Today in History highlights major events across years
The piece lists notable past events including Allied victory at Guadalcanal in 1943, Adams elected president in 1825 after no electoral majority, 1861 Davis named provisional Confederate president, 1909 birth of Dean Rusk in Georgia, 1942 daylight saving time begins, 1950 McCarthy accuses State Department, and 1971 Apollo 14 returns from the moon.
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Guadalcanal
Southwest Pacific
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Jefferson Davis
Confederate States of America
Dean Rusk
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cherokee County
United
Wheeling
Joseph McCarthy
Rwis
State Department
Earth
Moon
Wildfires in Australia drive arson theories and deaths top 130
Police declared crime scenes in towns hit by Australia’s vast fires as investigators found more bodies. The death toll reached 130 with over 400 fires across southern Victoria. Prime Minister Rudd condemned the suspected arson, calling it mass murder. Marysville and Kinglake remained sealed off with checkpoints in place. Victoria Police promised investigators would continue to fire sites, including Churchill east of Melbourne.
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Australia
Victoria
Kevin Rudd
Rudd
Marysville
Kinglake
Christine Nixon
Churchill
Melbourne
Sri Lankan breaks 72 hour nonstop TV watching record
Suresh Joachim, a Sri Lankan living in Toronto, clocked 72 hours of nonstop television viewing in Stockholm to set a new Guinness world record. He said he drank 25 to 30 cups of coffee during the feat, surpassing his 2005 record of 69 hours 48 minutes while watching three seasons of the drama 24 on Swedish TV4.
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Suresh Joachim
Joachim
Sunnday
Sri Lanka
Toronto
Kiefer Sutherland
TV4
Janina Witkowski
Obama Faces Tough Week With Stimulus Battles
President Obama confronts a divided Congress as the Senate faces a likely 827 billion stimulus vote and House Senate reconciliations. Geithner delays bailout framework while exploring expanded Fed lending, bank capital injections, and guarantees. Obama gears up for prime time address and town halls in hard hit cities Elkhart Indiana and Fort Myers Florida.
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Washington
Barack Obama
Congress
Senate
Obama
House
Treasury Department
Timothy Geithner
Geithner
Federal Reserve
Lawrence + Summers
ABC
Barney Frank
Massachusetts
House Financial Services Committee
John Ensign
Nevada
Frank
John McCain
R-Ariz
Elkhart
Ind
Fort Myers
Fla
Goose strikes and gear in Hudson Miracle flight 1549
US Airways pilot Captain Sullenberger described the "shocking" thuds as geese disabled both engines of Flight 1549 over New York. He recalled the "sickening" smell of burning poultry and the crew's calm glide to land in the river, saving all 155 aboard.
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US Airways
New York
Hudson ‘River
Mtation
Sally” Sullenberger
CBS
60 Minutes
Texas
Sullenberger
Newspaper Editor Contacts and Subscriptions Details
Editor contacts listed for Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck and Jonathan Keating News Partners 6News Mediaphormedia Subscriptions line provide phone numbers and emails for subscription, delivery and redelivery guarantees with hours of operation and a reminder to call about missed papers.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ijworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ljworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Jworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Polls open on SGWAlweeld site to voters
A crowd sourced poll asks if shoppers used a coupon for discounts in the past month and whether readers have ever scalped event tickets. The poll results note the winner as No and invite readers to LJWorld.com for more responses and voting.
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Washington, D.C
Eli Lilly and
Pfizer
Associated Press
Lilly
Illinois
Chicago
Des Plaines River
Maggie Carson
Illinois Emergency Management Agency
Coast Guard
William Mitchell
Stockholm
Hungary
Sizh
Krishna Valley
Somogyvamos
Budapest
LaGuardia
Teterboro
New Jersey
Katie Couric
Doreen Welsh
Journal-Worp
Lawrence
Lworld.com
Wwwallworld.com
Kansas University
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chiris Bell
Tony Berg
Gall
Seventh St
Sgwalweeld
Ljworld.com
Kansas
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