On this day in
1862, the United States Congress passes a law which makes polygamy a crime. Thankfully, screwing around behind your wife's back remains perfectly legal, if risky.
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On this day in
1867, the Dominion of
Canada is forged from the provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec. So wash down a bacon sandwich and a plate of poutine with a bottle of Moosehead. Or don't. It's entirely up to you.
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On this day in
1879, the first ever edition of the Jehovah’s Witness magazine
The Watchtower is published by
Charles Taze Russell.
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On this day in
1899, the Gideon Society is established with the stated goal of getting a bunch of crazy Christian folks to sneak a copy of the
Holy Bible into every hotel room in the land, in the hopes that doing so will guarantee their ascent into heaven after they die… the poor, deluded fools.
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On this day in
1903, the first ever
Tour de France bicycle race is run.
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On this day in
1908, SOS - short for "Save Our Souls" - is adopted as the international distress signal.
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On this day in
1963, ZIP Codes are introduced for United States mail. This will make it infinitely easier for the elites to herd us all into camps, when the time comes to do so.
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On this day in
1967, the
European Community is formally created out of a merger with the Common Market, the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Commission.
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On this day in
1968, the CIA's
Phoenix Program is officially established. It expressly targets North Vietnamese civilians for terrorization by covert forces, and is thus quite evil and not fondly remembered.
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On this day in
1968, the Nuclear non-proliferation treaty is signed in Washington, D.C., London and Moscow by sixty-two countries. Proliferation continues apace, regardless.
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On this day in
1980,
O Canada officially becomes the national anthem of Canada. The song is already over 100 years old by this point in time.
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On this day in
1981, the Wonderland Murders occurr in the early morning hours, allegedly masterminded by businessman and drug dealer Eddie Nash and partially committed by pornography legend
John Holmes.
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On this day in
1987, President
Ronald Reagan nominates right-wing extremist
Robert Bork for the United States Supreme Court. Thankfully the Democratic-controlled Senate has the good sense to reject this bug-eyed reactionary freak, and turned his last name into a verb. "Bork! Bork! Bork!"
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On this day in 1991, the Warsaw Pact is officially dissolved at a meeting in Prague.
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On this day in
2002, the
International Criminal Court is established to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression. Too bad the US thinks they don't need it!
