FYI June 09, 2018


 
 

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On This Day

1954 – McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke, “You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?”
Joseph Nye Welch (October 22, 1890 – October 6, 1960) was an American lawyer who served as the chief counsel for the United States Army while it was under investigation for Communist activities by Senator Joseph McCarthy’s Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, an investigation known as the Army–McCarthy hearings. His confrontation with McCarthy during the hearings, in which he famously asked McCarthy “At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” is seen as a turning point in the history of McCarthyism.

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Born On This Day

1836 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and politician (d. 1917)
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (9 June 1836 – 17 December 1917) was an English physician and suffragist, and the first woman to openly qualify in Britain as a physician and surgeon, and the first woman to do so since James Barry.[1] She was the co-founder of the first hospital staffed by women, the first dean of a British medical school, the first female doctor of medicine in France, the first woman in Britain to be elected to a school board and, as Mayor of Aldeburgh, the first female mayor and magistrate in Britain.

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By William Hughes: R.I.P. Danny Kirwan, former Fleetwood Mac guitarist

 
 
 
 
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By Chris Thompson: Cool Dads Stephen Colbert And Patrick Wilson Deliver Surprisingly Earnest National Anthem Performance

 
 
 
 

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By Elizabeth Werth: My Hot Take Of The Day Is That Big Pickup Trucks Are A Plague And Should Not Be Sold For Daily Driving
 
 
 
 
By Elizabeth Werth: The Women’s Champion Of The 1927 Monte Carlo Rally Was The Endurance Driving Champion Of The World
 
 
 
 
By Dennis Young: College Runner Who Almost Burned To Death Reaches NCAA Final Two Years Later
 
 
 
 
Library Journal By LJ: Big Easy Reads
 
 
 
 
By Jared Brey: How Library Systems Can Help Address Affordable Housing Crises
 
 
 
 
By Scott Myers: Saturday Hot Links

 
 
 
 
By Adele Peters: Why Panera’s experiment with pay-what-you-want dining failed
 
 
 
 
25iq: Business and Investing Lessons from Rebecca Lynn (Canvas Ventures)
 
 
 
 
The Old Motor: Gasoline Station Series: Phillips 66 and Violet Ray Filling Stations, Noontime Traffic Jam on the Schuylkill Expressway, Joan Cuneo Early Tourist and Race Car Driver Visits Vermont, and more ->
 
 
 
 

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Tracy W Hometalker Orland Park, IL: An Old Refrigerator Gets a New Look With WALLPAPER!
 
 
 
 
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