Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1965, Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster was born. In 1972, Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer was born. In 1977, Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster was born. In 1980, Kevin Powers, American soldier and author was born. In 1981, Andre Johnson, American football player was born. In 1984, Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player was born. In 1989, Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player was born. In 1990, Patrick Peterson, American football player was born. In 1994, Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (born 1942) passed away. In 2014, Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
That time road rage met a 6'8" guy named Gary with a machine gun
The Gary Fadden incident is one of those American folk tales that sounds like it was generated by a gun-store campfire: road rage, a 17-mile chase, a 6'8 weapons salesman named Gary, the Ruger AC-556 made famous by The A-Team, and a jury that ultimately decided the machine-gun shooting was self-defense. — Read the rest The post That time road rage met a 6'8 guy named Gary with a machine gun appeared first on Boing Boing.
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