts, beginning what would become known as the Salem witch trials.




• 1781 – The Continental Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation.




• 1790 – The first United States census is authorized.
• 1836 – A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.




• 1845 – United States President John Tyler signs a bill authorizing the United States to annex the Republic of Texas.




• 1847 – The state of Michigan formally abolishes capital punishment.
• 1872 – Yellowstone National Park is established as the world’s first national park.




• 1873 – E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter.
• 1893 – Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity.
• 1932 – Charles Lindbergh‘s son is kidnapped.
• 1936 – The Hoover Dam is completed.
• 1941 – W47NV begins operations in Nashville, Tennessee becoming the first FM radio station in the U.S..
• 1953 – Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin suffers a stroke and collapses; he dies four days later.
• 1961 – United States President John F. Kennedy establishes the Peace Corps.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• 1995 – Yahoo! is incorporated.




• 1998 – Titanic became the first film to gross over $1 billion worldwide.
• 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins in eastern Afghanistan.




• 2006 – English-language Wikipedia reaches its one millionth article, Jordanhill railway station.

Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:

IN LGBT NEWS:

ANOTHER EXCITING EPISODE OF COPS GONE WILD:

SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:

FREE THE WEED!!!

TEACHING IN THE 21st CENTURY:

MORE OF THAT REPUBLICAN OUTREACH:

FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:

GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:

ANOTHER SHOOTOUT AT THE OK CORRAL:

HACK ATTACKS:

IN OUTER SPACE:

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