Quote of the Day
"Give me liberty, or give me death."
-- Patrick Henry
"Give me liberty, or give me death."
-- Patrick Henry
News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bush: Full pullout up to 'future presidents'
Senators prod Iraqis to produce a coalition
50 Insurgents Captured in Iraq Gunbattle
Bush: Iraq to Take Charge
Bush urges Iraqis to form government - Video
US targets Iraqi deaths "misinformation"
Iraqi Insurgents' Raid on Jail Thwarted
Operation Enduring Freedom
Suspected Taliban rebels killed
Bush 'Troubled' by Trial of Afghan Christian Convert
Homeland Security / War on Terror
Suspicious package investigated at White House gate
Court releases Bridgeview man's confession
Muslim says Quran justified attack in N.C.
Feds failed to scrutinize 9/11 terror pilots' training hijinks
Official: Moussaoui wasn't pre-9/11 priority
Pentagon mulls torture rule on Guantanamo evidence
Germans weigh right vs wrong in spying, terror war
Troops on Trial
Residents in video implicate US in deaths of civilians
Abu Ghraib dog handler gets six months for abusing prisoners
Other Military News
Senators Seek Smoother Military Voting
Hamas Rising
Israelis chase down suspected bomber
Worldwide Wackos
N. Korea Says it Can Strike First
Jail raid illustrates threat of militants
N. Korea talks of nuclear strength
Prince criticizes Muhammad cartoons
Iran's top leader OKs talking to U.S. for 1st time
Admin. Questions Iran's Motives
Politics
Bush says censure call "needless partisanship"
Hillary's calling the shots, Bill says
DJ Fired for Racial Slur Against Condoleezza Rice
Supreme Court
Supreme Court splits in police search case
Oddities
Man found at O'Hare sent home to Romania
Milosevic: It's difficult sharing name with dictator
Professor killed after crocodile snatches him from canoe in Africa
Man gets stuck in mud fleeing deputies, dies
Web chat rooms in Japan foster suicide pacts
Porn star hits it big as wine-maker
Have a beer on Australia? No thanks, says Canada
Obese Man Crosses U.S. to Shed Pounds
Wily Coyote Captured in Central Park
Other News of Note
Private wells to be tested near radioactive leak
Mussolini's secret bunker opens to public
How to comment on IRS proposal to sell tax information
European Union bans dozens of airlines, mostly from Africa, as safety hazards
Chemical-plant oversight urged
Fox News
Cocaine Terrorists - Colombian rebels face drug rap
Woman Says She Was Confined to House for Decade
GM Buyout
Video: Buyout Deal
Deadly Crash
New Witness Comes Forward in Holloway Case
Bouncer Indicted in Murder of N.Y. Grad Student- Video: Bouncer Charged
Dell to Purchase High-End PC Maker Alienware
Bird Flu Too Deep in Lungs for Human Transmission
Video: Lafave Victim's Mother Speaks Out
Y2K Stash Kept Family Alive
FULL SPORTS COVERAGE
Reuters: Top News
A tale of two nuclear nations
Merck scientist plays down Vioxx risk at trial
Greater efforts needed to save Amazon rainforests
Lost in space: Russian gear, US paperwork
Microsoft delay may hurt retailers' holiday sales
Samsung execs to plead guilty in US DRAM probe
Episcopal church faces another showdown over gays
Older women most successful at quitting smoking
Enron's Lay lied to credit agencies: witness
Microsoft delay may hurt retailers' holiday sales
Regis, Alberto-Culver shares off after Regis warns
Private equity group forms in Univision bid-sources
Nvidia to buy Hybrid Graphics, but stock slips
Alwaleed plans to float 30 pct of flagship company
Dow flirts with 5-year high as rate worry fades
Adobe Q1 net profit falls; outlook disappoints
Oakley shares up after purchases by founder
Movie Gallery shares up on short covering: analyst
Yahoo shares up on Goldman valuation call
Challenges for Microsoft, AppleVideo: Microsoft delay wide reaching
Oil falls as U.S. supplies stay robust
AP World News
Forum Says Governments Must Improve Water
College Board Finds 27,000 Unchecked SATs
Murder Trial of Phil Spector Is Delayed
Soriano Plays Outfield After All
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler to Undergo Surgery
The Seattle Times
Ferry sinks off British Columbia coast, all 101 aboard were rescued
Ferry sinking disrupts Inside Passage route that's vital to locals, popular with tourists
Accidents involving B.C. Ferries
BC Ferries Web site
Neighbors bridge labor gap as Salvadorans head north
Group sues to block budget-cutting law
Study says treating Mom's depression helps kids
ADHD drug warning labels studied
Pipe corrosion biggest threat as Alaska marks Exxon Valdez spill
Snowstorm drifts east as Midwest digs out
All children missing after storms found
Russia to help fuel China's boom
Agency says forests in Asia cut illegally for some U.S. flooring
2 men remain in a coma a week after disastrous London drug trial
Charges dropped for sake of victim
Chicago Sun-Times
Charges dropped against Johnson
Feds charge priest with downloading child porn
Lessons in election lawlessness in El Salvador
$750,000 bond in postal worker's slaying
Did Blair trade titles, seats for secret loans?
