A fire in the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois, kills more than 600 people on December 30, 1903. It was the deadliest theater fire in U.S. history. Blocked fire exits and the lack of a fire-safety plan caused most of the deaths.

It was one year ago today that we lost President Jimmy Carter at age 100. He’s now reunited with his beloved Rosalynn, Godspeed shipmate

In case anyone missed that rambling, utterly insane “Presidential Address” last night, here’s a summary:

On December 17, 1903, brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful sustained flights in an airplane—Orville first, gliding 120 feet (36.6 metres) through the air in 12 seconds—at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

On December 16, in 1773, a group of men cheered by a crowd of thousands threw tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor. Britain's punitive response to the Boston Tea Party, which was a protest against taxes, helped push American colonists closer to war

On December 13, 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia repulses a series of attacks by General Ambrose Burnside’s Army of the Potomac at Fredericksburg, Virginia. The defeat was one of the most decisive loses for the Union army

In November of 2025, a federal judge approved the purchase of the corporate debt of Venezuelan owned Citgo, by trump mega donor Paul Singer, for 5.9 billion. The Venezuelan government then filed an appeal, effectively blocking the sale. Is this the real reason for starting a war with Venezuela?

On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declare smallpox has been eradicated. The disease, which carries around a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been eradicated.

On December 6, 1865, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, officially ending the institution of slavery, is ratified. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.”

ArtI.S8.C11.2.1 Overview of Declare War Clause Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: [The Congress shall have Power . . . ] To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; . . .

On our continuing storm coverage, we go live to meteorologist Theo on the South Coast

In Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man, a violation of the city’s racial segregation laws

On November 29, 1975, President Gerald Ford signs the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (Public Law 94-142). The landmark measure requires that all children with physical, mental, emotional and learning disabilities have access to “free, appropriate public education” tailored to their needs

“Are you stupid? Are you a stupid person?” barks the idiot who told us that windmills cause cancer and the airports were targeted during the Revolutionary War

On November 27, 1911, Elizabeth Jaffray, a White House housekeeper, writes in her diary about a conversation she’d had with President William Howard Taft and his wife about the commander in chief’s ever-expanding waistline.

On November 25, 1963, three days after his assassination in Dallas, Texas, John F. Kennedy is laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

I didn’t choose the thug life, the thug life chose me

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin, is published in England on November 24, 1859. Darwin’s theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called “natural selection.”

Beginning on November 20, 1945, 24 high-ranking Nazis go on trial in Nuremberg, Germany, for atrocities committed during World War II

On November 19, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered the brief but renowned Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the National Cemetery in Pennsylvania during the American Civil War.

On November 17, 1981, President Ronald Reagan signs off on a top secret document, National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), which gives the CIA power to recruit and support a 500-man force of Nicaraguan rebels to conduct covert actions against the Sandinista regime in Nicaragua.

On November 14, 2002, chosen to succeed Richard Gephardt as leader of the Democratic Party in the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to be named leader of either party in either house of Congress.

On November 13, 1982, near the end of a weeklong national salute to Americans who served in the Vietnam War, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. after a march to its site by thousands of veterans of the conflict

In this era of designer dog breeds, why hasn’t anyone bred a bulldog with a shih-tzu to produce a litter of adorable bullshits?

On an unrelated topic; my wife found these at a local farmer’s market, it’s the only thing I’ll eat now

At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, the Great War ends. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, bereft of manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car outside Compiégne, France

On November 10, 1975, The American freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 aboard; its mysterious demise inspired a Gordon Lightfoot song that helped make it the most famous shipwreck in the Great Lakes.

Actual audio transcript of this episode: *dude hits the floor Trump: “quick, gimme his wallet” Oz: “it’s okay I’m a doctor. Hey buddy, have you tried my nutritional supplements?” RFK Jr: “is anyone gonna eat that?”

On November 5, 1872, Susan B. Anthony, a leader in the American women's suffrage movement, cast a ballot in the presidential election, and she was later arrested for voting illegally and convicted in a trial she called “the greatest outrage history ever witnessed.”

On November 4, 2008, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois defeats Senator John McCain of Arizona to become the 44th U.S. president, and the first African American elected to the White House. The 47-year-old Democrat garnered 365 electoral votes and nearly 53 percent of the popular vote

On November 2nd, 1983, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday in January a national holiday in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.

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On October 28, in 1886, U.S. President Grover Cleveland officially dedicated the Statue of Liberty—a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” - Emma Lazarus

The charter for the United Nations—the world's premier international organization, established at the end of World War II to maintain world peace and friendly relations among nations—entered into force on October 24th, in 1945.

I found a clam! I am a mighty hunter! Can I have some treats now, please

Less than a year ago, President Biden worked across the aisle to keep the government functioning for the people. Now, we’re weeks into a shutdown, Republicans are refusing to negotiate, and the “president” says he’s pocketing $230 million taxpayer dollars because we owe him

In action on October 22, 1965, near Phu Cuong, about 35 miles northwest of Saigon, PFC Milton Lee Olive III of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, throws himself on an enemy grenade and saves four soldiers, including his platoon leader, 1st Lt. James Sanford.

If we’re in a declared war against narco-terrorists (we’re not), then returning enemy combatants to the “battlefield” is a clear act of treason against the U.S., if we’re not in a sanctioned war, then we’re just murdering people www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/p...

On October 20, 1977, a plane carrying the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, known for such songs as Free Bird and Sweet Home Alabama, crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi, killing singer Ronnie Van Zant and guitarist Steve Gaines, among others.

Hopelessly trapped at Yorktown, Virginia, British General Lord Cornwallis surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a larger Franco-American force on October 19, 1781, effectively bringing an end to the American Revolution.

Sadly, we have no choice but to accept our defeat, the skunks have outsmarted us at every turn. We humbly ask mercy from our new, smelly overlords

On October 11, 1991, during the confirmation hearings of Clarence Thomas, lawyer and educator Anita Hill testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee and accused him of sexual harassment. The hearings polarized Americans, and Thomas was narrowly confirmed, 52–48

On October 10, 2014, activist Malala Yousafzai, age 17, wins the Nobel Peace Prize. A fierce advocate for girls' education, in her native Pakistan and around the world, she is the youngest-ever Nobel laureate.

On October 8, 1918, Corporal Alvin York single-handedly captured 132 Germans and killed another 25 during the Meuse-Argonne offensive of World War I.

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Remember when this was a thing?

On October 5, 1969, The British television series Monty Python's Flying Circus debuted on the BBC and proved to be a watershed for TV comedy around the world.

On October 3, 2023, Republican Kevin McCarthy was voted out as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first time in history a speaker was removed from office.

Good work GOP, you failed the basic premise of your job, maintaining services and security for the taxpayers. This is completely on the Republicans, as they control the Executive office, and both houses of Congress. Unnecessary chaos, manufactured by your orange cult leader

On September 30, 1889, the Wyoming state convention approves a constitution that includes a provision granting women the right to vote. Formally admitted into the union the following year, Wyoming thus became the first state in the history of the nation to allow its female citizens to vote.