Today in History: notable events from 1904 to 2007
Highlights include 1904 Peter Pan premiere in London and 1932 Radio City Music Hall opening. 1968 Apollo 8 splashdown at night in the Pacific. 1945 World Bank founded by 28 nations. 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Amin's ouster. 1985 Rome and Vienna airport attacks kill 20. 2007 Benazir Bhutto assassinated in Pakistan after rally.
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Pacific
James Barrie
Peter Pan
Duke of York's
London
Radio City Music Hall
New York City
World Bank
Afghanistan
Hafizullah Amin
Babrak Karmal
Rome
Vienna
Benazir Bhutto
Pakistan
American missionary slips into North Korea on Christmas Day
Robert Park, 28, crossed the Tumen River into North Korea delivering a letter urging Kim Jong Il to step down and free political prisoners. Pax Koreana says footage will show the crossing near Hoeryong. U.S. officials have no details.
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North Korea
Kim Jong Il
Robert Park
Tumen
China
Pax Koreana
Park
Hoeryong
State Department
U.S
Beijing
Iran clashes as security forces clash with protesters in Tehran
Security forces beat protesters in central Tehran on Saturday as hardline activists disrupted a speech by reformist former president. The unrest injures several people ahead of Ashoura rituals. Opposition protests continue after the death of dissident cleric Montazeri and the 2009 disputed elections.
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Mahmoud Abbas
Israel
Fatah
Gaza Strip
Gaza
Hamas
Nablus
Abbas
Tehran
Ashoura
Ayatollah
Hossein Ali Montazeri
Iran
Pastor fatally shoots son during family Christmas fight
In Darby Borough suburb of Philadelphia a pastor, Kirk Caldwell, killed his 21 year old son Jordan Caldwell with a single shot during a Christmas Day dispute at the family home where more than a dozen relatives were gathered. Police said the incident occurred around 2 p.m. and Jordan died later at a hospital. The pastor was described as a “very good man” by Police Chief Robert Smythe who expressed surprise.
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Kirk Caldwell
Jordan Caldwell
Philadelphia
Darby
Robert Smythe
Smythe
Brutus dies South African anti-apartheid poet
Dennis Brutus, 85, famed South African poet and former political prisoner, died in Cape Town. He helped pressure Olympic bans on South Africa and was jailed on Robben Island with Mandela in the 1960s.
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Dennis Brutus
Brutus
Chicago
Haymarket Books
Cape Town
Robben Island
Nelson Mandela
South Africa
Nigerian man charged in Christmas airliner attack
A 23 year old Nigerian man linked to al Qaida was charged with attempting to destroy a Detroit bound airliner on Christmas Day. He claimed training from al Qaida operatives in Yemen and wore a device containing PETN. The incident led to tightened in flight restrictions and ongoing investigations.
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Detroit
al-Qaida
Yemen
Barack Obama
Jane Harman
Dcalif
House
Homeland Security
U.S
Justice Department
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab
Paul Borman
Abdulmutallab
University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor
Mich
Northwest
Richard Reid
FBI
Associated Press
Abuja
Nigeria
Yale Seeks Van Gogh Title Shield Against Russian Nationalization
Yale University asks a federal court to confirm its ownership of The Night Café and block a claimant, arguing a ruling for the plaintiff could undermine Russian nationalization decrees and cast doubt on tens of billions in art and related property worldwide. The case centers on Pierre Konowaloff, alleged great grandson of Ivan Morozov, who bought the painting in 1908. Yale warns invalidating title would strain US Russia relations and affect other expropriated works held by Russia.
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New Haven
Conn
Vincent van Gogh
Yale University
Ivy League University
Pierre Konowaloff
Ist
Ivan Morozov
Russia
Morozov
Yale University Art Gallery
U.S
Konowaloff
Yale
United States
Russian Federation
France
Britain
Journal-World Contacts and Editorial Contacts List
Directory of newsroom contacts for the Lawrence Journal-World with numbers for local news city and county government KU Lawrence schools consumer affairs sports arts letters obituaries health transportation photo reprints and outside Lawrence plus names and emails for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum and Jonathan Kealing.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Dennis Anderson
Jonathan Kealing
Jkealing
News Partners and Mediaphormedia Contact Contacts
Cody Howard of 6News and Dan Cox of Mediaphormedia provide contact details including phone numbers and emails for press inquiries. The note lists Cody Howard as 6News director and Dan Cox as Mediaphormedia president with corresponding contact channels.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ljworld
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South Korea
N. Korea
West Bank
England
S. Korea
Philippines
Pennsylvania
Pastor
Son
Coast Guard
Wilfredo Tamayo
Verde Island
Batangas
Manila
Tamayo
W. Sth Street
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Simon Dawson
Albrighton Woodland Hunt Club
Hagley Hall
Hagley
United Kingdom
van Gogh
John Christofferson
Journal-World
N.H
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Cena
Kansas
Janet Reid
Allied Contracting
AlliedFixit.com
Wij
James Hardie Andenen
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