Table-size pizza seeks its slice of world fame
Drug that made patient 'Elephant Man' defended
Wis. in danger of setting snowmobile death record
Toothpaste plant may get squeezed out of existence
Storm survivors cook up a barbie
Now 'C-Miller,' rapper awaits retrial in nightclub murder
Loot used to bribe rep up for auction
Sex charges against teacher dropped
Bush salutes Africa's 1st elected female leader
Boston Globe: World
At the front of Israel's culture war - Benny Elon
France tries to assuage student rage on job law
5 Azerbaijanis said dead of bird flu
Weary Belarus protesters eye next move
As Chad election looms, army attacks rebel post
Military.com
Navy Leader's Plan Hits the Hill
Insurgents Nabbed After Gun Battle
Report: U.S. Strike Forces at Risk
CENTCOM: News Releases
IA, CF DETAIN TERRORISTS, FIND CACHES
MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 2 TERRORIST SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH ROADSIDE BOMB
COMBINED OPERATIONS NET 11 SUSPECTS
CITIZEN'S TIP HELPS MND-B SOLDIERS FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT
COMBINED TASK FORCE 150 PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED CARGE SHIP OFF COAST OF YEMEN
COALITION RAID NETS ONE, KILLS FOUR TERRORISTS
INSURGENTS FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS AND JOINING ARMED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
ANA GENERAL STAFF PARTICIPATES IN U.S. LAND FORCES SYMPOSIUM
MQ-1 PREDATOR CRASHES IN IRAQ
IRAQ AND COALITION FORCES PRESSING ON IN SALAH AH DIN
SOLDIERS DETAIN 46 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS
FINAL UPDATE ON MQ-1 PREDATOR CRASH IN IRAQ
MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, UNCOVER WEAPONS CACHE
Department of Defense
Bush: Sept. 11 Lessons Still Relevant - Story
Missile Defense System Binds Elements - Story
Military Commissions May Get New Guidance - Story
U.S., Iraqi Forces Net Suspects, Weapons - Story
ON THE GROUND
New Pipeline Established to Iraqi Army Base - Story
Former Terrorist Base Sees New Beginning - Story
U.S., Iraqi Forces Provide Security for Pilgrims - Story
IN IRAQ
Tankers Bridge Troubled Waters
Iraqi Soldiers on Track for Independent Ops
IN AFGHANISTAN
Citizen Tip Leads to IED in Afghan Mosque
Aircrews Refuel B-52s in Flight for the Fight
Spartans Take Reins in Eastern Afghanistan
FACE OF DEFENSE
Father, Daughter Reunite in Iraq - Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Motorcyclists Honor Fallen, Families - Story
Coronado Salutes Military
TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Iraq Reaches Historic Moment
Tal Afar Liberation Shows Intentions
Predator Crashes
66 Suspected Insurgents Detained
Tal Afar Shows Strategy Working
NATO Key Ally in Anti-terror War
Soldier Killed in Baghdad
Bush Remembers Troops
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (pdf)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
General Notes Progress
Troops Detain Suspects
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Troop Support Promotes Freedom
Cheney Thanks Airmen for Support
Americans Must Maintain Resolve
Success in Iraq Critical to War
Cheney Thanks Troops for Service
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Missile Technology Valid, Viable
Memorial Fundraiser Hits Milestone
Pace Tours Earthquake Area
Pakistan Visit to Build Better Bridges
Single C-17 Breaks Airdrop Record
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty - Story
Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah
Al Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Gitmo
Today in History
1026 - Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy
1066 - 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1153 - Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III
1568 - Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
1579 - Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
1593 - English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
1630 - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1657 - France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1708 - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
1775 - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
1794 - Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine; Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1801 - Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1806 - Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
1808 - Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1832 - British Parliament passes reform bill
1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
1836 - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)
1840 - Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)
