LWW'S "On this very day" Posts.... -

[DGUtley]

… in 1960 AD My sister, Mary Kay, was born. Happy Birthday, Sis!!

[MMC]

Just heard today is National Redhead Day. Dont know when they started this National Day. But it is here now.

[DGUtley]

November 5, 1872 - Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in a federal election. On November 5, 1872, women's rights advocate Susan B. Anthony illegally cast her vote in a New York Congressional district election. Read the indictment subsequently brought against her and the transcript of her address to the jury, plus JURIST's trial analysis from Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Anthony was fined $100 after a directed verdict.

https://www.jurist.org/thisday/


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[LWW]

November 5, 1872 - Susan B. Anthony voted illegally in a federal election.

But but but but ... our leftist friends have assured us that this is impossible!

[LWW]

... in 1860 - Abraham Lincoln was elected as the sixteenth POTUS.

... in 1929 AD - At the CYCLEDROME in Providence, Rhode Island the PROVIDENCE STEAM ROLLER defeated the CHICAGO CARDINALS by a score of 16-0 in the first NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUEgame played under artificial lighting.

... in 1947 AD - The longest running television show in US history, 'MEET THE PRESS' debuted on the NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY TELEVISION NETWORK.

[LWW]

... in 1953 AD - The SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA declared that MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL was exempt from anti-trust laws.

... in 1956 AD - Aloysius Martin 'LOU' Thesz regained the NATIONAL WRESTLING ALLIANCE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHP by defeating then champion William John 'WHIPPER BILLY WATSON' Potts in Saint Louis, Missouri. It was the first time that 'wrasslin' had broadcast a title rematch live on nationwide television. The network of choice was the DUMONT TELEVISION NETWORK.

... in 1980 AD - President and Prime Minister Saddam al-Hussein al-Majid al-Tikriti of the IRAQI REPUBLIC declared 'holy war' against the ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN. The 'SECULAR' leader had recently had completed a copy of THE HOLY QUR'AN (THE RECITATION IN ENGLISH) written in twenty seven liters of Saddam's blood.

[DGUtley]

Supreme Court strikes down Massachusetts anti-draft law - On November 9, 1970, the Supreme Court voted 6-3 in Massachusetts v. Laird not to hear the case of the state's anti-draft law. Massachusetts had passed a law, which allowed its citizens to decline to fight in any undeclared war, even if the person was drafted. The law was passed in opposition to the draft and the war in Vietnam. The 1st Circuit found the war constitutional and thus struck down the law.



https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supre...t/400/886.html

[LWW]

... in 1801 AD - THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY outlawed dueling.

... in 1857 AD - Charles Paul Morphy of Marlins, Loooziana defeats Louis Paulsen of Blomberg Principality of Lippe by a score of fourteen wins three losses and a draw to become the first AMERICAN CHESS CONGRESS champion.

... in 1969 AD - Aloysius 'BIG' Bird ... weighing in at eight feet two inches tall and two hundred and eighty pounds ... debuts with the show SESAME STREET on the PUBLIC BROADCASTING SYSTEM.

[LWW]

... in 1634 AD - The IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS passes 'AN ACT FOR THE PUNISHMENT OF THE ACT OF BUGGERY.

... in 1946 AD - The BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, now the NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION, had it's inaugural season opener. The NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS were defeated by the CHICAGO STAGS in overtime. The final score was 78-68. The event was held at MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

... in 1963 AD - EDWARD VINCENT SULLIVAN and BRIAN SAMUEL EPSTEIN agree to do three shows with THE BEATLES on the ED SULLIVAN.

[Chuck]

Why did Variety shows die out? There used to a dozen of them a week; it's how new acts and bands got their starts. Now there are The Voice and AGT, which are variants, and couple of daytime shows, hardly enough to showcase the talent out there these days.