Today in News History
On June 17, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1775, American Revolutionary War: Colonists inflict heavy casualties on British forces while losing the Battle of Bunker Hill. In 1871, James Weldon Johnson, American author, journalist, and activist (died 1938) was born. In 1948, United Airlines Flight 624, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. In 1957, J. R. Williams, Canadian-American cartoonist (born 1888) passed away. In 1958, Jon Leibowitz, American lawyer and politician was born. In 1970, Will Forte, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter was born. In 1971, U.S. President Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the War on drugs. In 1982, Stefan Hodgetts, English racing driver was born. In 1994, Following a televised low-speed highway chase, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman. In 2017, A series of wildfires in central Portugal kill at least 64 people and injure 204 others. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Jon Stewart Hits Trump With Brutal Take Ahead of America 250
Eugene Gologursky / Getty Images for The New YorkerJon Stewart compared Donald Trump’s version of celebrating America’s 250th anniversary to a “long-running” Broadway show—and not the good kind. The host made the brutal analogy on Wednesday’s episode of The Weekly Show podcast when a fan asked whether Trump is a “fitting or disturbing” president at this point in the country’s history. “What? Fitting?” Stewart said incredulously. “Trump as president is not befitting of a country,” he began. “We just talked about this grand experiment of exceptionalism, of a creed that a people must strive morally and aspirationallyAnd now we’re just a subsidiary of Trump Enterprises.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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