Today in History retrospective events across years
Key milestones include Barack Obama being elected the first black U.S. president in 2008, King Tutankhamen's tomb entrance discovery in 1922, Nellie T. Ross becoming the first female governor in 1924, U.S. neutrality shift in 1939, the Iran hostage crisis start in 1979, and the 1995 Rabin assassination.
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Barack Obama
United States
John McCain
Senate
House
King Tutankhamen
Egypt
Nellie T. Ross
Wyoming
William B. Ross
Britain
France
Iran
Tehran
Yitzhak Rabin
Sixth Man Arrested in Richmond High School Rape Case
Richmond police arrested Elvis Torrentes, 21, as a main participant in the Oct. 24 gang rape of a 15 year old outside a Richmond high school dance. Prosecutors will seek charges Thursday. Torrentes is held on 1.25 million bail on multiple sexual assault charges. In a separate case, 18 year old Jose Carlos Montano appeared for arraignment on rape in concert and related charges, with a court date set for further pleas.
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Richmond
Elvis Torrentes
Mark Gagan
Torrentes
Jose Carlos Montano
David Brown
Peter Berger
Montano
Tokyo blue lights on trains aim to curb suicide reports
Tokyo rail operators retrofit all 29 stations on the Yamanote Line with blue LEDs to calm riders and reduce personal crisis reports amid rising suicide fears. Experts debate effectiveness, while therapists note blue’s association with the sky and sea may soothe agitated individuals.
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East Japan Railway Co
Tokyo
Yamanote Line
Mizuki Takahashi
Japan Institute of Color Psychology
Japan
GOP Wins Virginia and New Jersey Governors Races
Independent voters helped Republicans gain control in Virginia with Bob McDonnell defeating Democrat R. Creigh Deeds and Chris Christie ousting incumbent Jon Corzine in New Jersey. The results signal weakness for Obama allies ahead of the midterms, as Democrats confront intra party fissures and broad voter discontent. Garamendi wins in California, while Ohio approves casinos and Bloomberg secures a third term in New York.
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Washington
Barack Obama
GOP
Virginia
New Jersey
Bob McDonnell
R. Creigh Deeds
Chris Christie
Jon Corzine
Bill Owens
23Rd Congressional District
New York
Obama
California
John Garamendi
Ohio
Michael Bloomberg
White House
Deeds and Corzine
Ten bodies found at rapist's Cleveland home
Police extended searches to boarded up homes after discovering four more corpses in the backyard and a skull in a bucket in the basement. Anthony Lowell, 50, a registered sex offender, was charged with five counts of aggravated murder along with rape, felonious assault and kidnapping.
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Cleveland
Anthony Lowell
Thomas Stache
Michael McGrath
Lowell
Stacho
McGrath
Powell Caesar
Cuyahoga County
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Should pay raises for city employees be based on performance
The poll on ljworld.com asks readers to vote on the basis for Lawrence city employee raises. Performance leads with 46 percent, followed by Both 44 percent, Years of service 8 percent, Not sure 1 percent, with readers urged to visit the site to cast votes and view more responses.
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Hamid Karzai
Karzai
Afghanistan
Ahmed Shah Lamar
Kandahar
Barack Obama
White House
Robert Gibbs
Gibbs
U.S
Kabul
Ljworld
Kansas University
Lawrence
Lawrence City
Ljworld.com
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