2015 -- James Comey says criticism of the police is causing the rise of violent crime in cities. He offers no evidence for this assertion.

2015 -- Senator Ted Cruz [R-Texas] warns "one more liberal justice and they begin sandblasting and bulldozing veterans memorials."

2013 -- Chancellor Angela Merkel calls the White House to complain about the NSA tapping her phone.

2001 -- Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-Wisc.] introduces the senseless PATRIOT Act, & Justice official James Yoo writes a memo saying the President need not obey the law.

1998 -- Life being sacred, anti-abortion fanatic James C. Kopp murders Dr. Barnett Slepian in Amherst, N.Y.

1987 -- Robert Bork gets Borked.

1983 -- Suicide bombers kill 241 U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon -- on President Ronald Reagan's watch.

1962 -- With SAC at DEFCON 2, JFK and aides debate whether to bomb Cuban SAM sites if any U.S. planes are shot down.

1955 -- In a South Vietnamese referendum with 108% participation, Ngo Dinh Diem wins with 98.9%.

1954 -- Bypassing the French, Pres. Eisenhower authorizes direct U.S. aid to South Vietnam. It doesn't help.

1775 -- The Continental Congress bars Blacks from the Army.

425 -- Valentinian III, six, becomes Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, which falls 30 years later.