Today in History Highlights From 1945 to 1974
On August 9 1945 the United States used a nuclear device on Nagasaki killing about seventy four thousand people Three days earlier Hiroshima was bombed In 1854 Thoreau published Walden in Massachusetts In 1902 Edward VII became king after Victoria’s death In 1936 Jesse Owens earned his fourth Olympic gold in Berlin In 1969 Sharon Tate and four others were murdered in Los Angeles In 1974 Nixon resigned and Gerald Ford became US president
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Hiroshima
Japan
United States
Nagasaki
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Walden Pond
Massachusetts
Edward Vil
Britain
Queen Victoria
Jesse Owens
Sharon Tate
Tate
Los Angeles
Charles Manson
Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Prince Chunk Finds New Home In Southern New Jersey
The 44 pound cat Prince Chunk will be adopted by a southern New Jersey couple with a teenage child after a statewide shelter review. About 500 people applied. the shelter will not reveal the family’s identity and notes they have experience with cats and stable finances.
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New Jersey
Camden County Animal Shelter
Voorhees
Catherine Hart
Animal Shelter
Prince Chunk
Hart
Landon
California
Dogs show contagious yawning suggesting simple empathy
A Biology Letters study finds human yawns trigger yawns in dogs, hinting at a basic empathetic response. Researchers note dogs read human cues well but may lack self awareness unlike chimps or elephants, as they do not pass mirror self-recognition tests.
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Biology Letters
Chocolate bacon fusion hits boards and fairs nationwide
Candy maker Joseph Marini Wi sells chocolate covered bacon bonbons at Santa Cruz Boardwalk while Minnesota State Fair introduces Pig Lickers chocolate bacon pieces with sea salt. Flavor innovator Karen Page notes the broader trend toward new flavor profiles in a field driven by creativity.
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Joseph Marini Wi
Santa Cruz Boardwalk
Famous
Dave's
Minnesota
Fair
Brienna Schuette
Karen Page
Andrew Donnenburg
Georgia Russia clash escalates as South Ossetia war widens
Georgia launched an offensive against separatists in South Ossetia prompting Russian air strikes on Georgian bases and oil facilities. Witnesses report hundreds dead as Tskhinvali endures heavy shelling. US and UN officials urge cease fire while Moscow and Tbilisi accuse each other of aggression. Georgia says 2000 troops in Iraq will be recalled.
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Tskhinvali
North Ossetia
Russia
Georgia
South Ossetian
Dzhava
Moscow
Washington
Ossetia
Irina Gagloyeva
Interfax
Lyudmila Ostayeva
Vladimir Putin
Bush
Beijing
Mikhail Saakashvili
Saakashvili
CNN
USN
Security Council
Council
U.S
Condoleezza Rice
Rice
United States
White House
Putin
Britain
Beijing couples wed in record 8 8 08 marriages
16 400 couples registered in Beijing on Friday to marry on 8 8 08 the lucky date cited by locals as auspicious as the Olympic Games opened. Zhao Belwine Zhao and Liu Ruishone celebrated with certificates hours before the ceremony while others gathered at Chaoyang District registry office amid banners.
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Beijing
Belwine
Zhao Gang
Liv Ruishone
China
Zhao
Liu
Chaoyang
Liu Xianwu
Shang Yan
Shang
Wang Lichun
Journal World Contact Information and Staff Listing
The Journal World provides newsroom contacts for Local News City Government and County Government Kansas University Lawrence Schools Business Sports Arts and Entertainment Letters to the Editor Obituaries Photo Reprints and Outside Lawrence. It lists editors and emails including Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing and more along with subscription and delivery lines.
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Kansas University
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World
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Jworld
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Keegan
Ljworld
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London
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News Partners
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