Rooster "Crowing"
"Okeydoke"
History
1779 John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
1787 Constitution submitted to the states for ratification
1822 Hiram R. Revels, is born free in Fayetteville, North Carolina. He will become the first African American U.S. Senator, elected from Mississippi.
1825 Railroad transportation is born with 1st track in England
1854 Steamship Arctic sank with 300 people aboard
1862 The First Louisiana Native Guards, the first African American regiment to receive official recognition, is mustered into the Union army. The Regiment is composed of free African Americans from the New Orleans area.
1867 Louisiana voters endorse the constitutional convention and elect delegates in the first election under The Reconstruction Acts. The vote was 75,000 for the convention and 4,000 against.
1875 Branch Normal College opens in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. A segregated unit of the state university, the college is established by Joseph C. Corbin.
1876 Edward Mitchell Bannister wins a bronze medal for his painting "Under the Oaks" at the American Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The award to Bannister will cause controversy among whites who think African Americans incapable of artistic excellence.
1877 John Mercer Langston is named Minister to Haiti.
1894 Aqueduct racetrack opens in NY
1905 1st published blues composition goes on sale, WC Handy Memphis Blues
1919 Democratic National Committee votes to admit women
1928 US recognizes Nationalist Chinese government
1930 White Sox 1st baseman Bud Clancy didn't handle the ball at all in a 9 inning game vs St Louis Browns
1931 Lou Gehrig completes his 6th straight season, playing in every game
1934 Greg Morris is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He will come to Hollywood in the early 1960s to become an actor after some minor stage experience in Seattle. He will have guest roles on such series as "Dr. Kildare," "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and "The Twilight Zone" before being cast in "Mission: Impossible." He will be one of the first African American actors to star in a hit series during the 1960s, playing Barney Collier, the quiet, efficient electronics expert on "Mission: Impossible," which ran from 1966 to 1973. In 1979, he will go to Las Vegas to film the television series "Vega$," in which he plays Lt. David Nelson. He will like the city so much he will decide to make it his home. He will join the ancestors after succumbing to cancer there in 1996.
1936 Don Cornelius is born. He will become the creator, producer, and host of the TV show, "Soul Train" in 1970. The show will become the longest running program originally produced for first-run syndication
in the entire history of television. The show’s resounding success will position it as the cornerstone of the Soul Train franchise which includes the annual specials: "Soul Train Music Awards," the "Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards" and the "Soul Train Christmas Starfest."
1937 1st Santa Claus school opens (Albion NY)
1940 Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
1940 African American leaders protest discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces and war industries at a White House meeting with President Roosevelt.
1944 Stephanie Pogue is born in Shelby, North Carolina. She will become an artist and art professor whose works will be collected by New York City's Whitney Museum of American Art and the Studio Museum of Harlem while she will exhibit widely in the United States, Europe, Japan, and South America.
1950 Heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles defeats Joe Louis.
1953 Diane Abbott is born in the working-class neighborhood of Paddington in London, England. Her mother (a nurse) and father (a welder) had moved there in 1951 from Jamaica. A graduate of Cambridge University, she will make history on June 11, 1987, becoming the first female of African descent to be a member of the British Parliament. Her outspoken criticism of racism and her commitment to progressive politics will make her a controversial figure in Great Britain's Labour Party.
1954 Public school integration begins in Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland.
1954 School integration begins in Wash DC & Baltimore Md public schools
1959 Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his US visit
1961 Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the United Nations.
1962 US sells Israel, Hawk anti-aircraft missiles
1963 At 10:59 AM the census clock, records US population at 190,000,000
1964 Warren Commission released, finding Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
1967 Washington, DC's Anacostia Museum, dedicated to informing the community of the contributions of African Americans to United States social, political and cultural history, opens its doors to the public.
1973 Nolan Ryan strikesout his 383rd batter of the year
1979 Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
1980 WHOT (Bkln NY pirate radio station) begins on 1620 AM & 92.5 FM
1986 Senate joins House of Reps voting for sweeping tax reforms
1988 Several athletes, among them black Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, are expelled from the Olympic Games for anabolic steroid use. Johnson's gold medal, won in the 100-meter dash,is awarded to African American Carl Lewis, the second-place finisher.
