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The Man is always up to his dirty little
tricks. Let's take a step back and review the timeline of The Man
and the fight against Him in history:
July 1:
1971 - Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there
still a toll?).
July 2:
1987 - President Reagan nominated federal
appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, setting off
a tempestuous confirmation process that ended with Bork's rejection
by the Senate.
1991 - President Bush nominated federal
appeals court judge Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, beginning
a confirmation process marked by allegations of sexual harassment.
July 3:
1988 - U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner
over Gulf, kills 290.
July 4:
1990 - 2 Live Crew release "Banned in the USA"
the lyrics quote Star Spangled Banner & Gettysburg Address.
July 5:
1984 - Supreme Court weakens 70-year-old "exclusionary
rule"-evidence seized with defective court warrants can now be
used in criminal trials.
July 6:
1535 - English Catholic theologian Thomas More was beheaded
for refusing to recognize Henry VIII as supreme head of the Church of
England, which had just broken with the Roman Catholic Church.
July 7:
1987 - Lt Col Oliver North began public testimony at Iran-Contra
hearing.
July 8:
1777 - Vermont becomes 1st state abolishing slavery, adopts
male sufferage.
July 9:
1997 - Boxer Mike Tyson was banned
from the ring and fined $3 million for biting opponent Evander Holyfield's
ear.
July 10:
1985 - The Man got shut down. Coca-Cola
Company announces it will resume selling old formula Coke.
Of course, the "old formula" ain't so old because in 1980
Coke (sadly) permitted its bottlers to substitute high-fructose corn
sweetener for the beet and cane sugar once used. The result - the previously
crisp and bracing taste was sadly blunted. Conspiracy by The Establishment.
(More
of the Straight Dope)
July 11:
1656 - Ann Austin and Mary Fisher became
the first Quakers to arrive in America and were promptly arrested. Five
weeks later, they were deported back to England. (Mayflowerfamilies.com)
1812 - The United States invades Canada.
July 12:
1933 - Congress passes 1st minimum
wage law (.33 per hour).
1996 - Talk show host Morton Downey Jr., a boardmember
of the National Smokers Alliance and notorious for smoking on the air,
undergoes lung cancer surgery at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles.
July 13:
1863 - Anti-draft mobs lynch blacks
in NYC; about 1,000 die.
July 14:
1987 - Lt Col Oliver North concludes 6 days of Congressional
testimony.
July 15:
1869 - Margarine is patented in Paris, for use by French
Navy. And they make fun of American food!
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