Today in History Highlights From Oct 21 Through 2011
Events spanning centuries include the frigate Constitution christening in Boston 1797, Trafalgar victory 1805, Edison electric light 1879, WWII front action 1917, Aachen capture 1944, Guggenheim opening 1959, Kennedy Nixon debate 1960, Seattle World's Fair closure 1962, INS Eilat sinking 1967, Edward Tracy kidnapping 1986, Jesse Turner release 1991, Bush Iraq diplomacy 2002, and Obama Iraq end-of-war pledge 2011.
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Thomas Edison
Menlo Park
N.J
U.S. Army
Luneville
France
U.S
Aachen
Frank Lloyd Wright
New York
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Seattle
Barack Obama
America
Iraq
Gazette boilerplate notice with rates and contact
The Gazette announces 2024 subscription rates and delivery options for Cedar Rapids Iowa including in state and out of state mail. It lists contact numbers for subscription service and general inquiries. The notice also credits the Associated Press for local news and dispatches.
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Third Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
the Gazette
Gazette Communications Inc
Associated Press
Gazette Communications, Inc
P.O
Gazette
Iowa City
Lotteries Update Saturday results and jackpot figures
The Gazette lists Powerball numbers 4 21 28 31 44 with Powerball 10 and a pending jackpot. Iowa Lucky Day Lotto draws 12 13 17 18 37, Illinois Lotto 13 19 26 29 36 47, and several Pick 3 and Pick 4 results are shown. A jackpot is listed at 4.5 million. News tips lines are provided with local contact numbers.
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Iowa
Illinois
River levels show declines and rises in eastern Iowa
The Wapsipinicon River at Independence shows 4.57 feet and is falling while Anamosa reads 4.69 feet and is rising. The Coralville Pool remains above sea level at 682.83 feet and is falling.
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Iowa
Wapsipinicon River
Independence
Anamosa
Coralville Pool
Pioneer of bone marrow transplants dies at 92 in Seattle
Dr E Donnall Thomas, a physician who pioneered bone marrow transplants for leukemia and winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in medicine, died at age 92 in Seattle. The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center announced the death, citing heart disease as the cause. Thomas performed the first human bone marrow transplant in 1956 and saw transplants lift survival rates for blood cancers dramatically. He is survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.
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E. Donnall Thomas
Seattle
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Thomas
Hutchinson Center
Fred Appelbaum
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Constitution
Boston
Adm
Horatio Nelson
Trafalgar
Nelson
Ville
Afghanistan
Kandahar
Gereshk
Helmand
Ahmad Zirak
Zirak
Kabul
Laurent Fabius
Reuters
Zalmai Rassoul
Sah Health
HEL UL Diary
Healthhuter.com
A Marshalltown
Risin Nan Marengo Belle Plaine
Iowa C Ty
Lone Tree
Columbus Jet
Wapello
Cedar River
Waterloo
Conesville
Sun
Collins Rd
K-Mart
Cedar Rapids Hearing Center
Cedar Rapi
Melissa Heinrich
Nancy Sickelka
29Th St
Suite
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