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Today in History

1197
Emperor Henry VI dies in Messina, Sicily.
1399
Richard II of England is deposed. His cousin, Henry of Lancaster, declares himself king under the name Henry IV.
1493
Christopher Columbus leaves Cadiz, Spain, on his second voyage to the new world.
1513
Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovers the Pacific Ocean.
1789
Congress votes to create a U.S. army.
1833
A civil war breaks out in Spain between Carlists, who believe Don Carlos deserves the throne, and supporters of Queen Isabella.
1850
Mormon leader Brigham Young is named the first governor of the Utah Territory.
1864
Union troops capture the Confederate Fort Harrison, outside Petersburg, Virginia.
1879
Dissatisfied Ute Indians kill Agent Nathan Meeker and nine others in the “Meeker Massacre.”
1932
A five-day work week is established for General Motors workers.
1939
Germany and the Soviet Union reach an agreement on the division of Poland.
1941
30,000 Jews are gunned down in Kiev when Heinrich Himmler sends four strike squads to exterminate Soviet Jewish civilians and other “undesirables.”
1943
Adolf Hitler‘s book Mein Kampf is published in the United States.
1950
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev repeatedly disrupts a UN General Assembly meeting with his violent outbursts over intervention in the Belgian Congo, US U2 spy planes, and arms control.
1960
General Douglas MacArthur officially returns Seoul, South Korea, to President Syngman Rhee.
1962
Canada launches its first satellite, Alouette 1.
1962
The popular Argentinian comic strip Mafalda beings publication, in the weekly Primera Plana; focusing on a six-year-old girl (Mafalda) and her friends, it has been called the Argentinian Peanuts.
1966
Chevrolet introduces the Camaro, which will become an iconic car.
1971
Oman joins the Arab League.
1979
John Paul II becomes the first pope ever to visit Ireland.
1990
The YF-22, later named F-22 Raptor, flies for the first time.
1992
Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello impeached for corruptions; he was the youngest president in the nation’s history, taking office at age 40 in 1990.
2008
Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 777.68 points in the wake of Lehman Brothers and Washington Mutual bankruptcies, the largest single-day point loss in Wall Street history.
2009
An 8.1 earthquake causes a tidal wave that claims 189 lives in Samoa, American Samoa, and Tonga.

Adjunct Professors Are So Poorly Paid They're Sleeping in Cars and Turning to Sex Work

Foods to Avoid If You Don't Want to Be in a Bad Mood

90 Companies Helped Cause the Climate Crisis—They Should Pay for It

Tech bro starts a bizarre new religion where he worships his own AI chat bot

One former Google engineer is so enthusiastic about the future of artificial intelligence that he literally believes he can create Dog.

Colorado school intentionally failed student because of her outspoken atheism

The lawsuit cites a school board member who “once stated her ‘christian’ belief at a school board meeting that ‘transgender students should be castrated.'”

More Arrests for Marijuana Than for Violent Crime Last Year

Michigan cop told to resign after NFL 'degenerate' post

The director of the Michigan State Police has apologized for calling NFL players who kneel in protest of police brutality "anti-American degenerates"—but critics are still calling for her resignation, citing the agency's long history of racial discrimination.

Susan Smith In Prison

A South Carolina woman who infamously drowned her two young sons has not taken to life in prison well.

Michigan couple let their jaundiced newborn die because ‘Dog makes no mistakes’

A couple in Lansing, Michigan were warned by their midwife that their newborn daughter Abigail looked jaundiced and appeared to need medical care. Instead of seeking treatment, they ignored the problem on religious grounds.

America Is Having a Nervous Breakdown

Guess who's to blame ...

Dumbass Trump and his sycophants have caused a devastating mental health crisis in America

Increasingly, the weight of the current political environment burdens the hearts and minds of Americans and causes anxiety, preoccupation, deepening depression, feelings of helplessness and despair, disgust and horror.

Former neo-Nazi describes how he was ‘groomed’ into becoming a skinhead

Former neo-Nazi describes how he was ‘groomed’ into becoming a skinhead — and why he’s fighting fascism now

Skinhead-turned-housewife admits to gassing gay club as a teenage Nazi

Shannon Martinez, a suburban housewife, is not who you’d expect when you picture skinheads.

Nazis Just A Threat As ISIL

The threat of white nationalist violence in the U.S. is at least as big a threat as that posed by terror groups such as ISIL, the FBI revealed Wednesday.

Armed North Carolina hate circle jerk falling apart as tiki torch white nationalists turn on each other

A white nationalist march scheduled to be held in North Carolina in December is already falling apart as organizers are turning on each other and featured speakers are bailing on the event.

Rain in Mexico comes with a side of fish

The Tuesday weather forecast in Tampico, Mexico, called for light rain. It did not call for fish, but that's what residents got along with the precipitation.

Monkey eats own baby in puzzling case of cannibalism

An episode of filial cannibalism observed in a normally vegetarian Tonkean macaque has baffled researchers who are trying to understand what motivated such behavior.

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