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WWII women pilots honored
March 10, 2010 - Over sixty years since their service, today 1,102 women who served as Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, during WWII will finally be recognized with Congressional Gold Medals.
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fledgling: adjective;one that is new; Source; Merriam-Webster; Find it in blue in today's top story! |
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March 10 1933: Opening of the Nazis' first concentration campOn this day in 1933, soon after Adolf Hitler became chancellor, the first concentration camp in Germany opened at Dachau, where at least 32,000 people would die from disease, malnutrition, physical oppression, and execution. More events on this day1913: In Toledo, Ohio, William Knox became the first bowler to make a perfect score of 300 in an American Bowling Congress tournament. 1903: American jazz cornetist Bix Beiderbecke was born in Davenport, Iowa. 1876: Alexander Graham Bell's "liquid" transmitter design permitted the first transmission of speech by Bell to his assistant, Thomas Watson. 1864: The Red River Campaign began in the American Civil War. 1793: In Paris, on the proposal of Georges Danton, the National Convention decreed the establishment of the Revolutionary Tribunal.
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March 10, 2010 - A new geostationary satellite is in orbit to help NOAA forecasters track life-threatening weather and solar activity, according to NOAA and NASA officials.
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March 9, 2010 - With about 300 million people living in the United States, that's 600 million eyes. President Obama proclaimed this week as Save Your Vision Week.
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March 9, 2010 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS, will distribute more than $76.5 million to help imperiled fish and wildlife.
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March 8, 2010 - The Hurt Locker, a film about the Iraq war, won the Oscar for Best Picture last night and Kathryn Bigelow, its director, was awarded the Best Director Oscar.
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March 7, 2010 - Today is election day in Iraq, a crucial day for the nascent government.
U.S. forces have been serving in an "advise and assist" capacity.
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Springville-Griffith Institute
Middle School, Springville, NY |
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Balloon rises, students soar
Jan. 6, 2010 - Eighth grade students at Springville-Griffith Institute Middle School, S-GI, in Springville, New York were aware that MIT students launched a balloon in September that reached the stratosphere. |
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Creekwood Middle School, Houston, Texas |
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School sparks WWI Memorial restoration effort
March 9, 2009 - On Nov. 11, 1918, the U.S. had 4,734,991 surviving World War I veterans. Today there is 1 - Mr. Frank Buckles. |
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