Almanac Highlights for 2012-04-21
On the 117th day of 2012 the almanac notes Lincoln assassin Booth's death in Virginia in 1865 and Chernobyl's 1986 spread of radioactivity across Europe. It lists birth anniversaries of Defoe Delacroix Olmsted Wittgenstein Malamud Burnett Li James. It cites Steve Carlton's 1980 one hitter and America's 104 nuclear reactors. Moon phase spans from new moon on April 21 to first quarter on April 29.
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John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Virginia
Chernobyl
Soviet Union
Europe
Vermont
Howard Dean
Daniel Defoe
Eugene Delacroix
Frederick Law
Obama in North Carolina amid Edwards trial and party scandal
President Obama tours North Carolina as John Edwards goes on trial and Democratic Party leader Jay Parmley resigns amid a sexual harassment allegation. The trip, part of a three state, three university push for student loan support, faces questions about scheduling and media scrutiny.
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Washington
Barack Obama
White House
North Carolina
Obama
John Edwards
Jay Parmley
Jay Parmley Recently Resigned As Executive Director of the State Party
Edwards
Rielle Hunter
Elizabeth
Dana Perino
George W. Bush
Bush
Parmley
Elizabeth Edwards
Edwardses
Obama White House
Bush White House
Mitt
Romney
Jimmy Fallon
Chapel Hill
Jimmy Kimmel
Correspondents’ Association
Beltway
Empty lot memorial for 11 women of Imperial Avenue
Connie Schultz reflects on the Imperial Avenue murders in Cleveland where 11 African American women died, the vacant lot proposed as a memorial, and the ongoing questions about memory, justice, and how communities confront such crimes. The piece links the case to broader issues of neglect, addiction, and urban healing.
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Cleveland
Hong Kong
Imperial Avenue
Anthony Sowell
Lowell
America
the Plain Dealer
Tonia Carmichael
Donnita Carmichael
Plain Dealer
Leila Atassi
Remembering Sheri Sangji and the fight for safe workplaces
U S secretary of labor Hilda L Solis recalls Sheri Sangji a 23 year old UCLA research assistant who died in a lab fire as she notes one worker dies on the job every day in America and pledges stronger safety enforcement. She cites OSHA launched public outreach to prevent deadly construction falls and urges continued action to reduce workplace fatalities.
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America
Sheri Sangji
University of California At
Los Angeles
Sheri
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Richard Nixon
Sangjis
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Parade Magazine
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U.S. Senate
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