1849 - Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)
1857 - Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)
1858 - Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia)
1861 - London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begin operating
1862 - Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
1864 - Encounter at Camden, AR
1865 - General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC
1867 - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto
1880 - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)
1881 - Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war; Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1889 - President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
1903 - Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1910 - 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
1912 - Dixie Cup invented
1915 - Zion Mule Corp forms
1917 - 4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US
1918 - Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed; Lithuania proclaims independence; Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)
1919 - Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted; Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy; Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
1920 - Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
1922 - 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC
1923 - Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
1925 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
1929 - 1st telephone installed in White House
1933 - Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
1936 - Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
1940 - All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland
1942 - 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported; Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean; US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1943 - German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia
1944 - Bomb attack against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome - 33 die; Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives
1945 - British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine; Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa; Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen
1948 - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 meter))
Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win
1950 - Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government; UN World Meteorological Organization established
1956 - Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day); Sudan becomes independent
1957 - US army sells last homing pigeons
1960 - Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 - JFK visits San Francisco
1964 - UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
1965 - Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young); Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
1966 - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
1968 - Reverend Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC
1969 - Rally for Decency (Miami)
1971 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
1973 - Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
1976 - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratify)
1980 - Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1981- Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions; Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men
1982 - Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees
1983 - US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)
1987 - US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf; West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns
1989 - 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature; Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter
1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill
1991 - 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
1993 - Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns
1994 - Amy Fisher's lover, Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days; Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York Governor; Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
Birthdays
1699 - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
1736 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
1761 - John W. de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1818 - Don Carlos Buell, Union Major General
1823 - Schuyler Colfax (R) 17th Vice President (1869-73)
1825 - Edward Lloyd Thomas, Confederate Brigadier General
1854 - Alfred Milner Giessen, British Governor (Cape colony)
