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Could Pierbattista Pizzaballa be the next Pope? And can he keep his real name? Pope Pizzaballa really has a ring to it.
The White House press secretary refused to rule out arresting U.S. Supreme Court justices.
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Destroying America's reputation, economy, and leverage in 100 days. (Video)
Why worry about mundane things like the implosion of democracy and the loss of individual freedoms? The super volcanoes to which scientists say we should be paying attention. (Video)
Important issue closer to home: do you still have to sort your laundry by color? (Video) TLDW (Too Long Didn’t Watch): It depends.
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KGB Quote of the Day:
"A politician will do anything to keep his job- even become a patriot."
--William Randolph Hearst (Wikipedia link)
(More William Randolph Hearst quotes from the KGB Quotations Database)
Among other things, today is- in no particular order of importance-
International Day for the Foundation of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
International Day of Immunology
KGB REPORT STUFF! (Click on link) On This Day:
1429 – Joan of Arc arrived to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
1553 – Flemish women introduced the practice of starching linen to England.
1770 – James Cook arrived in Australia at Botany Bay, which he named.
1813 – The first U.S. rubber patent ("Varnish of Elastic Gum to Render Water Proof") granted to Jacob F. Hummel.
1852 – The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases was published in Great Britain.
1854 – Lincoln University (originally Ashmun Institute) became the country’s first historically black degree-granting institution of higher education.
1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.
1945 – Conscientious objector Desmond Doss saved 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge, later depicted in the Oscar-winning film "Hacksaw Ridge".
1945 – Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married in a Berlin bunker, only to commit suicide hours later.
1945 – The Dachau concentration camp was liberated by United States troops. (Video)
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast aired an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. (Video)
1961 – ABC's "Wide World of Sports" debuted. (Video)
1968 –“Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” Hair opened on Broadway. (Video)
1974 – President Richard Nixon announced he would release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in response to a Watergate trial subpoena issued in July 1973.
1975 – Charles McMahon and Darwin Lee Judge were the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
1975 – Vietnam War: US began to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war. (Video)
1992 – Riots in Los Angeles began, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people were killed and hundreds of buildings were destroyed. (Video)
1996 – Jonathan Larson's rock musical "Rent" opened at the Nederlander Theatre in New York. It ran for 5,123 performances, won four Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. (Video)
2004 - The World War II Memorial in Washington, DC was opened to the public.
2004 – The last Oldsmobile came off the assembly line at the Lansing Car Assembly plant in Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.
2013 – National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashed during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board. (Video)
2018 – In its 21st season, the animated weekly prime-time series "The Simpsons" aired its 636th episode, surpassing "Gunsmoke" (1955-75), the highest number of episodes of any series on TV. (Video)
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Quotes by or about persons born on this date (Click on link after name for quotes):
1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)
1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1974) (Video)
1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015) (Video)
1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor (Video)
1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer (Video)
1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress (Video)
1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress (Video)
Other birthdays:
1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977) (Video)
1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) (Video)
1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021) (Video)
1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970) (Video)
1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (Video)
1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress (Video)
1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress (Video)
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