New Year's Day History Highlights and Birthdays
On January 1 historical milestones include Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the first Tour nament of Roses in 1890. Notable deaths and events span Castro's 1959 Cuban overthrow and the euro's 1999 launch. Birthdays feature J D Salinger and Don Novello among others.
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Abraham Lincoln
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Wisconsin
Stanford
Sumatra
U.S
Shirley Chisholm
Congress
Daytona Beach
Fila
California
Robert T. Matsui
Bethesda
ENMU hires Cutrell as men's basketball assistant coach
Porter Cutrell, a 1980 Goddard High School graduate and three year letterman at center for Eastern New Mexico, is hired as the men's assistant basketball coach for the 1984-85 season. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Cutrell and was an all district high school player. Crystal Wooton, former Goddard FFA member and state FFA secretary, is named secretary of the National FFA Officer Nominating Committee at the National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Wooton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Wooton of Roswell, is a freshman agriculture communication major at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
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Porter Cutrell
Goddard High School
Eastern New Mexico University
Cutrell
Leonard Cutrell
Eastern
Crystal Wooton
Future Farmers of America
FFA
Kansas City
Wooton
Larry Wooton
Roswell
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces
Public-private research group proposed to win hearts and minds
Ed Fealner of The Heritage Foundation urges creation of a government funded private communications partnership to gather data on foreign audiences, conduct polling and focus groups, and share findings with government and private firms to bolster the U.S. war of ideas in Afghanistan and beyond.
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U.s.’S
U.S
Obama
Afghanistan
State Department
Ed Fealner
The
Heritage Foundation
Heritage.org
Norris Christmas Talk Misreads Wise Men Story
The 2010 Chuck Norris piece critiques Obama Christmas remarks, linking the wise men to wealthy executives and arguing the core message is personal potential. It questions the president’s Christian interpretation and emphasizes children reading and doing math for future success.
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Obama
Jesus
Gandhi
Chuck Norris
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Associated Press
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Tristram Shandy
London
United States
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Calif
Ellis Island
New York
Hank Williams Sr
Oak Hill
W.va
Canton
Ohio
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
French
Cameroun
At&t
Saddam Hussein
Russia
Ukraine
Rhode Island
Claiborne Pell
Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Blackhawks
Wrigley Field
Southern California
Penn State
J.D. Salinger
Ernest Hollings
D-S.c
Ty Hardin
Frederick Wiseman
Frank Langella
Country Joe McDonald
Don Novello
Rick Hurst
New Jersey
Jon Corzine
Steve Ripley
the Tractors
Robert Menendez
Dn.j
Grandmaster Flash
Ben Woods
Dedee Pfeiffer
Embeth Davidtz
Brian Flynn
Flynnville Train
Feulner
Norris
Jeno
Crise
Owens Sausage
Sparkletts
Gula
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