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| The story you are about to read is true. The name(s) may have been changed to protect the stupid... Bozo criminal for today comes from Middletown, New York, where bozo Antonio Correa answered the door at his residence. Standing outside was a police officer who was responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at that address. We don't know whether there was a domestic problem at the house because our bozo caused a much bigger problem for himself when he answered the door...with a marijuana cigarette tucked behind his ear. Inside the officer also found other paraphernalia. He's busted. |
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| "obscurantism " PRONUNCIATION: (uhb-SKYOOR-uhn-tiz-uhm, ob-skyoo-RAN-tiz-uhm) MEANING: noun: 1. Opposition to the spread of knowledge. 2. Being deliberately vague or obscure; also a style in art and literature. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin obscurare (to make dark). USAGE: "Jean Kirkpatrick possessed the rare gift of being able to write subtle and challenging studies of international politics and to formulate strikingly simple and apt phrases to cut through obscurantism and cant." Joseph P. Duggan; Jeane Kirkpatrick Set a Very High Bar; St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Missouri); Dec 18, 2006. |
1780 ~ Early American mass murder changes common perceptions of crime
In one of the most famous crimes of post-Revolution America, Barnett Davenport commits an awful mass murder in rural
Connecticut. Caleb Mallory, his wife, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren were killed in their home by their boarder,
Davenport.
1820 ~ John Keats falls deathly ill
On this day, poet John Keats, age 24, coughs up blood and realizes he, like his brother Tom, is doomed to die of
tuberculosis. Despite the tender care of his fiancÝe, Fanny Brawne, and a journey to Italy in the hopes of improving his
condition, he dies in February 1821, only 25 years old. But in that short time, he achieved a remarkable reputation as a
leading poet.
1865 ~ Hampton Roads Conference
President Lincoln meets with a delegation of Confederate officials to discuss a possible peace agreement. Lincoln
refuses to grant the delegation any concessions, and the president departs for the north.
1881 ~ Model T maker is born
On this day in 1881, Joseph A. Galamb, a Ford Motor Company engineer and a member of the team of engineers that
developed the Model T, was born in Mako, Hungary. The Model T design would change automotive history with its
reliability, affordability, and capacity for mass production. "If you freeze the design and concentrate on production," Ford
explained, "as the volume goes up, the cars are certain to become cheaper." Thanks to men like Joseph Galamb, the
design for the "Tin Lizzy" met her maker's expectation to bring automobiles to the masses and guaranteed that the New
World would become even newer for the next wave of immigrants. On February 3, 1981, the citizens of Mako, Hungary,
paid tribute to Galamb, honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth.
1889 ~ Belle Starr murdered in Oklahoma
The outlaw Belle Starr is killed when an unknown assailant fatally wounds the famous "Bandit Queen" with two shotgun
blasts from behind. As with the lives of other famous outlaws like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, fanciful accounts printed
in newspapers and dime novels made Belle Starr's harsh and violent life appear far more romantic than it actually was.
1917 ~ U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Germany
On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson speaks for two hours before a historic session of Congress to announce
that the United States is breaking diplomatic relations with Germany.
1922 ~ Fatty Arbuckle trial ends in hung jury
Comic actor and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's trial ends in a hung jury on this day in 1922. Arbuckle, who worked
with Charlie Chaplin and launched Buster Keaton's career, was accused of manslaughter after the death of starlet
Virginia Rappe. Rappe died of a ruptured bladder several days after the 350-pound Arbuckle allegedly sexually
assaulted her at a wild drinking party in San Francisco. After two hung juries, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his films were
banned and withdrawn from circulation. He directed two features and several short films under the pseudonym William
Goodrich. Arbuckle died in 1933 at the age of 46.
1924 ~ Woodrow Wilson dies
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 67.
In 1912, Governor Wilson of New Jersey was elected president in a landslide Democratic victory over Republican
incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt. The focal point of President
Wilson's first term in office was the outbreak of World War I and his efforts to find a peaceful end to the conflict while
maintaining U.S. neutrality. In 1916, he was narrowly reelected president at the end of a close race against Charles
Evans Hughes, his Republican challenger.
1944 ~ U.S. troops capture the Marshall Islands
On this day, American forces invade and take control of the Marshall Islands, long occupied by the Japanese and used
by them as a base for military operations.
1950 ~ Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb information to Soviets
Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British scientist who helped developed the atomic bomb, is arrested in Great Britain for
passing top-secret information about the bomb to the Soviet Union. The arrest of Fuchs led authorities to several other
individuals involved in a spy ring, culminating with the arrest of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and their subsequent
execution.
1959 ~ The day the music died
On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are
killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a
flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his
band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with "That'll Be the Day."
1994 ~ Clinton ends trade embargo of Vietnam
On this day in 1994, President Bill Clinton lifts a 19-year-old trade embargo of the Republic of Vietnam. The embargo
had been in place since 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured the city of Saigon in South Vietnam during the
Vietnam War.
1998 ~ Marine jet severs ski-lift cable in Italy
On this day in 1998, a U.S. Marine jet flying low over the town of Cavalese in the Italian Alps severs a ski-lift cable,
sending a tram crashing to the ground and killing 20 people.
Cavalese is located in the Dolomite Mountains, about 20 miles northeast of Trento, Italy. In 1976, 42 people there,
including 15 children, lost their lives when the cable holding up their ski-lift car snapped. The car fell 700 feet, with its
overhead assembly landing on top of it. There was only one survivor--a 14-year-old girl.
2005 ~ Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U.S. Attorney General
On February 3, 2005, Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic attorney general despite
protests over his record on torture.
