Today Marks The 22nd Anniversary Of The Waco Siege
Never Forget – Our Government Did This
Today In The Past
Events
202 BC – Coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han Dynasty’s rule over China
364 – Valentinian I becomes Roman Emperor.
870 – 8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople
1066 – Westminster Abbey opens
1570 – Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas
1646 – Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church
1653 – -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch
1692 – Salem witch hunt begins
1704 – Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 40, kidnap 100
1708 – Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die
1710 – In the Battle of Helsingborg, 14,000 Danish invaders under Jørgen Rantzau are decisively defeated by an equally sized Swedish force under Magnus Stenbock.
1749 – 1st edition of Henry Fieldings’ “Tom Jones” published
1784 – John Wesley charters Methodist Church
1794 – US Senate voids Pennsylvania’s election of Abraham Gallatin
1810 – 1st US fire insurance joint-stock company organized, Philadelphia
1826 – M Biela, an Austrian officer, discovers Biela’s Comet
1827 – 1st commercial railroad in US, Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) chartered
1838 – Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)
1844 – 12-inch gun aboard USS Princeton explodes
1847 – US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento
1849 – 1st boat load of gold rush prospectors arrives in SF from east coast
1850 – The University of Utah opens in Salt Lake City, Utah.
1854 – Republican Party formally organized at Ripon, Wisc
1859 – Arkansas legislature requires free blacks to choose exile or slavery
1861 – Territories of Nevada & Colorado created
1863 – Confederate raider “Nashville” sinks near Fort McAllister Georgia
1864 – -Mar 3rd] Skirmish at Albemarle County Virginia (Burton’s Ford)
1864 – -Mar 4th) Raid at Kilpatrick’s Richmond
1871 – 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections
1882 – 1st US college cooperative store opens, at Harvard U
1883 – 1st US vaudeville theater opens (Boston)
1891 – Oscar Grundén skates world record 500m (50.8 sec)
1893 – Edward Acheson, Penn, patents an abrasive he names “carborundum”
1900 – General Buller’s troops relieve Ladysmith Natal
1903 – Barney Dreyfuss & James Potter buys Philadelphia Phillies for $170,000
1908 – Failed assassination attempt on Shah Mohammed Ali in Teheran
1914 – Construction begins on Tower of Jewels for the Exposition (SF)
1917 – AP reports Mexico & Japan will allie with Germany if US enters WW I
1924 – US begins intervention in Honduras
1935 – Wallace Carothers manufactures 1st nylon polymer
1939 – The erroneous word “Dord” is discovered in the Webster’s New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1940 – 1st televised basketball game (U of Pitts beats Fordham U, 50-37)
1940 – Richard Wright’s “Native Son” published
1940 – US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
1941 – 39 U Boats (197,000 ton) sunk this month
1941 – British-Italian dogfight above Albania
1942 – 1st weapon drop on Netherlands
1942 – Japanese land in Java, last Allied bastion in Dutch East Indies
1942 – Race riot, Sojourner Truth Homes, Detroit
1947 – 228 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of 30,000 civilian lives.
1956 – Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory
1957 – Jockey Johnny Longden’s 5,000th career victory
1959 – Ice Dance Championship at Colo Springs USA won by Denny & Jones of GRB
1959 – Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Springs won by Wagner & Paul of CAN
1959 – Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colo Spr won by Carol Heiss USA
1960 – US wins Olympic hockey gold medal by defeating Canada
1961 – JFK names Henry Kissinger special advisor
1966 – Cavern Club (Beatles hangout) in Liverpool closes
1969 – Ice Dance Championship at Colorado Spr won by Towler & Ford of GBR
1969 – Ice Pairs Championship at Colorado Spr won by Rodnina & Ulanov of URS
1969 – Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colo Spr won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR
1969 – Men’s Figure Skating Championship in Colo Springs won by Tim Wood USA
1970 – Bicycles permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge
1970 – Caroline Walker runs world female record marathon (3:02:53)
1971 – 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
1972 – Pres Richard Nixon ends historic week-long visit to China
1975 – 41 killed in London Underground, as train speeds past final stop
1975 – A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
1977 – 1st killer whale born in captivity (Marineland, LA California)
1977 – Harbor strike in Rotterdam/Amsterdam ends
1979 – Ernest Thompson’s “On Golden Pond,” premieres in NYC
1981 – Calvin Murphy (Hou), sets NBA record with 78 consecutive free throws
1982 – AT & T looses record $7 BILLION for fiscal year ending on this day
1982 – FALN (PR Nationalist Group) bombs Wall Street
1983 – TV episode of “M*A*S*H” airs (CBS); record 125 million watch
1988 – 15th Winter Olympic games close at Calgary, Canada
1988 – Yvonne van Gennip skates world record 5 km ladies (7:14.13)
1993 – 100 agents raid Branch Davidian compound at Waco Texas
Waco Siege Films
WACO: A New Revelation (Full Version)
” Film released in 1999 – April 19, 1993 – The massacre of the Branch Davidians in Waco, TX by the U.S. government. Remember Waco? This video shows hard evidence that the media wouldn’t and still won’t show the American public.
