This Week in History Highlights
A digest of notable events by date including declarations of war in 1941, U S support for South Vietnam in 1961, Kyoto climate accord in 1997, the first motel in 1925, UN headquarters site gift in 1946, Relay 1 launch in 1962, Saddam Hussein captured in 2003, Amundsen Pole reach in 1911, Apollo 17 moonwalk in 1972, Sandy Hook attack in 2012, Bill of Rights in 1791, Sitting Bull death in 1890, Disney dies in 1966, Boston Tea Party in 1773, swine flu vaccine halt in 1976, Wright brothers flight in 1903, Atlas missile test in 1957, and Project Blue Book ending in 1969.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Robert F. Scott
Harrison Schmitt
Eugene Cernan
Sandy Hook
Newtown
Connecticut
Adam Lanza
U.S
Virginia
Sitting Bull
Grand River
South Dakota
Walt Disney
Los Angeles
Wilbur
Orville Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Kitty Hawk
North Carolina
United States
U.S. Air Force
Roswell Library Expands Free Access Passes to 15 Sites
Roswell Public Library now loans family passes for free admission for six people to fifteen cultural sites across New Mexico. The collection includes the Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum Las Cruces and the New Mexico Museum of Space History Alamogordo, with weekly checkouts. Pearl Harbor’s 75th anniversary is noted along with new history books on the attack and its aftermath available through interlibrary loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum
Las Cruces
New Mexico Museum of Space History
Alamogordo
Palace of the Governors
Santa Fe
Jemez
Fort Stanton
Lincoln
Pennsylvania Ave
Facebook
Pearl Harbor
United States
Interlibrary
Tomas Gonzalez
Roswell
Washington D.C
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
U.S
Doolittle
Tokyo
Jimmy Doolittle
James M. Scott
China
Albert Marrin
Marrin
Josh Grider to perform Christmas carols in Roswell
Roswell notes a Christmas night with Josh Grider and family at Pecos Flavors Winery Bistro on December 20 at 7 30 p m Tickets are 15 with reservations via 575 627 6265 The event features Grider and his eight year old son Joshua plus a two year old in a family friendly holiday show with sacred and secular songs and new material planned for 2015 touring and a forthcoming country album.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grider
Joshua
Roswell
Las Cruces
Texas
Red Dirt
Walt Wilkins
Billy Bob
AMP Entertainment
Paradigm Agency
Troubadour TX
Texas Regional Radio Report
Trent Willmon
Josh Grider
Josh
Kristy Grider
Pecos Flavors Winery
Second St
Weekly Library Story Time and Hours Dec 14
The library hosts Christmas story time sessions at 10 a.m. and 3 30 p m on December 14 as part of the weekly calendar. Hours run 9 a m to 9 p m Monday and Tuesday with another story time at 2 p m.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Germany
Italy
Saigon
South Vietnam
Kyoto
Japan
San Luis Obispo
California
United Nations
Manhattan
John D. Rockefeller Jr
U.n.’S
Saddam Hussein
Adwar
Iraq
Tikrit
Boston
Amanda Davis
Roswell Public Library
A.davis
Roswell-Am
Amanda
Davis
Grider Family
Kristi Grider
Christina Stock
Vision
Rdrnews
Millie Smith
Santa
Manny Gonzalez
Addirector
Rdrnews.com
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!