On This Day…..

Saddam Hussein Assassination Attempt…..

July 8, 1982…..

Iraqi President Saddam Hussein‘s motorcade is ambushed in Dujail in an assassination attempt. Saddam’s retaliation for this assassination attempt led to his 2006 execution. As Saddam’s motorcade was traveling in Dujail, a dozen gunmen used the cover of the date palm orchards lining both sides of the road to ambush his motorcade. Two of his bodyguards were killed and most of the attackers were either killed or captured in the ensuing four-hour firefight. Saddam arrested suspected members of the plot and their family members as well. Over 140 people were executed, including four people who had been found not guilty but were mistakenly executed as well. The suspects were members of the Shiite Dawa Party, an organization viewed as a terrorist organization by the West. These executions were the primary charges for which Saddam was convicted and executed in 2006. Saddam’s half-brother and Iraqi intelligence chief, Barzan Hassan, and Awad Bandar, the former head of Iraq’s Revolutionary Court, were also hanged in 2007 for “aiding and abetting” in crimes against humanity for naming the suspected Dawa Party members to be arrested. This event became known as the Dujail Massacre.

Dad Joke Of The Day!

What do you call a red haired baker?…..A ginger bread-man!

On This Day…..

Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Hanged….. July 7, 1865…… Four conspirators in U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination are hanged in Washington D.C. The condemned included Mary E. Surratt, making her the First Woman Executed by the U.S. Federal Government. It was believed she provided assistance to Lincoln’s killer John Wilkes Booth.

Dad Joke Of The Day!

Last night as I was getting ready for bed, a police officer knocked on my door and asked me where I was between 5 and 6……he seemed irritated when I answered “kindergarten”……

This Weekend In History…..

Jim Morrison Dies of Overdose…… July 3, 1971…… Jim Morrison, the lead singer with The Doors, dies of a drug-induced heart attack. Although various stories are given, it is believed he snorted heroin, believing it was cocaine, and immediately suffered a heart attack. His long-term girlfriend, Pamela Courson, helped put him in a bathtub of warm…

Dad Joke Of The Day!

Over the weekend I started reading a really scary book in Braille. I’m not that far into it, but something really bad is going to happen….I can just feel it!

On This Day…..

President Garfield Assassination….. July 2, 1881…… U.S. President James A. Garfield is shot and mortally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. Guiteau believed he deserved an appointed position due to his support of Garfield’s presidential campaign. When that didn’t happen, he decided to kill the President. Garfield died in September…

Dad Joke Of The Day!

How do aliens keep their pants up?…..With an asteroid belt!