Tag: Volume 269 | No. 22 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sat, July 26

1968—Newly elected, the President of South Vietnam jails the runner-up. 1968—Mexico massacres its students. 1959—Lt. Col. William Rankin, U.S.M.C., ejects from his F-8 over a thunderstorm. He survives 40 minutes of lightning and hail at -58°. 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 and turns the War Department into the DoD. 1936—With dozens of fellow Commies along for cover, …

Fri, July 25

2019—President Trump makes a phone call to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. 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. 1965—Dylan’s choice of guitars shocks the Newport Folk Festival. 1952—Généreux Ruest, a disabled watchmaker who helped bomb an airliner, is …

Thurs, 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 …

Wed, 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. 1967—Cops raid a blind pig in Detroit, interrupting a welcome home party for two Vietnam veterans. A five day riot ensues, and 43 die. 1966—Don Wetzel, 82, Research Director for the N.Y. Central, …

Tues, 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 …

Mon, July 21

2024—Joe Biden interrupts his nap to withdraw from the 2024 election. 2007—George W.[MD] Bush invokes the 25th Amendment, making Dick “Dick” Cheney President while Bush gets his colon inspected. 2000—Long-time Texas voter Dick “Dick” Cheney registers in Wyoming to dodge a Constitutional proviso. 2000—The FBI and ATF are exonerated for killing 80 religious fanatics during a 1993 siege in Waco, Texas. 1973—A Mossad hit team mistakenly IDs an innocent Moroccan waiter in Lillehammer, Norway and kills him. 1959—Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green integrates the Red Sox—at last. 1954—As the Geneva Accords free Vietnam from French colonial rule, the U.S. steps in to preserve disorder. 1919—The dirigible …