Today In History

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Today in History

• 1917, Mata Hari, a Dutch dancer who had spied for the Germans, was executed by a French firing squad outside Paris
• 1945, the former premier of Vichy France, Pierre Laval, was executed
• 1946, Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering poisoned himself hours before he was to have been executed
• 1966, President Johnson signed a bill creating the Department of Transportation
• 1976, in the first debate of its kind between vice-presidential nominees, Democrat Walter F. Mondale and Republican Bob Dole faced
  off in Houston.
• 1990, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev was named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
• 1991, after  facing sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the
  Supreme Court, 52-48
• 2002, Iraqis turned out for a national referendum on whether Saddam Hussein should remain their president for another seven
  years; Saddam won with a reported 100 percent of the votes cast

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Today in History

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• 1991, after  facing sexual harassment allegations by Anita Hill, the Senate confirmed the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the
  Supreme Court, 52-48
• 2002, Iraqis turned out for a national referendum on whether Saddam Hussein should remain their president for another seven
  years; Saddam won with a reported 100 percent of the votes cast

  Saddam must have run a very persuasive campaign. 

Geeze.  I remember Anita Hill testi-lying like it was yesterday.     I'm getting old . . . .