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Today in History

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To placate the Praetorians of Germany, Nerva of Rome adopts Trajan, the Spanish-born governor of lower Germany.
1553
Michael Servetus, who discovered the pulmonary circulation of the blood, is burned for heresy in Switzerland.
1612
A Polish army that invaded Russia capitulates to Prince Dmitri Pojarski and his Cossacks.
1791
President George Washington transmits to Congress the results of the first US census, exclusive of South Carolina which had not yet submitted its findings.
1806
Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte enters Berlin.
1809
President James Madison orders the annexation of the western part of West Florida. Settlers there had rebelled against Spanish authority.
1862
A Confederate force is routed at the Battle of Georgia Landing, near Bayou Lafourche in Louisiana.
1870
The French fortress of Metz surrenders to the Prussian Army.
1873
Farmer Joseph F. Glidden applies for a patent on barbed wire. Glidden eventually received five patents and is generally considered to be the inventor of barbed wire.
1891
D. B. Downing, inventor, is awarded a patent for the street letter (mail) box.
1904
The New York subway officially opens running from the Brooklyn Bridge uptown to Broadway at 145th Street.
1907
The first trial in the Eulenburg Affair ends in Germany.
1917
20,000 women march in a suffrage parade in New York. As the largest state and the first on the East Coast to do so, New York has an important effect on the movement to grant all women the vote in all elections.
1922
In Italy, liberal Luigi Facta’s cabinet resigns after threats from Mussolini that “either the government will be given to us or we will seize it by marching on Rome.” Mussolini calls for a general mobilization of all Fascists.
1927
Fox Movie-tone news, the first sound news film, is released.
1941
In a broadcast to the nation on Navy Day, President Franklin Roosevelt declares: “America has been attacked, the shooting has started.” He does not ask for full-scale war yet, realizing that many Americans are not yet ready for such a step.
1954
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. becomes the first African-American general in the US Air Force.
1962
An American U-2 reconnaissance plane is shot down by a surface-to-air missile over Cuba, killing the pilot, Maj. Rudolf Anderson, the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1962
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev offers to remove Soviet missile bases in Cuba if the U.S. removes its missile bases in Turkey.
1964
 The political career of Reagan is launched when he delivers a speech on behalf of wingnut presidential candidate Goldwater.
1971
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
1986
The London Stock Exchange rules change as Britain suddenly deregulates financial markets, an event called the Big Bang.
1988
US President Ronald Reagan decides to tear down a new US Embassy in Moscow because Soviet listening devices were built into the structure.
1997
Stock markets crash around the world over fears of a global economic meltdown.

Scientists discover entirely new form of diabetes

Most people are familiar with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Recently, though, a new type of diabetes has been identified: type 3c.
Scientists discover entirely new form of diabetes

Ways to Avoid a Marijuana-Related Trip to the Emergency Room

Afghanistan's Painful, Never-Ending War Takes a New Bad Turn

Facebook Is Testing a Feature That Could Forever Change How You Get Your News

HIV-positive school aide faces 206 sex abuse charges

A HIV-positive man who worked in schools in Maryland is facing new charges of sexual assault against underage students, bringing his total count to 206.
Carlos Deangelo Bell, 32 and of Waldorf, Maryland, was served with the 206-count indictment in court on Friday.
HIV-positive school aide faces 206 sex abuse charges

California officers at Las Vegas shooting denied comp

A couple hundred off-duty police officers who attended a Las Vegas music festival earlier this month embraced their law enforcement roles when a shooter opened fire on concertgoers, some getting injured in the process –only to go back home to California to find their workers' compensation claims denied.

Brother of Vegas shooter suspected of child porn possession

A brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock was arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of possessing child pornography, authorities said Wednesday.
Bruce Paddock, 59, was arrested on a 20-count felony complaint, a police statement said.
His relationship to Stephen Paddock was confirmed by a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation but not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Bruce Paddock is not a suspect in the Las Vegas shooting.
The child porn case predated the Oct. 1 shooting, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity.
It wasn't immediately known if Paddock has an attorney. He was being held on $60,000 bail at the Metropolitan Detention Center.
The felony complaint for his arrest alleges one count of possession of child or youth pornography and 19 counts of sexual exploitation of a child.
The complaint signed Tuesday by a Los Angeles County deputy district attorney specified that between Jan. 1 and Aug. 30 of 2014, Bruce Paddock knowingly possessed more than 600 images of child or youth pornography involving use of a person under age 18 engaging in or simulating sexual conduct.
The material included "10 or more images of a prepubescent minor or a minor who was under 12 years of age," the complaint said.
The police statement said Bruce Paddock came under investigation after evidence was discovered inside a business in the Sun Valley area of the city where he had been a squatter. The evidence was discovered after his eviction.
At the time, Bruce Paddock was a transient and couldn't be found, police said. He was recently located at an address in North Hollywood.
Fifty-eight people were killed and hundreds more were wounded Oct. 1 at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. Stephen Paddock opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino-hotel tower. Stephen Paddock was found dead.
Another brother, Eric Paddock, spoke to media following the shooting but Bruce Paddock did not.

Texas father changes story about toddler's death

The Texas father who told police his 3-year-old daughter disappeared after he sent her outside at 3 a.m. as punishment for not drinking milk has now told police she died from choking on the drink, according to an arrest warrant issued on Tuesday.

Service members see white nationalism as a bigger threat than conflicts in Iraq and Syria

White nationalists like those that marched in Charlottesville in August pose a greater danger to America’s national security than conflicts in which the U.S. is fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, say U.S. troops.

White supremacist group posts recruiting fliers across Rutgers campuses

Recruiting fliers posted by a white supremacist group were hung across Rutgers University's New Brunswick and Piscataway campuses Monday, the group said.
The fliers promoting Identity Evropa, a white nationalist group that has been recruiting on college campuses across the country this fall, were posted on walls and in campus buildings.

Nazi Stabs Father to Death for Calling Him a Nazi

Nazis really don't like it when you call them what they are.

'Speak American' teacher back in classroom after school-wide apology

A high school teacher who created a firestorm when she told students to "speak American" is back at work in the classroom after apologizing, district officials said Tuesday.
English teacher Laura Amico, who sparked student protests when her videoed comments went viral, returned to work at Cliffside Park High School on Tuesday morning, according to Superintendent Michael Romagnino.

Florida deputy steals cash and drugs from elderly man fatally hurt during hurricane

A Florida sheriff’s deputy was arrested after surveillance video showed him stealing from an elderly man who was fatally injured during Hurricane Irma — and the victim’s family believe he may have done it before.

Police handcuff black honor student after he gets attacked at towing company

Seventeen-year-old Christian Heath is alleging that he was assaulted at an Oklahoma towing company but he has video to back up the claim. 

Ancient bones show warriors traveled hundreds of miles

An ancient battle north of Berlin has left many mysteries, but now we are closer to understanding one. Where did the soldiers come from? With no ancient dog tags to identify them and their homelands, archaeologists were baffled.
Now, chemical analysis of those remains suggests soldiers came from hundreds of miles away to partake in the conflict, LiveScience reported Monday.

NASA releases new images of Saturn from space

Here’s a little dose of space porn for Saturn fans: NASA leaked a photo of the planet in all its ringed glory on their website.
NASA releases new images of Saturn from space

Dairy Is Bad for Humans and the Planet

Animal Pictures