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Sometimes we need to see the waters of destruction looming over us to get us to take action
Seriously!?
Australian atheists are apparently frustrated over an old joke involving religious affiliation that has apparently taken on a problematic life of its own
Wellness
The most common attempts at justifying slacking from patients and trainees --- and how two health mavens respond
Personal Growth
Anger is a choice. You can stop it. Should you want to
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
These delish fish recipes (3 of them!) are perfect for elegant summer dining
Your Castle
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• Bill Day
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1776, word of the United States Declaration of Independence reaches London. ALSO: A committee of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggested the United States adopt "E pluribus unum" -- "Out of many, one" -- as the motto for its Great Seal
• 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries Palace, where King Louis the XVI resided. (The king was later arrested, put on trial for treason, and executed the following January.)
• 1846, the Smithsonian Institution is chartered by the United States Congress after $500,000 is given for such a purpose by scientist James Smithson
• 1869, O.B. Brown of Malden, MA patented the motion-picture projector
• 1885, America's first commercially operated electric streetcar began operation in Baltimore
• 1921, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello
• 1944, during World War II, American forces overcame remaining Japanese resistance on Guam
• 1949, President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the Department of War with the United States Department of Defense
• 1969, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson's cult, one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain
• 1977, postal employee David Berkowitz was arrested in Yonkers, N.Y., accused of being "Son of Sam," the gunman responsible for six slayings and seven woundings. (Berkowitz is serving six consecutive 25-years-to-life sentences.)
• 1990, District of Columbia Mayor Marion Barry was convicted on one misdemeanor cocaine possession charge and acquitted on another. The jury deadlocked on the 12 other counts and a mistrial was declared
• 1991, China agreed in principle to sign the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty
• 1995, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the Oklahoma City bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony. Also: Los Angeles Dodgers are forced to forfeit against the St. Louis Cardinals after fans throw souvenir baseballs on to the field en masse. AND: Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" in the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue
• 1997, U.S. envoy Dennis Ross met separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, ym"sh, in an attempt to restart the Mideast peace process
• 2000, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met with Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, defying the United States by being the first head of state to visit Iraq since the Gulf War
• 2001, Britain stepped in to save Northern Ireland's power-sharing government by taking away its powers for a day - a legal maneuver that removed a deadline to elect a new leader of the Catholic-Protestant government
• 2002, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants broke Willie McCovey's 1969 record for intentional walks in a season with his 46th of the year. ALSO: Sammy Sosa hit three 3-run homers in Chicago's 15-1 rout of Colorado
• 2003, Yuri Malenchenko became the first person to marry in space, when he married Ekaterina Dmitrieva, who was in Texas, while he was 240 miles over New Zealand, on the International Space Station
• 2006, Britain and the United States strengthened security after foiling an alleged plot to use liquid explosives to blow up airplanes flying between the two countries. Police said as many as 10 aircraft had been targeted. U.S. officials banned the transportation of liquids and gel in carry-on luggage. ALSO: Saomai, the most powerful typhoon to hit China in five decades, slammed into the country's southeastern coast; it ultimately killed at least 483 people
• 2007, the U.S. Federal Reserve put a reported $72 billion into the American financial system over two days to steady the volatile markets that fell in response to losses in the U.S. mortgage market
• 2010, the U.S. Federal Reserve said it planned to try to boost the American economy by buying a portion of the government's long-term debt, a move the Fed says aimed to lower interest rates and stimulate borrowing
• 2011, in the most volatile week in the history of the Dow Jones industrial average, U.S. stocks took a second big fall in three days. The Dow lost nearly 520 points, more than wiping out the 429 points regained the previous day. It had started the week with a 634-point dive after downgrading of the nation's credit rating
• 2012, Army Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo was sentenced to two life-in-prison terms for plotting to blow up a Fort Hood, Texas, restaurant crowded with soldiers
Glenn Reynolds: Are they both trying to lose the White House?
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd:Wait, What!?
• 'The stop-smoking pill made me do it': Man found not criminally responsible for shooting wife • A mother had a black bear killed to keep her family safe. Now, she's receiving death threats Lenore Skenazy: Who Decides What's Funny?
Michelle Malkin: Fonda & Redford: Hollywood's New Welfare Mooches
Kathleen Parker:: John Oliver has given us the best defense of newspapers ever
Jonah Goldberg: Trump has left GOP with no good options
John Stossel: Lies Politicians Tell
Robert Costa:: Paul Ryan weathers his primary but GOP's populist storm still rages
Dan Balz: Clinton has yet to respond to Trump's attack on globalism
Jonathan Bernstein: Why Ted Cruz is not shaking in his boots
Sasha Issenberg: Clinton campaign looks to skirt regulations to reach voters
Eli Lake: Why #NeverTrump movement is also #NeverGaryJohnson
Walter Williams: The Decline of Civility
Thomas Sowell: New Critics of Trump
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