Huey Long (1893–1935), nicknamed "the Kingfish", was a populist member
of the Democratic Party from Louisiana who was nationally prominent in
the U.S. during the Great Depression for his vocal criticism of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his New Deal, which Long deemed
insufficiently radical. As an alternative, he proposed the Share Our
Wealth program in 1934, advocating massive federal spending, a wealth
tax, and wealth redistribution. Long served as the governor of Louisiana
from 1928 to 1932 and as a member of the U.S. Senate from 1932 until his
assassination in 1935. A controversial figure, Long is both celebrated
as a populist champion of the poor and denounced as a fascistic
demagogue. Poised for a 1936 presidential bid, Long was mortally wounded
by a lone assassin in 1935. He left behind a political dynasty that
included his wife Rose McConnell Long, his son Russell B. Long, and his
brother Earl Long, among others.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_Long>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1791:
The commissioners overseeing the construction of the United
States' new capital city named it in honor of the first president:
Washington, D.C.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_D.C.>
1939:
World War II: About 3,000 Polish Army troops began a nearly
month-long defence of the Hel Peninsula during the German invasion of
Poland.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hel>
1971:
Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon, was released.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_%28John_Lennon_album%29>
2001:
Ahmad Shah Massoud, the leader of the Northern Alliance, was
assassinated in Afghanistan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Shah_Massoud>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
finger-lickin' good:
1. Of food: very delicious; delectable, scrumptious.
2. (figuratively) Extremely good; superb.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/finger-lickin%27_good>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Error is the force that welds men together; truth is communicated
to men only by deeds of truth. Only deeds of truth, by introducing light
into the conscience of each individual, can dissolve the cohesion of
error, and detach men one by one from the mass united together by the
cohesion of error.
--Leo Tolstoy
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Tolstoy>