The Axis Proclaimed, Ngô Đình Diệm Dead, Madelyn Dunham Dead

On this day: November 2

Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire (1914)

Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia (1930)

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis (1936)

President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the Vietnam War (1967)

President B. Hussein Obama meets with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt of Sweden to discuss BigGov-Cronyism opportunities from climate change (2009)

President B. Hussein Obama appears on the Ryan Seacrest (and other) radio shows to appeal to young voters ahead of the epic 'shellacking' Democrats will receive on Election Day (2010)

b: Thomas Kennedy (1887); d: George Bernard Shaw (1950), Ngô Đình Diệm (1963), Madelyn Lee Payne Dunham (2008)

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