Besides being inauguration day today is also 420 Day. What were these people smoking to elect Sleepy Joe
On January 21, 2020, the first case of Covid-19 is diagnosed in the United States. I don't want to talk about it any more. On January 21, 19550, former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. Two years earlier, Hiss had denied accusations of involvement with a Soviet spy ring before the House Unamerican Activities Committee, also denying that he had passed top secret documents to known ex-communist Whittaker Chambers, an editor for Time Magazine. When Chambers produced the documents, Hiss was brought to trial. The statute of limitations had run out for a possible treason charge, but a jury found Hiss had perjured himself before the HUAC. He served four years in jail, and continued to deny accusations of treason until his death in 1996. On January 21, 1977, President Jimmy Carter, just one day after his inauguration, makes good on his campaign promise to issue a general pardon to an estimated half million Americans who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. Carter felt the pardon would help heal a nation still divided over a war that had ended 3 years earlier. But while the pardon got the expected pan from veterans and patriotic groups, it was even unpopular with the anti-war movement, who felt deserters and civilians who were criminally charged during protests should also have been addressed. As for the pardoned, its estimated that about 50,000 men who dodged the draft by fleeing to Canada permanently settled there, though many more returned home.
On January 22, 2003, detailed data released from the 2000 U.S. Census reveals that Hispanics have replaced African-Americans as the largest minority group in the nation, with about 31.1 million counted. Mexican immigrants make up about 29 percent of this number. On January 22, 1901, Queen Victoria of England dies, ending her prolific 63-year reign as the British monarch. Victoria had married her cousin Albert, Prince of Germany in 1839, and they sired 9 children, including her successor Edward VII. On her death (Albert had died in 1861) Victoria also had 37 great-grandchildren, so many of whom had married into royal households of other countries that she died with the nickname "grandmother of Europe." On January 22, 1981, John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine for the final time. The photo was taken during a session just 12 hours before Lennon's murder. Photographer Annie Leibovitz would later say she had been instructed to only photo Lennon, but he insisted Yoko be in the photos as well.
During WWI, the 3 monarchs sitting on the thrones of England, Germany and Russia were cousins and grandchildren of Victoria. The Kaiser and King of England would switch between German and English in the middle of sentences. The Kaiser was even an honorary admiral in the English fleet.
Not sure what's nastier, this information or that picture of John and Yoko. True story: in the mid-80's my dad was head of the commission that ran the municipal auditorium here in MC. The building has a professional theatre and they were trying to bring in some name attractions. My dad told me they had a chance to book Yoko Ono and wanted to know if I thought she would be a good draw. My answer probably saved this city from cultural destruction.
Never been a fan of Lennon and still don't see what all the hoopla is about. Just another weirdo. Harrison on the other hand could play anything with strings and do it well.
Yoko warped Lennon into a weirdo. Harrison was talented. McCartney was brilliant, but the success of his song "Let 'em In" proved he could have farted into a mic for 3 minutes and sold a million records.
Never heard it, thats how little I care about Lennon. I give the Beatles their credit for the influence they had on so many but I've never been a fan of them either.
