Notable Birthdays and Texas Juneteenth State Holiday
Almanac notes birthdays of Blaise Pascal Moe Howard Lou Gehrig Lester Flatt Salman Rushdie Kathleen Turner Paula Abdul Laura Ingraham Poppy Montgomery Dirk Nowitzki Zoe Saldana Macklemore Paul Dano and states Juneteenth has been Texas official state holiday since 1980. Today's Sports.
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Blaise Pascal
Moe Howard
Lou Gehrig
Lester Flatt
Salman Rushdie
Kathleen Turner
Paula Abdul
Laura Ingraham
Poppy Montgomery
Dirk Nowitzki
Zoe Saldana
Macklemore
Paul Dano
Texas
First recorded baseball game 1846 at Elysian Fields Hoboken
The New York Nine defeated the Knickerbockers 23 to 1 at Elysian Fields in Hoboken. It is regarded as the first officially recorded baseball game under codified U.S. rules. The note cites a Blaise Pascal quote and Rushdie's age as 67.
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New York Knickerbockers
Elysian Fields
Hoboken
New Jersey
United States
Chronicle-Telegram Letter Guidelines
The Chronicle Telegram invites letters to the editor under 250 words. Submissions may be edited for brevity accuracy and taste. Include signature full home address and phone number for verification by mail fax or email.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria
Chroniclet.com
Obama overreacts to failures of his predecessor
Ruth Marcus and Kathleen Parker critique Barack Obama for over learning from history in domestic and foreign policy. They argue he overrelied on caution, delaying health care leadership and timidity in Iraq and Syria, while praising selective audacity on bin Laden and executive actions.
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Hillary Clinton
Max Baucus
Montana
Chuck Grassley
Iowa
Ted Kennedy
Scott Brown
George W. Bush
Iraq
Bush
America
Libya
Syria
U.S
Osama bin Laden
Bone Bergdahl
Simpson-Bowles
White House
European Union
Sports teach daughters same lessons as sons
Connie Schultz reflects on her father Chuck Schultz and a Cleveland Indians policy allowing daughters in the postgame clubhouse. She recalls lessons of teamwork, equality, and belonging that shaped her from childhood to adulthood.
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Janey Schultz
Cleveland Indians
Akron Beacon Journal
Marla Ridenour
David Murphy
Ridenour
Nick Swisher
Bad decisions on Iraq led to a costly, lasting disaster
John Nagi argues that a chain of American missteps and Iraqi government errors created a failed postwar order in Iraq. He cites the 2003 invasion, disbanding the Iraqi army, the Sunni insurgency, the surge, and missed chances in Syria and Afghanistan as decades‑long burdens, urging a durable peace and continued support.
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Iraq
Saddam Hussein
Middle East
Saddam
Ba'ath Party
America
Robert Gates
David Petraeus
Bashar al-Assad
Syria
Al-Qaida
Assad
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Afghanistan
John Nagi
Haverford School
Philadelphia
John.nagl
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Parade Magazine
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Creators Syndicate
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