by Declan Hayes, Strategic Culture: Wars are really ugly They’re dirty an’ they’re cold I don’t want nobody To shoot me in the fox hole. So sang Frank Zappa, the father of comedy rock, in his classic I don’t wanna be drafted song, which goes on to exclaim Roller skates in disco is a lot of fun I’m too […]

1596 - Cornelis de Houtman's Dutch fleet reaches Bantam (Banten), Java 1679 - Battle at Bothwell Bridge on Clyde: Duke of Monmouth beats Scots 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles sails to Scotland 1955 - US air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1973 - 23rd Berlin International Film Festival: "Distant Thunder" wins the Golden Bear 1991 - "I Hate Hamlet" closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 88 performances 1991 - Underwater volcano, Mount Didicas, erupts in the Philippines 2013 - Roskilde 6, world's longest Viking longship (37 meters/123 ft) rediscovered 1996, probably part of King Canute's royal fleet (built 1025 AD) goes on display for the first time at National Museum in Copenhagen 2020 - New York City, once the epicentre of the pandemic in America, begins stage 2 of re-opening, allowing outdoor dinning and some in-store shopping 2021 - Unesco says Australia's Great Barrier Reef should be put on list of World Heritage Sites that are "in danger" More Historical Events »

Historical Events 1774 - British parliament accepts Quebec Act, which extends the province's territory and restores French civil law 1865 - Acknowledged as 1st Class Cricket debut of Dr W. G. Grace; as a 16-year-old he is dismissed for 0 playing for Gentlemen of South v Players of South at Kennington Oval, London 1875 - Garonne Flood: great damage in Verdun and Toulouse, kills about 1,000 1961 - MLB Chicago Cubs' Ernie Banks ends 717 consecutive games played streak 1983 - NHL institutes a 5 minute sudden death overtime period 2012 - Cult Bollywood film "Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1" directed by Anurag Kashyap is released in India More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1887 - Julian S. Huxley, English biologist/philosopher, Darwin's Bulldog, born in London, England (d. 1975) 1888 - Harold Burton, American politician (Rep (R) Ohio 1941-45), U.S. Supreme Court justice, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1964) 1942 - Murphy Dunne, American actor and musician, born in Chicago, Illinois 1942 - Toyohiro Akiyama, Japanese journalist and cosmonaut (1st Japanese and 1st journalist in space, Soyuz TM-11), born in Tokyo, Japan 1957 - Garry Beers, Australian rocker (Inxs - "Kiss the Dirt"), born in Sydney, New South Wales 1975 - Andreas Klöden, German professional road cyclist (Olympic Bronze 2000), born in Mittweida, East Germany More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1950 - Julio Fonseca, Costa Rican composer, dies at 65 1985 - Pat Hales, English tennis player (US C'ships women's singles 1955 runner-up; French C'ship doubles 1955, 60 and Wimbledon doubles 1955 runner-up), dies at 56 1988 - Ross Ford, actor (Reform School Girl, Jungle Patrol), dies 1996 - Leo Nichols, businessman, honorary consul and longtime friend of Burma's opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, dies at 65 2007 - Guy Vander Jagt, American politician (Rep-R-MI, 1966-93), dies at 75 2012 - Fernie Flaman, Canadian Hockey HOF defenceman (Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (Northeastern University 1970-89), dies at 85 More Famous Deaths »

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla was caught admitting the Covid plandemic was a “rehearsal” for the “main disease” which is yet to come. According to the Big Pharma boss, Pfizer’s “best days” are still to come [...] The post Pfizer CEO Threatens Humanity: Covid Was Elite’s ‘Rehearsal’ For What’s Coming Next appeared first on The People's Voice.

Yet another radical Biden nominee for a lifetime appointment, Judge Mustafa Taher Kasubhai, nominated for the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, has a dangerous record and judicial philosophy that raises serious concerns. Kasubhai repeatedly criticizes the United States as Islamophobic and once suggested that assimilation amounts to cultural erasure. Washinton Examiner Even […]

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