TODAY’S TWO-MINUTE DRILL — AL SHARPTON
THIS DAY IN HISTORY
1884 – Construction of the Washington Monument is finally completed 30 years after it was started. (It did not open to the public for another four years.)
1922 – Italy’s Mussolini threatened newspapers with censorship if they keep publishing “false information” (Fake News?)
1923 – President Calvin Coolidge’s address to Congress is carried on radio — the first broadcast of its kind
1969 – Altamont, CA — Hells Angels hired by the Rolling Stones for concert security beat and kill a female audience member
1973 – Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as Vice President, replacing Spiro Agnew (he resigned)
News and The Politics out of D.C.
General News
Strange News Catching My Eye
