DIANE KEPLEY
Beyoncé (Giselle Knowles-Carter) is 44 years young today.
Beyoncé is widely regarded as one of the most culturally
significant figures of the 21st century.
Credited with revolutionizing the music industry, Beyoncé
is often deemed one of the greatest entertainers
and most influential artists in history..
The Department of Justice unleashed a shocking and often
violent unconstitutional nationwide dragnet — detaining as
many as 10,000 people — on this day in history, Jan. 2, 1920.
Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer (above) appointed to the
office 10 months earlier by President Woodrow Wilson, led the
sweep against suspected communists and anarchists, as well
as their sympathizers.
The action was soon dubbed the Palmer Raids.
The Foundation for Economic Education said…"The raids
constituted a horrific, shameful episode in American history,
one of the lowest moments for liberty since King George III
quartered troops in private homes."
The foundation called the effort under President Wilson
"America’s reign of terror."
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)
A young Justice Department official, J. Edgar Hoover,
played a key role in the Palmer Raids. He was named
FBI director in 1924.
Kenneth Winston Starr (July 21, 1946 – September 13, 2022)
(Fox News) – Ken Starr, a noted attorney who helped impeach
one president and defended another from the same fate, died
Tuesday at age 76.
A statement released by his family said Starr died in Houston
of complications from surgery at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical
Center.
Starr was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to serve on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. He also
served as U.S. solicitor general under President George H.W.
Bush.
