Volume 266 | No. 6

1967—Chaplain Angelo “Charlie” Liteky carries 23 wounded men to safety in Vietnam despite intense hostile fire. For his bravery he is given the Medal of Honor, which he returns in 1986 to protest U.S. foreign policy. 1962—Speaking to journalists at the Deadline Club in New York City, Pentagon spokesman Arthur Sylvester says “It’s [the] government’s right, if necessary, to lie to save itself when it’s going up into a nuclear war.” 1951—The National Association of Broadcasters adopts a Code of [Cowardly and Obsequious] Conduct. 1937—The Supreme Court rules poll taxes Constitutional—why should Blacks and poor whites get to vote? 1933—Federal judge John M. Woolsey rules …

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2013—Scott Brown, in N.H., says he’s been helping Republicans “raise awareness as to the issues…here in Massachusetts.” 2002—At a party on Strom Thurmond’s 100th birthday, GOP Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott expresses regret over desegregation. 2001—A B-52, sent the wrong co-ordinates, bombs U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan, killing three. 1996—Federal Reserve Chair Greenspan warns: “irrational exuberance” may have inflated stock prices. 1994—The GOP rams Speaker Gingrich down the House’s throat. 1988—A Grand Jury in N.C. indicts “holy” man Jim Bakker on charges of fraud and conspiracy. 1965—An A-4 Skyhawk accidentally rolls off the U.S.S. Ticonderoga near Japan. Plane, pilot, and one-megaton B43 are still missing. …

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