Today in History Aug 26 1920 19th Amendment certified
On August 26 1920 Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby certified the 19th Amendment securing women’s suffrage. Other notes include Julius Caesar’s 55 B.C. invasion of Britain with limited success Krakatoa eruption in 1883 televised MLB games in 1939 WexXBS double header and 1958 Alaska statehood vote Munich 1972 Olympics opening and the Hockey Hall of Fame opening in Toronto in 1961.
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Krakatoa
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Toronto
Munich
West Germany
World in Brief Forecast Shows Huge Deficit and Debt
The White House projects a ten year federal deficit of nine trillion dollars and debt rising to three quarters of the U.S. economy. Obama backs a second term for Ben Bernanke while facing recession and unemployment near ten percent. In the Netherlands a court may halt Laura Dekker’s solo voyage to become the youngest to sail solo around the world, sparking a debate on parental risk. Circumcision is unlikely to curb HIV spread among gay men per a major U.S. study, though CDC may still recommend it for other groups. Laura Dekker, her Dutch father, and her German mother are central to the case.
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America
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Barack Obama
Obama
Ben Bernanke
Federal Reserve
Wall Street
Dutch Council For Child Protection
Laura
Utrecht District Court
Africa
Peter Kilmarx
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
South Korea's rocket fails to place satellite in orbit
South Korea launched its first rocket on Tuesday but the mission failed to place a satellite in orbit. Vice Science Minister Kim Jung-hyun said one of two covers failed to detach, causing the rocket to drop back toward Earth and likely burn up during re-entry, a setback amid regional tensions with North Korea.
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North Korea
Kim Jung-hyun
Valve trouble postpones space shuttle Discovery launch
NASA postponed the Discovery launch for a second time after a fuel valve failed during fueling. The seven astronauts had not boarded, with a Friday attempt at the earliest and an end-of-month deadline looming to avoid delaying the international space station delivery missions from Japan and Russia.
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Discovery
International Space Station
Jose Hernandez
Christer Fuglesang
Japan
Russia
Lion of the Senate Edward Kennedy dies of brain cancer
Edward M Kennedy, longtime U S senator and scion of the Kennedy political dynasty, died at 77 in Hyannisport Massachusetts after battling brain cancer. He shaped civil rights immigration health and education policy and navigated sharp political divides while remaining a central figure in American politics for decades.
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Thomas Whelan
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Assassi
Ted Kennedy
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Russell Long
Louisiana
Richard Nixon
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Martha’s Vineyard
Massachusetts
Robert Kennedy
Mary Jo Kopechne
Chappaquiddick
Michael Franc
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Itage Foundation
Nixon
Environmental Protection Agency
Alvin Feltenberg
George W. Bush
Bush
Wall Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Nantucket Sound
Jay Leno
Journal-World Contact and subscription details
The Journal-World lists staff contacts for departments including Dennis Anderson and Caroline Trowbridge with direct lines and emails. It also provides newsroom phone numbers, subscription lines, and redelivery guarantees with in-town service commitments and hours for weekdays and weekends.
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Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
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Ijworld
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Agardner
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Ljworld
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Iworld
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