Today in History Highlights From 1215 to 1993
Key events span centuries from King John's sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 and Leo X threatening Luther in 1520 to George Washington named head of the Continental Army in 1775 and Goodyear patenting vulcanized rubber in 1844 Arlington National Cemetery origins in 1864 the General Slocum disaster in 1904 and John Connally's death in 1993.
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England
John
Runnymede
Leo X
Martin Luther
Second Continental Congress
George Washington
Continental Army
Charles Goodyear
Edwin M. Stanton
Arlington National
General Slocum
New York
East River
Texas
John Connally
Kennedy
G8 urges oil output as prices threaten global growth
World Bank style brief notes G8 ministers in Osaka warn elevated oil and food costs threaten global growth. They cite demand supply gaps and speculative trading as price drivers amid geopolitical and financial factors.
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Osaka
Japan
Bush and Sarkozy warn Iran over nuclear program
Bush and French President Sarkozy jointly warned Tehran against pursuing a nuclear bomb after Iran rejected an enhanced incentives package. EU envoy Solana carried the offer, while Iran’s government dismissed preconditions for any halt to uranium enrichment as unacceptable.
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Pars
Iran
Bush
Nicolas Sarkozy
Tehran
Sarkozy
Elysee Palace
European Union
Javier Solana
United States
France
Germany
Britain
Russia
China
Solana
Manouchehr Moitaki
Tor
Saeed Jalili
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
IRNA
Gholam Hossein Elham
Islamic Republic of Iran
U.S
Grand Palace Hall
Jacques Chirac
Europe
West
Man who loves transit arrested in NYC station scene
Darius McCollum, 43, famed since a 15-year-old commandeered a subway, was found Saturday in a secure area at Columbus Circle wearing a transit worker uniform. Police charged him with criminal impersonation trespass and possession of burglary tools. He has repeatedly posed as a transit employee over decades.
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Zimbabwe
Harare
Tendai Bitl
Movement For Democratic Change
Bitl
Morgan Tsvangirai
Robert Mugabe
Tsvangirai
New York
Darius McCollum
Manhattan
Columbus Circle Station
NYPD
Transit Queens
McCollum
Transit Authority
Journal-World Newsroom Contact and Feedback Lines
Contact details for the Journal-World newsroom and departments including local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports arts and letters to the editor with direct phone lines and an email option at ljworld com. Outside Lawrence numbers provided.
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Ljworld
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff and News Partners Contact Lines
Editor contacts and staff roles are listed with phone numbers and emails. News partners 6News and Mediaphormedia are named with contact details. Delivery and subscription lines include hours and in town redelivery guarantee.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Ijjworld
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California
Butte County
Paradise
Sacramento
California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Cal Fire
Joshpne White
White
Jerusalem
Israel
Condoleezza Rice
Rice
East Jerusalem
Saudi Arabia
New York Times
Middle East
Jiddah
Argentini
Zimbi
Kelli Henderson
Wakarusa Dr
Che Guevara
Matias Sari
Rosario
Argentina
Cuba
Ernesto “Che” Guevara
MTA
World Trade Center
Journal-Worip
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Lworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Jworld
Tom Keegan
Theegan
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Jworld.com
Mark Fagan
Mingan
Terry Rombeck
Rombeck
Chris Bell
Cbell
Ijworld
Sara Wilhelm
Swilhelm
Ljworld.com
Venth St
Ces
Kansas
Dixie May
Lawrence Humang Society
Garman
Lawrance Humane Society
Ringe
Lawrence Humane
BS Saint
Lenpatting
Stray Bay
Roe
Lid
America Chiropractic
6Th Street
Ivt
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