1857 - Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1863 - Godfried C.E. van Daalen, Dutch General/Governor of Atjeh
1881 - Hermann Staudinger, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
1883 - Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st King of Iraq/Syria
1887 - Felix Felixovitch Yussupov, Russian prince/murderer of Rasputin
1898 - Georgios Grivas Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus
1901 - Jan H. de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands)
1905 - Ralph Perring Lord Mayor (London)
1907 - Daniel Bovet, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957); Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician
1908 - Dominique de Menil arts patron/human rights advocate
1911 - Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison (James Bond films)
1911 - Denis Wright, diplomat; Edward Warner, diplomat
1912 - Werner von Braun Wirsitz, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars)
1919 - Michael Lyne British air Vice-marshal
1920 - Neal Smith (Representative-IA)
1928 - 11th duke of Beaufort, English landowner/multi-millionaire; Alfred Morris, British MP
1929 - Albert H. Crews, astronaut
1931 - Norman F. Lent (Representative-NY)
1938 - Christopher Glenn, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
1949 - Karen English (Representative-AZ)
1953 - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP
1956 - Andrew Mitchell, British MP
Passings
1169 - Shirkuh Kurd General/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle
1237 - Jan of Brienne King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople
1369 - Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon
1555 - Julius III [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1676 - Paulus Wirtz [Würtz], German/Netherlands army commander, dies at 63
1801 - Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46
1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81
1902 - Kálmán Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
1907 - Constantine P. Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian General/minister of War, dies at 76
1944 - O.C. Wingate, British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash
1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
1957 - L. Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
1961 - James Edward Murray (Senator-MT 1935-61); Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24
1962 - Josephus R.H. van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at 80
1963 - Davey Moore dies seconds after being KOed in feather-weight championship
1983 - Dr. Barney Clark, 1st artificial heart recipient , dies after 112 days at 62
1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris (Representative-D), dies at 60
1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican Presidential candidate, assassinated at 44
Reported Missing in Action
1961
The following US Army personnel reported MIA when their C47 was shot down:
Bailey, Lawrence Robert (NM); passenger, released August, 1962 - alive as of 1998
Bankowski, Alfons A. (CT); flight engineer, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Garside, Frederick T. (MA); assistant flight engineer, KIA, remains ID'd November, 1991
Magee, Ralph Wayne (LA); pilot, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Matteson, Glenn (TX); navigator, KIA, body not recovered
Sampson, Leslie V. (MT); radio operator, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Weitkamp, Edgar Wilken (PA); passenger, KIA, body not recovered
Weston, Oscar B., Jr. (VA); co-pilot, KIA, body not recovered
1966
Clark, Donald E., Jr., USAF (VI); F100F shot down, remains returned by SRV September, 1977
Dawson, Clyde Duane USAF (WI); F100F shot down, remains returned by SRV Septeber, 1977
Hewitt, Samuel Eugene, USMC (IN); disappeared near perimeter wire, presumed Killed
Tapp, John B., USN (KY); A4C disappeared en route to ship, presumed Killed
1968
Franks, Ian J., US Army (NY); OV1C crashed in water, presumed Killed
1969
Davis, Robert C., USAF (NJ); A26A shot down (w/Widdis), remains returned 1994 - 1995
Widdis, James W., USAF (NJ); A26A shot down (w/Davis), remains returned 1994-1995 - ID'd October, 1996
1972
Jackson, James T., USAF (FL); F4D crashed (bombardier/navigator, w/Whitt), Killed, body not recovered
Pike, Dennis S., USN (AZ); A7E disappeared on mission
Whitt, James E., USAF (IL); F4D crashed (pilot, w/Jackson), Killed, body not recovered
1975
Martin, Earl; released from Saigon July, 1975
Storm survivors cook up a barbie
Now 'C-Miller,' rapper awaits retrial in nightclub murder
Loot used to bribe rep up for auction
Sex charges against teacher dropped
