Quote of the Day
"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum.
Whenever evil wins, it is only by default:
by the moral failure of those who evade the fact
that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
-- Ayn Rand
News of NoteOperation Iraqi FreedomIraq's First Lady Unharmed After Motorcade Is Bombed Iraqi, Coalition Soldiers Distribute Food, Toys to Families in NeedUnder Secretary of Defense Visits ‘Village of Hope’ Vocational SchoolIraqi Citizens Capture Criminal Responsible for Detonating BombCoalition Forces Provide Supplies to Displaced FamiliesSadr snubs Iraq peace overtures (Gulf Daily)U.S. Special Forces kill four insurgents, detain seven in Jazeera DesertHomeland Security / War on Terror / Hamas-Hezbollah HappeningsOlmert Says He Will Meet Palestinian PresidentRice presses Israel on roadblocksPolitics / GovernmentDems Turn Focus to McCain PastorsObama Wins Guam Caucuses by 7 VotesDems Being Driven Apart Over Gas Tax HolidayBRIEFING BOOK: (PDF)
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Video2 campaigns, 2 different candidatesBolivian state begins key, and defiant, autonomy voteMichigan governor released from hospital after surgeryIn the Courts / Crime and Punishment / Law and OrderSister-in-Law: Austrian 'Horror Dad' Was Like a TyrantAustrian incest father's secret past emergesSlideshow: Austria's house of horrorsAmber Alert Issued for 2 Children Abducted in ArizonaMan Asks Court to Change Name to 'In God We Trust'Cops: Infant Left in Car While Parents Watched DerbySuspect charged in Philly cop's slaying; 2nd suspect soughtMedia in the Media / Bloggers in the News / Watching the WebMicrosoft Drops Yahoo BidJerry Yang needs a good plan, fastRush of talks preceded endYahoo: Investors agreed bid too lowMicrosoft letter withdrawing Yahoo bidScience / Medicine and Health / TechnologyResearchers find gene defect that boosts glucoseGTA 4 poised to dominate Xbox LiveVideo: Electric sports car debuts in U.S.Mother Nature8 South Koreans Swept Away by Large Wave350 Dead After Cyclone Roars Through MyanmarFarmers face climate challenge in quest for more foodClimate change warms Arctic, cools AntarcticaRain and snow spell relief for Great LakesEstonians scour country for junk in big clean upNews from My Neck of the WoodsRockefeller Center's iconic Atlas statue to get restorationReport: NYC spends $65M a year on teachers not in classroomsOdditiesGerman politician may auction his beardOther News of NoteChinese President Hopeful About Tibet TalksTorch in mainland China gets thunderous welcomeWelcoming Chinese Step in Current Tibet CrisisUS Boycott The Beijing Olympics? ... You Must Be Kiddin'!Dalai Lama Envoys to Begin Talks in ChinaFox NewsMississippi Paper Mill Blast Kills 1, Hurts 17'Iron Man' a Cut Above the Usual Box Office FareReutersAsia fears lost decade from food price shockProfits, data could extend Wall Street gainsU.S. parents' baby knowledge lacking, study findsChina seeking "positive outcome" from Tibet talks -
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VideoPlay celebrates life of English soccer great DeanGlory days goneFuture of lucrative cholesterol drugs murkyFood crisis still playing out on world trade: U.S.Audi to offer electric cars in 5-10 years: reportBarclays eyes possible Korea investor: reportBuffett says Fed avoided chaos in Bear bailoutBoeing denies media report on 787 delivery delayBuffett eyes family-owned German businessesD.Telekom eying possible Sprint buy: reportHackett's dream ends with disqualificationUntroubled De La Hoya outpoints ForbesHornets slow down Duncan, beat Spurs in openerAP World NewsThe Boss, Sinatra among N.J. Hall of Fame's first inducteesUpshall, Flyers eliminate top-seeded Canadiens in 5 gamesAmtrak plans multi-city celebration of 'National Train Day'News BlazePHOTOS: Iraqi medics stitch injured child's fingerMND-B Soldiers Kill 5 Terrorists, Detain 24, Find EFPS, 3 Caches Across RashidA Heartbreaking Scientology Video - Ms. Boucher's StorySoldiers' Angels and Patriot GuardIraq NewsRead about Operations in IraqFOB Warhorse Memorial PhotosVideosCENTCOMSons of Iraq help secure Fuhail villageUSJFCOMDruid's Dance exercise yields major training milestoneUSJFCOM signs agreement with Old Dominion University Research FoundationLearn more about CRADAs -
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podcastLearn more about JSICMulti-National Force - IraqISF, MND-B Soldiers seize cache in Risalah following tipMND-B soldiers kill 5 terrorists, detain 24, find EFPs, 3 caches across RashidMarines attacked by IED (Anbar Province)Hillah ISWAT team captures two criminal element members; detains four othersDefenseLinkGates Works to Change Mental Health Question -
