Thursday, October 22, 2009




October 25th


1938: The Archbishop of Dubuque, Francis J. L. Beckman, denounces Swing music as "a degenerated musical system... turned loose to gnaw away at the moral fiber of young people", warning that it leads down a "primrose path to hell"... then he resumed molesting an altar boy.


1962: Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba... but everyone is more interested in the photos he has that shows JFK's missile installed in Marilyn Monroe.


1997: After a brief civil war which has driven President Pascal Lissouba out of Brazzaville, Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaims himself the President of the Republic of the Congo... then he goes back to delivering groceries for the Food Emporium.

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