On this day in
1098, Crusaders breach the town of Ma'arrat al-Numan's walls and massacre about 20,000 inhabitants. After finding themselves with insufficient food, they resort to cannibalism.
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On this day in
1408, the
Order of the Dragon a monarchical chivalric
order is created by
Sigismund of Luxembourg, then King of Hungary.
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On this day in
1900,
Lift Every Voice and Sing - the Black National Anthem - is composed. It's a beautiful song.
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On this day in
1917,
Michael Jackson's most favorite place in the whole wide world -
Boys Town! - is founded by
Father Flanagan, just outside Omaha, Nebraska. Also on this day in
1917, the worst train disaster ever occurs in Modane, France, when a train goes off the rails just before entering the Mount Cenis tunnel. An incredible five hundred and forty-three soldiers perish in the crash and ensuing blaze.
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On this day in
1941,
Adolf Hitler announces extermination of the Jews at a meeting in the Reich Chancellery
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On this day in
1957, Rock and Roll legend
Jerry Lee Lewis manages to break two taboos (at least!) in one fell swoop when he marries his 13 year old cousin
Myra Gale Brown while still married to his first wife,
Jane Mitcham.
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On this day in
1959, the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Use of Outer Space is established, then ignored.
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On this day in
1969, the Piazza Fontana bombing takes place when the offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed as part of
Gladio and the
Strategy of Tension.
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On this day in
1979, South Korean Army
Major General Chun Doo-hwan orders the arrest of Army Chief of Staff
General Jeong Seung-hwa without authorization from
President Choi Kyu-ha, alleging involvement in the assassination of ex-President
Park Chung Hee.
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On this day in the year
2000, the Supreme Court of the United States of America delivers their most ridiculous, indefensible decision since
Dred Scott. Click
HERE for scads of information about the transparently partisan
BUSH vs. GORE decision - among other things - then click
HERE for
Vincent Bugliosi's blistering, eloquent essay,
None Dare Call it Treason, which painstakingly and exactingly dissects the decision, concluding that five Republican-appointed Justices committed "the unpardonable sin of being a knowing surrogate for the Republican Party instead of being an impartial arbiter of the law." That's why some of us now refer to Rehnquist, Scalia, Kennedy, O'Connor and Thomas as the
December Criminals. Okay, so only yer old pal Jerky calls them that. It's still an apt moniker for those treasonous suckers of Satan's cock.
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