>>5106760 (pb)

>We are 90 weeks from election 2020

"Alrighty then"!

30 Weeks: Sunday, September 8, 2019. Lots of happenings on September 8th that can be related to our "habbenings".

1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.

1941 – World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.

1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the armistice with Italy.

1966 – The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres

1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

1974 – Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon

1975 – Gays in the military

1978 – Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran,

1989 – Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.

2016 – NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.

1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician