There is nothing in life quite as predictable as the unpredictable life-changing event.
Saturday, February 22, 2020
40 years ago today:
"Do you believe in miracles?"
U.S. Olympic Team college hockey players upset Soviet Union, world's best hockey team
Video: The final minute and Russia's frantic last shots on goal.
Al Michaels with the call.
Al Michaels with the call.
On this day in 1990, 30 years ago:
The biggest hoax in music history
Milli Vanilli Wins Best New Artist Grammy
Video summary
Friday, February 21, 2020
On this day in 1965,
MALCOLM X ASSASSINATED
BY NATION OF ISLAM
AFTER MODERATING VIEWS TOWARDS WHITES
Video: 1965 Front Page interview
Thursday, February 20, 2020
On this day in 1962,
John Glenn
Becomes First American to Orbit Earth
Archival video footage narrated by Jack Webb of Dragnet fame
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
On this day in 1942,
On this day in 1942, Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the imprisonment of over 100,000 Japanese citizens solely because of their national origin. The Democrat-appointed majority of the Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by former KKK member Hugo Black, upheld the order. The only Republican-appointed member of the Supreme Court dissented. In 1976 Republican President Gerald Ford signed an executive order prohibiting the executive branch from ever taking such action again. In 1988 Republican President Ronald Reagan formally apologized on behalf of the American people and authorized reparations for all those detained or their descendants.
Democrat President FDR Orders
Imprisonment of 100,000+ Japanese Americans
Democrat majority of Supreme Court upholds order;
sole Republican justice dissents
On this day in 1942, Democrat President Franklin Roosevelt ordered the imprisonment of over 100,000 Japanese citizens solely because of their national origin. The Democrat-appointed majority of the Supreme Court, in an opinion authored by former KKK member Hugo Black, upheld the order. The only Republican-appointed member of the Supreme Court dissented. In 1976 Republican President Gerald Ford signed an executive order prohibiting the executive branch from ever taking such action again. In 1988 Republican President Ronald Reagan formally apologized on behalf of the American people and authorized reparations for all those detained or their descendants.
On this day in 1807,
Aaron Burr,
Killer of Alexander Hamilton,
Accused of Treason
Alleged to have tried to form new country in Louisiana, etc.
Arrested in Alabama
Video summary
On this day in 1777,
Benedict Arnold Denied Promotion to General by Continental Congress
Video summary
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Monday, February 17, 2020
On this day in 1862, a turning point for Grant and the Union:
U.S. Grant Captures Fort Donelson
Earns nickname "Unconditional Surrender"
Was this the most important battle of the Civil War?
Video summary
In response to Confederate commander Simon Boliver Bruckner's request for an armistice with terms, Grant responded:"No terms except immediate and unconditional surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works."
On this day in 1801,
First Presidential Election Deadlock Broken
Thomas Jefferson Selected After Tying with the Despicable S.O.B. Aaron Burr
A Hip Hughes History video
Sunday, February 16, 2020
On this day in 1804,
"The Most Daring Act of the Age"
Stephen Decatur's Raid Destroys
U.S. S. Philadelphia Hijacked by Barbary Pirates
Video summary
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