Today in History May twentythree events cross centuries
On May 21 1927 Charles A Lindbergh landed the Spirit of St Louis near Paris completing the first solo Atlantic flight. Hernando de Soto died in 1542 while seeking gold along the Mississippi River. The Democratic National Convention began in Baltimore in 1832. New Zealand became a British colony in 1840. Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881. The United States tested the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in 1956.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Baltimore
New Zealand
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
U.S
Bikini Atoll
Pacific
NBC Heroes finale caps season with tangled fate notes
NBC airs the Heroes season finale online as 24 ends its run with a two hour wrap. The piece notes NBC’s strength in sci fi storytelling and compares cable and network dramas while previewing Law & Order Criminal Intent moves. It also mentions 24’s renewed future and Chloe’s evolving role.
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NBC
Peacock Network
New York
Nbc-Universal
USA
Fox
Jack Bauer
Scarlett O’hara
Jack
Russia
CTU
Iffy
Logan
Dallas
Chloe
Cemetery Becomes Cultural Resource in Hollywood Forever
Gina Gershon notes Hollywood Forever Cemetery as a living cultural hub where history and memory meet in a transitory city. The site, founded in 1899, hosts Cinespia film screenings and a Shakespeare in the Cemetery stage series, turning the graveyard into a multimedia gathering place for thousands while preserving celebrity legacies and district history.
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Los Angeles
Gina Gershon
Hollywood
Angeleno
Gershon
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Tinseltown
Hollywood Forever
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
Hattie McDaniel
Jayne Mansfield
Rudolph Valentino
Cecil B. DeMille
Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel
Johnny Ramone
Paramount Studios
Memorial Park
Jay Boileau
Forever West
Shrek the Third sets toon box office debut record
The DreamWorks animated film Shrek the Third opened to an estimated 122 million dollars in its first weekend, surpassing Shrek 2 and ranking as the third biggest debut for an animated feature. Spider-Man 3 led the summer with 151.1 million, while Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest grossed 135.6 million.
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Los Angeles
DreamWorks Animation
Paramount
Anne Globe
Ogre
Eddie Murphy
Cameron Diaz
Antonio Banderas
Justin Timberlake
King Arthur
Shrek
Sony
Disney
Johnny Depp
Jack Sparrow
Paul Dergarabedian
Media
U.S
Numbers LLC
Delta Force
Newsroom contacts and editor emails for Lawrence Journal-World
Provides phone numbers and emails for departments and editors including Local News, City and County government, KU, Lawrence schools, Business, Sports, Arts, Letters, Obituaries, and outside Lawrence. Lists editors Dennis Anderson Bill Snead Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Mindie Paget Jon Niccum Mark Fagan with contact info.
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Jworld
Lawrence
Danderson
Ljworld
Bill Snead
Lsnead
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Mindie Paget
Mpaget
Jon Niccum
Mniccom
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
News Partners Contact Details and Redelivery Policy
Cody Howard 6News director can be reached at 832-6321 or howard sunflower broadband com. Mediapharmedia LLC Joel Mathis managing editor convergence contact 832-7142 jmathis ljworld com. If you did not receive your paper call 832-7199 before 11 a.m. weekdays or noon weekends for redelivery in town on the same day.
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Ljworld.com
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflower
Broadband
Mediapharmedia LLC
Joel Mathis
Convergence
Jmathis
Summer vacation plans and poll prompt
In the backyard, a person considers a trip or staying home with work. A Friday poll asks readers what they think about a proposed tuition increase, with the winner labeled It’s too much and a link to cast votes at ijworld.
Birthdays for prominent entertainers and actors
Comedian and radio host Al Franken turns 56, Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers is 66, actor Richard Hatch of Battlestar Galactica is 62, Mr. T reaches 55, Judge Reinhold is 50, and actress Lisa Edelstein turns 39.
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al Franken
Ron Isley
the Isley Brothers
Richard Hatch
Battlestar Galactica
Mr. T
Judge Reinhold
Lisa Edelstein
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Los Angeles Times
Alfresco
Robert Altman
John Wyatt
Cinespra
Bruce Willis
John Huston
Tall Blonde
Fairbanks Reflecting Pool
Katharine Brandt
Ophelia
Prince
Fairbanks
Horatio
Hamlet
Ricardo DeAratanha
By David Germain
Associated Press
Paneki
Journal-World Contact US
N.H
Dennis Anderson
Navaging Editor
News Partners
Chris Bell
Bell
al Bonner
Ijworld.com
Rica
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