Today in History Highlights From 1968 to Hydrogen Bomb Test
On August 20 1968 Warsaw Pact troops invaded Czechoslovakia to crush the Prague Spring liberalization. In 1920 Detroit radio station 8MK began daily broadcasting. In 1940 Winston Churchill lauded the Royal Air Force. In 1953 the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged testing a hydrogen bomb.
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Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
8MK
Detroit
Winston Churchill
Royal Air Force
Last holdouts resist iTunes despite surge in online music
Online holdouts including the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Garth Brooks, Radiohead and Kid Rock resist iTunes amid fan demand and piracy fears. Artists argue online sales erode album integrity and profits, while others like Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bob Dylan have joined iTunes to reach digital buyers.
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Detroit
Bob Seger
Metallica
Apple Computer
Led Zeppelin
Garth Brooks
Radiohead
Kid Rock
AC/DC
Ed “Punch” Andrews
Seger
Andrews
Wait
Michigan
iTunes
Apple
Phil Leigh
Inside Digital Media
Napster
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Rolling Stones
Beastie Boys
Beatles
John Lennon
MSN Music
THE
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
Boy George completes court ordered street cleaning stint
Boy George wrapped up a five day community service assignment sweeping streets for the New York sanitation department after a rocky start on Monday. He praised his bosses and suggested a charity concert for street cleaners.
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New York
Boy George
Culture Club
George O'Dowd
Lower Manhattan
Birthdays for Chung Mitchell Plant Roker and Roker
Broadcast journalist Connie Chung turns 60 former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell 73 rock singer Robert Plant 58 and TV weatherman Al Roker 52 are listed with ages reflecting current birthday anniversaries.
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Connie Chung
Senate
George Mitchell
Maine
Robert Plant
Led Zeppelin
al Roker
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Earth Biofuels
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Ljworld
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Bill Snead
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Mike Shields
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Ann Gardner
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Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
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Mark Fagan
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Sunflower
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World Online
Joel Mathis
Convergence
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Chris Bell
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