There is nothing in life quite as predictable as the unpredictable life-changing event.
Saturday, March 28, 2020
On this day in 1979,
The Three Mile Island Accident
The End of Nuclear Plant Construction in the U.S.
Video: New York Times' retrospective.
Friday, March 27, 2020
On this day in 1836,
Santa Ana Executes 417 Texan Revolutionaries At Gilead After The Slaughter At The Alamo
Colonel James Fannin, the commander of the captured Texian Army at Goliad, asked for humane treatment for himself and his Texian soldiers but his request was denied. Fannin was tortured and then shot in the head, and his men brutally murdered
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On this day in 1829, the Petticoat Scandal:
Andrew Jackson
Appoints John Eaton Sec'y of War
and Scandalizes D.C. Society Prudes
Who Don't Like Eaton's Wife
Jackson spends most of first term defending Eaton and his appointment
Video summary
Thursday, March 26, 2020
On this day eight years ago,
Obama's Pre-Election Collusion With Russia
(In Plain Sight and on Open Mic)
Video of conversation
Wednesday, March 25, 2020
On this day in 1911,
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Kills 146 Workers in NYC
The Fire Was On The Top Floors Which Had Inadequate Escape Routes |
62 Workers Jumped To Their Deaths |
On this day in 1865,
The Battle of Ft. Stedman -
Robert E. Lee's Last Attack of the Civil War
Video summary
Sunday, March 22, 2020
Starting on this day in 1984, one of the greatest episodes of mass hysteria and injustice in American history:
The Martin Preschool Sex Abuse Trial
The trial lasted seven years and cost $15 million,
the longest and most expensive criminal case in the history of the United States legal system,
and produced no convictions
NBC News video
On this day in 1947,
More here via the Truman Presidential Library
TRUMAN ORDERS LOYALTY TESTS
FOR ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
On this day 62 years ago, Democrat President Harry Truman ordered loyalty tests for all federal employees to flush out all those who were communist sympathizers or aligned with “totalitarian, fascist or subversive” organizations. Truman’s order demanded “complete and unswerving loyalty” to the United States, with anything less being deemed “a threat to our democratic process.” Each federal department and agency set up Loyalty Boards to enforce the order.
More here via the Truman Presidential Library
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