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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1810: Colombia declared independence from Spain. 1861: The Congress of the Confederate States began holding sessions in Richmond, Va. 1871: British Columbia entered Confederation as a Canadian province. 1917: The draft lottery in World War I went...Tags: Government, Adolf Hitler, National Government, Political Candidates, Elections
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Is Obama too vain?
The Swampby Frank James Let's agree that anyone who runs for president of the U.S. must, by definition, have an ego that vastly outstrips of that of most other mortals. To see oneself as the potential heir to an office once......Tags: Primaries, Lyndon B. Johnson, Government, Elections, Political Candidates
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Promises on the campaign trail
The Swampby Katie Fretland Nominees for president make promises. But do they keep them? In the new National Journal magazine, writer Ashley Johnson studies historical promises of presidential campaigns and found that it is very likely, if history is any...Tags: Mental Illness, George H.W. Bush, Illnesses, Government, Newspaper and Magazine
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Saturday, Jul. 19, 2008
An entry in "This Date in History" Friday should have said Franklin D. Roosevelt received the presidential nomination at the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Tags: Elections, Political Candidates
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Getting elected
Devotees of Barack Obama disappointed by his moderately changed policy positions misread the constraints of electoral politics. We have never elected an unbending leftist politician as president. We are a country without a socialist or labor party, and...Tags: Philosophy, Government, National Government, Barack Obama, John F. Kennedy
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On this day in history
On July 18, A.D. 64, the Great Fire of Rome began. In 1817 novelist Jane Austen died in Winchester, England; she was 41. In 1927 Ty Cobb hit safely for the 4,000th time in his career. In 1940 the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated...Tags: Jane Austen, Wars and Interventions, Sexual Assault, Kobe Bryant, Edward M. Kennedy
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Victims mourned as families wonder what could've been
dave.marcus@newsday.com; jesse.cozzetti@newsday.comAs relatives gathered yesterday at Smith Point County Park to mark the 12th anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800, they talked about the way the world had changed since that terrible day in 1996. Many agreed that the 230 victims would be surprised...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Boeing Co., Medical Research, Transportation Accidents, Society
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
64: The Great Fire of Rome began. 1792: American naval hero John Paul Jones died in Paris at age 45. 1932: The United States and Canada signed a treaty to develop the St. Lawrence Seaway. 1936: The Spanish Civil War began. 1940: The Democratic...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, John Paul Jones, Edward M. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, St. Lawrence Seaway Corporation
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Families gather to remember Flight 800 victims
dave.marcus@newsday.comAs relatives gathered Thursday at Smith Point County Park to mark the 12th anniversary of the crash of TWA Flight 800, they talked about the way the world had changed since that terrible day in 1996. Many agreed that the 230 victims would be surprised by...Tags: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Air and Space Accidents, Boeing Co., Medical Research, Society
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Posters reinterpret 'Four Freedoms'
Associated PressMIAMI BEACH, Fla.—More than 60 years after Norman Rockwell's quintessentially American "Four Freedoms" posters were created, the illustrator is inspiring other artists to delve into the meaning of democracy through art. Sixty contemporary artists...Tags: Lawrence, Democracy, Freedom of the Press, Government, Florida International University
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