Today in History highlights bold events across eras
On July 20 1969 Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin became first men to walk on the Moon. Colombia declared independence in 1810. Confederate Congress began sessions in Richmond in 1861. British Columbia joined Confederation in 1871. WWI draft lottery began in 1917. A German plot to kill Hitler failed in 1944. Roosevelt secured a fourth term nomination in Chicago in 1944. Khomeini accepted a truce with Iraq in 1988, calling it like poison.
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Neil Armstrong
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
Colombia
Spain
Congress of the Confederate States
Richmond
British Columbia
Confederation
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Rastenburg
Ters
Roosevelt
Chicago
Ayatollah Khomeini
Iraq
Bush presses Congress on offshore drilling and housing tone
President Bush urged Congress to expand offshore oil exploration and back housing finance reforms amid rising pump prices and declining home values. He noted an executive lift on drilling and emphasized action needed by lawmakers as energy opinion shifts in his weekly radio address. A separate search by elite hikers found no trace of Steve Fossett, though they eliminated large tracts of terrain in Nevada and California from the search map. Fossett, famed for record flights and balloon feats, was declared legally dead in February.
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Bush
Congress
United States Congress
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf
Florida
Steve Fossett
Simon Donato
Nevada
Wassuk Range
Mount Grant
Sweetwater Mountains
Bodie Hills
California
Greg Francek
Fossett
Iran stalls at nuclear talks as six demand enrichment freeze
A six power effort to push Iran to suspend uranium enrichment falters as Tehran resists. US Under Secretary Burns attends, hoping American engagement yields concessions. Separately Afghan forces clash with Taliban, killing militants while NATO loses one soldier and four police are wounded in Kandahar and Zabul provinces.
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AUS
Iran
Washington
U.N
United States
William Burns
Tehran
NATO
Zabul
Jalali Khan
Kandahar
Maywand
Khan Mohammad
Panjwayi
Kabul
Woman attacked by kangaroo saved by dog on Australian farm
Rosemary Neal, 65, was mauled by a 6-foot-5-inch kangaroo while checking horses near Mudgee, 160 miles northwest of Sydney. Her dog chased the animal away, and she was hospitalized with deep facial, hand, and back cuts and a concussion.
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Australia
Rosemary Neal
Mudgee
Sydney
Darren Neal
Sunni bloc reenters Iraqi government amid shrinking sectarian rift
Iraq's National Accordance Front, the largest Sunni bloc, ends a yearlong boycott and re joins the Shiite led cabinet. The move, backed by parliament, signals potential security cooperation with Sunni groups against al Qaida in Iraq and pursues broader reconciliation as Britain and the United States push for troop reductions.
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Baghdad
Iraq
National Accordance Front
al-Qaida
United States
al-Maliki
Saddam Hussein
Tropical Storm Cristobal Nears Southeast Coast
Tropical Storm Cristobal moves northeast off the Carolinas with warnings from SC to NC VA line. Rain totals up to 5 inches expected along the coast amid drought conditions. Forecasters note slow strengthening and coastal bands lash beaches while officials track a 40,000 acre eastern NC wildfire. Bertha weakens off Bermuda as Fausto strengthens far offshore.
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Charleston
S.C
Cristobal
Southeast Seaboard
Carolinas
North Carolina
Cape Fear
N.C
Cape Hatteras
National Hurricane Center
Myrtle Beach
Charlie Peterson
Bradley Rose
SandBarr
Carolina Beach
Rose
Little River Inlet
South Carolina
North Carolina-Virginia
Wilmington
Stephen Keebler
National Weather Service
U.S
Contact details for JOURNAL-WORLD newsroom and departments
The JOURNAL-WORLD provides central contact numbers for news and specific departments in Lawrence Kansas. Local news 832-7154 City government 832-6362 County government 832-7165 Kansas University 832-714 Lawrence schools 832-7151 Business 832-7188 Sports 832-7147 Arts and entertainment 832-7178 Letters to the editor 832-7153 Obituaries 832-7154 and 832-6349 Photo reprints 832-6397 Outside Lawrence 800-578-8748.
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Jworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper staff and contact lines for Wichita Journal World
Editors and departments listed with phone numbers and emails for the Wichita Journal World and related outlets. Includes publishers, editors, and the 6News team, with redelivery guarantees and subscription contact details. References Mediaphormedia and Sunflower Broadband.
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Texas
Sen
Geneva
Afghanistan
Kangaroo
Dog
Winfried Rothermel
Giacomo Puccini
Bregenz
Austria
Gordon Brown
Britain
Brown
Journal-World
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Jworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ljworld
Jon Niccum
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ljjworld
Chris Bell
Cbell
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
Kansas
Douglas County
Bloom & Associates
Locust
Eudora
Libby Phelps
MCMT
Carolyn Bloom
Eric Bloom
James Thibodeau
PTA
Tina Plaice
DPT
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