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SpecialMarines Say Osprey Performs WellSoldiers Help Iraqi ChildrenMilitary Condemns Suicide Bombings Coalition Forces Kill Three, Capture 55Mullen Urges Academy Cadets to Become LeadersDefense Secretary Salutes Homefront Power'Awesome' Fort Bliss Expansion Impresses Gates -
PhotosGates Applauds Efforts at Red River Army Depot Mullen Asks Nations to Unite to Fight ExtremistsTroops to Get More Choices for Death BenefitsBikers Gather for Motorcycle Safety EventArmy Handbooks Focus on First 100 Days of CombatGuard Ready to Help Storm-Lashed Missouri Fort Bragg Housing 'Appalling,' Gates SaysU.S. Strikes Al-Qaida Target in SomaliaGates: Command Restructuring Worth ConsideringJoint U.K., U.S. Training Prepares Troops to DeployCoaltion Captures Three Insurgent Fighters in KhowstPilot Breaks Own World Record for Hours in F-16Sailor to Meet Bone Marrow Recipient Chaplain Meets the PopeBank of America, Fisher House Help TroopsWeatherAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGermanyAnsbach Aschaffenburg Berlin Berlin-Tempelhof Berlin/Schonefeld BremerhavenDarmstadt Frankfurt Frankfurt/Main Freiburg/Breisgau GarmischGarmisch-Partenkirchen Geilenkirchen Gelnhausen Giessen KitzingenHanau Am Main Heidelberg Mainz Mannheim Nurnberg Stuttgart TrierWiesbaden WurzburgGitmoGuamAgana Agana Heights Agat Andersen AFB Asan BarrigadaIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfJapanKadena Air Base Okinawa Tokyo YokohamaToday in History1303 - Flemings conquers Middelburg
1471 - Battle of Tewkesbury - King Edward IV vs Ex-queen Margaretha
1493 - Spanish Pope Alexander VI divides non-Christian world between Spain & Portugal
1494 - Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica
1540 - Venice & Turkey sign Treaty of Constantinople
1626 - Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth & buttons
1626 - Peter Minuit becomes director-general of New Netherlands
1634 - Johan van Walbeecks' fleet departs to West-Indies
1652 - Battle at Etampes - French army under Turenne beats Fronde rebels
1715 - French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris France)
1747 - Willem IV appointed viceroy of Overijssel
1776 - Rhode Island declares independence from England
1783 - Herschel reports seeing a red glow near lunar crater Aristarchus
1805 - Henry C. Overing buys 80 acres of Throggs Neck in the Bronx NY
1814 - Bourbon reign restored in France
1818 - Netherlands & England sign treaty against illegal slave handling
1834 - Charles Darwin's expedition reaches 200 km from Atlantic Ocean
1843 - Great Britain annexes Natal
1846 - US state of Michigan ends death penalty
1847 - New York State creates a Board of Commissioners of Emigration
1851 - 1st major San Fransisco fire
1858 - War of the Reform (México) - Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1861 - At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel navy is cast
1862 - Battle at Williamsburg, VA; Yorktown VA - McClellan halts his troops before town as it is full of armed torpedoes left by CS Brigadier General Gabrial Rains
1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville ends - Beaten Union army withdraws
1864 - Ulysses S Grant crosses Rapidan & begins his duel with Robert E. Lee
1865 - Battle of Citronville, AL - Richard Taylor surrenders; Battle of Mobile AL
1871 - 1st baseball league game (National Association of Baseball Players), (Fort Wayne 2, Cleveland 0) Deacon Jim White gets 1st hit, a double
1878 - Phonograph shown for 1st time at Grand Opera House
1886 - Haymarket riot in Chicago - bomb kills 7 policemen
1888 - Italy & Spain sign military covenant
1893 - Cowboy Bob Pickett invents bulldogging
1896 - Grease fire ignites ½ ton of dynamite at Cripple Creek, CO
1897 - Fire in Paris France bazaar at Rue Jean Goujon kills 200
1910 - Canadian Currency Act, 1910, receives Royal Assent; Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy; Tel Aviv founded
1912 - Italian mariners occupy Turkish Island of Rhodes
1915 - Italy drops Triple Alliance with Austria-Hungary & Germany
1916 - At request of US, Germany curtails its submarine warfare
1917 - Arabs sack Tel Aviv
1923 - Bloody street battles between Nazis, socialist & police in Vienna; New York state revokes Prohibition law
1924 - 8th modern Olympic games open in Paris, France; German Republic election - fascists & communists win
1925 - League of Nations conference on arms control & poison gas usage
1926 - General strike hits Britain
