Posted on 10/20/2015 3:13:44 AM PDT by WhiskeyX
Today is Tuesday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2015. There are 72 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On October 20, 1965, in one of the more colorful moments of his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson, recovering from gall bladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, pulled up his shirt and jacket to show off his abdominal scar to reporters and photographers. (Although critics were appalled by the display, Johnson later said he was trying to dispel rumors that he'd actually been operated on for cancer.)
On this date:
In 1714, the coronation of Britain's King George I took place in Westminster Abbey.
In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.
In 1914, "Stay Down Here Where You Belong," an antiwar song by Irving Berlin, was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. in New York.
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Also Congress investigates the Red Scare in Hollywood, and Kennedy press secretary misleads the press (History Channel, this day in history).
Had to do with the Cuba missile crisis.
Did Kennedy handle the Cuban Missile right or did he get nailed to the wall by the Russians?
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