"A senior State Department official repeatedly pressed the FBI to change the classification of emails stored on Hillary Clinton's private server, according to FBI interview summaries set to be released in the coming days. Patrick Kennedy, the undersecretary of state for management, discussed providing additional overseas slots for the FBI in exchange for revisions to classifications of the sensitive emails."
Tuesday, October 18, 2016
An Attempted Hillary Email Coverup? | The Weekly Standard
An Attempted Hillary Email Coverup? | The Weekly Standard:
"A senior State Department official repeatedly pressed the FBI to change the classification of emails stored on Hillary Clinton's private server, according to FBI interview summaries set to be released in the coming days. Patrick Kennedy, the undersecretary of state for management, discussed providing additional overseas slots for the FBI in exchange for revisions to classifications of the sensitive emails."
"A senior State Department official repeatedly pressed the FBI to change the classification of emails stored on Hillary Clinton's private server, according to FBI interview summaries set to be released in the coming days. Patrick Kennedy, the undersecretary of state for management, discussed providing additional overseas slots for the FBI in exchange for revisions to classifications of the sensitive emails."
Ohio University student leaders demand campus launch bias reporting system
Ohio University student leaders demand campus launch bias reporting system - The College Fix: "Student leaders at Ohio University are clamoring for administrators to launch a bias reporting system, saying they have no way now to effectively report all the acts of “racism, sexism and homophobia” currently taking place on campus.
...Citing frequent and ongoing “racism, sexism and homophobia,” the student measure states “students right now have no effective way of reporting these incidents easily and anonymously online.”
The measure calls on administrators to hurry up and launch the bias reporting system and, in addition to that, develop a marketing plan to promote it on campus.
Ohio University has had a number of “bias” incidents in the past, most notably the spraying of “Build the Wall” and similar slogans on the campus free speech wall, she said. Incidents like that have motivated the push for a reporting tool, she said.
...An archived version of the “Ohio University Bobcats Response Team” page reveals that Ohio University considers “bullying,” “gestures,” and “graffiti and/or signs” as bias incidents.
That page was taken offline recently for unknown reasons..."
...Citing frequent and ongoing “racism, sexism and homophobia,” the student measure states “students right now have no effective way of reporting these incidents easily and anonymously online.”The measure calls on administrators to hurry up and launch the bias reporting system and, in addition to that, develop a marketing plan to promote it on campus.
Ohio University has had a number of “bias” incidents in the past, most notably the spraying of “Build the Wall” and similar slogans on the campus free speech wall, she said. Incidents like that have motivated the push for a reporting tool, she said.
...An archived version of the “Ohio University Bobcats Response Team” page reveals that Ohio University considers “bullying,” “gestures,” and “graffiti and/or signs” as bias incidents.
That page was taken offline recently for unknown reasons..."
History for October 18
History for October 18 - On-This-Day.com:
Henri Bergson 1859 - Philosopher, author, Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) 1926 - Singer, George C. Scott 1927 - Actor ("Patton," "Taps")
Mike Ditka 1939 - Football player and coach, Lee Harvey Oswald 1939 - Accused of assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Martina Navratilova 1956 - Tennis player
1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1842 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1929 - The Judicial Committee of England’s Privy Council ruled that women were to be considered as persons in Canada.
1943 - The first broadcast of "Perry Mason" was presented on CBS Radio. The show went to TV in 1957.
1961 - Henri Matiss' "Le Bateau" went on display at New York's Museum of Modern Art. It was discovered 46 days later that the painting had been hanging upside down.
1968 - Two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving a "black power" salute during a ceremony in Mexico City.
1969 - The U.S. government banned artificial sweeteners due to evidence that they caused cancer.
Monday, October 17, 2016
Hillary Clinton's & Barack Obama’s E-mails -- WikiLeaks Reveals John Podesta’s Concern | National Review
Hillary Clinton's & Barack Obama’s E-mails -- WikiLeaks Reveals John Podesta’s Concern | National Review:
"We now know that Podesta was very concerned about the Obama-Clinton e-mails and turned to Mills for advice. His succinct e-mail to Mills is dated March 4, 2015 (at 8:41 p.m.), and he entitled it “Special Category.” He stated:
Think we should hold emails to and from potus? That’s the heart of his exec privilege. We could get them to ask for that. They may not care, but I [sic] seems like they will."