Bush salutes Africa's 1st elected female leader
Boston Globe: World
At the front of Israel's culture war - Benny Elon
France tries to assuage student rage on job law
5 Azerbaijanis said dead of bird flu
Weary Belarus protesters eye next move
As Chad election looms, army attacks rebel post
Military.com
Navy Leader's Plan Hits the Hill
Insurgents Nabbed After Gun Battle
Report: U.S. Strike Forces at Risk
CENTCOM: News Releases
IA, CF DETAIN TERRORISTS, FIND CACHES
MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN 2 TERRORIST SUSPECTS IN CONNECTION WITH ROADSIDE BOMB
COMBINED OPERATIONS NET 11 SUSPECTS
CITIZEN'S TIP HELPS MND-B SOLDIERS FOIL KIDNAP ATTEMPT
COMBINED TASK FORCE 150 PROVIDES ASSISTANCE TO DISABLED CARGE SHIP OFF COAST OF YEMEN
COALITION RAID NETS ONE, KILLS FOUR TERRORISTS
INSURGENTS FOUND GUILTY OF POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS AND JOINING ARMED TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
ANA GENERAL STAFF PARTICIPATES IN U.S. LAND FORCES SYMPOSIUM
MQ-1 PREDATOR CRASHES IN IRAQ
IRAQ AND COALITION FORCES PRESSING ON IN SALAH AH DIN
SOLDIERS DETAIN 46 SUSPECTED INSURGENTS
FINAL UPDATE ON MQ-1 PREDATOR CRASH IN IRAQ
MND-B SOLDIERS DETAIN SUSPECTED TERRORISTS, UNCOVER WEAPONS CACHE
Department of Defense
Bush: Sept. 11 Lessons Still Relevant - Story
Missile Defense System Binds Elements - Story
Military Commissions May Get New Guidance - Story
U.S., Iraqi Forces Net Suspects, Weapons - Story
ON THE GROUND
New Pipeline Established to Iraqi Army Base - Story
Former Terrorist Base Sees New Beginning - Story
U.S., Iraqi Forces Provide Security for Pilgrims - Story
IN IRAQ
Tankers Bridge Troubled Waters
Iraqi Soldiers on Track for Independent Ops
IN AFGHANISTAN
Citizen Tip Leads to IED in Afghan Mosque
Aircrews Refuel B-52s in Flight for the Fight
Spartans Take Reins in Eastern Afghanistan
FACE OF DEFENSE
Father, Daughter Reunite in Iraq - Story
AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Motorcyclists Honor Fallen, Families - Story
Coronado Salutes Military
TOP NEWS
IRAQ
Iraq Reaches Historic Moment
Tal Afar Liberation Shows Intentions
Predator Crashes
66 Suspected Insurgents Detained
Tal Afar Shows Strategy Working
NATO Key Ally in Anti-terror War
Soldier Killed in Baghdad
Bush Remembers Troops
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (pdf)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
AFGHANISTAN
General Notes Progress
Troops Detain Suspects
Afghanistan Update
Maps
WAR ON TERRORISM
Troop Support Promotes Freedom
Cheney Thanks Airmen for Support
Americans Must Maintain Resolve
Success in Iraq Critical to War
Cheney Thanks Troops for Service
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base
MILITARY NEWS
Missile Technology Valid, Viable
Memorial Fundraiser Hits Milestone
Pace Tours Earthquake Area
Pakistan Visit to Build Better Bridges
Single C-17 Breaks Airdrop Record
National Guard, Reserve Update
CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty - Story
Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah
Al Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf
Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar
Gitmo
Today in History
1026 - Koenraad II crowns himself king of Italy
1066 - 18th recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
1153 - Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" & Pope Eugene III
1568 - Treaty of Longjumeau: French huguenots go on strike
1579 - Friesland joins Union of Utrecht
1593 - English Congressionalist Henry Barrow accused of slander
1630 - French troops occupy Pinerolo Piedmont
1657 - France & England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk
1708 - English pretender to the throne James III lands at Firth of Forth
1775 - Patrick Henry proclaims "Give me liberty or give me death"
1794 - Josiah Pierson patents a "cold-header" (rivet) machine; Lieutenant-General Tadeusz Kosciuszko returns to Poland
1801 - Murder attempt on Czar Paul I
1806 - Lewis & Clark reach Pacific coast
1808 - Napoleon's brother Joseph takes the throne of Spain
1832 - British Parliament passes reform bill
1835 - Charles Darwin reaches Los Arenales, in the Andes
1836 - Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
1839 - 1st recorded use of "OK" [oll korrect] (Boston's Morning Post)
1840 - Draper takes 1st successful photo of the Moon (daguerrotype)
1849 - Battle of Novara (King Charles Albert vs Italian republic)
1857 - Elisha Otis' 1st elevator installed (488 Broadway, NYC)
1858 - Streetcar patented (Eleazer A Gardner of Philadelphia)
1861 - London's 1st tramcars, designed by Mr. Train of New York, begin operating
1862 - Battle of Kernstown VA-Jackson begins his Valley Campaign
1864 - Encounter at Camden, AR