Waco: A New Revelation is the film that triggered a new Congressional investigation of the Waco tragedy, and caused the Justice Department and the FBI to reverse their long-held positions on Waco. It has generated a firestorm of events unprecedented in the history of documentary filmmaking. After six years of painstaking investigation, the complete story of the tragedy in Texas is finally coming to light. This compelling feature-length documentary presents new revelations about the events that led up to the deaths of 79 men, women and children at Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993. In the spring of 1998, under the Freedom of Information Act, investigators from MGA Studio’s film division became the first private citizens to gain access to the Waco investigation evidence lockers. What they found was shocking. Upon examination, the evidence gathered under the supervision of federal officials appeared to contradict the FBI’s congressional testimony, raising serious and disturbing questions about events surrounding the siege at Mt. Carmel and the deaths of the Davidians. Gene Cullen Since 1993, former members of the FBI, former Special Forces and CIA operatives have come forward with new evidence to suggest that the FBI’s claim is inaccurate.”
Waco Rules of Engagement
” A truly sobering testament to the tyrannical force of the US government. This documentary tells the story of the Waco siege. This documentary, from the ATF’s own footage, bears witness to the murder by the US government of citizens who choose to exercise their constitutional rights.
Truly a must see! Are we truly free when we fear our government?”
BRANCH DAVIDIAN VICTIMS
Died February 28, 1993
Winston Blake, 28, black, British
Peter Gent, 24, white, Australian
Peter Hipsman, 28, white, American
Perry Jones, 64, white, American
Michael Schroeder, 29, white, American
Jaydean Wendell, 34, Hawaiian, AmericanDied April 19, 1993
Katherine Andrade, 24, white, American
Chanel Andrade, 1, white, American
Jennifer Andrade, 19, white, American
George Bennett, 35, black, British
Susan Benta, 31, black, British
Mary Jean Borst, 49, white, American
Pablo Cohen, 38, white, Israeli
Abedowalo Davies, 30, black, British
Shari Doyle, 18, white, American
Beverly Elliot, 30, black, British
Yvette Fagan, 32, black, British
Doris Fagan, 51, black, British
Lisa Marie Farris, 24, white, American
Raymond Friesen, 76, white, Canadian
Sandra Hardial, 27, black, British
Zilla Henry, 55, black, British
Vanessa Henry, 19, black, British
Phillip Henry, 22, black, British
Paulina Henry, 24, black, British
Stephen Henry, 26, black, British
Diana Henry, 28, black, British
Novellette Hipsman, 36, black, Canadian
Floyd Houtman, 61, black, American
Sherri Jewell, 43, Asian, American
David M. Jones, 38, white, American
David Koresh, 33, white, American
Rachel Koresh, 24, white, American
Cyrus Koresh, 8, white, American
Star Koresh, 6, white, American
Bobbie Lane Koresh, 2, white, American
Jeffery Little, 32, white, American
Nicole Gent Little, 24, white, Australian
and unborn child
Dayland Gent, 3, white, American
Page Gent, 1, white, American
Livingston Malcolm, 26, black, British
Diane Martin, 41, black, British
Wayne Martin, Sr., 42, black, American
Lisa Martin, 13, black, American
Sheila Martin, Jr., 15, black, American
Anita Martin, 18, black, American
Wayne Martin, Jr., 20, black, American
Julliete Martinez, 30, Mexican American
Crystal Martinez, 3, Mexican American
Isaiah Martinez, 4, Mexican American
Joseph Martinez, 8, Mexican American
Abigail Martinez, 11, Mexican American
Audrey Martinez, 13, Mexican American
John-Mark McBean, 27, black, British
Bernadette Monbelly, 31, black, British
Rosemary Morrison, 29, black, British
Melissa Morrison, 6, black, British
Sonia Murray, 29, black, American
Theresa Nobrega, 48, black, British
James Riddle, 32, white, American
Rebecca Saipaia, 24, Asian, Phillipino
Steve Schneider, 43, white, American
Judy Schneider, 41, white, American
Mayanah Schneider, 2, white, American
Clifford Sellors, 33, white, British
Scott Kojiro Sonobe, 35, Asian, American
Floracita Sonobe, 34, Asian, Phillipino
Gregory Summers, 28, white, American
Aisha Gyrfas Summers, 17, white, Australian
and unborn child
Startle Summers, 1, white, American
Lorraine Sylvia, 40, white, American
Rachel Sylvia, 12, white, American
Hollywood Sylvia, 1, white, American
Michelle Jones Thibodeau, 18, white, American
Serenity Jones, 4, white, American
Chica Jones, 2, white, American
Little One Jones, 2, white, American
Neal Vaega, 38, Somoan, New Zealander
Margarida Vaega, 47, Asian, New Zealander
Mark H. Wendell, 40, Asian, American
1994 – Brady Law, imposing a wait-period to buy a hand-gun, went into effect
1995 – Denver International Airport opens
1997 – FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia
1997 – Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US
1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place.
