Enron bankruptcy marks giant collapse and losses
Enron filed for Chapter 11 in New York on December 2 with assets near 50 billion dollars, the largest U.S. bankruptcy to date. Investigations by the SEC and Congress probe possible insider trading and accounting fraud as Enron’s stock collapses and jobs vanish for about 21,000 employees.
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Today in History Highlights Dec 11 2001 and earlier events
On December 11 1936 King Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson. Also on this date 1719 Aurora Borealis sighting in New England and 1792 Louis XVI faced treason charges. Indiana became the 19th state in 1816 and Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback became acting Louisiana governor in 1872.
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Top fifth graders win essay contest in 1976
Harold Johnson first Keith Hood second and Lorina Segovia third in the American Education Week Essay Contest. They are children of local residents Harold Johnson, J W Hood and Gregory Segovia.
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Richardson Eyes Governor Bid In Turbulent Times
Bill Richardson signals an early January gubernatorial announcement in New Mexico. A poll reportedly shows him far ahead of rivals for the 2002 nomination, with 70 percent to 12 percent over Gary King and broad GOP concerns about challengers.
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Frederick Douglass and Cedar Hill A Capitol Pulpit
From Cedar Hill Frederick Douglass reflected on a life as a leading abolitionist writer editor and lecturer. The National Park Service preserves his Washington home with portraits Lincoln’s walking stick and the desk from his 1881 autobiography while recounting his wartime influence and urging Lincoln to end slavery and recruit black soldiers.
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Yale and the 9 11 era through a historian gaze
A Yale talk on the 300th anniversary probes loyalty and duty. Professor Gaddis Smith traces how American identity shifted from hostile watchwords to a nuanced sense of country and Yale during Pearl Harbor and Sept. 11, noting the changing meaning of allegiance from 18th century Puritan to 19th century realist.
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