Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.
As chair of the Intelligence Committee, Schiff is one of the lead investigators
in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump stemming from
the Trump–Ukraine scandal.
NOTE: THIS IS AS POLITICAL AS THIS BLOG WILL GET!
SANDY KOZEL
Hattie Ophelia Wyatt Caraway (February 1, 1878 – December 21, 1950)
Hattie W. Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate
when Arkansas Governor Harvey Parnell appointed Caraway to fill
her late husband Thaddeus’ seat; her appointment was formally confirmed by a special election held on this day in 1932.
On this day in 1971, the television sitcom "All In the Family" debuted
on CBS-TV. It is often regarded as one of the greatest TV series of
all time. It soon became the most watched show during summer
reruns and afterwards ranked number one in the yearly Neilsen
ratings from 1971 to 1976. TV Guide ranked “All in the Family”
as the fourth-greatest show of all time. The final original show
was April 8, 1979.
From left: Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner, Carroll O’Connor, and Sally
Struthers.
ROSS SIMPSON
Under the Indian Ocean, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake sent 500-mph
waves across the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal on this day in
2004. The tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in a dozen
countries, including Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Sumatra, Thailand and
India.
On this day in 1996, six-year-old beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey
was found beaten and strangled to death in the basement of her
family’s home in Boulder, CO. It was reported in September 2016
that the investigation into JonBenét’s death continues to be an
active homicide case, per Boulder Police Chief Greg Testa.
Patsy Ramsey and her husband John Ramsey, parents of JonBenet.
John Mark Karr, 41, was being charged by police for child porn in
California when out of nowhere, he confessed to killing JonBenet,
but his DNA didn’t match the DNA found on JonBenet Ramsey,
and he wasn’t charged with her death.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
On this day in 1973, President Richard Nixon told an Associated
Press managing editors meeting in Orlando, FL, "people have
got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not
a crook."
The U.S. Congress held its first session in Washington, DC,
in the newly completed north wing of the unfinished Capitol
building (above) on this day in 1800. They moved from
Philadelphia.
CAMILLE BOHANNON
President George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, (above)
a federal Circuit Judge in 1991, to succeed retiring Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall. Senate confirmation hearings on Thomas
were initially completed until a report of a private interview of Anita
Hill by the FBI was leaked to the press. The hearings were then
reopened, and Hill was called to publicly testify. She said in the
televised hearings on this day in 1991, Thomas had sexually
harassed her while he was her supervisor at the Department of
Education and the EEOC.
Anita Faye Hill
Anita Hill turned 62 in July.
Clarence Thomas became 70 years old in June.
On this day in 1975, "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin (below) was the guest host.
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