1997 North Hollywood Shootout pt.1
1997 North Hollywood Shootout pt.2
1997 North Hollywood Shootout pt.3
Hollywood Shootout – The last 9 minutes live
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2004 – Over 1 million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (300-mile) long human chain to commemorate the 228 Incident in 1947
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2007 – Jupiter flyby of the New Horizons Pluto-observer spacecraft.
2012 – Discovery of the largest prehistoric penguin, Kairuku grebneffi, at nearly 5ft tall
Births
1155 – Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)
1261 – Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)
1409 – Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)
1533 – Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
1552 – Jost/Jobst Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (d. 1632)
1573 – Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
1663 – Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
1675 – Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 – René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1704 – Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 – Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1764 – Robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist
1786 – D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician
1792 – Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
1817 – James Craig, Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1822 – Matthew Duncan Ector, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1879
1824 – Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist
1824 – John Creed Moore, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1910
1825 – Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
1833 – Alfred von Schlieffen, Count/Prussian general-fieldmarshal
1838 – Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
1840 – Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (d. 1892)
1858 – Jacob P Vis, Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)
1866 – Vyacheslav I Ivanov, Russian philosopher/classical/poet [OS=2/16]
1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician (d. 1929)
1890 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Kiev Ukraine, ballet dancer (3/12 NS)
1899 – Frederick Denison Maurice Hocking, pathologist
1901 – Linus Pauling, Portland, Oregon, American chemist/peace activist (Nobel 1954, 1962)
1906 – Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas
1908 – Billie Bird, American actress (d. 2002)
1909 – Olan Soule, La Harpe Ill, actor (My 3 Sons, Arnie)
1910 – Vincente Minnelli, Chicago IL, director (American in Paris, Gigi)
1915 – Peter Medawar, England, zoologist, immunologist (Nobel 1953)
1915 – Zero “Samuel” Mostel, Brooklyn, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1917 – Hans Deutgen, Sweden, world champion archer
1921 – Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (d. 2006)
1923 – Charles Durning, Highland Falls NY, actor (Fury, Sting, Tootsie), (d. 2012)
1925 – Harry H Corbett, Rangoon Burma, actor (Steptoe & Son, Jabberwacky)
1927 – John Swire, British aircraft magnate (Cathay Pacific)
1929 – Frank O Gehry, architect (Galleria-Oklahoma City)
1930 – Leon Cooper, US physicist (Nobel 1972)
1931 – Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1931 – Gustav Thoni, Italy, skiier (World Cup-1971, 72, 73, 75)
1934 – Willie Bobo, NYC, jazz drummer (Cos)
1939 – John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death)
1939 – Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend)
1940 – Joe South, Atlanta, Georgia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Games People Play), (d. 2012)
1940 – Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion)
1942 – Frank Bonner, Little Rock AR, actor (WKRP, Hoax, You Can’t Hurry Love)
1942 – Brian Jones, [Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones], English rock guitarist (Rolling Stones)
1943 – Donny Iris, singer
1945 – Charles “Bubba” Smith, Tx, NFLer (Balt Colts)/actor (Police Academy)
1945 – Ronnie Rosman, rocker (Tommy James Shondells-Crystal Blue Persuasion)
1946 – Robin Cook, British politician (d. 2005)
1948 – Bernadette Peters, [Lazzara], Queens NY, actress (Jerk)
1948 – Mercedes Ruehl, Queens NY, actress (Lost in Yonkers, Crazy People)
1948 – Mike Figgis, English director
1951 – Gustavo Thoeni, Italy, giant slalom (Olympic-gold-1972)
1953 – Ricky “Dragon” Steamboat, [Richard Blood], wrestler (NWA/WWF/WCW/AWA)
1953 – Ingo Hoffmann, Brazilian racing driver
1953 – Paul Krugman, American economist and New York Times columnist (Nobel Prize in Economics 2008)
1955 – Gilbert Gottfried, comedian (Beverly Hills Cop)
1955 – Randy Jackson, New Orleans, guitarist (Zebra-Tell Me What You Want)
1957 – Cindy Wilson, Athens Georgia, rock vocalist (B-52’s-Love Shack)
