Today in History highlights from 1893 to 2001 events
Key historical notes include Lizzie Borden acquitted of 1892 axe murders in New Bedford. Queen Victoria ascended to the British throne in 1837 after William IV’s death. Bugsy Siegel was shot in 1947 at Virginia Hill's Beverly Hills mansion. In 2001 Andrea Yates killed her five children in a Houston bathtub, later retried after an overturned conviction.
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New Bedford
Mass
Lizzie Borden
Victoria
William IV
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Bev
Erly Hills
Calif
Virginia Hill
Houston
Andrea Yates
Yates
D List enlists for Iraq tour in special episode
Kathy Griffin takes a very special D List episode to Kuwait and Iraq with Michael McDonald and Karri Turner. They deliver raw humor and poignant moments amid war footage and a field hospital, showing grit and gladness in soldiers’ faces.
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Kathy
Michael McDonald
Mad TV
Karri Turner
Griffin
Kuwait
McDonald
Tikrit
Baghdad
Saddam Hussein
Los Angeles
Groundlings
Toby Keith
Frontline
PBS
George Tenet
CIA
Dick Cheney
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Klimt Portrait Sold For Record Nazi Loot Return
Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Gustav Klimt’s gold encrusted portrait, sold for a record price to a New York museum co founded by Ronald Lauder. Maria Altmann fought Austria for seven years to recover the painting, which will head to the Neue Galerie in New York and be displayed in America.
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Los Angeles
Gustav Klimt
Adele Blach-Bauer
New York
Ronald S. Lauder
Steven Thomas
Blach- Bauer
Maria Altmann
Altmann
Thomas
Picasso
New York Times
Adele Bloch-Bauer
Neue Galerie
Lauder
The
Times
Adele
Klimts
Belvedere
Vienna
Klimt
Austria
E. Randol Schoenberg
U.S. Supreme Court
Alt
Michael Govan
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles Times
America
Kidman Urban wed plans surface in Australia rumor
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban announce they have returned to Australia to marry in a northern Sydney church with family and friends. Media speculate the ceremony may occur Sunday as Kidman turns 39, while Urban, 38, remains based in Nashville.
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Sydney
Australia
Nicole Kidman
Keith Urban
Associated Press
Kidman
Urban
Hawaii
People Magazine
Nashville
Tenn
New York
Tom Cruise
Contact details for Lawrence Journal-World staff and numbers
Staff directory listing editors and editors emails with direct lines, plus News Partners 6News and World Online contacts. Advertising, classifieds, subscriptions support numbers included for reader service and redelivery assistance.
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News Partners
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
World Online
Joel Mathis
Convergence
Jmathis
Ljworld.com
Notable birthdays list for several celebrities
Singer songwriter Brian Wilson turns 64 while actor John Mahoney becomes 66, TV host Bob Vila reaches 60, R and B singer Lionel Richie is 57, actor John Goodman turns 54, and actress Nicole Kidman is 39 this year.
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Brian Wilson
John Mahoney
Bob Vila
Lionel Richie
John Goodman
Nicole Kidman
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Shambala
Martin Dinnes
New York Daily News
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Alfred Hitchcock
Marnie
Melanie Griffith
Roar Foundation
Bahrain
Middle East
Neverland
Clooney
Paris
George Clooney
Warner Bros
Stephanie Vergniault
Lewis
Las Vegas
Jerry Lewis
San Diego
Claudia Marghilano
Orleans Hotel-Casino
Orleans
Candi Cazan
Nutty Professor
Journal-Wort
NHS
Lawrence
Iiworld.com
Kansas University
Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Lsnéad
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Mshields
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
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Jniccum
Mark Fagan
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Chris Bell
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Lfworld
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U. S. Census Bureau
Journal-World
National State Data Center Steering Committee
U.S. Census Bureau
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