Sun, Jan 1
2006—Speaking to amputee vets of his Iraq War, George W.[MD] Bush says “I have an injury myself [from] combat with a cedar. I eventually won.” 1994—NAFTA screws unions, farmers, and the environment, but the Zapatistas stand up to fight back. 1975—Nixon cronies H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and John Mitchell are convicted of felonies. 1959—Castro’s commies take Cuba. 1945—Secret mission is kept too secret: German troops mistakenly shoot down 300 German planes. It’s the Luftwaffe’s worst day of the war. 1880—Elmer J. McCurdy is born in Washington, Maine. He robs banks and trains before he’s shot dead in 1911, then becomes a sideshow attraction and movie …
