On This Date in History September 29 Highlights
Events listed include Bismarck's iron and blood remark in 1862, the U S War Department creating a regular army in 1789, Scotland Yard duty in 1829, McGonagall death in 1902, Washington National Cathedral cornerstone in 1907, Antonioni birth in 1912, Munich Agreement in 1938, Giants last Polo Grounds game in 1957, Alouette 1 launch in 1962, My Fair Lady closing, Pope John Paul I death in 1978, Tylenol cyanide cases in 1982, Ford II death in 1987, Roberts becoming chief justice in 2005, and Israel troop withdrawal a decade ago.
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Prussia
Otto von Bismarck
U.S. War Department
London
Scotland Yard
William Topaz McGonagall
Britain
Edinburgh
Scotland
Washington National Cathedral
Michelangelo Antonioni
Ferrara
Italy
Adolf Hitler
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Pittsburgh Pirates
Giants
San Francisco
Canada
Space Age
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Pope John Paul 1
Vatican
Chicago
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
John G. Roberts Jr
Senate
Israel
U.N
U.S
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Associated Press
Brown performs 1400 hours of community service in Rihanna case
The AP finds Chris Brown logged over 1400 hours for the 2009 Rihanna beating. A third of hours were at a rural Virginia daycare once tied to his family. In seven months logs rose fourfold, with shifts largely at night for cleaning and painting.
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Los Angeles
Chris Brown
Rihanna
Associated Press
Virginia
Brown
Richmond
Ida Minter
Tappahannock
Mark Geragos
Parton quits Nashville water and snow park venture
Dolly Parton withdrew from Gaylord Entertainment's planned 50 million water and snow park project in Nashville after Gaylord voted to reorganize as a real estate investment trust. The park aimed to open as early as summer 2014 and would have partnered with Gaylord, with Parton noting she must act in Dollywood's best interests.
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Nashville
Tenn
Dolly Parton
Gaylord Entertainment
Parton
Gaylord
Dollywood Company
Dollywood
Splash Country
Tennessee
Southern News Clarifies Trustee Accusation Error
The Southern notes an error in Friday coverage about accusations against SIU Trustee Don Lowery. It failed to specify that Larry Peterson is the former president of Shawnee Community College. Readers are invited to report inaccuracies via listed contact numbers.
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SIU
Don Lowery
Larry Peterson
Shawnee Community College
Southern
Lottery draw results and jackpots update
Illinois picks midday 5 4 7 evening 2 7 5. Midday four 7 9 8 9 evening 8 3 9 0. Lucky Day Lotto 5 11 18 27 28. Lotto jackpot 2 million. Mega Millions 6 8 14 43 56 mega 28. jackpot 21 million. Kentucky picks midday 2 7 8. four 9 6 0 2. evening 4 9 0. four 6 5 6 4. Missouri picks midday 0 9 5. four 2 1 9 1. evening 5 6 5. four 2 0 8 1. Show McCash 3 9 17 20 36. Powerball jackpot 40 million.
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Missouri
McCash
Man Fatally Shoots Self On Live TV After Chase
A man fleeing a carjacking in Phoenix shot himself live on national television after a 90 minute chase that ended near the California border. Fox News and KSAZ-TV apologized, citing a five second delay failure and human error. The deceased man's identity was not released.
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Phoenix
California
Fox News
Ksaz-Tv
Tommy Thompson
Shepard Smith
Smith
Fox
Michael Clemente
News
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