The Alleged Editor

2016—In Las Vegas, Michael Steven Sandford, 20, a mentally-ill British man on an expired visa, attempts to grab a cop’s Glock to kill Donald Trump, who’s 30 feet away. He fails. 2009—Manchester Mayor Frank Guinta steps over a man with a leg broken in a brawl to exit the Fish & Game Social Club before EMTs arrive. 1989—RIP I.F. Stone, legendary journalist who said, “Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.” 1965—Operation Arc Light begins: 27 B-5s fly from Guam to bomb the ’Nam. Two collide and crash due to navigational errors, a third goes down after in-flight refueling …

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2017—By doing everything wrong, officers of the U.S.S. Fitzgerald get a nimble destroyer rammed by a hulking Japanese container ship. Seven enlisted sailors die, three more are injured, repairs will cost $367 million. 2015—Nine people are massacred in a Charleston, S.C. church by a white supremacist punk. 1991—Pres. Taylor’s mortal remains are exhumed for forensic examination. 1982—Found hanging under a London bridge: R. Calvi, “God’s banker.” 1972—Nixon’s spies hit Democratic HQ at the Watergate, but a black Vietnam vet discovers them. 1967—Defense Sec. Robert [Very] Strange McNamara authorizes a secret history of the Vietnam War. 1958—Sherman Adams, N.H.’s ex-Gov., now Ike’s Chief of Staff, admits …

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2006—The Supreme Court rules that evidence seized by cops violating “no knock” rules can be used as evidence. Souter says “No.” 2002—Accounting firm Arthur Anderson is convicted of obstructing justice by impeding an investigation into G.W.[MD] Bush’s top financial contributor, Enron. 1967—Gov. Reagan (R-Calif.) signs a bill liberalizing abortion laws. 1920—A mob of thousands drags three black circus workers from the Duluth, Minn. jail; arrested for a rape that didn’t happen, they’re lynched. 1917—Woodrow Wilson signs the Espionage Act. Emma Goldman and Alexander Berkman are promptly arrested for conspiring to “induce persons not to register” for the draft. 1913—At Bud Bagsak in the Philippines, designer …

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2019—“Last Call” at The Hammer. 2015—For $50 each, 240 actors cheer on cue in the lobby of Trump Tower as the star of a cancelled TV show announces he’s running for President. 2000—The Energy Department finds missing top-secret computer hard drives in a location which had already been searched twice. 1992—Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger is indicted for lying to Congress. 1966—Stokely Carmichael, continuing the March Against Fear as James Meredith recuperates from an assassination attempt, introduces “Black Power” to the nation’s lexicon. 1954—The first Bloomsday goes somewhat awry due to drunkenness. 1944—South Carolina kills George J. Stinney Jr., convicted in a three-hour …

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2016—Lane Graves, 2, is killed by an alligator at Disney World. In response, Disney installs signs warning that alligators are present. 2001—Dennis Koslowski throws a $2.1 million party on Sardinia for his wife Karen’s 40th birthday. Half the cost is covered by Tyco International. 1954—Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill adding “under God” to the Pledge of Allegiance. 1951—Sen. Joe McCarthy (R-Booze) accuses President Eisenhower and General George Marshall of serving the policies of the Kremlin. 1949—The U.S. sends Albert II, a rhesus monkey, into space. 1943—The Supreme Court rules that children cannot be forced to salute the flag if it offends their religious beliefs. …

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2005—Congress apologizes for having failed to pass 200 anti-lynching bills between 1882 and 1968. 2003—“His [Joe Wilson’s] wife is in the [CIA] and is a WMD analyst,” Dep. Sec. of State Richard Armitage tells Bob Woodward. “How about that s__t?” 1989—President George Herbert [Hoover] Walker Bush vetoes a raise in the minimum wage. 1985—Thomas L. Slade and son William are among passengers hijacked on a flight from Beirut, their second such experience in three days. 1983—Pioneer 10 exits the solar system. 1971—Pentagon Papers are published. 1968—A U.S. helicopter crew blasts a Vietnamese command post, killing Saigon’s Police Chief. It’s an accident. 1966—The Supreme Court rules …

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