Monday, May 29, 2017
History for May 29
History for May 29 - On-This-Day.com
Patrick Henry 1736 - Prominent figure in the American Revolution, known for his "Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" speech, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, Gilbert Keith Chesterton 1874 - Writer of philosophy, ontolory, poetry, Oswald Spengler (Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler) 1880 - German historian and philosopher
Bob Hope 1903 - Comedian, actor, John Fitzgerald Kennedy (U.S.) 1917 - 35th President of the United States, refered to by his initials JFK, Al Unser, Sr. 1939 - Automobile racer
1453 - Constantinople fell to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1765 - Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses.
1912 - Fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs at the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, PA, for dancing the Turkey Trot while on the job.
1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws.
1953 - Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1986 - Colonel Oliver North told National Security Advisor William McFarlane that profits from weapons sold to Iran were being diverted to the Contras.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2015 - The Obama adminstration removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist. The two countries had severed diplomatic relations in January of 1961.
Sunday, May 28, 2017
"Mad Dog" Mattis Gives Quote Of The Year | The Daily Caller
"Sec. of Defense James Mattis, known for his frank quotes about the realities of war, offered up a line befitting his nickname, “Mad Dog,” during an interview airing Sunday."
Judge Nap: Lack of Outrage Over NSA's Illegal Searches Is 'Astounding' | Fox News Insider
Judge Nap: Lack of Outrage Over NSA's Illegal Searches Is 'Astounding' | Fox News Insider:
"On "Special Report" tonight, Judge Andrew Napolitano said it's "astounding" that there's not more outrage from Americans over this report, and it's astounding that it's not being more widely reported on by the mainstream media.
"NSA has been doing massive amounts of spying, surveilling, capturing every keystroke on every iPhone and every desktop and every phone call and all fiber optic cable in the United States that they can, without telling the FISA court about it," Judge Napolitano said."
"NSA has been doing massive amounts of spying, surveilling, capturing every keystroke on every iPhone and every desktop and every phone call and all fiber optic cable in the United States that they can, without telling the FISA court about it," Judge Napolitano said."
Merkel Mad: Donald Trump Declines to Endorse Paris Climate Agreement
Merkel Mad: Donald Trump Declines to Endorse Paris Climate Agreement:"Despite heavy lobbying from G7 leaders, President Donald Trump declined to endorse the Paris Climate Agreement in a joint pledge of support for one of former President Barack Obama’s signature achievements in office.
Trump’s decision upset world leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, desperate to convince the president of the agreement’s merits."
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