Volume 270 | No. 2

1984—A Provisional IRA bomb in a Brighton hotel kills five, but its top target, Maggie Thatcher, is unscathed. 1972—A race riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawk leaves 47 injured. 1970—Lieut. William Calley is court-martialed for 102 murders. 1968—Navy nurse Susan Schnall drops anti-war leaflets from a plane onto five Bay-area military bases. 1964—JFK’s intimate friend Mary Pinchot Meyer is murdered under the murkiest of circumstances. 1964—Canadian John Watkins, suspected of spying by CIA man James Jesus Angleton, is interrogated to death in a Montreal hotel. 1963—Bone spurs? What bone spurs? Donald Trump leads a drill team in N.Y.C.’s Columbus Day Parade. 1961—The FBI launches a …

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2006—Nine years after she was hit by a lampost knocked over by a Macy’s parade balloon, Kathleen Caronna’s Manhattan apartment burns after being struck by Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle’s crashing Cirrus airplane. 2003—Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martinez, 33, gives Yankee coach Don Zimmer a shove, knocking the 72-year old Zimmer to the ground. 2002—The U.S. Senate approves the error made yesterday by the House. 1991—Anita Hill testifies before Congress that she was sexually harassed by her former boss, Supreme Court Justice-to-be Clarence Thomas. 1973—Henry Kissinger tells Brent Scowcroft that President Nixon can’t take a call from the British Prime Minister because he’s too “loaded.” 1963—NSAM …

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2019—CNN: “Two men connected to Giuliani’s Ukraine efforts charged with funneling foreign money into [Donald Trump’s] U.S. election.” 2015—News reports say two 1976 assassinations in Washington, D.C. were ordered by CIA-installed Chilean dictator A. Pinochet, and covered up by the CIA and President Reagan. 2012—Donald Trump projects, accusing Barack Obama of “laundering money into his campaign from illegal online foreign donations.” 2002—The House votes to let Presidents use the Pentagon as they please. 1991—Seven of New Hampshire’s largest banks, holding 25% of all deposits and 60% of all commercial loans, are closed by regulators. 1990—Coached by Hill & Knowlton, the Kuwaiti Ambassador’s daughter lies to …

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2005—Four people die as the Cold River floods Alstead, N.H. 2001—Two Democratic Senators receive letters carrying anthrax spores. 1998—In “a mockery of the regulatory process” that “brazenly violates existing law,” Citicorp and Travelers Group merge into Citigroup, enriching Sandy Weill and Jamie Dimon but costing taxpayers billions. 1992—A meteorite strike in Peekskill, N.Y. turns Michelle Knapp’s $300 Chevy Malibu into a tourist attraction she sells for $25,000. 1974—Rep. Wilbur Mills [D-Ark.] is stopped at 2 a.m. for speeding with his headlights off. His passenger, Fanne [sic] Foxe, aka “The Argentine Firecracker,” hops into the Tidal Basin. 1967—Ernesto “Che” Guevara taunts his executioner: “Just shoot, you …

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2004—American warplanes miss Abu Musab al Zarqawi but kill 13 people at a wedding instead. 1991—House Speaker Tom Foley [D-Wash.] says the Sergeant-at-Arms will fix no more traffic tickets for Reps. 1985—Dining at the White House, President Reagan “praises incessantly” his guest’s most recent work of art: Rambo: First Blood, Part II. 1974—Undermined by Mafioso Michele Sindona, pal of President Nixon’s Treasury Secretary David Kennedy, Franklin National Bank goes bust. 1969—A three-day riot branded “Days of Rage” begins in Chicago. 1968—Washington, D.C. riots after police shoot a Black man. 1967—Ernesto “Che” Guevara is captured by Bolivian troops led by the CIA’s Felix Rodriguez. 1955—“The nations …

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2020—The nation is mesmerized during the Vice Presidential debate, as a fly takes a stroll on Mike Pence’s hair. 2016—The Washington Post releases a videotape on which the GOP Presidential candidate brags about grabbing women by their genitals. Hours later, hacked emails of his opponent’s campaign chairman are released. 2004—George W.[MD] Bush and Dick “Dick” Cheney do the bait-and-switch: so what if Saddam didn’t have WMDs—he cheated on oil-for-food. 2001—“Operation Enduring Freedom” begins with the CIA botching the first-ever drone strike; Taliban chief Mullah Omar gets away. 1996—Fox News begins broadcasting mass quantities of insidious swill. 1985—Attorney General Ed “Meese is a Pig” Meese explains …

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