Notable events from history on January nineteenth
On January nineteenth various historic milestones are noted including Edgar Allan Poe's birth in 1809 in Boston, James Watt's 1736 Scottish birth, Robert E Lee born in 1807 in Virginia, Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore premiere in 1853, Howard Hughes's 1937 transcontinental flight record, Eisenhower's 1955 televised news conference, and Indira Gandhi's 1966 election as India's prime minister.
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Boston
James Watt
Scotland
Robert E. Lee
Westmoreland County
Howard ‘Hughes
Los Angeles
Newark
N.J
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Indira Gandhi
India
Recall forces Little Debbie peanut butter crackers hit markets
McKee Foods recalls two Little Debbie peanut butter crackers amid a wider U.S. health warning on peanut butter products linked to a salmonella outbreak. Kellogg, Ralcorp, and others also pull affected items, as Buffett says the economy faces a rough stretch and Sadr gains in Iraqi regional elections.
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Collegedale
Tenn
South Bend Chocolate Co
Iin
Indiana
Peanut Corp. of America
Chicago
Ralcorp
Wal-Mart
Kellogg Co
Peanut Corp
McKee
Kellogg
Austin and Keebler
Amos
Keebler
Obama pre-inaugural rally charges crowds in D C
President elect Barack Obama spoke to a vast crowd at a pre inauguration celebration near the Lincoln Memorial saying anything is possible in America. He and the first family attended multiple events as security restricted access and preparations for the January 20 ceremony intensified.
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White House
Barack Obama
America
United States of America
Beyonce
Bruce Springsteen
Obama
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Washington Monument
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Martin Luther King Jr
Michelle
Sasha
Maria
Derrick Harkins
Nineteenth Street Baptist Church
Lincoln
King
Capitol
Potomac River
Virginia
Pennsylvania Avenue
Secret Service
Joseph Biden
Jeff Christensen
Sheryl Crow
Will.i.am
Orangutans at Risk as Palm Oil Frenzy Expands in Indonesia
Anthropologist Dian Fossey’s colleague Birute Mary Galdikas works in Tanjung Puting National Park warning that forests are being cleared and burned for lucrative palm oil plantations. Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, sees 300 football fields cleared hourly, threatening 50,000 to 60,000 wild orangutans and turning forests into monocultures.
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Tanjung Puting National Park
Indonesia
Louis Leakey
Africa
Asia
Jane Goodall
Dian Fossey
Pirute
Mary Galdikas
Galdikas
U.S
Europe
Serge Wich
Great Ape Trust of
Iowa
Contact details for Journal-World staff and departments
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Poll on tax rise for K-12 budget shortfall debate
Friday's LJWorld poll asks who should pay most of a student's driver education cost. The winner is the teen's parents. Visit LJWorld.com to view more responses and vote.
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