Fri, Apr 11
2011—Pres. B. Obama mocks birther Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Uh-oh…. 2006—Veep Dick “Dick” Cheney’s first pitch at the Nationals’ home opener draws jeers and catcalls. 2002—Venezuelan generals replace elected President Hugo Chavez with CIA-approved Pedro Carmona. 1985—Reagan, it’s said, will lay a wreath at Bitburg, where American and German soldiers lie buried. Nope—that’s Waffen SS-only. 1968—Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law. 1966—Set out as bait at Xa Cam My by the CO of the Big Red One, Charlie Co., 2/16th Inf., 134 strong, is ambushed. Relief plans go awry, friendly fire happens; 36 KIA, 71 …