Tag: Volume 270 | No. 22 - The New Hampshire Gazette

Sat, July 25

2019—Pres. Trump makes a “perfect” phone call to Pres. Zelenskyy. 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 wheeled to Quebec’s …

Fri, 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. 2009—Chen Guojun, a $440,000/year Chinese steel executive, tells 25,000 fired workers they’ll get comped $30. They beat him to death. 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 …

Thurs, 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, …

Wed, 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 …

Tues, 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. 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—With the cops on the sidelines, Blacks in D.C. arm themselves and fight back against white aggression. 1918—At …

Mon, July 20

2017—Secretary of State Tillerson states the obvious to other Administration officials: Trump is “a moron.” 2002—The FBI arrests three former NASA interns for stealing a 600 lb. safe holding moon rocks. 1984—Famed runner and fitness fanatic Jim Fixx dies of a heart attack while jogging at the ripe old age of 52. 1973—Martial artist and fitness fanatic Bruce Lee drops dead at 32. 1971—William F. Buckley’s National Review publishes “secret documents” about the Vietnam War. They’re fake, and he knows it. 1969—Neil Armstrong collects a few souvenirs as he walks on the moon. 1956—A scheduled election intended to reunify Vietnam is blocked by the South, …