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2004—The NY Times admits that its pre-war Iraq coverage was “not as rigorous as it should have been.” 1972—Nixon’s “Plumbers” fail to break into Democrats’ Watergate HQ. 1970—The FBI’s L.A. office writes a memo: give intel on Black Panthers to rivals; with luck they’ll be killed. 1970—The destroyer USS Richard B. Anderson’s departure for Vietnamis delayed due to sabotage by the crew. 1947—An FBI memo duly notes that It’s a Wonderful Life  is communistic. 1937—Ford’s thugs beat hell out of Walter Reuther and three union colleagues in the “Battle of the Overpass.” 1924—Congress sets immigration quotas: Nordic? Cool. Eastern European? Maybe…. “Oriental”? Nope. 1916—Louis Thomas …

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2020—A white cop in Minneapolis murders George Perry Floyd, Jr. 2007—As U. Mass. hands an honorary degree to Andrew Card, George W.[MD] Bush’s ex-Chief of Staff, students and faculty howl and boo. 1988—Evicted from his crypt, Peter Lawford’s ashes are scattered at sea; the National Enquirer covers the cost of the boat—none of his children will. 1986—“Hands Across America” ends hunger and homelessness. Well done! 1981—Kennebunkport native Dan Goodwin, 25, scales Chicago’s Sears Tower while dressed as Spiderman. 1979—Sitting in “Old Sparky,” waiting for the juice, John Spenkelink says, “Capital punishment: them without the capital get the punishment.” 1953—At the Nevada Test Site, the U.S. …

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2005—“See,” mansplains G.W.[MD] Bush, “in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda.” 1989—Being killed by Texas state employees, Stephen McCoy has a violent drug reaction. A male witness faints, knocking over another witness. 1978—Looking to spring skyjacker Garrett B. Trapnell, Barbara Ann Oswald tells Allen Barklage, at gunpoint, to land his helicopter in the Marion, Ill. prison. Barklage grabs her gun and shoots her dead instead. 1976—Formerly-oppressed drug companies are liberated by SCOTUS: now they can advertise all they want. 1971—After a ski pole …

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2012—A mentally-unstable PNSY employee sets a fire that destroys the billion-dollar USS Miami. 1999—Wrestler Owen Hart drops 78 feet to his death in the ring; 15 minutes later, the show resumes. 1976—The Washington Post reports that Rep. Wayne L. Hays’ (D-Ohio) mistress, on his payroll at $14,000 a year, admits she “can’t type…can’t file, [and] can’t even answer the phone.” 1971—Nixon meets with the milk cartel. His campaign gets $2 million, they get a $100 million price hike. 1969—Sgt. Paul Meyer steals a C-130 from Mildenhall, UK and heads for Langley, Va. He crashes into the English Channel—possibly shot down. 1950—The Treaty of Detroit gives …

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2022—Southern Baptists reveal their leaders have been conspiring for years to protect hundreds of sex abusers. 2004—Portsmouth’s Leftist Marching Band debuts in Market Square. 1989—Vice President Dan Quayle says, “I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy—but that could change.” 1980—The U.S. tells South Korea it’s OK to move two paratrooper brigades from the DMZ to Gwangju to “restore order” among unruly civilians. 1977—Gun rights fanatic Harlon Carter takes over the NRA—46 years after murdering Ramón Casiano, 15. 1968—Scorpion, its nuclear torpedos, and 99 crewmen are lost at sea. 1962—Thomas G. Doty buys dynamite and flight insurance, then boards Flight …

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2016—In Houston, hundreds rally to support Islam. Hundreds more rally, armed, to oppose it. Both sides have been duped by a Russian troll farm. 2001—GAO refutes the GOP: Dems did not vandalize the White House. 1981—The Senate OKs $20 billion to resume full-scale production of nerve gas and other chemical weapons. 1980—In Gwangju, Korea, students using weapons looted from armories drive troops from downtown. 1975—Responding to a FOIA request, the CIA debuts its “neither confirm nor deny” non-response. 1952—Blacklisted actor John Garfield dies of a heart attack at 39. 1946—A screwdriver slips; the same plutonium core that killed Harry Daghlian the previous August gives Louis …

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