AUGUST 18 – 1998 Washington Post: Clinton Admits to Lewinsky Relationship; 1958 TV game shows checked for scrutiny; 1963 Meredith first black student to graduate from Ole Miss; 1982 Longest game at Wrigley Field, Dodgers beat Cubs
AUGUST 18
1998 — here are the headlines:
NYT: Clinton admits Lewinsky Liaison to Jury; Tells Nation It Was Wrong But Private.
Daily News: Liar Liar.
Washington Post: Clinton Admits to Lewinsky Relationship
. Yes, Monica Lewinsky, born July 23 1973 in San Francisco these days is an activist, public speaker and author, but we all know why she’s really famous and it ain’t for that.
Raised in Beverly Hills, she became an intern at the White House at age 22 which is when the affair with President Bill Clinton began. She was transitioned to the Pentagon, where she befriended Linda Tripp who would set up Lewinsky with secretly recorded tape of Monica admitting her affair.
In January 1998 Tripp handed the tapes over to special prosecutor Kenneth Starr who was looking into allegations of real estate fraud and several other charges while Clinton was governor of Arkansas. Clinton had already come out publicly and denounced the allegations of sexual misconduct, stating he did not have sexual relations with Miss Lewinsky.
However the tapes that Tripp submitted would become enough evidence to prosecute Clinton and impeach him for perjury. I go into more detail about the actual impeachment on my October 28th ep, but basically President Clinton would have to come back on TV and announce he lied to the American public about his affair, but strongly united out that it was his private business. Americans are much more interested in his and Hillary’s personal dealings with Whitewater and the countless other scandals that seem to leave people dead everywhere we look, but since the witnesses tend to die before testifying there’s not enough evidence.
Throughout the years, the experience she’s had with cyberbullying has led to her current of ending it.
1965 – Operation Starlite begins
…in the Van Tuong peninsula, the first major US ground battle of the Vietnam War. Lt. Gen. Lewis W. Walt v Nguyen Chon. The result both sides claimed victory, even though 5500 Marines destroyed a Viet Cong stronghold. The US Marines sustained 45 killed and 200 wounded. Corporal Robert O’Malley and Lance Corp. Joe C Paul received the Medal of Honor for their engagement in the operation.
1795 – Washington signs Jay’s Treaty,
…or The Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation Between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America for short. Yeah. It was negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay and signed between the United States and Great Britain on November 19, 1794.
There were three big problems left unresolved after the end of the American Revolution. For one thing, the Brits were still occupying first in New York and present-day Ohio and Michigan. Second, the boundary between the US and Canada was a bit ambiguous. Third, the British were aggravating the native Americans attacks on settlers in present day Kentucky and Ohio.
There were other issues left unresolved from the Treaty of Paris, including the fact that merchants in American and the Caribbean wanted the British to be reopened to American trade, Southern politicians wanted to be paid for slaves that were evacuated by the British army during the war, and various other issues. Meanwhile, there were still high tensions between Great Britain and France. In American, Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson supported France, and Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Chief Justice John Jay supported the U.K. President Washington sided with the latter. Since the last thing Washington wanted was another war with the British, Jay and Hamilton worked together to form a treaty that would both alleviate bad relations with Great Britain and guarantee increased trade between the U.K. and the U.S. The American’s didn’t have a lot of leverage, except for maybe joining the Danish and the Swedish in refusing to accept their goods, by force if necessary. Not much of a Ace in the pocket, and the British wouldn’t go for it, in fact if gave them even more rights.
The only way the Treaty helped was by opening a little bit more trade with the U.K., and the surrender of the northwestern ports, which by the way was already addressed in the original Treaty in 1783. That’s it! No paying American back the debt of the Revolution, no Canadian border, no slaves, and no guarantee that the British would not hassle American ships. As you can imagine, this was highly unpopular in America. But Washington went with it, believing that this would keep America out of future hostilities with the British.
1817 – Gloucester, Mass newspapers tells of wild sea serpent seen offshore. The story was big enough to send the Linnaean Society of new England to investigate. It was 100-foot long, large eyed, sharp toothed, scaly reptilian beast.
But enough about my ex-girlfriend and getting back to the snake. Although there are sightings to this day, the whole sea serpent myth has been debunked.
1958 – American TV games shows are investigated for scandalous activity. The three main games shows were 21 questions, Ditto and the $64,000 Question. On 21 Questions, contestant Herb Stempel allowed his opponent to win the game, going in on the profits. Once this was brought out in the open, networks started canceling entire quiz show lineups. Two years later Congress amended the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit fixing of game shows.
1963 – James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from Ole Miss.
…Meredith grew up on a farm with nine brothers and sisters. He joined the air force after graduating high school, and then attended Jackson State College, and all-black school. Then he became the first black student at the University of Mississippi, under the protection of armed guards. After he graduated, Meredith got a law degree and got into politics. He continues to be an activist to this day. Imagine. Back then he wasn’t allowed to go into the school. Now there’s a status of him there. Like a boss!
1982—Longest baseball game at Wrigley Field in Chicago, ends after 22 innings, before LA Dodgers beat Cubs 2-1. The game had started on August 17.