Today in History June 6 through 1978 events noted
The entry lists key historical moments on June 6 across years: D-Day invasion of Normandy in 1944, Belleau Wood clashes in 1918, Chrysler founded in 1925, SEC founded in 1934, James Meredith shot in 1966, RFK dies in 1968, and Proposition 13 passes in California in 1978. It ties these events to their years and brief context.
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Europe
Normandy
France
Belleau Wood
Walter Percy Chrysler
Chrysler Corp
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert F. Kennedy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
California
Mattel Fisher-Price to pay 2.3 million penalty over lead paint
Toymaker Mattel and Fisher-Price agreed to a 2.3 million civil penalty with the Consumer Product Safety Commission for importing and selling toys with excessive lead in paint. The settlement follows recalls in 2007 of nearly 2 million items including Big Bird Elmo Dora and Barbie accessories. The CPSC calls it the largest lead paint fine for children's toys.
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Mattel Inc
Fisher-Price
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Mattel
Conviction Upheld in 1964 Klansman Kidnappings
James Ford Seale, 73, who was earlier acquitted due to a statute of limitations issue, remains jailed after the full Fifth Circuit reheard and reinstated his 2007 guilty verdict on the May 1964 abductions of Charles Eddie Moore and Henry Hezekiah Dee. The teens were beaten, weighed down, and cast into a Mississippi River backwater.
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James Ford Seale
Mississippi River
Seale
Charles Eddie Moore
Henry Hezekiah Dee
Dozens dead in southwest China landslide at mine and village
A landslide buried an iron ore plant and homes in Wulong county near Chongqing, killing 26 people including 19 miners and seven mobile company staff. Rescuers saved seven, with 52 missing—27 workers, 21 farmers, three passers-by, and a teacher. Over 500 rescuers searched for survivors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
CCTV
Wulong
Chongaqing City
Zhu
Xinnua
US job losses shrink in May as hiring hopes rise
The Labor Department reports 345000 jobs lost in May, the smallest monthly decline since the start of the crisis, signaling a slower layoffs pace even as unemployment nears 9.4 percent. Economists caution that hiring remains weak and job growth may not resume until late next year. The Dow edged up briefly on the news before finishing higher by about 13 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
America
Ian Shepherdson
U.S
Nigel Gault
IHS Global Insight
Michael Feroli
Jpmorgan Economics
Congressmen Take Direct Role in Foreclosure Help
Lawmakers in distressed districts are personally negotiating with lenders to help homeowners avoid foreclosures. Rep. Elijah Cummings arranged 19 banks to meet homeowners on site at Morgan State University to review finances and foreclosure threats, predicting about 500 attendees.
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Washington
Congress
Elijah Cummings
Maryland
Baltimore
Morgan State University
Cummings
Newspaper staff and contact listings for The Journal-World
Editors and department heads are listed with phone numbers and emails. Contacts include Dennis Anderson, Caroline Trowbridge, Ann Gardner, Tom Keegan, Jon Niccum, Terry Rombeck, Jonathan Kealing, Cody Howard, Dan Cox, Chris Bell, Tony Berg and the Classifieds and Subscriptions lines. Also notes on Sunflower Broadband and redelivery policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Ijworld
Jon Niccum
Poll on Future World War II anniversaries and Obama speech impact
Friday poll asks if 25 years hence D-Day and Pearl Harbor will be commemorated as today finds out. The other question gauges the impact of President Obama’s Egypt Muslim address on American Islamic relations with No impact as the winner.
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Barack Obama
Egypt
Also Mentioned on This Page
James Meredith
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
ABC
Hermosillo
Jose Larrinaga
Sonora
Larrinaga
Iran
U.N
Tehran
United Nations
Syria
Damascus
Lawrence
Mexico
Beijing
Marcio Jose Sanchez
Hasani
Bawang
San Francisco Zoo
Monifa
Anne Flaherty
Associated Press
Journal-Worlh
N.H
Kansas University
News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Chris Bell
Jworld
Tony Berg
Ljworld.com
iachWorld
Kansas
Massachusetts Street
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