2018—An Australian couple finds a message in a bottle, thrown overboard by German researchers in 1886.
2001—Ignoring the jeers of 20,000 demonstrators, the New York Times “reports” George W.[MD] Bush may usher in a “new era of … social justice.”
2000—“When I was coming up,” says George W.[MD] Bush, “it was a dangerous world, and you knew exactly who they were. It was us vs. them, and it was clear who them was.”
1997—Newt Gingrich becomes the first Speaker of the House to be disciplined for unethical behavior.
1996—Bill and Monica enjoy their fifth illicit encounter.
1981—National Security Advisor Dick Allen does Nancy Reagan a favor, intercepting gifts from a Japanese reporter the law prohibits her from accepting. She repays the favor by exploiting that act to get Allen fired.
1977—Pres. Carter issues a blanket pardon to all Vietnam draft dodgers.
1968—The NVA begins a 78-day siege of U.S. Marines at Khe Sanh. Outnumbered 5 to 1 and suffering 737 KIA/MIA, Marines prevail.
1968—A heater SNAFU ignites unauthorized foam seats aboard a B-52 over Greenland. It crashes, scattering parts of four H-bombs—which are barred by treaty with Denmark.
1959—Former Little Rascal Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer is fatally shot in the belly by a bear-hunting companion in a dispute over a lost dog.