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It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
— Calvin Coolidge
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Today is Thursday, December 1st, the 335th day of 2022. It is Antarctica Day, Eat a Red Apple Day, and National Christmas Lights Day.
On This Day
In 1824, with no candidate receiving a majority of Electoral College votes, the U.S. House of Representatives was given the task of deciding the next president. It picked John Quincy Adams, who became the only chief executive to ever assume office after winning neither a majority of the popular vote nor a majority of electoral votes.
In 1862, in his State of the Union Address, President Abraham Lincoln reaffirmed the necessity of ending slavery, ten weeks after he issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
In 1918, Iceland became a sovereign state, while remaining a part of the Kingdom of Denmark.
In 1924, the National Hockey League’s first United States-based franchise, the Boston Bruins, played its first game in league play at home.
In 1934, in the Soviet Union, Politburo member Sergey Kirov was assassinated. Stalin used the incident as a pretext to initiate the Great Purge.
In 1941, Emperor Hirohito gave the final approval for Japan to initiate war against the United States.
In 1969, the United States held its first draft lottery since World War II.
In 1991, Ukrainian voters overwhelmingly approved a referendum for independence from the Soviet Union.
In 1997, Heath High School student Michael Carneal opened fire on a group of students, killing three and injuring five, in West Paducah, Kentucky.
In 2000, Vicente Fox Quesada was inaugurated as the president of Mexico, marking the first peaceful transfer of executive federal power to an opposing political party following a free and democratic election in the nation’s history.
Today's Birthdays
Filmmaker Woody Allen is 87. Singer, actress, and left-wing moron Bette Midler is 77. Actor Treat Williams is 71. Former model Carol Alt is 62. Actor Jeremy Northam is 61. Actor Néstor Carbonell is 55. Actress, singer, and model Zoë Kravitz is 34.
The Links
A Bright, Shining Disappointment: Solar Photovoltaic’s Failure in the Southwest (D. Dowd Muska, Southwest Public Policy Institute)
“Solar is a bust, even in the sun-drenched Southwest. If it can’t make it here, it can’t make it anywhere.”
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