Historic milestones and notable birthdays on June 5 2010
On Saturday June 5 2010 marked the 149th day of the year with spring in season. Historical notes include the 1453 Ottoman capture of Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire and Rhode Island’s 1790 ratification of the U S Constitution. Birthdays list Bob Hope John F Kennedy Danny Elfman Annette Bening and others.
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Constantinople
Rhode Island
U.S
Edmund Hillary
Tenzing Norgay
Mount Evere
Bob Hope
John F. Kennedy
Danny Elfman
Annette Bening
Melissa Etheridge Turns 49 In 2010 Almanac Note
In 2010 Melissa Etheridge is 49. The item anchors her birth in 1961 and marks the May almanac context. It notes a birthday that year alongside other dated facts from the era. The piece also references sports, quotes, and astronomical notes in a compact daily almanac style.
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Melissa Etheridge
Rickey Henderson
Ty Cobb
John F. Kennedy
Boehner Embraces Quench Dawn and OxiClean in Interview
In a Capitol office interview, House Minority Leader John Boehner endorses Quench lotion, Dawn dish soap, and OxiClean. He touts GOP digital outreach via America Speaking Out and YouCut while debating oil spill responses and future House leadership.
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Ohio
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Dawn
OxiClean
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Eric Cantor
Michele Bachmann
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Arizona aims to defend SB 1070 against national boycotts
A Mesa Republican House speaker argues SB 1070 mirrors federal law, bans racial profiling, and uses reasonable suspicion for immigration status checks. He criticizes national figures for not reading the bill, cites California Penal Code references, and urges understanding while defending state efforts to protect citizens.
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Boston
San Francisco
Seattle
Manhattan
Eric Holder
House Judiciary Committee
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Jan Brewer
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Republicans propose national listening tour ideas with a five category site
Cal Thomas urges Republicans to use a listening tour and website Americaspeakingout com to gather ideas across five areas including American prosperity education and national defense. He argues for swift entitlement elimination, school choice, stricter marriage rules, reduced abortion incentives, and deportation of terrorist leaders to strengthen national security. He warns that bipartisan ideas may be dismissed and questions the value of public input.
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Case for a moral imperative
The piece contrasts the 1969 Cuyahoga River fire and the birth of the EPA with the Gulf of Mexico spill, arguing environmental protection must trump short term growth. It criticizes Obama’s offshore drilling stance, urges stronger policy to prevent future disasters, and calls energy policy to center on safeguarding natural resources.
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Time Magazine
Cuyahoga
Richard Nixon
Environmental Protection Agency
Congress
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Barack Obama
Deepwater Horizon
Obama
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