Today in History highlights from 1621 to 1951
On April 5 1621 the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth to England after a month at sea. Pocahontas married John Rolfe in 1614 in Virginia. George Washington issued the first presidential veto in 1792 over apportionment of representatives. Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the word water in 1887 at Tuscumbia Alabama. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death in 1951 in New York for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. Marion Sobell was sentenced to 30 years and released in 1969.
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Plymouth Colony
Massachusetts
England
Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Virginia
George Washington
Tuscumbia
Ala
Anne Sullivan
Helen Keller
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
New York
Soviet Union
Marion Sobell
North Korea rocket launch sparks regional tension
North Korea fired a multistage rocket from Misudan-ri, reaching Japanese airspace within seven minutes amid U S and Japanese concerns it masked long range missile tests. Obama urged DPRK to obey UN resolutions as China and others pressed Pyongyang to stand down.
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U.S
Japan
Misudan-ri
Pacific
Tokyo
Barack Obama
U.N. Security Council
Obama
Taro Aso
Hu Jintao
China
Pyongyang
Northeast Asia
Europe welcomes Obama at NATO summit pledges 5,000 trainers
At the 60th anniversary NATO summit in Strasbourg France Obama won broad but not full backing for his Afghanistan Pakistan strategy. Allies pledged up to 5,000 additional trainers and police and supported the plan as a down payment while resisting calls for more combat forces.
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Rasool Bakhsh
Quetta
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Bakhsh
Khalid Masood
Europe
Strasbourg
France
Barack Obama
NATO
U.S
Obama
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
America
al-Qaida
Afghanistan-Pakistan
Iraq
Germany
United Nations
Hamid Karzai
Contact details and staff for Lawrence Journal-World
The Lawrence Journal World provides a full contact section listing newsroom offices in Lawrence Kansas and phone numbers for local government KU Lawrence schools and various departments. It also names key editors including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard and Dan Cox with their emails and extension numbers. The notice includes subscription hours and redelivery guarantee information.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Hiccum
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Ljworld.com
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Obama visits Turkey to mark historic U S relations opening
Ankara crowds anticipate Barack Obama on a two day trip to Turkey with Istanbul city highlights as the president seeks to strengthen NATO ties and promote dialogue with Israel Iran and the broader Middle East. Turkish leaders call the visit historic and transformative for ties with the United States.
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Ankara
Turkey
Obama
Istanbul
United States
Bush
Ali Carkoglu
Sabanci Univer
Sity
Middle East
NATO
U.N. Security Council
European Union
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