Today in History Highlights Major Global Events
The record recalls key moments: the Cocoanut Grove fire fatalities in Boston on November 28, 1942, Magellan’s Pacific passage via the strait named for him in 1520, Tehran wartime talks among Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin in 1943, Mariner 4’s Mars mission in 1964, the 1979 Air New Zealand DC-10 crash in Antarctica, Thatcher’s resignation in 1990, and Enron’s 2001 collapse.
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Cocoanut Grove
Boston
Ferdinand Magellan
Pacific Ocean
South American
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Tehran
United States
Mars
Air New Zealand
South Pole
Antarctica
Margaret Thatcher
John Major
Enron Corp
Thailand backs off threat to clear Bangkok airports
Thailand's government said police would avoid violence and negotiate with pro testers occupying Bangkok's airports as protests shut down the capital. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat had declared an emergency, but authorities later aimed to remove protesters peacefully. South Korea resumes U.S. beef sales after ban lift, shops report demand for cheaper meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Bangkok
Somchai Wongsawat
Nattawut Sai-Kau
South Korea
U.S
Korea Chainstores Association
Two Dead After Airbus Crashes Off France Coast
An Airbus A320 on a maintenance flight crashed into the Mediterranean near Perpignan causing two fatalities and leaving five aboard missing. The jet, leased by XL Airways and slated to return to Air New Zealand, had just departed Perpignan airport after checks at EAS Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
EAS Industries
Perpignan
Spain
XL Airways
Air New Zealand
London outrage after Conservative lawmaker arrest
British police arrested a Conservative lawmaker over alleged publication of Home Office stories. A 52 year old man was taken into custody on suspicion of conspiring to commit misconduct in a public office. Opposition MPs criticized the arrest as politically charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damian Green
Britain
Home Office
Green
Metropolitan Police
Iraq approves three year timetable for U S troop withdrawal
Iraqs parliament backs a three year SOFA timetable, setting a June 30 2009 city withdrawal deadline and a broader 2011 full pullout. The pact, debated amid Sunni Shiite Kurdish rivalries, faces a July referendum and possible early U.S. exit if changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Iraq
U.S
Presidency Council
Nouri al-Maliki
Azzawi
United States
Al-Maliki
George W. Bush
White House
Glued Driver Foiled by Miniskirt Robber Trick
In Monterrey area a man stopped to aid a purported breakdown near the highway. A blond woman in a black miniskirt lured him, then an accomplice with a gun tied his hands with tape and glued them to the steering wheel while she took his credit cards. He drove on a few miles before police freed him with saline solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterrey
Mexico
Anabel Carrizales
David Perales
Carrizales
Journal World contact details and departments
Local newsroom lists contact numbers for news, city and county government, Kansas University, Lawrence schools, business, sports, arts and letters. Obituaries and photo reprints have dedicated lines. Outside Lawrence numbers available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ljworld
Ljworld.com
Kansas University
Lawrence
Newspaper Staff Contacts and delivery numbers
Editors and department heads list with direct lines and emails. Includes Dennis Anderson Caroline Trowbridge Ann Gardner Tom Keegan Jon Niccum Terry Rombeck Jonathan Kealing Cody Howard Mediaphormedia Dan Cox and the 6News contact. Delivery and billing line provides 832-7199 for subscriptions and redelivery policy details.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ljworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
L Jworld
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jon Niccum
Cody Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediaphormedia
Dan Cox
Dcox
Jworld.com
Free State Firebirds Tie Perry Lecompton in Open Poll
A Thursday poll question asks when to begin holiday shopping. The article notes a result where the Free State Firebirds and Perry Lecompton Kaws are involved but provides no clear outcome beyond the event’s completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CI Free State Firebirds
Perry Lecompton Kaws
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Paris
London
Colombia
Halland
Airbus
Mediterranean
Civil Aviation Accident Investigation Bureau
Vermont
Jim Douglas
Montpelier
Matthew Manning
Santa Claus
Douglas
Manning
Vermont Foodbank
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Frank Suniga
Suniga
Tribes of
National Congress of American Indians
Congress
Christian Escobar Mora
Cali
Cauca
Muqtada al-Sadr
al- Maliki
Sons of Iraq
Rasheed Azzawi
Tawafiq
Journal-World
Contact US
N.H
News Partners
Chris Bell
Ijworld
Tony Berg
Lworld.com
Ijworld.com
Kansas
West 6Th St
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