Good Morning Deplorables

It is Saturday 8/12/2017

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• Lead Story

•  1990 Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered

• American Revolution

• 1776 Washington anticipates British strategy

• Automotive

• 1988 “Tucker: The Man & His Dream” debuts

• Civil War

• 1862 John Hunt Morgan captures a Federal garrison at Gallatin

• Cold War

• 1961 East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall

• Crime

• 1964 Great Train robber escapes from prison

• Disaster

• 2000 Russian sub sinks with 118 onboard
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• General Interest

• 1676 King Philip’s War ends
• 1898 Armistice ends the Spanish-American War
• 1953 Soviets test “Layer-Cake” bomb
• 1973 Nicklaus sets title record
• 1985 JAL air crash
• 30 Cleopatra commits suicide

• Hollywood

• 1964 James Bond creator Ian Fleming dies
• 2014 Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall dies

• Literary

• 1774 English poet laureate Robert Southey is born

• Music

• 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie musical premieres in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin

• Old West

• 1820 Fur trader Manuel Lisa dies

• Sports

• 1978 Rising NFL star paralyzed by hit

• Vietnam War

• 1965 Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as Ambassador to Vietnam
• 1969 VC launch new offensive

• World War I

• 1914 British Parliament passes Defense of the Realm Act

• World War II

• 1938 Hitler institutes the Mother’s Cross
• 1941 Roosevelt and Churchill confer, map out short- and long-term goals