Today in history highlights from 1889 to 1999
Events include the Columbine High School massacre on April 20 1999 in Colorado where 12 students and 1 teacher were killed. Adolf Hitler was born in 1889 in Austria. Allied forces took Nuremberg and Stuttgart in 1945. Mayo Clinic announced cortisone synthesis in 1949. Pierre Trudeau sworn in as Canada’s prime minister in 1968. Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education decided in 1971 supporting racial desegregation busing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbine High School
Colorado
Eric Harris
Dylan Klebold
Adolf Hitler
Braunau Am Inn
Austria
Nuremberg
Stuttgart
Mayo Clinic
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Canada
U.S. Supreme Court
Swann
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
World in Brief: UN racism conference boycott and related events
The UN opens its first global racism conference in eight years with US and seven others boycotting over feared anti Israel language. Obama calls for avoiding hypocrisy seen in Durban. Also: intoxication manslaughter charges after a fatal Houston crash, a near empty Haiti Senate vote, and banks stress tests ahead of May results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
U.S
Israel
Barack Obama
America
Geneva
Durban
South Africa
Netherlands
Germany
New Zealand
Australia
Canada
Italy
Obama
U.N
Chanton Jenkins
Houston
Rose Smith
Jenkins
Smith
Port au-Prince
Rene Preval
Haiti
Provisional Electoral Council
David Axelrod
Trinidad
White House
Rahm Emanuel
Egypts top archaeologist hints Cleopatra tomb found near Osiris temple
Zahi Hawass presented 22 coins 10 mummies and a mask fragment with a cleft chin as evidence for the lost tomb of Mark Antony and Cleopatra at a 2,000 year old Osiris temple near the Mediterranean. He says the site could house the lovers tomb, a discovery shaping 21st century history. Antony and Cleopatra faced Caesar Augustus with their forces and died by their own hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Zahi Hawass
Osiris
Mediterranean Sea
Caesar Augustus
Roman Empire
Obama says outreach to enemies strengthens U S diplomacy
President Obama argued that engaging with hostile governments strengthens U S leadership not weakness and cited dialogue with Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro as progress while warning that changes to Cuba policy will be gradual and urging concrete steps like releasing prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Barack Obama
United States
Obama
Latin America
U.S
Hugo Chavez
Venezuela
Raul Castro
White House
Trinidad and Tobago
Cuba
Castro
Washington
Lindsey Graham
R-S.c
Claire McCaskill
D-Mo
Chavez
John Ensign
R-New
Citgo
Exxon Mobil tops Fortune 500 as Wal-Mart drops to No. 2
Exxon Mobil Corp leads the Fortune 500 for 2009 based on 2008 revenue, posting 442.85 billion and 45.2 billion in profit. Wal-Mart Stores holds No. 2 after a 7 percent revenue gain to 405.6 billion and 13.4 billion in profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exxon Mobil
Fortune 500
New York
Exxon Mobil Corp
Wal-Mart Stores Inc
Fortune
Irving
Exxon
Bentonville
Wal-Mart
America
Chevron Corp
Journal World Staff Contacts and Delivery Information
The Kansas newspaper lists staff editors and contact emails including Dennis Anderson and Caroline Trowbridge. It provides general newsroom pages for assignment, editorial, sports, entertainment, features, and online editing. Subscription and billing lines give 832 numbers and delivery hours, with a redelivery guarantee if issues aren’t received by set times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
L Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Terry Rombeck
Trombeck
Jworld
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
Earth Day plans in today's poll question
Readers weigh whether to commemorate Earth Day on Wednesday. Yes answers lead the poll, while the No option lingers. Friday’s poll asks if readers obtain health information from websites, with Yes shown as the winner.
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Fanmi Lavalas
Washington, D.C
Obama Administration
Trinia
Cleopatra Tomb
Romania
Vadim Ghirda
Sarichioi
Danube Delta
By Dan Strumpf
Associated Press
Journal-World
N.H
Lawrence
Ijworld.com
Kansas University
Dennis Anderson
Owthor A-mail
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Liworld.com
City Hall
Ljworld.com
Ljwori.com
Kansas
LoWor
Wedman Construction Inc
Larry
Wedman
Construction
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