Today in History July 2 highlights from 1776 to 1964
The entry recalls the Continental Congress declaring independence in 1776, Tecumseh forming an Indian Confederacy in 1809, Garfield’s 1881 shooting and 1882 execution, Earhart and Noonan’s 1937 disappearance, Hemingway’s 1961 suicide, and Johnson signing a civil rights bill in 1964.
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Continental Congress
Tecumseh
James A. Garfield
Charles J. Guiteau
Washington
Garfield
Guiteau
Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Pacific Ocean
Ernest Hemingway
Ketchum
Idaho
Lyndon B. Johnson
World in Brief CPR survival in hospital remains grim
A Medicare study shows only about 18 percent of cardiac arrest patients survive to hospital discharge after in hospital CPR. Blacks fare worse than whites with disparity tied partly to hospital CPR quality. NEJM reports. Dr. Lance Becker calls findings grim and a wake up call to improve treatment.
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Michael Jackson
New England Journal of Medicine
Lance Becker
University of Pennsylvania
American Heart Association
FDA orders black box warnings for Chantix and Zyban
The FDA requires Chantix and Zyban to carry its strongest safety warning due to reports of depression and thoughts of personal crisis among users. Also notes Iran’s opposition stance, EU diplomacy, and escalating tensions with calls for reforms amid post election crackdown. Iraqi civilian deaths rise in June with 82 killed in a Shiite town bombing near Kirkuk.
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Food and Drug Administration
Chantix
Wellbuttin
Glaxo-SmithKline PLC
Iran
I Ran
West
European Union
Tehran
Mir Hossein Mousavi
Mohammad Khatami
Khatami
Mousavi
U.S
Kirkuk
Iraq
Yemeni jetliner survivor clings to wreckage for 13 hours
Bahia Bakari, 14, is the lone survivor of Yemenia flight 626, rescued after 13 hours clinging to wreckage. She lies in a hospital with a broken collarbone, asking for only a chance to see her mother as relatives fear the other 151 aboard perished.
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Bahia Bakari
Yemenia Airways
Joseph Yousouf
Associated Press
Indian Ocean
Kassim Bakari
Bakari
Paris
Papa
Khanjar Strike Opens Large Helmand Offensive
Thousands of U.S. Marines and Afghan troops surge into Taliban strongholds in Helmand province in the Khanjar operation. The aim is to clear insurgents before the August presidential election, marking the largest Marine offensive since Fallujah and the start of a new war phase.
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U.S
Afghanistan
Barack Obama
Helmand
Khanjar
Fallujah
Iraq
Kandahar
Honduras upheaval as Zelaya supporters flood streets
Thousands of Hondurans protested for ousted President Manuel Zelaya while a military backed government led by Roberto Micheletti faced growing international isolation. Zelaya vowed to return, the OAS gave an ultimatum, and foreign capitals recalled ambassadors as Honduras debated curfew measures and possible wartime authorities.
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Pentagon
World Bank
Honduras
Zelaya
Supreme Court
Congress
Mel
Javier Santos
Organization of American States
Choluteca
Micheletti
OAS
Jose Miguel Insulza
Statue of Liberty crown reopens after eight years
Crowds fill Liberty Island as the crown resumes tours after a 2001 closure. Starting Saturday, 30 visitors per hour will ascend in groups of 10 guided by rangers, with new handrails and restrictions on bags and devices. Tickets, including the $15 price, sold out within hours for the July Fourth weekend.
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New York
Aaron Weisinger
Walnut Creek
Calif
Weisinger
Lady Liberty
Ellis Island
Europe
World Trade Center
New York Harbor
Obama
Crown
National Park Service
Darren Boch
Anthony Weiner
Dn.y
Bach
Richard Drew
Journal-World Newsroom Contacts and Numbers
A directory of newsroom contacts for Lawrence Journal-World including local and Kansas University bureaus, editorial staff, departments, and hotline numbers. Provides general newsroom, obituaries, sports, arts, and subscription lines with in town redelivery guarantee details.
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Ijworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Do you support a new Kansas lane use law poll
Readers are asked on Today's Poll at ljworld com to vote on a new Kansas law restricting left lane use and to answer a separate Fourth of July fireworks question. Current responses show a split over left lane restrictions.
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Kansas
Ljworld.com
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