1988 Grand jury evidence shows Tawana Brawley fabricated rape story
1988 Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth
1988 Senate votes for major federal tax code changes
1989 Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash
1990 A gunman holds 33 people (killing 1) hostage in Berkley Calif
1990 Senate Judiciary committee approves Souter's Supreme Court nomination
1990 Tour de France champion Greg LeMond visits White House
1991 Pres Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert
Missing in Action
1965 HALL GEORGE R. HAITTIESBURG MS "02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV (ANNAPOLIS, MD)" ALIVE AND WELL 98
1966 SPILMAN DYKE A. WILDWOOD NJ
1966 STINE JOSEPH M. EVERETT PA
1968 SMITH WILLIAM A. JR. BATTLE CREEK MI
1969 FISHER DAVID JOHN AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE
1969 HUNTLEY JOHN N. PORTLAND ME
Michael Moore Today
www.michaelmoore.com
Purported al Qaeda Newscast Debuts on Internet
Masked Anchorman Lauds Gaza Pullout, Iraq Attacks, Hurricane Katrina
By Daniel Williams / Washington Post
ROME, Sept. 26 -- An Internet video newscast called the Voice of the Caliphate was broadcast for the first time on Monday, purporting to be a production of al Qaeda and featuring an anchorman who wore a black ski mask and an ammunition belt.
The anchorman, who said the report would appear once a week, presented news about the Gaza Strip and Iraq and expressed happiness about recent hurricanes in the United States. A copy of the Koran, the Muslim holy book, was placed by his right hand and a rifle affixed to a tripod was pointed at the camera.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4285
Baghdad Neighborhood's Hopes Dimmed by the Trials of War
Some Who Welcomed Americans Now Scorn Them
By Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post
BAGHDAD -- In the chaotic, hopeful April of 2003, Baghdad's Karrada district was one of those neighborhoods where residents showered flowers on U.S. forces entering the capital. Revelers threw water on one another and the Americans, exuding joy at the crushing of a dictatorship that had silenced, tortured and killed their people.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4280
TV Show May Help Both Bush, Victims Recover
'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' episode will feature the first lady at a Mississippi shelter.
By Faye Fiore / Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON — Facing criticism that he appeared disengaged from the disaster wrought by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush has been looking for opportunities to show his concern. But the White House will take the effort a step further today, venturing into untested waters by putting the nation's first lady on reality television.
Laura Bush will travel to storm-damaged Biloxi, Miss., to film a spot on the feel-good, wish-granting hit "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition." Mrs. Bush sought to be on the program because she shares the "same principles" that the producers hold, her press secretary said.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4281
Small, Rural Towns Hit Hardest by Rita
By Michael Graczyk / Associated Press
BEAUMONT, Texas - While much of Texas and Louisiana dodged the worst of Hurricane Rita, the damage to some small, rural towns was virtually complete — and the storm was being blamed for new deaths long after it moved away.
As temperatures climbed well into the 90s and the heat index was near 106 degrees Monday, the damage from the storm was evident in small communities in southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4277
Many Contracts for Storm Work Raise Questions
By Eric Lipton and ROn Nixon / New York Times
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 - Topping the federal government's list of costs related to Hurricane Katrina is the $568 million in contracts for debris removal landed by a Florida company with ties to Mississippi's Republican governor. Near the bottom is an $89.95 bill for a pair of brown steel-toe shoes bought by an Environmental Protection Agency worker in Baton Rouge, La.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4259
Trial of 4 War Protesters Upstate Ends With a Mixed Verdict
By Michelle York / New York Times
BINGHAMTON, N.Y., Sept. 26 - Jurors handed four antiwar activists a mixed verdict on Monday, apparently deciding that pouring human blood on walls, windows and an American flag at a military recruiting station to protest the Iraq war was neither Gandhi-like nor a "slippery slope" to the kind of destruction caused by violent extremists.
