Today in History highlights from 1945 to 1970 events
On June 22 1945 the Okinawa battle ended with vast casualties for US and Japanese forces. In 1611 Henry Hudson and companions were set adrift by mutineers in Hudson Bay. In 1940 Germany overran Paris and France signed an armistice. In 1970 Nixon signed a law lowering the voting age to 18.
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Salute to Billy Wilder on TCM marks director's 100th birthday
TCM airs a Billy Wilder salute built from German TV interviews titled Billy Wilder Speaks. It traces his Vienna origins, exile after 1933, family losses, and his cynical lens on life influencing classics like Double Indemnity Sunset Blvd Some Like It Hot, with other nightly TV highlights across CBS NBC UPN Oxygen Fox and BBC channels.
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Panda population estimate doubles in China reserve
Scientists using DNA from panda droppings in Wanglang Nature Reserve estimate 66 to 72 wild pandas, more than double the previous count of 32. The joint British Chinese study, published in Current Biology, links growth to habitat protection and natural migration, while cautioning that broader China estimates remain unclear.
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Shatner Brokaw and Regs Philbin Join Hall of Fame
William Shatner Tom Brokaw and Regs Philbin are named to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame announced by academy chairman Dick Askin. Inductees include James Burrows Leonard Goldberg and more than 100 veterans. ceremony date not set. Aaron Spelling suffered a stroke at his Holmby Hills home and is hospitalized at home, wife Candy by his side. The Al Gore documentary An Inconvenient Truth will receive a Special Award from the Humanitas Prize, the first in over a decade, recognizing its impact on society.
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Notable Birthday List Includes Meryl Streep and Cyndi Lauper
A brief collection notes birthday milestones for public figures Actress Meryl Streep turns 57 Singer Kris Kristofferson reaches 70 Todd Rundgren aged 58 actor Graham Greene 54 Cyndi Lauper 53 and TV host Carson Daly 33, highlighting longevity in entertainment careers.
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Kris Kristofferson
Todd Rundgren
Graham Greene
Cyndi Lauper
Carson Daly
Journal World contact lines for reader submissions and obits
The page lists story ideas and feedback channels for JourNaL World with email and a web form, plus telephone numbers for local news city and county government Kansas University Lawrence schools business sports acts and entertainment letters to the editor obituaries and photo reprints and an outside Lawrence contact.
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Newspaper Staff and Contact Directory Extract
Editor contacts and department lines listed for the Lawrence Journal-World and affiliates. Includes editors Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Mike Shields Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan Cody Howard Joel Mathis plus circulation advertising and subscription lines and the note about redelivery guarantee.
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