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Knee Deep in the Hoopla
Epstein strategy dinner canceled after backlash; Trump mocks Tim Cook after gold gift: A Closer Look (Video)
Last Call for Late Night. After 70 years of tucking America into bed, it looks like the curtain is about to come down on the late night genre.
New Tesla Roadster could suck so hard Tesla had to patent it. The patent is called "adaptive vehicle aerodynamics for downforce." It describes an assembly that includes skirts that deploy underneath the car along with four electrically-powered fans at the rear.
From puppy murder to racist podcasts: South Park’s anti-deportation episode is utterly ruthless TV. (Video)
Oh, jeez. Say it ain’t so: Dean Cain, Superman on the 'Lois and Clark' TV show, to become honorary ICE agent.
The Earth didn’t just crack, it curved. "It sent chills down my spine!"
New research reveals elephants have been trying to communicate with us for years. ‘Goal-directed intentionality’ was considered to be a unique human skill – until now.
RFK Jr doubled down on debunked claims about Black people and vaccines. Secretary of Health Robert F Kennedy Jr has doubled down on his historic claims about Black people and vaccines, raising concern among scientists.
Federal judge halts construction at Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Another ‘Florida man’ scandal presents danger for Mike Johnson and the House GOP. Rep. Cory Mills is accused by the current reigning Miss United States of sextortion.
Quote of the Day:
You are free to make choices. You are not free to escape the consequences.
-Howard G. Hendricks (Wikipedia link)
(More Howard G. Hendricks quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Today’s holidays:
Chromosome 8p Day, Global Sleep Under the Stars Night, Happiness Happens Day, International Cat Day, International Infinity Day, National CBD Day, National Dollar Day, National Frozen Custard Day, National Mochi Day, National Pickleball Day, National Spam Musubi Day, National Tarantula Appreciation Day, National Whataburger Day, National Zucchini Day, Odie Day, Ophthalmologist Day, Scottish Wildcat Day, Severe ME Awareness Day, Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbor's Porch Day, and The Date to Create.
Astronomy Picture of the Day from NASA.
On This Day:
2024 – Died: Mitzi McCall, American actress (born 1930)
2024 – Died: Chi-Chi Rodríguez, Puerto Rican professional golfer (born 1935)
2023 – Hawaii wildfires: Seventeen thousand acres of land were burned and at least 101 people were killed, with two missing, when a series of wildfires breaks out on the island of Maui.
2022 – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) executed a search warrant at former president Donald Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida.
2022 – Died: Olivia Newton-John, English-Australian singer-songwriter and actress (born 1948)
2017 – The Walt Disney Company announced plans to create its own streaming service, cancelling ties with Netflix
2017 – Died: Glen Campbell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1936)
2014 – Died: Menahem Golan, Israeli director and producer (born 1929)
2013 – Died: Karen Black, American actress (born 1939)
2010 – China Floods: A mudslide in Zhugqu County, Gansu, killed more than 1,400 people.
2010 – Died: Patricia Neal, American actress (born 1926)
2008 – The 29th modern summer Olympic Games took place in Beijing, China until August 24.
2007 – An EF2 tornado touched down in Kings County and Richmond County, New York, the most powerful tornado in New York to date and the first in Brooklyn since 1889.
2007 – Died: Melville Shavelson, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1917)
2005 – Died: Barbara Bel Geddes, American actress (born 1922)
2004 – A tour bus belonging to the Dave Matthews Band dumped approximately 800 pounds of human waste onto a boat full of passengers in Chicago.
2004 – Died: Fay Wray, Canadian-American actress (born 1907)
1991 – The Warsaw radio mast, then the world’s tallest structure, collapsed.
1991 – Died: James Irwin, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1930)
1990 – Iraq occupied Kuwait and the state was annexed to Iraq. This led to the Gulf War in January, 1991.
1988 – The first night baseball game in the history of Chicago's Wrigley Field; the game was rained out in the fourth inning.
1988 – Died: Alan Napier, English actor (born 1903)
1984 – Died: Richard Deacon, American actor (born 1921)
1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective at noon the next day.
1969 – At a zebra crossing in London, photographer Iain Macmillan took the iconic photo that became the cover image of the Beatles' album Abbey Road.
1965 – Died: Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (born 1916)
1963 – Great Train Robbery: In England, a gang of 15 train robbers stole £2.6 million in bank notes.
1963 – The Kingsmen released their cover of R&B singer Richard Berry's "Louie Louie", which held the No. 2 spot on the Billboard charts for six weeks and has become an enduring classic. (Video)
1960 – "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 (Video)
1945 – The London Charter was signed by France, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union and the United States, establishing the laws and procedures for the Nuremberg trials.
1945 – The Soviet Union declared war on Japan.
1908 – Wilbur Wright made his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France. It is the Wright Brothers' first public flight.
1903 – Black Saturday: 13 killed in a stadium collapse in Philadelphia.
1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1863 – American Civil War: Following his defeat in the Battle of Gettysburg, General Robert E. Lee sent a letter of resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis, which was refused upon receipt.
(For comprehensive lists of the day’s historical events, check here, here, and here.)
Some Birthdays:
1988 – Princess Beatrice, British royal
1981 – Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player
1958 – Deborah Norville, American journalist
1953 – Don Most, American actor and singer
1952 – Robin Quivers, American nurse, radio host/personality, and author
1952 – Anton Fig, South African-American drummer
1951 – Randy Shilts, American journalist and author (died 1994)
1951 – Martin Brest, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1950 – Willie Hall, American drummer and producer
1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor
1948 – Svetlana Savitskaya, Russian engineer and astronaut
1947 – Larry Wilcox, American actor, director, and producer
1944 – John C. Holmes, American film actor (died 1988)
1938 – Connie Stevens, American actress and businesswoman
1937 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor and director
1935 – Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2017)
1931 – Roger Penrose, English physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate
1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh-American author and screenwriter (died 1997)
1926 – Richard Anderson, American actor and producer (died 2017)
1922 – Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the Monokini (died 1985)
1922 – Rory Calhoun, American actor (died 1999)
1921 – Esther Williams, American swimmer and actress (died 2013)
1921 – William Asher, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2012)
1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor and producer (died 2010)
1910 – Sylvia Sidney, American actress (died 1999)
1902 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1984)
1901 – Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1958)
1884 – Sara Teasdale, American poet and educator (died 1933)
1879 – Bob Smith, American physician and surgeon, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died 1950)
1879 – Emiliano Zapata, Mexican general and politician (died 1919)
(A more complete list of today’s birthdays.)
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