Think we should hold emails to and from potus? That’s the heart of his exec privilege. We could get them to ask for that. They may not care, but I [sic] seems like they will."
Here's Why You Deserve a State Income Tax Cut
Here's Why You Deserve a State Income Tax Cut [Michigan Capitol Confidential]:
"Recent Michigan legislatures have taken more from regular people with new tax hikes while giving more to politically well-connected interests through municipal bailouts and corporate giveaways.
It’s the people’s turn for something positive, and this is the right time and environment for a substantial state income tax cut.
Legislators are sympathetic, and want you to know it:
In every recent legislative session, bills have been introduced to lower the income tax rate.
But they never move.
The excuse is always the same: “Budget pressures are growing; we might have to cut spending if citizens get to keep more.”
The excuse is irrelevant.
Yes, a lower income tax rate is likely to reduce state government revenues in the short run.
But in the long run, income tax cuts encourage growth and can result in higher revenues to the state treasury.
Lowering tax rates lowers the barriers to investing in Michigan, and letting people keep more encourages them to earn more.
More money than ever is now rolling into the treasury.
Tax revenues are up from $25.2 billion at the low point of the last recession to $31.0 billion this year. Some of that increase should be returned to the regular taxpayers who pay the bills.
...In 2012, when Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch wanted hockey arena subsidies, Lansing found a way.
Today it's Dan Gilbert’s Detroit real estate holdings and yet another “economic development” scheme.
The final price tag is unknown, but the Senate, at least, seems poised to write a blank check.
Scores of other machinations to redistribute income to developers have been introduced in the current Legislature, and many have passed the House or Senate.
Others create more potential for distributing privatized gains and socialized risks, such as a Michigan Senate public-private partnership bill and a House-passed bill to involve developers in port authorities.
So when do regular people who receive no special government favors get their chance for some relief?
...Today, legislative appropriators are already discussing politically feasible ways to pay for more corporate handouts.
Those discussions should instead be repurposed to finding a way to let regular taxpayers keep more of what they earn..."
"Recent Michigan legislatures have taken more from regular people with new tax hikes while giving more to politically well-connected interests through municipal bailouts and corporate giveaways.
It’s the people’s turn for something positive, and this is the right time and environment for a substantial state income tax cut.
Legislators are sympathetic, and want you to know it:
In every recent legislative session, bills have been introduced to lower the income tax rate.
But they never move.
The excuse is always the same: “Budget pressures are growing; we might have to cut spending if citizens get to keep more.”
The excuse is irrelevant.Yes, a lower income tax rate is likely to reduce state government revenues in the short run.
But in the long run, income tax cuts encourage growth and can result in higher revenues to the state treasury.
Lowering tax rates lowers the barriers to investing in Michigan, and letting people keep more encourages them to earn more.
More money than ever is now rolling into the treasury.
Tax revenues are up from $25.2 billion at the low point of the last recession to $31.0 billion this year. Some of that increase should be returned to the regular taxpayers who pay the bills.
...In 2012, when Detroit Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch wanted hockey arena subsidies, Lansing found a way.
Today it's Dan Gilbert’s Detroit real estate holdings and yet another “economic development” scheme.
The final price tag is unknown, but the Senate, at least, seems poised to write a blank check.
Scores of other machinations to redistribute income to developers have been introduced in the current Legislature, and many have passed the House or Senate.
Others create more potential for distributing privatized gains and socialized risks, such as a Michigan Senate public-private partnership bill and a House-passed bill to involve developers in port authorities.
So when do regular people who receive no special government favors get their chance for some relief?
...Today, legislative appropriators are already discussing politically feasible ways to pay for more corporate handouts.
Those discussions should instead be repurposed to finding a way to let regular taxpayers keep more of what they earn..."
Watch the 21 PragerU Videos That YouTube Is Censoring
Watch the 21 PragerU Videos That YouTube Is Censoring
YouTube is currently restricting 21 educational videos from PragerU, a conservative advocacy organization.
Click link to see all the 21 "OFFENSIVE" videos.