1865 - General Sherman/Cox' troops reach Goldsboro NC
1867 - Congress passes 2nd Reconstruction Act over President Johnson's veto
1880 - Flour rolling mill patented (John Stevens of Wisconsin)
1881 - Boers & Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war; Gas lamp sets fire to Nice France opera house; 70 die
1889 - President Harrison opens Oklahoma for white colonization
1901 - Dame Nellie Melba, reveals secret of her now famous toast
1903 - Wright brothers obtain airplane patent
1910 - 1st race at Los Angeles Motordrome (1st US auto speedway)
1912 - Dixie Cup invented
1915 - Zion Mule Corp forms
1917 - 4 day series of tornadoes kills 211 in Midwest US
1918 - Crépy-en-Laonnoise: German artillery shells Paris France, 256 killed; Lithuania proclaims independence; Paris bombs "Thick Bertha's Dike" (nickname for the widow Krupp)
1919 - Bashkir ASSR, in RSFSR, constituted; Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy; Moscow's Politburo/Central Committee forms
1920 - Perserikatan Communist of India (PKI) political party forms
1922 - 1st airplane lands at the US Capitol in Washington DC
1923 - Frank Silver & Irving Conn release "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
1925 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution
1929 - 1st telephone installed in White House
1933 - Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers
1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945
1936 - Italy, Austria & Hungary sign Pact of Rome
1940 - All-India-Muslim League calls for a Muslim homeland
1942 - 2,500 Jews of Lublin massacred or deported; Japanese forces occupy Andaman Islands in Indian Ocean; US move native-born of Japanese ancestry into detention centers
1943 - German counter attack on US lines in Tunisia
1944 - Bomb attack against Southern Tirol congregation in Rome - 33 die; Nicholas Alkemade falls 5,500 meter without a parachute & lives
1945 - British 7th Black Watch crosses the Rhine; Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 US Navy ships bomb Okinawa; Prime Minister Winston Churchill visits Montgomery's headquarter in Straelen
1948 - John Cunningham sets world altitude record (54,492' (18,133 meter))
Crawford & Olivia de Havilland win
1950 - Sophocles Venizelos forms liberal Greeks government; UN World Meteorological Organization established
1956 - Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (National Day); Sudan becomes independent
1957 - US army sells last homing pigeons
1960 - Explorer (8) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 - JFK visits San Francisco
1964 - UNCTAD 1 world conference opens in Geneva
1965 - Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom & Young); Moroccan army shoots on demonstrators, about 100 killed
1966 - 1st official meeting after 400 years of Catholic & Anglican Church
1968 - Reverend Walter Fauntroy, is 1st non-voting congressional delegate from Washington DC
1969 - Rally for Decency (Miami)
1971 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
1972 - Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars
1973 - Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in US
1976 - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratify)
1980 - Shah of Iran arrives in Egypt
1981- Supreme Court rules states could require, with some exceptions, parental notification when teen-age girls sought abortions; Supreme Court upholds law making statutory rape a crime only for men
1982 - Guatemala military coup under General Rios Montt, President Romeo Lucas flees
1983 - US President Ronald Reagan introduces "Star Wars"-plan (SDI)
1987 - US offers military protection to Kuwaiti ships in the Persian Gulf; West Germany SPD chairman Willy Brandt resigns
1989 - 2 Utah scientists claim they have produced fusion at room temperature; Joel Steinberg sentenced to 25 years for killing his adopted daughter
1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound & pay $50,000 in restitution for 1989 oil spill
1991 - 20 Tornadoes kill 5 in Tennessee
1993 - Belgian government of Dehaene, resigns
1994 - Amy Fisher's lover, Joey Buttafuoco, released from jail after 4 months & 9 days; Howard Stern formally announces his Libertarian run for New York Governor; Russian Airbus A-310 crashes in Siberia (74-75 killed)
Birthdays
1699 - John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany
1736 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch Governor of Ceylon (1765-83)
1761 - John W. de Winter, Dutch Vice-Admiral (Battle at Kamperduin)
1818 - Don Carlos Buell, Union Major General
1823 - Schuyler Colfax (R) 17th Vice President (1869-73)
1825 - Edward Lloyd Thomas, Confederate Brigadier General