1957 – Ian Stanley, keyboardist
1957 – John Turturro, Bkln, actor (Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever)
1957 – Ainsley Harriott, British celebrity chef
1958 – Christine Lathan-Brehmer, German DR, 400m runner (Oly-gold-76)
1960 – Dorothy Stratten, Vancouver BC, playmate (August, 1979) (Galixina)
1961 – Eric Bachelart, Belgian racing driver
1962 – Angela Bailey, England, Canadian 4X100m relayer (Olympic-silver-1984)
1962 – Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
1963 – Claudio Chiappucci, Italian cyclist
1964 – Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Uzbekistan cyclist
1969 – Butch Leitzinger, American race car driver
1970 – Noureddine Morceli, Algeria, 1500m runner (Olympics-gold-96)
1970 – Daniel Handler, American writer, better known as Lemony Snicket
1972 – Rory Cochrane, American actor
1973 – Eric Lindros, London Ontario, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1973 – Nicolas Minassian, French racing driver
1976 – Ali Larter, American actress and model
1977 – Jason Aldean, American country singer
1978 – Benjamin Raich, Austrian Olympic skier
1979 – Sébastien Bourdais, French racing driver
1979 – Primož Peterka, Slovenian ski jumper
1979 – Michael Bisping, English mixed martial artist
1982 – Natalia Vodianova, Russian supermodel
1984 – Karolína Kurková, Czech supermodel
1985 – Fefe Dobson, Canadian singer
1985 – Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1991 – Sarah Bolger, Irish actress
Deaths
642 – Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle
1261 – Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies
1326 – Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)
1485 – Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)
1510 – Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer
1525 – Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler
1572 – Aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)
1621 – Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1590)
1638 – Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56
1638 – Henri duc de Rohan, French soldier/Huguenot leader, dies
1742 – Willem J ‘s-Gravesande, Dutch physicist, dies at 53
1781 – Richard Stockton, US attorney (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 50
1786 – John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
1788 – Thomas Cushing, American Continental Congressman (b. 1725)
1844 – Abel P Upshur, Secretary of State, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1844 – Thommas W Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton
1857 – André Dumont, Belgian geologist (b. 1809)
1905 – Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85
1916 – Henry James, US/British writer (Bostonians), dies in London at 72
1932 – Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer (b. 1851)
1936 – Charles Nicolle, French bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1866)
1940 – Johan C Braakensiek, Dutch political cartoonist, dies at 81
1953 – Jim Thorpe, versatile American athlete (Olympics-gold-1912), dies at 64
1962 – Harold Ogden “Chic” Johnson, comedian (Olsen & Johnson), dies at 70
1966 – Charles A Bassett II, astronaut, dies at 34, in a crash of T-38 jet
1966 – Elliot McKay See Jr, astronaut, dies at 38 in T-38 jet crash
1967 – Henry Luce, American publisher (b. 1898)
1977 – Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 71
1978 – Eric Frank Russell, sci-fi author (Hugo, Deep Space), dies at 73
1978 – Philip Ahn, LA California, actor (Master Kan-Kung Fu)
1979 – Mr Ed, talking horse, dies
1985 – David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (b. 1947)
1986 – Sven Olof Palme, Swedish PM (1969-76, 82-86), assassinated at 59
1986 – Laura Z. Hobson, American novelist (b. 1900)
1992 – Angelique Pettyjohn, actress (Body Talk, Star Trek), dies at 49
1992 – La Lupe, Cuban singer, dies of a heart attack in the Bronx at 53
1993 – Ishiro Honda, Japanese director/producer (Godzilla), dies at 81
1993 – Ruby Keeler, Canadian actress, singer, and dancer (42nd Street, Dames), dies of cancer at 82
1994 – Buster Holmes, chef/restaurateur, dies at 88
1995 – Herman “Ace” Wallace, blues guitarist/singer, dies at 69
2003 – Roger Michael Needham, British cryptographer (b. 1935)
2003 – Rudolf Kingslake, Lens designer, and Engineer (b. 1903)
2004 – Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, writer, and Librarian of Congress (b. 1914)
2006 – Owen Chamberlain, American physicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1920)
2007 – Baron Charles Forte, Italian-born hotelier (b. 1908)
2007 – Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and political commentator (b.1917)
2008 – Mike Smith, English musician (The Dave Clark Five) (b. 1943)
2009 – Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (b. 1918)
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