Celebration Excuse
1929
In what would come to be known as the “Teapot Dome Scandal,” Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall is found guilty of taking bribes and is the first U.S. cabinet member to be convicted while in office. (We had no idea Jack Abramoff was that old!)
1978
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act becomes a law, regulating how far the government can go in listening in on Americans through wiretaps. (This, ofcourse, is the law the White House was accused of breaking (or at least reaaal-ly bending) this year with their covert warrantless wiretaps.)
1983
The U.S. invasion of Grenada. (And unless you’re a pretentious twit, it’s NOT pronounced greh-NAH-dah. According to the country, the proper pronounciation is, in fact, greNAYda.)
POUR A LITTLE WHISKEY ON THE GROUND
1993: Master of the macabre Vincent Price dies.
1999: Knicker-wearing golfer Payne Stewart is killed when his plane crashes in South Dakota
2002: Sen. Paul Wellstone (D., MN) is killed when his plane crashes in Minnesota.
REASON FOR THE PARTY HAT
Happy birthday to Bart Simp…sorry, we mean his voice, Nancy Cartwright; our favorite chair-throwing, eternally apoplectic college hoops coach Bobby Knight; painter Pablo Picasso. And make sure to zap your slice of birthday cake; the microwave oven was born fifty-one years ago today.
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This Morning
We’re guessing this is a little different than kegs n’ eggs: Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN) does “Politics and Eggs” at the Bedford Village Inn, Bedford, NH.
10:00AM
First Lady Laura Bush delivers remarks at a Michele Bachmann for Congress and Republican Party of Minnesota Breakfast at the Minneapolis Marriott Southwest in Minneapolis, MN.
10:20AM
President Bush meets with the President of the Dominican Republic in Washington, DC.
3:45PM
Busy day for the missus: Laura Bush delivers remarks at an Indiana Victory 2006 Rally in Columbus, IN.
At some point...
Vice President Cheney delivers remarks at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, Cincinnati, OH.
All Day
Former Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) campaigns for the minimum wage with senatorial candidate Jim Pederson, congressional candidate Gabrielle Giffords, and Rep. Raul Griljava (D-AZ), Tucson, AZ.
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