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Today in History

1129
The warrior Yoritomo is made Shogun without equal in Japan.
1525
Estevao Gomes returns to Portugal after failing to find a clear waterway to Asia.
1794
France surrenders the island of Corsica to the British.
1808
Napoleon Bonaparte‘s General Junot is defeated by Wellington at the first Battle of the Peninsular War at Vimeiro, Portugal.
1831
Nat Turner leads a slave revolt in Southampton County, Virginia that kills close to 60 whites.
1858
The first of a series of debates begins between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Douglas goes on to win the Senate seat in November, but Lincoln gains national visibility for the first time.
1863
Confederate raiders under William Quantrill strike Lawrence, Kansas, leaving 150 civilians dead.
1864
Confederate General A.P. Hill attacks Union troops south of Petersburg, Va., at the Weldon railroad. His attack is repulsed, resulting in heavy Confederate casualties.
1911
The Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci, is stolen from the Louvre in Paris, where it had hung for more than 100 years. It is recovered in 1913.
1915
Italy declares war on Turkey.
1942
U.S. Marines turn back the first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal in the Battle of Tenaru.
1944
The Dumbarton Oaks conference, which lays the foundation for the establishment of the United Nations, is held in Washington, D.C.
1945
President Harry S. Truman cancels all contracts under the Lend-Lease Act.
1959
Hawaii is admitted into the Union.
1963
The South Vietnamese Army arrests over 100 Buddhist monks in Saigon.
1968
Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia because of the country’s experiments with a more liberal government.
1972
US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched.
1976
Mary Langdon in Battle, East Sussex, becomes Britain’s first firewoman.
1976
Operation Paul Bunyan commences : after North Korean guards killed two American officers sent to trim a poplar tree along the DMZ on Aug. 18, US and ROK soldiers with heavy support chopped down the tree.
1986
In Cameroon 2,000 die from poison gas from a volcanic eruption.
1988
A ceasefire is declared in the 8-year war between Iran and Iraq.
1989
Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune.
1991
Communist hardliners’ coup is crushed in the USSR after just 2 days; Latvia declares independence from the USSR.
1994
Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexico’s presidential election.
1996
The new Globe theater opens in England.
2000
Tiger Woods wins golf’s PGA Championship, the first golfer to win 3 majors in a calendar year since Ben Hogan in 1953.
2001
NATO decides to send a peacekeeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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Girls push frontiers of technology

A group of Cambodian girls who recently traveled to California to compete in a mobile app competition offered inspiration for other girls worldwide to consider careers in technology.

Breast Cancer and Night Light

A new study from Harvard has found greater risk of breast cancer in women who live in neighborhoods that have higher levels of outdoor light during the night.

20,000 Gather In Boston To March Against White Supremacy

‘Nazis Are Not Welcome Here’: 20,000 Gather In Boston To March Against White Supremacy
Thousands of Americans are in Boston to stand up to Dumbass Trump and his white supremacist sycophants to say in one voice: This is not what America stands for.…

Anti-Racism Protesters In Boston Show White Supremacists What Peaceful Demonstrations Look Like

Anti-Racism Protesters In Boston Show White Supremacists What Peaceful Demonstrations Look Like
The resistance is proving not just that they are larger in numbers than either Dumbass Trump sycophants or white supremacists, but also that they understand freedom of speech does not have to be violent.…

Massive turnout of Boston counter-protesters chant ‘shame’ as police escort Nazis

Massive turnout of Boston counter-protesters chant ‘shame’ as police escort Nazis

Protesters Tell Dumbass Trump Supported Nazis To Get The Fuck Out Of Boston

Protesters Tell Dumbass Trump Supported Nazis To Get The Fuck Out Of Boston
The white supremacists and neo-Nazis that Dumbass Trump endorsed as good people had to cut their circle jerk short as counter protesters in Boston chanted, "Get the fuck out of our city."…

Wingnut ‘Free Speech’ Circle Jerk In Boston Forced To End Early Because Of Embarrassing Turnout

Wingnut ‘Free Speech’ Circle Jerk In Boston Forced To End Early Because Of Embarrassing Turnout
The wingnut agitators organizing Saturday's circle jerk in Boston forgot one important thing: People. …

Outraged webmaster tears down Charlotteville marcher's porn site

A pornographic website featuring a Georgia woman who participated in last weekend’s violent march in Charlottesville, Virginia, has been taken down by its outraged webmaster.
The website, AlisaKiss.com, now only displays a message denouncing Alisa Kiss for promoting racism.
According to the website Bleeding Cool, she marched alongside the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville with her partner, Jonathon Norris.
“This site is now closed,” her website now reads.

Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Receiving Death Threats As Dumbass Trump Emboldens White Supremacists

Mother Of Charlottesville Victim Receiving Death Threats As Dumbass Trump Emboldens White Supremacists
Since the attack, Susan Bro has spoken out loudly against the hatred put on display in Charlottesville and criticized Dumbass Trump's despicable response.…

White Supremacists Whining About How Unfair Things Are After Charlottesville

If You Hit Protesters With A Car, Wingnuts Want To Protect You

Even After Charlottesville, If You Hit Protesters With A Car, Wingnuts Want To Protect You
For the wingnut cabal, protesting is un-American. Too bad that’s what the country’s founded on.

173 TV Station Networks Are Defending Dumbass Trump’s Indefensible Statements on Race and Nazism

Circle jerking neo-Nazis: Mentally ill or just terrible people?

The idiots carrying flaming torches and chanting “Jews will not replace us” last weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, bore the message of the “alt-right,” the name given to the white supremacist movement dedicated to eradicating religious and ethnic minorities from America. 
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And, the answer to the Title question? YES.

Charlottesville organizer pens vile ‘payback’ tweet aimed at Heather Heyer

The organizer of the violent Charlottesville “Unite the Right” circle jerk tweeted vicious insults aimed at Heather Heyer, who lost her life a week ago.

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