According to the Sun, a British historian claims Soviet strongman Josef Stalin ordered hitmen to kill actor John Wayne because of his huge anticommunist charisma. “When Nikita Kruschev took over he ordered the KGB to stop plotting against Wayne — his favourite actor.”

John Ehrlichman was sentenced on this day in 1974 for his role in the Watergate break-ins. To celebrate, hire a bunch of Cuban dissidents to break into your ex-wife's psychiatrist's office and rifle through her files. And if you try to link me to it, I'll deny it.