After seven hours of deliberations over two days, the jury in Federal District Court found Daniel J. Burns, 45; Clare T. Grady, 46; her sister, Teresa B. Grady, 40; and Peter J. De Mott, 58, guilty of trespassing and damaging government property. Each faces up to 18 months in prison.
They were acquitted of the most serious charge, conspiracy to impede an officer of the United States, which carries a penalty of up to six years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4278
A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq
By The Associated Press Mon Sep 26, 8:46 PM ET
As of Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, at least 1,919 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the
Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,494 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. The figures include five military civilians.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/iraq_us_deaths
US troop deaths take Afghan toll this year above 50
By David Brunnstrom / Reuters
KABUL - A U.S. soldier and a U.S. Marine have been killed in militant attacks in Afghanistan, bringing American combat deaths in the country this year to 51, the bloodiest period for U.S. forces since the fall of the Taliban.
The casualties in Kandahar and Kunar provinces on Monday took U.S. deaths in Afghanistan in two days to seven. A Chinook military transport helicopter crashed on an anti-militant mission in Zabul province on Sunday, killing its crew of five.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4282
U.S. Weapons, Foreign Flavor
By Leslie Wayne / New York TImes
Before the Iraq war, one of the Pentagon's biggest concerns was that American troops would face unknown biological and chemical threats. But when the order came in to step up production of two-piece protective suits, the Pentagon had to look overseas to get all the parts - even to countries that opposed the war.
The polyester fabric used by American companies to make the suits came from Germany and Austria. Finnish and British manufacturers made the eyelets and washers, while Japan provided the carbon beads in the suit's liner. Critical to the suit's protection was a fabric available only in Germany, one of the war's strongest critics.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4286
Antiwar Rallies Staged in Washington and Other Cities
By Michael Janofsky / The New York Times
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 - Vast numbers of protesters from around the country poured onto the lawns behind the White House on Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Iraq, pointedly directing their anger at President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
A sea of anti-administration signs and banners flashed back at a long succession of speakers, who sharply rebuked the administration for continuing a war that has cost the lives of nearly 2,000 Americans and many more Iraqis. Many of the speakers also charged Mr. Bush with squandering resources that could have been used to aid people affected by the two hurricanes that slammed into the Gulf Coast.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=4246
Veterans, Grieving Families Give Somber Mood to Iraq War Protest
by Sarah Ferguson
September 25th, 2005 8:41 AM
Veteran Tomas Young, 25, was paralyzed by a bullet in Iraq.
Sarah Ferguson
by Jarrett Murphy
Organizers with the dueling anti-war groups United for Peace and Justice and International ANSWER estimated the crowd size for Saturday’s march on Washington, D.C., at 300,000—making it the largest demonstration since start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. Capitol police gave a loose estimate of 150,000—still a heap larger than the 4,000 or so who turned out for the Pentagon’s "Freedom Walk" on 9-11.
http://villagevoice.com/news/0539,fergusonmarc,68195,2.html
Haaretz
Hamas releases picture of Nuriel
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS AND JPOST STAFF
Hamas released on Tuesday graphic pictures of Sasson Nuriel taken after his abduction but before he was murdered.
The photograph was published after Hamas terrorists claimed responsibility for kidnapping and killing Nuriel, the 51-year-old Jerusalem man who was found dead Monday.
Hamas announced that it had established new "kidnapping units" whose top priority would be capturing Israelis to be held hostage as leverage in prisoner release negotiations with Israel.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127701203801
First Temple-era seal discovered
By ETGAR LEFKOVITS
A First-Temple period seal has been discovered amidst piles of rubble from Jerusalem's Temple Mount, an Israeli archaeologist said Tuesday, in what could prove to be an historic find.
The small - less than 1 cm - seal impression, or bulla, discovered Tuesday by Bar-Ilan University archaeologist Dr. Gabriel Barkay amidst piles of rubble from the Temple Mount would mark the first time that an written artifact was found from the Temple Mount dating back to the First Temple period.
