"Today in History" by The Associated Press | January 31, 2010
Today's Highlight in History:
On Jan. 31, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announced he had ordered development of the hydrogen bomb.
That's the "highlight," huh?
Sigh.
On this date:
In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for his part in the "Gunpowder Plot" against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.
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In 1945, Pvt. Eddie Slovik, 24, became the first U.S. soldier since the Civil War to be executed for desertion as he was shot by an American firing squad in France.
We need that kind of movement EN MASSE, soldiers!
It's the ONLY WAY this INSANITY is going to get SHUT DOWN!
In 2000: An Alaska Airlines jet plummeted into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 88 people aboard. Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker was suspended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig for disparaging foreigners, homosexuals and minorities in a Sports Illustrated interview. Pro Bowl linebacker Ray Lewis was charged with murder in the deaths of two people outside an Atlanta nightclub hours after the Super Bowl. (Lewis ended his trial early by pleading guilty to obstruction of justice; two codefendants were acquitted.)
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In 2005: Jury selection began in Santa Maria, Calif. for Michael Jackson's child molestation trial. (Jackson was later acquitted.)
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How FAR we have FALLEN, America.Enough to make even Zinn cringe!
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