Almanag January 21 2010 highlights and history note
On January 21 2010 the Almanac notes key moments including Louis XVI’s execution in 1793 Opel’s first car in 1899 Carter’s Vietnam draft pardon in 1977 and Hispanics becoming the largest U.S. minority in 2008 It lists birthdays sports facts a quote and moon phase data with various historical and cultural reference points.
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Louis XVI
France
Paris
Opel
Jimmy Carter
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
Stonewall Jackson
Christian Dior
Telly Savalas
Jack Nicklaus
Placido Domingo
Geena Davis
Cat Power
Pittsburgh Steelers
Dallas Cowboys
NFL
Vietnam
America
Marshall McLuhan
Reform or die Scott Brown reshapes national politics
Analysis of Scott Brown's Massachusetts Senate win highlights a shift from hope and change to reform or die. Brown's online fundraising, grassroots effort, and contrast with Martha Coakley signal a GOP pivot toward a pragmatic, reformist appeal that unsettles Democratic health care priorities and mobilizes independents.
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Coakley
Boston Red Sox
Curt Schilling
Brown
Washington
Barack Obama
Scott Brown
Mitt Romney
Peter Flaherty
Eric Fehrnstrom
Hillary Clinton
Congress
Massachusetts
GOP
Sui Generis
Jim
Massachusetts vote signals middle class anger over reforms
Timothy Rutten argues the Massachusetts Senate loss mirrors broad middle class discontent with Obama health care reforms and the economy. He cites wage stagnation since the 1970s, high unemployment, foreclosures, and reduced retirement security as the core drivers fueling anger toward both parties and the national agenda.
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Massachusetts
Senate
Obama
Iraq
Afghanistan
White House
Wall Street
Harvard
Elizabeth Warren
Congressional
U.S
Warren
McDonnell's Virginia Inauguration Signals Republican Renewal
In Richmond, amid melting snow, Bob McDonnell was sworn in as Virginia governor before about 5,000 attendees. He promotes fewer taxes, privatization, and innovation while expanding charter schools and teacher pay, pledging energy growth and offshore drilling. Keenan swore him in. Obama nominees Keenan to the Fourth Circuit. (Names and places preserved: Virginia, Richmond, Central Virginia Foodbank, Carpenter's Shelter, New Kent County, Henrico County, Barbara Milano Keenan, McDonnell, Obama.)
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Bob McDonnell
Virginia
Federation of Virginia
Haiti
McDonnell
Central
Carpenter's Shelter
Alexandria
Henrico County
New Kent County
Virginia Supreme Court
Barbara Milano Keenan
Obama
United States Court of Appeals
Fourth Circuit
Commonwealth of Opportunity
George W. Bush
White House
Congress
Margaret Thatcher
England
Ronald Reagan
United States
East Coast
America
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