Mon, July 27

2008—Shotgunning in a Knoxville church, Jim David Adkisson kills two and wounds seven. He cites Fox News’ Bernard Goldberg as one inspiration. 1996—To protect the sanctity of life, Eric Robert Rudolph bombs the Atlanta Summer Olympics. 1957—Jimmy Wilson (who’s Black) is sentenced to death in Ala. for stealing $1.95 from a woman (white). 1954—Mercenaries overthrow the government of Guatemala at the behest of the CIA. Genocide follows. 1946—Hollywood Reporter owner Billy Wilkerson, uncertain whether to name ten suspected Communists, consults Father Cornelius J. McCoy. He replies, “Get those bastards, Billy.” 1919—After a white man throwing rocks kills a Black man swimming at a segregated Chicago …

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Sun, July 26

1968—The newly elected President of South Vietnam jails the runner-up. 1968—Mexican troops arrest thousands of students and shoot hundreds, killing dozens. 1959—An engine failure forces U.S.M.C. Lt. Col. William Rankin to eject from his F-8 fighter jet over a thunderstorm. Aloft for 40 minutes amid lightning, hail, and -58° temperatures, he survives. 1953—Arizona State Police and National Guard arrest the whole damn town of Short Creek for polygamy. 1950—The U.S. 7th Cavalry, backed by air support, kills between 200 and 400 Korean refugees at No Gun Ri. 1948—Harry Truman orders that the U.S. military be desegregated. 1947—The National Security Act creates the CIA and NSA …

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Sat, July 25

2019—President Trump makes a phone call to Ukraine President Vladimir Zelenskey. It’s “perfect.” 2000—In a touching display of naiveté, George W.[MD] Bush announces that he has picked Dick “Dick” Cheney as running mate. 1990—Ambassador April Glaspie tells Saddam the U.S. won’t take sides in an Iraq-Kuwait border dispute. 1975—Chester Plummer, Jr., a Black ’Nam vet with a three-foot pipe in his hand, becomes the first person shot dead on the White House lawn. 1972—AP: The U.S. used Black men as guinea pigs for 40 years. 1969—Sen. Ted Kennedy gets two months (suspended) for leaving the scene of a fatal accident. 1965—Bob Dylan outrages the Newport …

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Fri, July 24

2017—“Who the hell wants to talk about politics…in front of the Boy Scouts?,” asks Donald Trump, who then talks politics at the Jamboree. 2008—A tornado hits nine towns in N.H., killing a Deerfield woman. 2003—Congress says the FBI and the CIA blew off warnings of a possible al-Qaeda attack on the U.S. 2003—In Iraq, the U.S. proudly displays photographs of the corpses of Uday and Qusay Hussein. 2002—James Traficant (D-Ohio) is booted from the U.S. House of Representatives for taking bribes. 1998—To prevent a cannibal holocaust, Rusty Weston murders Rep. Tom DeLay’s bodyguard and another Capitol cop. Shot and near death himself, he is revived …

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Thurs, July 23

2014—Arizona authorities experimenting with new poisons find Joseph Wood’s execution takes 12 times longer than the expected 10 minutes. 2001—Bank robber Gary Sampson calls the FBI to turn himself in, but a clerk disconnects him. Over the next week he murders three people, including a man in New Hampshire. 1970—The last clash between the U.S. & NVA ends in futility: the 101st Airborne evacuates Firebase Ripcord. Cost: 75 KIAs & 463 WIAs. 1968—Charging the Court nominee was soft on smut, Sen. Strom Thurmond brandishes examples during Abe Fortas’ confirmation hearing. 1967—Cops raid a blind pig in Detroit, interrupting a welcome home party for two Vietnam …

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Wed, July 22

2003—Ratted out by a cousin for a $30 million reward, Uday and Qusay Hussein are shot dead by the 101st. 2001—“I know what I believe,” says G.W.[MD] Bush. “I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe—I believe what I believe is right.” 1991—Milwaukee police arrest Jeffrey Dahmer, infamous cannibal. 1975—Owen J. Quinn parachutes from the top of the South Tower of New York’s World Trade Center. 1974—On the steps of the Capitol, 600 young Moonies begin a three-day fast and prayer-fest for Richard Nixon. 1946—Irgun bombs the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, killing 91. 1934—Chicago FBI agents kill John Dillinger by …

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