Timeline of notable events from history
On Sept 29 1978 Pope John Paul I was found dead in Vatican apartment a month after becoming pope. In 1789 War Department created a regular army. In 1829 London's police force Scotland Yard began duties. In 1907 foundation stone for Washington National Cathedral laid. In 1938 Munich Agreement signed. In 1957 Brooklyn Dodgers played final game before moving. 2 1 loss to Phillies. In 1982 Tylenol cyanide crisis began in Chicago area.
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John Paul I
Vatican
U.S. War Department
London
Scotland Yard
Washington National Cathedral
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Brooklyn Dodgers
Los Angeles
Phillies
Philadelphia
Chicago
World in Brief: High School Hostage Drama and Global Headlines
A 17-year-old gunman held students at Las Plumas High School for over an hour before surrendering. three girls remained captive. No injuries reported. In Pakistan, Musharraf cleared to run for five more years as Supreme Court dismissed petitions against his candidacy. In Louisiana, Mychal Bell’s bond was posted by Dr. Stephen Ayers, aiding his return home after 10 months in jail amid Jena protests. The batch of items covers violence, politics, and civil rights tensions with named places and figures.
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Las Plumas High School
Jerry Smith
Butte County Sheriff's Department
Turbo Her
Her
Pervez Musharraf
Pakistan
Supreme Court
Musharraf
U.S
High Court
Ter
Louisiana
Stephen Ayers
Mychal Bell
Bell
Jena
Ayers
Lake Charles
Lorenzo batters Gulf coast killing four in Mexico
Hurricane Lorenzo struck central Mexico's Gulf coast on Friday causing roofs to fly and landslides near Puebla and Veracruz. Four people died including a woman and two children in Puebla and an 83 year old man in Panuco Veracruz after hazards from drenched soil. The storm weakened to a tropical depression as it moved inland and dissipated by nightfall per authorities.
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Lorenzo
Mexico
Gulf Coast
Puebla
Panuco
Veracruz
Dean
U.S
National Hurricane Center
Myanmar crackdown tightens grip on monasteries and streets
Soldiers and police sealed off Buddhist monasteries in Yangon and Mandalay, fired warning shots and tear gas, and cut Internet access as thousands of monks faced isolation. Protests dwindled to scattered activists while hundreds were detained, drawing global condemnations and calls for restraint.
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YaNncon
Myanmar
Yangon
Mandalay
Win Mya Mya
National League For Democracy
Junta
United States
Europe
Asia
White House
Journal World contact details for staff and departments
The Journal World lists newsroom and staff contacts including Dennis Anderson managing editor Caroline Trowbridge assignment director Ann Gardner editorial page Tom Keegan sports Mindie Paget arts Jon Niccum entertainment Mark Fagan business 6News Cony Howard GNews Joel Mathis and others. It also provides numbers for circulation advertising and customer service and notes redelivery guarantees for missed papers.
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Dennis Anderson
Danderson
Ijworld
Caroline Trowbridge
Drowbridge
Ann Gardner
Agardner
Lworld
Tom Keegan
Tkeegan
Jworld
Mindie Paget
Moager
Ljworld
Jon Niccum
Jniccum
Mark Fagan
Mfagan
Ljworld.com
Cony Howard
Howard
Sunflowerbroadband
Mediapharmedia LLC
Joel Mathis
Convergence
Jmathis
Son of retired astronaut buys 30 million space ticket
Richard Garriott, son of Owen Garriott, agreed to a 30 million dollar seat on a Soyuz rocket to the International Space Station. The 46 year old tech entrepreneur from Austin plans a week in space in October 2008, pursuing science and educational projects with support from his father's biotech ventures.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Richard Garriott
Kazakhstan
International Space Station
Owen Garriott
Skylab
America
Columbia
Russia
Cosmonaut Corps
Interna
Tional Space Station
Associated Press
NASA
Garriott
Austin
Texas
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California
New Orleans
The
Cen
Nevada
Vna
Nye County
David Boruchowitz
Chester Arthur Stiles
Tony DeMeo
Stiles
Baruchowitz
Las Vegas
DeMeo
Gulf
Lai Seng Sin
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Scott Stanzel
China
India
Gordon Brown
Journal-World Contact US
Lawrence
News Partners
Chris Bell
al Bonner
Nth St
Kansas
Marcia Dunn
Liz Allison
Kansas Speedway
Allison
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