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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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