1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in New York City, is dedicated.

1895 – The Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan & Trust Co. Since then, the ba*tards have changed their minds…

1899 – Martha Place becomes the first woman to be executed in an electric chair. “I am Woman, hear me…” BZZZZZZZZZZT!!!!

1904 – The French Third Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland sign the Entente Cordiale, saving Britain the expense of having to administer another historical ass-whipping before sitting in Paris being served by the French. That duty is relegated to the Germans.

1913 – The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, requiring direct election of Senators, becomes law. Another tilt on the downhill slide into the abyss.

1953 – Mau Mau leader Jomo Kenyatta is convicted by Kenya’s British rulers. And Britain turned the country over to these terrorist thugs.

1985 – Bhopal disaster: India files suit against Union Carbide for the disaster which killed an estimated 2,000 and injured another 200,000. Rumors that Union Carbide was making dot remover are unfounded.