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Today in History

1327		King Edward II of England is deposed.
1558		The French, under the Duke of Guise, finally take the port of Calais from the English.
1785		Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American Dr. John Jeffries make the first crossing of the English Channel in a hydrogen balloon.
1807		Responding to Napoleon Bonaparte‘s attempted blockade of the British Isles, the British blockade Continental Europe.
1865		Cheyenne and Sioux warriors attack Julesburg, Colo., in retaliation for the Sand Creek Massacre.
1901		New York stock exchange trading exceeds two million shares for the first time in history.
1902		Imperial Court of China returns to Peking. The Empress Dowager resumes her reign.
1918		The Germans move 75,000 troops from the Eastern Front to the Western Front.
1934		Six thousand pastors in Berlin defy the Nazis insisting that they will not be silenced.
1944		The U.S. Air Force announces the production of the first jet-fighter, Bell P-59 Airacomet.
1945		U.S. air ace Major Thomas B. McGuire, Jr. is killed in the Pacific.
1952		French forces in Indochina launch Operation Violette in an effort to push Viet Minh forces away from the town of Ba Vi.
1955		Marian Anderson becomes the first African American to sing at the Metropolitan Opera House.
1975		Vietnamese troops take Phuoc Binh in new full-scale offensive.
1979		Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge are overthrown when Vietnamese troops seize the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh.
1980		US President Jimmy Carter signs legislation providing $1.5 billion in loans to salvage Chrysler Corporation.
1985		Vietnam seizes the Khmer National Liberation Front headquarters near the Thai border.
1985		Japan launches its first interplanetary spacecraft, Sakigake, the first deep space probe launched by any nation other than the US or the USSR.
1989		Prince Akihito is sworn in as Emperor of Japan, following the death of his father, Hirohito.
1990		Safety concerns over structural problems force the Leaning Tower of Pisa to be closed to the public.
1993		The Bosnian Army carries out a surprise attack on the village of Kravica in Srebrenica during the Bosnian War.
1999		The impeachment trial of US President Bill Clinton opens in the US Senate.

Internet hilariously mocks Washington Post mag for using male symbol to cover women’s march

Internet hilariously mocks Washington Post mag for using male symbol to cover women’s march

The magazine’s cover artist made an embarrassing error when trying to illustrate the march.

The 'I'm Right and You're Wrong About Everything' Fight

6 Ways to Avoid Getting into the 'I'm Right and You're Wrong About Everything' Fight

9 Signs You Should Get Back Together With Your Ex, Who Is Maybe Probably Your Soulmate

9 Signs You Should Get Back Together With Your Ex, Who Is Maybe Probably Your Soulmate

Montreal Eatery Gains International Attention By Giving Away Free Food

Marché Ferdous provides food for those who can’t pay for their meal, and finds their regulars want to help too.

Why Your Friends Can't Stand It When You Won't Have a Drink

Why Your Friends Can't Stand It When You Won't Have a Drink

Fast Food CEO Say Minimum Wage Hike Boosted Profits: 'I Was Stunned By The Business'

The CEO of a popular fast food chain said this week that he was "stunned" to see profits soar each time California passed minimum wage increases.

12 Bad-for-You Food Additives to Avoid

12 Bad-for-You Food Additives to Avoid

Dementia more common in people living near major roads

Dementia more common in people living near major roads 

It's Time to Give Cuba the Credit It Deserves for Its Global Medical Accomplishments

It's Time to Give Cuba the Credit It Deserves for Its Global Medical Accomplishments

Man forced to march naked through Mexico town after he’s caught looting during gas price protests

Man forced to march naked through Mexico town after he’s caught looting during gas price protests

Four assailants charged with hate crime in video attack on disabled man

Four suspected assailants charged with hate crime in video attack on disabled man

Four suspects have been charged with a hate crime in the brutal attack of a mentally disabled man that was recorded and posted online.
This most definitely was a hate crime. And what is proof that hate is hate no matter the hue of the skin, the assailants in this case were black and the victim white but the hate here had to do more with the different abilities of the victim than the pigment of his skin.

Fort Hood soldier’s car vandalized in racist incident

‘Die nigger!’: Fort Hood soldier’s car vandalized in racist incident

An Army soldier stationed at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas says he feels “unwanted” in his own country after his car was vandalized and spray-painted with racist graffiti.

North Carolina cop’s 2-year-old finds her father’s gun on floor and shoots her mother

North Carolina cop’s 2-year-old finds her father’s gun on floor and shoots her mother

The wife of Officer Jeremy Ferguson was hospitalized after her own toddler daughter fired a gun that she’d found inside a bag.

Dumbass Trump Junta Will Make Your Internet Service Suck Even Worse Than It Does Now

Here's How the Dumbass Trump Junta Will Make Your Internet Service Suck Even Worse Than It Does Now

Dumbasss Trump Sycophant D-List Actor Suing Dead Person For Being Mean

Dumbasss Trump Sycophant D-List Actor Suing Dead Person For Being Mean

I guess Dumbass Trump’s sycophants are as thin-skinned as their orange moron.

Wingnut Judge Rules That Doctors Can Freely Refuse To Treat People

Wingnut Judge Rules That Doctors Can Freely Refuse To Treat People, But Only Some People

Sickening, literally.
Care to guess who they mean by "some" people.

Texas chiropractor who admitted sex abuse accused of raping ex-employee

Texas chiropractor who admitted sex abuse accused of raping ex-employee: ‘I got a little carried away’

A former employee filed a civil suit last week in Travis County that alleges Thuy Pete Nguyen raped her at his South Austin clinic.

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