2day History Highlights From Past Milestones
Nellie Bly completed a global journey in 72 days and 6 hours. Alexander Graham Bell opened U S transcontinental telephone service. American Airlines launched Boeing 707 transcontinental jet service. Charles Manson and three followers were convicted in Los Angeles of murder and conspiracy in the Sharon Tate killings.
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Nellie Bly
New York World
Alexander Graham Bell
U.S
American Airlines
United States
Charles Manson
Los Angeles
Sharon Tate
Hatch to write Us Weekly column on Survivor Australia Outback
Richard Hatch confirms a regular column for Us Weekly titled The Hatch Report will chronicle the strategy and scheming of Survivor The Australian Outback during CBS’s run after the Super Bowl. Hatch, 39, from Newport, Alabama, recently published a book after his St Martin's Press deal fell through.
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Richard Hatch
Hatch
St. Martin's Press
Newport
Beatles producer revives Montserrat cultural center effort
Sir George Martin, 75, leads the Montserrat cultural center project, raising 800000 dollars of a 1600000 dollar budget. The venue, to seat up to 500, reclaims a site once home to a studio used by Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins, and Elton John, damaged by a 1989 hurricane.
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George Martin
Montserrat
Martin
Paul McCartney
Eric Clapton
Phil Collins
Elton John
McConaughey Buys 1600 Acre West Texas Ranch
Matthew McConaughey has purchased a 1,600 acre ranch in Irion County Texas for over 500000. His brother located the property and left cows, a Ford truck and a motorcycle on the site. The Stewarts will be invited to barbecues at the ranch. McConaughey grew up in Uvalde about 155 miles away. His film The Wedding Planner opens Friday. Catherine Deneuve urged abolishing the death penalty delivering petitions to the U S Embassy in Paris with about 500000 signatories from France and Europe. She arrived with petitions and left with unclear meeting details.
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Matthew McConaughey
West Texas
Irion County
McConaughey
Midland
Kay
Coleta Stewart
Purina
Mike McConaughey
Stewarts
Uvalde
the Wedding Planner
Catherine Deneuve
United States
U.S
Paris
Against
Deneuve
France
Champs-Elysees
Birthday milestones for Dean Jones and peers this year
The list notes Dean Jones turning 70 alongside Edwin Newman at 82 and Etta James at 63. Leigh Taylor-Young is 57, Jenifer Lewis 44, and Dinah Manoff part of the acting group. China Kantner is 5 30, with Dean Jones again mentioned.
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Dean Jones
Edwin Newman
Etta James
Leigh Taylor- Young
Jenifer Lewis
Dinah Manoff
China Kantner
Rev. Tommy Nelson Builds National Ministry on Song of Solomon
The Rev. Tommy Nelson has built a national ministry teaching couples a romantic relationship theme using the Song of Solomon. Read all about it Friday on the J-W Religion Page.
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Tommy Nelson
J-W
TV highlights celebrate Black History Month across networks
Television treats Black History Month with specials and films across networks and cable. Nickelodeon, PBS, HBO, Showtime, History Channel, and BET showcase documentaries, dramas, and biographical profiles featuring Arch ie Bunker, Sammy Davis Jr., Russell Simmons, Master P, CeCe Winans, Sirr Parker, and notable figures like Booker T. Washington and Bessie Coleman.
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Los Angeles
Nickelodeon
Channel 37
Sunflower
Nick
Sammy Davis Jr
Archie Bunker
Court TV
Channel 76
PBS
Channels 7
South
Home & Garden Television
Channel 45
Booker T. Washington
Frederick Douglass
Martin Luther King Jr
HBO
Channel
Nicole Ann Parker
Reggie Rock Bythewood
New York Undercover
Showtime
Gregory Hines
Bill “Bojangles
Home & Garden
Charles Dickson
David McDonald
Syracuse
N.Y
Henrietta Snype
Charleston
D.C
BET
Channel 55
Russell Simmons
Master P
CeCe Winans
al Sharpton
Dinosaur named after Mark Knopfler found in Madagascar
Paleontologists led by Scott Sampson of the University of Utah report a 5 to 6 foot carnivorous dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Madagascar. The small creature with hooked tooth tips is dubbed Masiakasaurus knopfleri after the Dire Straits guitarist, reflecting local Malagasy terms for vicious. The find links Madagascar to Gondwana. bones suggest 80 pound weight and bipedal, doglike speed. The naming honors Knopfler, who welcomed the tribute.
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Mark Knopfler
Dire Straits
Madagascar
University of Utah
Scott Sampson
Africa
Sampson
Masiakasaurus Knopfleri
Argentina
India
Gondwana
Masiaka
Knopfler
Sundance and Vegas Echo in Park City Film Scene
Park City Utah hosts Sundance as audiences and filmmakers chase luck and distribution. The piece highlights strong performances by Sissy Spacek in In the Bedroom and Tilda Swinton in The Deep End, noting Swinton’s poised portrayal of a mother facing danger and blackmail in a stylish modernization of a classic thriller.
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Park City
Utah
Las Vegas
Nevada
Philip Morris
Rob Festinger
Todd Field
Field
Tom Wilkinson
Marisa Tomei
Sissy Spacek
Tilda Swinton
Scott McGehee
David Siegel
Elizabeth Lanxay
Max Ophuls
Swinton
Lake Tahoe
Siegel
Derek Jarman
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Beatles
VOC
Kansas
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Sirr
Kente Scott
Michael Clarke Duncan
Green Mile
Sirr Parker
History Channel
Edmund Pettis
Selma
Ala
Rosa Parks
Montgomery
Jeffrey Wright
Terrence Howard
Cch Pounder
Carmen Ejogo
Clark Johnson
Homicide
Eugene Bullard
Bessie Coleman
America
Dinosaur
The
Associated Press
Vegas
Sundance
Animal Rights
Jack the Dog
Bobby Roth
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