Category: Right Wing Myths
Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War
On May 13the, 1846, Congress declared war on Mexico at the request of newly-minted President James K. Polk. The conflict centered on the independent Republic…
Softly Spoken Greatness
On May 12th, 1970, the US Senate confirmed President Nixon’s nomination of Federal Circuit Judge Harry A. Blackmun to the US Supreme Court. Known principally…
The Thousand-year Reich’s Inglorious End
On April 30th, 1945, Adolph Hitler kills himself by gunshot in his Führerbunker in Berlin with his new bride Eva Braun, who took her own…
Easter Rising
On April 24th, 1916, the Easter Rising was launched by Irish republicans to end British rule in Ireland and establish an independent Irish Republic while…
Respecting Mother Earth . . . .
On April 22nd, 1970, the first Earth Day is celebrated in the United States and points around the globe. Now an annual event observed every…
The Perpetual Catastrophe of Columbine
On April 20th, 1999, Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 12 classmates and one teacher in a mass shooting. They injured…
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