YouTube is currently restricting 21 educational videos from PragerU, a conservative advocacy organization.
According to YouTube, videos that are restricted contain vulgar language, violence and disturbing imagery, nudity and sexually suggestive content, and portrayal of harmful or dangerous activities.
Videos that fit this description are not available to logged-out users, those who are under 18 years of age, or those who have activated restricted mode, according to YouTube.
PragerU believes YouTube to be censoring these 21 videos, according to a press release from PragerU.
The list below contains all of the videos currently under question by YouTube.
This video explores the debate that the police are targeting African-American communities.
2. Why Don’t Feminists Fight for Muslim Women?
Why do feminists claim to be champions of women’s rights everywhere, but do not fight for women facing oppression in Muslim countries? This video attempts to answer that question.
Why do feminists claim to be champions of women’s rights everywhere, but do not fight for women facing oppression in Muslim countries? This video attempts to answer that question.
Click link to see all the 21 "OFFENSIVE" videos.
WikiLeaks: Podesta Asks Cheryl Mills If They Should 'Withhold' POTUS Emails After Benghazi Subpoena - Cortney O'Brien
WikiLeaks: Podesta Asks Cheryl Mills If They Should 'Withhold' POTUS Emails After Benghazi Subpoena - Cortney O'Brien:
"The House Select Committee on Benghazi subpoenaed the State Department on March 4, 2015 asking for key emails on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server. A new WikiLeaks email reveals just how nervous the Obama administration was about the subpoena. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta emailed Cheryl Mills, a former aide to Clinton, to ask if they should withhold President Obama's emails from the committee. "
"The House Select Committee on Benghazi subpoenaed the State Department on March 4, 2015 asking for key emails on former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private server. A new WikiLeaks email reveals just how nervous the Obama administration was about the subpoena. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta emailed Cheryl Mills, a former aide to Clinton, to ask if they should withhold President Obama's emails from the committee. "
Affirmative action director says people who oppose PC culture suffer from 'fragility'
Affirmative action director says people who oppose PC culture suffer from 'fragility' - The College Fix:
"‘People who have traditionally held power’ are suppressing speech?
Nizam Arain of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse doesn’t think there’s any danger in people speaking their minds in politically incorrect ways.
In fact, their fear of being blacklisted, disciplined or fired for questioning the prevailing progressive wisdom at the public university is a sign of their “fragility.”
At a campus “teach-in” on free speech and civil discourse last week, the “Affirmative Action director and Title IX coordinator” (also a lawyer) gave 50-60 students an overview of the First Amendment and common misunderstandings of its effect, the La Crosse Tribune reports.
...He also addressed the issue of political correctness during his remarks, saying marginalized groups also have the right to free speech, and those who have privilege are now being called out for their views.
It’s a new experience for people who have traditionally held power, he said, and they are reacting poorly to the experience.
“It is evidence to me of a kind of fragility,” Arain said, “where people can only feel free to speak their mind if no one is going to contradict them.”...
Read on!
"‘People who have traditionally held power’ are suppressing speech?
Nizam Arain of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse doesn’t think there’s any danger in people speaking their minds in politically incorrect ways.
At a campus “teach-in” on free speech and civil discourse last week, the “Affirmative Action director and Title IX coordinator” (also a lawyer) gave 50-60 students an overview of the First Amendment and common misunderstandings of its effect, the La Crosse Tribune reports.
...He also addressed the issue of political correctness during his remarks, saying marginalized groups also have the right to free speech, and those who have privilege are now being called out for their views.
It’s a new experience for people who have traditionally held power, he said, and they are reacting poorly to the experience.
“It is evidence to me of a kind of fragility,” Arain said, “where people can only feel free to speak their mind if no one is going to contradict them.”...
Read on!
Holi crapoli, it's me and TJ!--Lunch video-----Local Taxpayers Speak Out on Pension Underfunding
"Jim Riley got his own fiscal house in order so he could retire.
Now he wonders why his city government can’t do the same for their employees, and taxpayers who could end with huge bills from the unfunded retirement liabilities.
Riley was inspired to take action after reading the Mackinac Center’s ranking of pension underfunding for Michigan’s largest 100 cities.
