Hello, Headliners! Today’s birthday belongs to Robbie Robertson of The Hawks and, later, The Band. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:
- 1687 – Isaac Newton publishes Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
- 1841 – Thomas Cook organises the first package excursion, from Leicester to Loughborough
- 1915 – The Liberty Bell leaves Philadelphia by special train on its way to the Panama–Pacific International Exposition. This is the last trip outside Philadelphia that the custodians of the bell intend to permit.
- 1934 – “Bloody Thursday” – Police open fire on striking longshoremen in San Francisco.
- 1935 – The National Labor Relations Act, which governs labor relations in the United States, is signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1937 – Spam, the luncheon meat, is introduced into the market by the Hormel Foods Corporation.
- 1946 – The bikini goes on sale after debuting during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris, France.
- 1948 – National Health Service Acts creates the national public health systems in the United Kingdom.
- 1954 – Elvis Presley records his first single, “That’s All Right,” at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1971 – Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
- 1975 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
- 1989 – Iran–Contra affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell
to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in
fines and 1,200 hours community service. His convictions were later
overturned. - 1996 – Dolly the sheep becomes the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
- 2009 – The largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold ever discovered, consisting of more than 1,500 items, is found near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England.
Here is today’s Headlines Du Jour:
RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE:
DUMP TRUMP LUMPS:
SO GLAD WE’RE LIVING IN A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY:
GIMME THAT OLD TIME RELIGION:
FREE THE WEED!!!
ANTI-SOCIAL MEDIA:
HACK ATTACKS:
OUR FUTURE ROBOT OVERLORDS:
FOX “NEWS” IN THE NEWS AGAIN:
Friday Fox Follies:
Shark Jumps Trump, Fox Takes Lumps
Shark Jumps Trump, Fox Takes Lumps
IN INNER SPACE:
IN OUTER SPACE:
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