The 2,600 year old artifact, with three lines in ancient Hebrew, was discovered amidst piles of rubble discarded by the Islamic Wakf that Barkay and a team of young archaeologists and volunteers are sifting
through on the grounds of a Jerusalem national park.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127787594479
IDF fires 4 artillery shells at Kassam launch site in Gaza
By ARIEH O'SULLIVAN AND JPOST STAFF
The IDF fired live artillery shells into the northern Gaza Strip for the first time on Tuesday night, in what the military said was a response to Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel.
For in-depth focus on the post-pullout situation in and around Gaza, check out SPECIAL REPORT: GAZA UPHEAVAL
Security officials said four shells were fired into open ground from which Palestinians had earlier fired rockets into the western Negev town of Sderot.
The rocket, the second fired at Sderot on Tuesday, landed in one of the town's neighborhoods, fortunately causing no injuries or damage.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127701199526
Musharraf's missed opportunity
By JUDEA PEARL
The September 17 meeting in New York, at which Pakistan's President General Pervez Musharraf addressed the Jewish community under the auspices of the American Jewish Congress, was characterized by many observers as "historic."
Indeed, formally speaking, Musharraf's address was unprecedented in that it was it was the first time that a leader of a Muslim nation, which has no diplomatic relations with Israel, held a public dialogue with Jewish leaders.
However, the signals radiating from that meeting need to be evaluated on their individual merits, in the context of the opportunities that the meeting opened to Musharraf and the Jewish community.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127701207957&p=1006953079865
Ynet News
Gaza evacuees: Where are you now?
Gush Katif evacuees gather near Kissufim crossing to hold rally marking recent evacuation; settlers then march to Kfar Maimon
Anat Barshkovsky
Gush Katif evacuees gathered in the parking lot near the Kissufim crossing Tuesday to say goodbye to Gaza for the last time, one month after Israel's disengagement.
The rally was held several meters from the border crossing, the exact place where settlers would have their ID checked each time they wanted to enter Gush Katif.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3148286,00.html
'Peace Now' beats 'Primaries Now'
Likud is dead. Long live the Likud
Why would anyone have expected the Likud Central Committee to support a move for early primaries? The party has been in power for 20 of the 28 years since winning the 1977 election, becoming Israel's perennial governing party
Sharon wins Likud vote / Attila Somfalvi
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon celebrates victory over arch-rivals MKs Benjamin Netanyahu, Uzi Landau; Vice Premier Shimon Peres (Labor) calls PM from London to congratulate him on his victory.
During that time, the party has just about divested itself from any binding ideological platform. Likud governments have pursued economic and social policies of all types and stripes, from wasteful populism to strict capitalism.
Likud governments have sent the IDF to Beirut to trap PLO leader Yasser Arafat, and sent U.S. President Bill Clinton to Gaza to nudge the same Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority.
Likud governments have both passed laws proclaiming "eternal" Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and negotiated secret agreements with Damascus to return 95 percent of that territory.
And lest we forget, Likud governments energetically built settlements in Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Sinai, and Likud governments destroyed settlements in Sinai, Gaza and Samaria.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3147981,00.html
Israel requests Security Council seat
Ambassador to the U.N Dani Gillerman submits formal request to the U.N. Security Council for Israel to be included as a member, says, ‘This is a very important moment for Israel, until recently no one thought this would be possible’; even if request accepted, country will have to wait 13 years for Council seat
Yitzhak Benhorin
Israel's ambassador to the U.N., Dan Gillerman, has submitted a formal request to the U.N. Security Council for Israel to be included as a member.
This marks the first time Israel has submitted its candidacy for a seat in the Security Council, and U.N. sources said reactions to the move have been positive.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3148224,00.html
Mubarak: Sharon’s moves thwart peace
Prime minister adopted several negative measures that undermine peace process, Egyptian president says
Ali Waked
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is taking a number of negative steps, which undermine the peace process and hurt the prospects of political negotiations, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said in interview published in the Egyptian newspaper Roz al-Yusuf Tuesday morning.
The Egyptian president was sworn in for the fifth time Tuesday in a festive ceremony in the parliament. On Wednesday, Mubarak is expected
to meet with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Cairo.
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3148086,00.html
continued …
