1848 – The Second French Republic is proclaimed. The first one started with a bloodbath, went on to a dictatorship and finished as a monarchy.
1863 – U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs the National Currency Act into law. This put us solidly on the road to a paper currency backed by the whim of banks.
1917 – The Original Dixieland Jass Band records the first ever jazz record for the Victor Talking Machine Company in New York. “Victrola” used to be almost synonymous with “record player”.
1935 – Adolf Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to be re-formed, violating the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles. Imagine that! A dictator with plans for increased domination ignores international treaty. I’m SOOOO glad that doesn’t happen today…
1936 – Hitler introduces Ferdinand Porsche’s “Volkswagen”, the precursor to the the VW Type 111, or “Beetle”, a particularly delightful car. I owned several.
1952 – United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb.
1960 – A New York bound Alitalia airliner crashed into a cemetery at Shannon, Ireland, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board. Irish rescue crews recover 347 bodies.
1970 – National Public Radio incorporates as a non-profit corporation, assuring the Left of a free forum for its ideas.
1983 – Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” album goes to #1 &stays #1 for 37 weeks, proving the popularity of prancing fop pedophiles.
1993 – World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center explodes, killing 6 and injuring over a thousand, but it’s only a law enforcement matter.
1863 – At least he is rotting where he belongs.
1917 – And many people today will look at you in the same funny way, regardless of whether you say “Victrola” or “record player”…
1993 – Well, in 2001 they improved their performance. With any luck the next time they strike, they will remove the entire fetid sewer where it was located from the face of the earth. “Religion of Peace” and the Big Crapple – positively MADE for each other!
I cannot figure out how 347 bodies were recovered in a crash that killed 34 of the 52 persons on board. Were the cemetery plots also destroyed in the crash, so that accounts for the hundreds of extra bodies?
Also, hard to believe that next year will be 20 years since the first WTC terror attack. I was in high school at the time and I remember a teacher of mine driving me to the city for something, and we passed the North Tower alongside the West Side Highway.
The size of the gaping hole in the tower was truly unreal. Your eyes see something and send a message up to your brain, which your brain simply cannot make sense of. I do not exaggerate when I tell you that the hole in the North Tower was as big as half a city block. It was amazing that the building didn’t topple over.
I hope that for today in history, you are feeling MUCH better!