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1871: Grant Suspends Habeas Corpus
During prosecutions of the Ku Klux Klan in 1871, President Ulysses S. Grant suspended habeas corpus in parts of South Carolina. From Famous Daily:
“Around the 14th century English common law began to recognize the principle by which a prisoner who feels they were unlawfully detained can challenge that detainment. The writ of Habeas Corpus became written law in Britain in the 1600s and enshrined in Article One, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution. There was, however, an out written into the clause: it shall not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.” Such cases have been infrequent, but did crop up several times during the history of the U.S.”
The Civil War was one of the darkest periods in US history, and during the Reconstruction period made examples of the Confederates to prevent another uprising. President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was stripped of his citizenship during this period, which President Jimmy Carter restored on this day in 1979. It’s interesting that Democrat presidents are credited with forgiving the sins of the Confederacy given their 2023 rhetoric, and it’s even more interesting that this was a priority for Carter, a one term president that was widely viewed as America’s worst prior to Biden. It's also important to note that Davis had no regrets.
From Time magazine:
“In 1884, the former Mississippi U.S. Senator said, ‘Tis been said that I should apply to the United States for a pardon, but repentance must precede the right of pardon, and I have not repented,’ in an address to the state legislature. ‘Remember as I must all which has been lost, disappointed hopes, and crushed aspirations, yet I deliberately say, If I were to do it over again, I would do just as I did in 1861.’”
Almost 100 years later, in 1956, Mae Jemison was born in Alabama — Jemison would become the first African American woman in space (STS 47).
1931: Capone Convicted of Tax Evasion
The US government has long been allowing evil people to get away with murder, and in 1931 Gangster Al Capone was convicted on five of 23 counts of tax evasion. He would later be fined $50,000 and sentenced to 11 years in jail. The occurrence is used by law enforcement shills to affirm that they’ll take down the bad guys anyway they can — more recent events cast doubt on this folklore.
Today’s death and destruction update is all evil people doing evil things. Speaking of law enforcement, in 1961 during the Battle of Paris, police killed 210 Algerians. In 2013, 59 people were killed in a wave of attacks on Iraqi Shia Muslims, and in 2018 in Crimea, a school shooter attacked Kerch Polytechnic College, killing 20 and injuring 40 after shooting and detonating a bomb.
We did have one plane crash in 1988 that killed 31 when a Ugandan jetliner crashed in the fog near Rome.
1939: Mr. Smith Went to Washington
The infamous tale of an American who attempts to restore integrity to our nation’s capital premiered on this day in 1939. The film was directed by Frank Capra and starred Jimmy Stewart. Who’s going to tell Mr. Smith that it’s only gotten worse?
In other entertainment history today, "Around the World in 80 Days,” based on the book by Jules Verne, premiered in New York in 1956. A year later in 1957, Elvis starred in the premiere of "Jailhouse Rock" in Memphis, Tennessee.
Sally Jesse Raphael launched her show in 1983, and ABC revived "The Connors" after firing former star Roseanne Barr in 2018. The sixth season is expected to be the show's last.
1972: “My Ding-a-Ling” Number One
Chuck Berry’s iconic song hit number one on this day in 1972. Here is him playing the song to a live audience at the time. This song was number one?
In 1988, the collaboration between Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, and Tom Petty known as Traveling Wilburys released their debut album, "Volume 1.”
In other music events, in 1995 Keith Moore was sentenced to six years for robbing Sting of $9,000,000, and in 2022, the K-pop band BTS announced that all seven members were planning to serve their mandatory 18 months in the South Korean military.
1979: Carter Created Department of Education
In decisions America highly regrets, President Jimmy Carter signed the legislation that created the US DoE on this day in 1979. I was just a few months old at the time, completely unaware of this action, but I would learn in the years to come about the moment America began its race to the bottom. On the same day, same year, Mother Theresa received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with children.
While the US government currently can’t figure out how to secure our borders, in 1986, the US Senate approved legislation that prohibited the hiring of illegal aliens and gave amnesty to illegals who broke the law prior to 1982. From the Library of Congress:
“In 1986, Congress enacted the Immigration Reform and Control Act, also known as the Simpson-Mazzoli Act or the Reagan Amnesty, which introduced civil and criminal penalties to employers who knowingly hired undocumented immigrants or individuals unauthorized to work in the US. The act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to make it illegal for a person or entity to hire, recruit, or refer for a fee for U.S. employment any alien knowing that such person is unauthorized to work, or any person without verifying their work status, or continue to employ an alien knowing of such person's unauthorized work status.”
In 2018, Canada legalized recreational cannabis, the second country to do so after Uruguay, allowing Canadians to get high for fun — I wonder if they felt like they were headed to space? On the same day, same year, the Australian state of Queensland decriminalized abortion. Both British colonies, this day in 2018 gives us insight into how it’s going in the British empire.
2006: 300 Million Americans (Allegedly)
It is said that in 2006, the US population reached 300 million, and that has been used to radically change the American way of life in the name of climate. Climate is the only legitimizing factor to globalists calls for depopulation, so you can forgive my skepticism.
Overpopulation can, in fact, cause some very real problems as the Iranians learned on this day in 2008. The nation attempted to create the world's largest sandwich at 1,500 meters, but hungry crowds ate it before it could be measured.
Other culturally significant moments included that time in 1959 that Queen Elizabeth II was fined $140 for withdrawing her race horse — proving that no one is above the law at the track! In 1961, the NY Museum of Modern Art hung Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down. It’s unclear if anyone noticed before it was finally corrected on December 3rd. How embarrassing!
Finally, in 2017, George Soros announced that he donated $18 billion to himself via the Open Society Foundations. This slush fund has been used over the years to buy politicians and take over countries. His even more communist son is now in charge.
Birthdays
1918: Rita Hayworth (Actress)
1938: Evel Knievel (Daredevil)
1959: Norm MacDonald (Funny Canadian)
1972: Eminem (Slim Shady)
Death Days
33: Agrippina the Elder (Starvation)
1849: Frédéric Chopin (Tuberculosis)
2019: Elijah Cummings (Cancer)
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