1854 - Alfred Milner Giessen, British Governor (Cape colony)
1857 - Fannie Farmer, actress (namesake of a candy company)
1858 - Ludwig Quidde, German historian/politician (Nobel prize 1927)
1863 - Godfried C.E. van Daalen, Dutch General/Governor of Atjeh
1881 - Hermann Staudinger, chemist/plastics researcher (Nobel '53)
1883 - Faisal I ibn Hussein ibn Ali, 1st King of Iraq/Syria
1887 - Felix Felixovitch Yussupov, Russian prince/murderer of Rasputin
1898 - Georgios Grivas Greek General/opposition leader on Cyprus
1901 - Jan H. de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder (Free Netherlands)
1905 - Ralph Perring Lord Mayor (London)
1907 - Daniel Bovet, pharmacologist (Nobel 1957); Douglas Patrick Thomas Jay, politician
1908 - Dominique de Menil arts patron/human rights advocate
1911 - Charles Joseph A. Russhon, USAF Lieutenant Colonel/liaison (James Bond films)
1911 - Denis Wright, diplomat; Edward Warner, diplomat
1912 - Werner von Braun Wirsitz, rocket expert (I Aim at the Stars)
1919 - Michael Lyne British air Vice-marshal
1920 - Neal Smith (Representative-IA)
1928 - 11th duke of Beaufort, English landowner/multi-millionaire; Alfred Morris, British MP
1929 - Albert H. Crews, astronaut
1931 - Norman F. Lent (Representative-NY)
1938 - Christopher Glenn, news anchor (CBS Nightwatch)
1949 - Karen English (Representative-AZ)
1953 - Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, British MP
1956 - Andrew Mitchell, British MP
Passings
1169 - Shirkuh Kurd General/vizier of Cairo/Saladin's uncle
1237 - Jan of Brienne King of Jerusalem/Emperor of Constantinople
1369 - Pedro the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile & Leon
1555 - Julius III [Giovanni M del Monte], Pope (1550-55), dies at 67
1653 - Johan van Galen, Dutch Admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1676 - Paulus Wirtz [Würtz], German/Netherlands army commander, dies at 63
1801 - Paul I, Tsar of Russia (1796-1801), strangled at 46
1862 - Karl Robert von Nesselrode, German chancellor, dies at 81
1902 - Kálmán Tisza, premier of Hungary (1875-90), dies at 71
1907 - Constantine P. Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary senator, dies at 79
1925 - Aleksei Kuropatkin, Russian General/minister of War, dies at 76
1944 - O.C. Wingate, British General-Major (Burma), dies in air crash
1952 - Klaas Schilder, Dutch vicar/theologist/antifascist, dies at 61
1957 - L. Patrick Abercrombie, English architect, dies at 77
1961 - James Edward Murray (Senator-MT 1935-61); Valentin Vasilyevich Bondarenko, cosmonaut, dies in accident at 24
1962 - Josephus R.H. van Schaik, lawyer/vice-premier of Netherlands, dies at 80
1963 - Davey Moore dies seconds after being KOed in feather-weight championship
1983 - Dr. Barney Clark, 1st artificial heart recipient , dies after 112 days at 62
1985 - Patricia Roberts Harris (Representative-D), dies at 60
1991 - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68
1994 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican Presidential candidate, assassinated at 44
Reported Missing in Action
1961
The following US Army personnel reported MIA when their C47 was shot down:
Bailey, Lawrence Robert (NM); passenger, released August, 1962 - alive as of 1998
Bankowski, Alfons A. (CT); flight engineer, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Garside, Frederick T. (MA); assistant flight engineer, KIA, remains ID'd November, 1991
Magee, Ralph Wayne (LA); pilot, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Matteson, Glenn (TX); navigator, KIA, body not recovered
Sampson, Leslie V. (MT); radio operator, KIA - remains ID'd November, 1991
Weitkamp, Edgar Wilken (PA); passenger, KIA, body not recovered
Weston, Oscar B., Jr. (VA); co-pilot, KIA, body not recovered
1966
Clark, Donald E., Jr., USAF (VI); F100F shot down, remains returned by SRV September, 1977
Dawson, Clyde Duane USAF (WI); F100F shot down, remains returned by SRV Septeber, 1977
Hewitt, Samuel Eugene, USMC (IN); disappeared near perimeter wire, presumed Killed
Tapp, John B., USN (KY); A4C disappeared en route to ship, presumed Killed
1968
Franks, Ian J., US Army (NY); OV1C crashed in water, presumed Killed
1969
Davis, Robert C., USAF (NJ); A26A shot down (w/Widdis), remains returned 1994 - 1995
Widdis, James W., USAF (NJ); A26A shot down (w/Davis), remains returned 1994-1995 - ID'd October, 1996
1972
Jackson, James T., USAF (FL); F4D crashed (bombardier/navigator, w/Whitt), Killed, body not recovered
Pike, Dennis S., USN (AZ); A7E disappeared on mission
Whitt, James E., USAF (IL); F4D crashed (pilot, w/Jackson), Killed, body not recovered
1975
Martin, Earl; released from Saigon July, 1975
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