Today in History Highlights From 1607 to 1993
April 26 1607 English colonists landed at Cape Henry Virginia aiming to found a western hemisphere settlement later at Jamestown. John Wilkes Booth killed near Bowling Green Virginia. Nazi raid on Guernica occurred in 1937. Tanganyika and Zanzibar formed Tanzania in 1964. 13 megaton nuclear test Boxcar in 1968. Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986. Conan OBrien named to succeed David Letterman in 1993.
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Cape Henry
Hemisphere
Jamestown
John Wilkes Booth
President Lincoln
Bowling Green
Guernica
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Tanzania
United States
Nevada Desert
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Conan O'Brien
David Letterman
NBC
China to Meet Dalai Lama Envoy Amid Tibet Protests
China agreed to meet an envoy of the Dalai Lama as protests against Beijing’s rule in Tibet and near the Beijing Olympics heighten tensions. The move stops short of resuming talks, reiterating Beijing’s stance that Tibet is part of China and the Dalai Lama must acknowledge this before negotiations. A separate military statement blamed the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam for a parcel bomb addressed to a bus, signaling ongoing security threats in a broader regional context.
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China
Dalai Lam
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Udaya Nanayakkara
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Zimbabwe opposition offices raided as police crack down
Riot police swept Harare arresting about 300 people during a raid on the Harvest House opposition headquarters. Pregnant women, mothers with babies, threatened girls, and men with injuries were among those beaten and shoved into police vans. Monitors’ election materials were seized amid claims of Mugabe's defeat. Official results pending.
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Zimbabwe
Robert Mugabe
Morgan Tsvangirai
Pakistan and Taliban press ahead with peace talks
Pakistan's new government and Taliban militants say they will push peace talks despite U S skepticism and a militant car bombing that killed three at a police station. A spokesman for Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan defends revenge killings while vowing to support attacks on U S forces in Afghanistan, despite a senior Pakistani intelligence official saying the planned deal would bar them.
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Pakistan
Taliban
Tehrik-e-Taliban
Maulvi Umar
U.S
Afghanistan
Texas sweep of sects kids raises legal questions
The state of Texas removed 462 children from the Yearning For Zion Ranch in Eldorado amid allegations of forced marriages and sex abuse within the polygamous sect. Critics call it a sweeping, class-action style removal affecting many church members, while officials defend actions as protecting children.
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Texas
Jessica Dixon
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Rod Parker
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Zion Ranch
Eldorado
Bus bombing near Colombo kills 24 and wounds 40
A bomb hidden on a crowded rush hour bus exploded at Piliyandala near Colombo killing 24 and injuring 40. The military blamed Tamil Tiger rebels. Ambulances rushed to hospitals as doctors and nurses aided casualties. a monk and a child were among the dead.
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Colombo
Piliyandala
Kahapola
Brazil eyes permits to visit Amazon region for all foreigners
Brazil moves to require special permits for any foreigner in the Amazon, with a potential 60000 US dollar fine for violations. The plan, outlined by National Justice Secretary Romeo Turna Jr to The Associated Press, aims to curb foreign meddling and illegal activity across the 2 million square miles of the "legal Amazon" including tours and business trips.
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Brazil
Amazon
Congress
Romeo Tuma Jr
Associated Press
Turna
Three NYPD officers cleared in Bell wedding day killing
A New York judge acquitted Detective Michael Oliver and another officer in the 2006 fatal shooting of Sean Bell, who was unarmed outside a Queens strip club on his wedding day. Civil rights leaders demanded a federal probe and pledged protests, while Bell’s mother and others expressed heartbreak as crowds reacted outside the courthouse.
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New York
Arthur Cooperman
Michael Oliver
Sean Bell
KKK
Bell
Queens
New York City
Oliver
Gescard Isnora
Marc Cooper
Cooper
al Sharpton
Wall Street
Sharpton
Amadou Diallo
Journal-World Staff Contacts and Delivery Hours
The Journal-World lists staff editors and contact emails plus delivery and redelivery hours. Key staff include Dennis Anderson managing editor, Caroline Trowbridge assignment director, Ann Gardner editorial page editor, Tom Keegan sports editor, Jon Niccum entertainment editor, Mark Fagan business editor, and Terry Rombeck features editor. News partners include 6News Cody Howard and Mediapharmadia Dan Cox. Delivery help lines run 832-7199 with weekday hours 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and weekend hours 6 a.m. to noon.
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Dennis Anderson
Maik Danderson
World.com
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Teegan
Ljworld
Jon Niccum
Mniccum
Jworld.com
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Terry Rombeck
Trambeck
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediapharmadia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Kusports.com
Kevin Romary
Lawrence
6News
Lawrence Journal-World
Gorbachev Dines Atwater's In Geneva Illinois Surprise
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev visited Atwater's in Geneva Illinois on April 17 and 18, ordering a salad later named in his honor. Executive chef Thomas Hiestand recalls Gorbachev joking about wearing the chef's hat. The visit followed public appearances in St Charles as he travels with security and a note on his role with Green Cross International.
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Geneva
IIL
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Gorbachev
Switzerland
Gorbachev
Ill
Fox Valley
St. Charles
Atwater's
Atwater
Thomas Hiestand
Hiestand
Green Cross International
Colin Powell
Bill Cosby
Paramount Arts Center
Aurora
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Japan
Jun Kurokawa
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Sara Wilhelm
Swithelm
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