Riley was shocked when he saw his seemingly tranquil lakeshore community ranking sixth from the bottom.
He is now alerting his neighbors about this fiscal storm and encouraging them to keep the pressure on city leaders.
The retired financial planner enjoys living in Norton Shores and wants to stay there indefinitely but worries that rising taxes from unfunded pension and retirement healthcare liabilities will chase residents and businesses away, making the problem worse.
He encourages taxpayers and businesses in other communities with similar liabilities to also speak out and that lawmakers pass laws prohibiting underfunding.
Now he wonders why his city government can’t do the same for their employees, and taxpayers who could end with huge bills from the unfunded retirement liabilities.
Riley was inspired to take action after reading the Mackinac Center’s ranking of pension underfunding for Michigan’s largest 100 cities.
Riley was shocked when he saw his seemingly tranquil lakeshore community ranking sixth from the bottom.
He is now alerting his neighbors about this fiscal storm and encouraging them to keep the pressure on city leaders.
The retired financial planner enjoys living in Norton Shores and wants to stay there indefinitely but worries that rising taxes from unfunded pension and retirement healthcare liabilities will chase residents and businesses away, making the problem worse.
He encourages taxpayers and businesses in other communities with similar liabilities to also speak out and that lawmakers pass laws prohibiting underfunding.
IT’S OVER: Hillary’s ISIS Email Just Leaked & It’s Worse Than Anyone Could Have Imagined… | Friends of Syria
IT’S OVER: Hillary’s ISIS Email Just Leaked & It’s Worse Than Anyone Could Have Imagined… | Friends of Syria:
"Maybe it has something to do with the fact that The Saudi’s brag about funding 20% of Hillary’s Presidential campaign, and along with Qatar, are among the largest donors to the CLINTON FOUNDATION.
Is it any mystery now why ISIS has flourished under the Obama/Clinton administration? The United States has created armed and funded the terrorists overthrowing Syria via our Terrorist State allies. When you know this it makes you look at the situation in Syria differently. Perhaps Russia and Iran are the ones fighting ISIS, it stands to reason once you know we are fighting Russia, and at the same time arming ISIS."
Is it any mystery now why ISIS has flourished under the Obama/Clinton administration? The United States has created armed and funded the terrorists overthrowing Syria via our Terrorist State allies. When you know this it makes you look at the situation in Syria differently. Perhaps Russia and Iran are the ones fighting ISIS, it stands to reason once you know we are fighting Russia, and at the same time arming ISIS."
Global Warming be Damned: Record Corn, Soybeans, Wheat
Global Warming be Damned: Record Corn, Soybeans, Wheat « Roy Spencer, PhD
"For many years we have been warned that climate change is creating a “climate crisis”, with heat and drought reducing agricultural yields to the point that humanity will suffer.
Every time there’s a drought, we are told that this is just one more example of human-caused climate change.
But droughts have always occurred.
The question is:
Are they getting worse?
And, has modest warming had any effects on grain yields?
We have yet to experience anything like the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, or the mega-droughts the western U.S. tree ring record suggests occurred in centuries past.
And even if they do occur, how do we know they were not caused by the same natural factors that cause those previous droughts?
While “global warming” must cause more precipitation overall (because there is more evaporation), whether this means increased drought conditions anywhere is pretty difficult to predict because it would require predicting an average change in weather patterns, which climate models so far have essentially no skill at.
So, here we are with yet another year (2016) experiencing either record or near-record yields in corn, soybeans, and wheat.
Even La Nina, which was widely feared would cause reduced crop yields this year, did not materialize.
How can this be?
How has Climate Changed in the U.S. Corn Belt?...
Read on!
"For many years we have been warned that climate change is creating a “climate crisis”, with heat and drought reducing agricultural yields to the point that humanity will suffer.
Every time there’s a drought, we are told that this is just one more example of human-caused climate change.
But droughts have always occurred.
The question is:
Are they getting worse?
We have yet to experience anything like the Dust Bowl drought of the 1930s, or the mega-droughts the western U.S. tree ring record suggests occurred in centuries past.
And even if they do occur, how do we know they were not caused by the same natural factors that cause those previous droughts?
