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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:
May 16:
1991 - The Man even touches our comic heroes: Daily Planet
fires cub reporter Jimmy Olson (Superman character), In the next issues,
he took a number of temporary jobs, including "Turtle-boy"
and free-lancing for NewsTime. He ended up homeless and on the streets.
Damn The Man!
1996 - On a notoriously ugly episode of Dallas, Pam Ewing
encounters her husband Bobby in the shower, no easy feat since he's
been dead for an entire year. So Pam had dreamed the entire 1996 season.
This is exactly the sort of gimmick TV viewers enjoy.(More
Info )
May 17:
1980 - Rioting that claimed 18 lives
erupted in Miami's Liberty City neighborhood after an all-white jury
in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating
black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
May 18:
1947 - NY Times Sunday magazine carries
a glowIng tribute to tobacco by staff writer W B Hayward, "Why
We Smoke -- We Like It." The sidebar, purporting to show an opposing
side, contains no mention of recent studies indicating links to heart
disease, cancer and decreased longevity. (More
Info)
1998 - The federal government filed
a sweeping antitrust case against the evil empire Microsoft Corp.
May 19:
1979 - Gays weren't allowed in the
military but "In The Navy" by the Village People hits #3.
May 20:
1959 - This wasn't too overdue....Japanese-Americans
regain their citizenship
May 21:
1970 - National Guard mobilized to
quell disturbances at Ohio State University.
2002 - Merrill Lynch agreed Tuesday to pay a total $100
million in fines to help settle New York state's charges that its research
analysts publicly hyped stocks they privately ridiculed in order to
win business for Merrill's investment banking unit. (More
Info)
May 22:
1973 President Nixon confesses his role in Watergate cover-up
May 23:
1946 - Rail Workers' Wage War
The end of World War II unleashed a torrent of labor activity. Workers,
whose wages had been frozen in the name of the war effort, strove not
only to boost their take-home pay, but to preserve the modest cost of
living that wartime price caps had helped establish. On this day in
1946, the nation's rail workers got into the act and headed to the picket
line to agitate for fairer compensation. The ensuing strike, led by
the Railroad Trainmen and Locomotive Brotherhoods, effectively stopped
up the nation's still rail-heavy transportation network and enabled
the workers to win better wages. The thrill of this victory was short-lived,
however, as the rail unions, along with other labor organizations, failed
in their quest to maintain price controls. Under heavy pressure from
business leaders, who were more concerned with their respective bottom-lines
than the ravages of inflation, President Harry Truman eventually acquiesced
and rolled back price controls. As the unions had feared, the demise
of price caps sparked a heady wave of inflation that washed away the
rail workers' post-war wage gains. (History
Channel)
May 24:
1993 - Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy
to avoid paying $7.4 million settlement.
May 25
1925 - John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee
for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
May 26
 1937
- After GM and Chrysler both negotiated contracts with the UAW, Ford
announced: "We'll never recognize the United Automobile Workers
Union or any other union." On this date, 60 UAW members and some
local journalists were jumped by a large contingent of Ford
security goons outside a plant in Dearborn, Michigan. One of the union
men died four months later from his injuries. The incident was widely
reported in the news media, and was known as "The Battle of the
Overpass." (More
Info)
May 27:
1987 - Jim & Tammy Bakker appear on "Nightline"
after PTL scandal.
May 28:
1972 - White House "plumbers"
break into Democratic National HQ at Watergate
May 29:
1989 - This took guts...Student protesters in Tiananmen
Square China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty.
May 30:
1925 - British mariners shoot on demonstrators.
May 31:
1678 - Right on! Lady Godiva rides naked through Coventry
in a protest of taxes.
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