1927 - 1st balloon flight over 40,000 feet (Scott Field, IL); Nicaragua agrees to a US-supervised presidential election in 1928
1931 - Mustafa Kemal Pasja becomes Turkish president
1932 - Al Capone, convict of income tax evasion, enters Atlanta Penitentiary
1938 - Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire
1940 - 21 "not neutral" Nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands
1942 - Battle of Coral Sea begun (1st sea battle fought solely in air); German occupiers imprison 450 prominent Dutch as hostages
1945 - German troops in Netherlands, Denmark & Norway surrender
1946 - 5 die in a 2 day riot at Alcatraz prison in San Fransisco bay
1948 - The Hague Court of Justice convicts Hans Rauter (SS) - sentenced to death
1949 - Air crash at Turijn (whole Torino-soccer team survives)
1957 - Alan Freed hosts "Rock n' Roll Show" 1st prime-time network rock show; Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam
1958 - Alberto Lleras Camargo chosen as President of Colombia
1960 - 1st great Delta dam closes, North-South Beveland
1961 - 13 Freedom riders began bus trip through South; Malcolm Ross & Victor Prather reach 34,668 meters (record) in balloon; South-Africa ANC-leader John Nkadimeng arrested
1964 - 70 GATT-countries confer in Geneva
1966 - Soviet Government signs accord about building Fiat factory in USSR
1967 - Lunar Orbiter 4 launched by US - begins orbiting Moon May 7
1970 - National Guard kills 4 at
Kent State in Ohio (a number of Guardsmen are also wounded); Premier Kosygin affirms existence of Russian military advisors in Egypt
1972 - Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri, South Vietnam
1973 - 1st TV network female nudity-Steambath (PBS)- Valerie Perrine
1978 - Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany
1979 - 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher); NASA launches Fltsatcom-2
1982 - British torpedo boat
Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet (French-built) rocket
1984 - Dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
1986 - President Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán
1989 - US launches Magellan to Venus; US space shuttle STS-30 launched
1990 - Latvia's parliament votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence
1991 - President G.H.W. Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat
Birthdays1631 - Mary I Henriette Stuart, daughter of Charles I/Queen of England
1635 - Willem van Outhoorn, Dutch Governor-General (Dutch East Indies)
1796 - Joseph Pannell Taylor, Union Brigadier General
1820 - Julia Gardiner Tyler, 2nd wife of President John Tyler (1841-45)
1881 - Aleksandr F. Kerenski, Russian premier (1917-Prelude to Bolshevism)
1902 - Cola [Nicolas] Debrot Bonaire, Governor (Netherlands Antilles)/author
1914 - Abdel Karim Kassem, general/premier/dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
1918 - Kakuei Tanaka, Japanese PM (1972-74), convicted of bribe-taking
1922 - John Paul Hammerschmidt (Representative-AR)
1926 - Milton "Milt" Thompson, US NASA-test pilot/chief-engineer (X-15)
1928 - Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President (1981- )
1938 - William J. Bennett, US Secretary of Education (1985-88)
1949 - Gerrit J. P, van Otterloo, Dutch MP (PvdA)
1951 - Gene Greenwood (Representative-PA)
Passings1879 - William Froude, British civil engineer/shipbuilder (F Integer), dies at 68
1885 - Aleksandar I Karadjordjevic, monarch of Serbia (1842-58), dies at 78
1955 - Louis Breguet French aviation pioneer, dies at 75
1970 - Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandy Scheuer, William Schroeder, students at
Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard (a number of Guardsmen were also wounded there)
1971 - Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88
1975 - Moe Howard [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77
1980 - Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1945-80), dies at 87
1981 - Bobby Sands, Irish IRA terrorist, dies after hunger strike
1992 - Ismael Galeano "Commandant Franklyn" (Contra); Vitali Andreyevich Grishchenko, Russian cosmonaut, dies at 50
1994 - Karl Francis Hettinger,
Onion Field survivor, dies at 59
1996 - Jean Crepin, soldier/industrialist, dies at 87
1997 - Vijayananda Dahanayake, PM of Sri Lanka (1959-60)
Reported Missing in Action1966 Malone, Jimmy M.,
US Army (VA)
1967Graham, James S.,
USN (PA); A4C shot down - remains returned August, 1985
Rogers, Charles E.,
USAF (IN); A1E shot down - KIA / BNR
1968
King, Paul C., Jr.,
US Army SF (MA); KIA in ground action
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