While “global warming” must cause more precipitation overall (because there is more evaporation), whether this means increased drought conditions anywhere is pretty difficult to predict because it would require predicting an average change in weather patterns, which climate models so far have essentially no skill at.
So, here we are with yet another year (2016) experiencing either record or near-record yields in corn, soybeans, and wheat.
Even La Nina, which was widely feared would cause reduced crop yields this year, did not materialize.
How can this be?
How has Climate Changed in the U.S. Corn Belt?...
Read on!
Blog: The little act that is destroying the country
Blog: The little act that is destroying the country:
"In 1958, New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. issued an executive order that permitted municipal employees to be represented by unions for collective bargaining.
This order came to be called the “little Wagner act,” not because it was insignificant (its effects would be vast), but because it followed the “big” Wagner act, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 authored by the mayor’s father, United States senator Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
When he became president, John Kennedy observed that Junior’s “little act” had revolutionized New York City politics.
Democrat officials and union leaders now shared an interest in lavishly spending public money on public salaries and pensions, which would circle back to the unions in the form of increased dues, and then back to the politicians themselves in the form of campaign contributions and advertising.
It was a virtuous circle in which all were winners, except the taxpayers who financed it.
With his Executive Order 10988 in 1962, President Kennedy imposed the “little Wagner act” on the entire country.
Now federal employees could join unions and negotiate wages, hours and overtime, vacations and holidays, work rules, and job security.
Other cities and states followed suit.
Politicians became entrenched with union support, the unions grew rich on Democrat largesse, the Democratic Party became the Party of Government, and the costs of operating government began to soar.
We’re still paying the consequences of that little act.
Our national debt doubles every eight years.
But no amount of money, it seems, is enough to improve the performance of employees who cannot be fired.
In recent years, we’ve learned of mind-numbing incompetence and spirit-sapping malfeasance by federal employees.
But nobody takes responsibility, nobody pays a price.
So when politicians tell us that some of us aren’t paying our “fair share,” and when we find out that we can’t dismiss even grossly incompetent “public servants,” well, that’s when our stomachs start to churn..."
"In 1958, New York City mayor Robert F. Wagner, Jr. issued an executive order that permitted municipal employees to be represented by unions for collective bargaining.
This order came to be called the “little Wagner act,” not because it was insignificant (its effects would be vast), but because it followed the “big” Wagner act, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 authored by the mayor’s father, United States senator Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
When he became president, John Kennedy observed that Junior’s “little act” had revolutionized New York City politics.
Democrat officials and union leaders now shared an interest in lavishly spending public money on public salaries and pensions, which would circle back to the unions in the form of increased dues, and then back to the politicians themselves in the form of campaign contributions and advertising.
It was a virtuous circle in which all were winners, except the taxpayers who financed it.
With his Executive Order 10988 in 1962, President Kennedy imposed the “little Wagner act” on the entire country.
Now federal employees could join unions and negotiate wages, hours and overtime, vacations and holidays, work rules, and job security.
Other cities and states followed suit.
Politicians became entrenched with union support, the unions grew rich on Democrat largesse, the Democratic Party became the Party of Government, and the costs of operating government began to soar.
We’re still paying the consequences of that little act.
Our national debt doubles every eight years.
In recent years, we’ve learned of mind-numbing incompetence and spirit-sapping malfeasance by federal employees.
- In “Fast and Furious,” the ATF sold guns to Mexican drug cartels – then lost track of them with predictable consequences.
- Homeland Security failed to find 95% of smuggled weapons and explosives in a security test.
- The EPA accidentally poisoned Colorado’s Animas River with three million gallons of toxic sludge. The Department of Veterans Affairs wasted $6 billion on artwork, furniture, bloated contracts, and employee bonuses, while veterans died waiting for medical treatment.
- Terrible tales of bungling have similarly tainted the CDC, the GSA, the IRS, the Pentagon, the Department of Justice, and the FBI, and even the Secret Service.
But nobody takes responsibility, nobody pays a price.
So when politicians tell us that some of us aren’t paying our “fair share,” and when we find out that we can’t dismiss even grossly incompetent “public servants,” well, that’s when our stomachs start to churn..."
