On this day:
1661
Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king’s musketeers.
1666
Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
1698
In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1774
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1793
French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1877
Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1914
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.1942
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
1945
Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1969
My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1972
Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
1975
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
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"Democracy runs on equality; freedom and excellence run on inequality."--UATX president Carlos Carvalho
“Most people are silent because they are afraid of retaliation if they criticize.”-- Billionaire investor Ray Dalio, highlighting what he sees as a dangerous suppression of economic debate at a critical juncture for the United States.
French hospitals have been told to prepare for a potential armed conflict in Europe by next year.
In a letter, the Ministry of Health asked hospitals to prepare for a “major (military) engagement” by March 2026, warning that between 10,000 and 50,000 men could be expected in hospitals over a period of 10 to 180 days.
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Fall of Nicolas Fouquet: Louis XIV Superintendent of Finances is arrested in Nantes by D'Artagnan, captain of the king’s musketeers.
1666
Great Fire of London ends: 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral are destroyed, but only 6 people are known to have died.
1698
In an effort to Westernize his nobility, Tsar Peter I of Russia imposes a tax on beards for all men except the clergy and peasantry.
1774
First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1793
French Revolution the French National Convention initiates the Reign of Terror.
1877
Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.
1914
World War I: First Battle of the Marne begins. Northeast of Paris, the French attack and defeat German forces who are advancing on the capital.1942
World War II: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at Milne Bay, first Japanese defeat in the Pacific War.
1945
Cold War: Igor Gouzenko, a Soviet Union embassy clerk, defects to Canada, exposing Soviet espionage in North America, signalling the beginning of the Cold War.
1945
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American suspected of being wartime radio propagandist Tokyo Rose, is arrested in Yokohama.
1969
My Lai Massacre: U.S. Army Lt. William Calley is charged with six specifications of premeditated murder for the death of 109 Vietnamese civilians in My Lai.
1972
Munich Massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called “Black September” attack and take hostage 11 Israel athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day.
1975
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
1977
Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1984
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
Voyager program: Voyager 1 is launched after a brief delay.
1984
STS-41-D: The Space Shuttle Discovery lands after its maiden voyage.
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Happy Reign of Terror Day!
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"Democracy runs on equality; freedom and excellence run on inequality."--UATX president Carlos Carvalho
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A recent editorial raised an interesting question about the attack on the three-man fast boat: What were the eight additional occupants of the fast boat up to?
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“Most people are silent because they are afraid of retaliation if they criticize.”-- Billionaire investor Ray Dalio, highlighting what he sees as a dangerous suppression of economic debate at a critical juncture for the United States.
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The government is still debating the merits of outlawing governmental insider trading.
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In a letter, the Ministry of Health asked hospitals to prepare for a “major (military) engagement” by March 2026, warning that between 10,000 and 50,000 men could be expected in hospitals over a period of 10 to 180 days.
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Defending the Tree House
Democracies are messy. The voters suffer from a narrow knowledge and interest, a dangerous combination for wielding an Enlightenment tool. But all the theoretical dangers of our current government — the debt, the conflation of equality and sameness, the loss of political culture — nothing showed the immediacy of the problem as clearly as the Senate hearing interviewing RFK Jr. yesterday.
Full disclosure: I have no idea why a guy with Kennedy's personal and medical history is running anything. Nor do I have any idea what his philosophy on immunization is. That said, a meeting that was purported to be a fact-finding effort on the direction of health policies and bureau personnel changes was nothing more than an Olympic-level posturing, shouting, and sound-bite seeking contest where absolutely nothing was explained or answered.
Instead, the nation was treated to infantile screaming, intense bickering over non-points, and general bad partisan behavior from people who are said to be leaders of the nation and have been in control of the country during the rise of the problems they are now complaining about.
Full disclosure: I have no idea why a guy with Kennedy's personal and medical history is running anything. Nor do I have any idea what his philosophy on immunization is. That said, a meeting that was purported to be a fact-finding effort on the direction of health policies and bureau personnel changes was nothing more than an Olympic-level posturing, shouting, and sound-bite seeking contest where absolutely nothing was explained or answered.
Instead, the nation was treated to infantile screaming, intense bickering over non-points, and general bad partisan behavior from people who are said to be leaders of the nation and have been in control of the country during the rise of the problems they are now complaining about.
All this and a $36 trillion debt.
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