The Senate approved his nomination on a largely party-line vote of 60-36, reflecting a split between Republicans and
Democrats over whether the administration's counterterrorism policies had led to the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and
elsewhere. Shortly after the Senate vote, Vice President Dick Cheney swore in Gonzales as attorney general in a small
ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. President Bush, who was traveling, called to congratulate him.
In one of the most famous crimes of post-Revolution America, Barnett Davenport commits an awful mass murder in rural
Connecticut. Caleb Mallory, his wife, daughter-in-law, and two grandchildren were killed in their home by their boarder,
Davenport.
1820 ~ John Keats falls deathly ill
On this day, poet John Keats, age 24, coughs up blood and realizes he, like his brother Tom, is doomed to die of
tuberculosis. Despite the tender care of his fiancÝe, Fanny Brawne, and a journey to Italy in the hopes of improving his
condition, he dies in February 1821, only 25 years old. But in that short time, he achieved a remarkable reputation as a
leading poet.
1865 ~ Hampton Roads Conference
President Lincoln meets with a delegation of Confederate officials to discuss a possible peace agreement. Lincoln
refuses to grant the delegation any concessions, and the president departs for the north.
1881 ~ Model T maker is born
On this day in 1881, Joseph A. Galamb, a Ford Motor Company engineer and a member of the team of engineers that
developed the Model T, was born in Mako, Hungary. The Model T design would change automotive history with its
reliability, affordability, and capacity for mass production. "If you freeze the design and concentrate on production," Ford
explained, "as the volume goes up, the cars are certain to become cheaper." Thanks to men like Joseph Galamb, the
design for the "Tin Lizzy" met her maker's expectation to bring automobiles to the masses and guaranteed that the New
World would become even newer for the next wave of immigrants. On February 3, 1981, the citizens of Mako, Hungary,
paid tribute to Galamb, honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth.
1889 ~ Belle Starr murdered in Oklahoma
The outlaw Belle Starr is killed when an unknown assailant fatally wounds the famous "Bandit Queen" with two shotgun
blasts from behind. As with the lives of other famous outlaws like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, fanciful accounts printed
in newspapers and dime novels made Belle Starr's harsh and violent life appear far more romantic than it actually was.
1917 ~ U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Germany
On this day in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson speaks for two hours before a historic session of Congress to announce
that the United States is breaking diplomatic relations with Germany.
1922 ~ Fatty Arbuckle trial ends in hung jury
Comic actor and director Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle's trial ends in a hung jury on this day in 1922. Arbuckle, who worked
with Charlie Chaplin and launched Buster Keaton's career, was accused of manslaughter after the death of starlet
Virginia Rappe. Rappe died of a ruptured bladder several days after the 350-pound Arbuckle allegedly sexually
assaulted her at a wild drinking party in San Francisco. After two hung juries, Arbuckle was acquitted, but his films were
banned and withdrawn from circulation. He directed two features and several short films under the pseudonym William
Goodrich. Arbuckle died in 1933 at the age of 46.
1924 ~ Woodrow Wilson dies
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president of the United States, dies in Washington, D.C., at the age of 67.
In 1912, Governor Wilson of New Jersey was elected president in a landslide Democratic victory over Republican
incumbent William Howard Taft and Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt. The focal point of President
Wilson's first term in office was the outbreak of World War I and his efforts to find a peaceful end to the conflict while
maintaining U.S. neutrality. In 1916, he was narrowly reelected president at the end of a close race against Charles
Evans Hughes, his Republican challenger.
1944 ~ U.S. troops capture the Marshall Islands
On this day, American forces invade and take control of the Marshall Islands, long occupied by the Japanese and used
by them as a base for military operations.
1950 ~ Klaus Fuchs arrested for passing atomic bomb information to Soviets
Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British scientist who helped developed the atomic bomb, is arrested in Great Britain for
passing top-secret information about the bomb to the Soviet Union. The arrest of Fuchs led authorities to several other
individuals involved in a spy ring, culminating with the arrest of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and their subsequent
execution.
1959 ~ The day the music died
On this day in 1959, rising American rock stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are
killed when their chartered Beechcraft Bonanza plane crashes in Iowa a few minutes after takeoff from Mason City on a
flight headed for Moorehead, Minnesota. Investigators blamed the crash on bad weather and pilot error. Holly and his
band, the Crickets, had just scored a No. 1 hit with "That'll Be the Day."
1994 ~ Clinton ends trade embargo of Vietnam
On this day in 1994, President Bill Clinton lifts a 19-year-old trade embargo of the Republic of Vietnam. The embargo
had been in place since 1975, when North Vietnamese forces captured the city of Saigon in South Vietnam during the
Vietnam War.
1998 ~ Marine jet severs ski-lift cable in Italy
On this day in 1998, a U.S. Marine jet flying low over the town of Cavalese in the Italian Alps severs a ski-lift cable,
sending a tram crashing to the ground and killing 20 people.
Cavalese is located in the Dolomite Mountains, about 20 miles northeast of Trento, Italy. In 1976, 42 people there,
including 15 children, lost their lives when the cable holding up their ski-lift car snapped. The car fell 700 feet, with its
overhead assembly landing on top of it. There was only one survivor--a 14-year-old girl.
2005 ~ Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U.S. Attorney General
On February 3, 2005, Alberto Gonzales won Senate confirmation as the nation's first Hispanic attorney general despite
protests over his record on torture.
The Senate approved his nomination on a largely party-line vote of 60-36, reflecting a split between Republicans and
Democrats over whether the administration's counterterrorism policies had led to the abuse of prisoners in Iraq and
elsewhere. Shortly after the Senate vote, Vice President Dick Cheney swore in Gonzales as attorney general in a small
ceremony in the Roosevelt Room at the White House. President Bush, who was traveling, called to congratulate him.