Leaked Email: Clinton Campaign Plotted To Threaten Supreme Court Over ObamaCare Ruling
Leaked Email: Clinton Campaign Plotted To Threaten Supreme Court Over ObamaCare Ruling:
"Here's an interesting bit from the latest trove of Clinton campaign emails leaked out Thursday morning: Clinton operatives were conspiring in June 2015 on how to best threaten the Supreme Court to rule their way in King v. Burwell, the case that could have effectively ended ObamaCare.
On June 2, 2015, Neera Tanden, the president of the leftist Center for American Progress, emailed Clinton advisor Jake Sullivan her thoughts on how to put the most pressure on the Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare."
On June 2, 2015, Neera Tanden, the president of the leftist Center for American Progress, emailed Clinton advisor Jake Sullivan her thoughts on how to put the most pressure on the Supreme Court to rule in favor of ObamaCare."
2 Simple Charts Show Which State Pensions Are Most Likely To Enforce Benefit Cuts
2 Simple Charts Show Which State Pensions Are Most Likely To Enforce Benefit Cuts | Zero Hedge
"A new research note from Moody's found that State pension funds were underfunded by $1.3 trillion at the end of FY15 but was expected to grow to $1.8 trillion at the end of FY17 as pensions continue to struggle with low returns...
"A new research note from Moody's found that State pension funds were underfunded by $1.3 trillion at the end of FY15 but was expected to grow to $1.8 trillion at the end of FY17 as pensions continue to struggle with low returns...
Per the following chart, many states have racked up over $20,000 of liabilities per capita, a level from which it will be very difficult to recover absent benefit cuts, massive tax hikes and/or a federal bailout.
Looking at pensions on a standalone basis, New Jersey, Illinois and Alaska remain the most at risk with underfunded liabilities equal to over $10,000 per person living in those states. Meanwhile, only Wisconsin and South Dakota have fully funded plans.
But, as the CATO Institute points out, the pension crisis is likely much worse than what most auditor reports would suggest because discount rates of 7.4% are unreasonably high. CATO estimates that reducing the discount rate from 7.4% to 2.7% would increase state pension underfunded liabilities from $1.2 trillion to $3.4 trillion.
Pension shortfalls are actually larger than these figures indicate. Those are the officially reported figures, but financial experts think that the discount rates used to report pension liabilities are too high. Higher discount rates reduce reported liabilities and create an overly optimistic picture of pension plan health.In his study, Rauh recalculated pension plan funding using a 2.7 percent discount rate, rather than the official average rate of 7.4 percent. His recalculated unfunded liability jumps from $1.2 trillion to $3.4 trillion. Similarly, Munnell and Aubry found that their unfunded pension liabilities jumped to $4.1 trillion if plans are estimated using a 4 percent discount rate. Under that assumption, the funding level of state and local pension plans averages just 45 percent.
Unfortunately, the pension ponzi becomes more and more unsustainable each year with funds simply borrowing from future benefit payments, which are almost certainly impaired in many states, while paying current benefit recipients in full. While these types of "kick the can down the road" games can be played for a long time, eventually the massive underfundings will have to be addressed...and that will not be a pretty day.
History for October 17
History for October 17 - On-This-Day.com
Arthur Miller 1915, Rita Hayworth 1918, Tom Poston 1927
Jimmy Breslin 1930 - Newspaper columnist, Evel Knievel (Robert Craig) 1938, George Wendt 1948 - Actor ("Cheers")
1777 - American troops defeated British forces in Saratoga, NY. It was the turning point in the American Revolutionary War.
1888 - The first issue of "National Geographic Magazine" was released at newsstands.
1931 - Al Capone was convicted on income tax evasion and was sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was released in 1939.
1945 - Colonel Juan Peron became the dictator of Argentina after staging a coup in Buenos Aires.
1973 - The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) began an oil-embargo against several countries including the U.S. and Great Britain. The incident stemmed from Western support of Israel when Egypt and Syria attacked the nation on October 6, 1973. The embargo lasted until March of 1974.
1979 - Mother Teresa of India was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1987 - U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan underwent a modified radical mastectomy at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
1989 - An earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter Scale hit the San Francisco Bay area in California. The quake caused about 67 deaths, 3,000 injuries, and damages up to $7 billion.
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