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WASP pilots receive medals
March 11. 2010 - In the Rotunda of the Capitol building yesterday, Congressional Gold Medals were given to women who were Women Airforce Service Pilots, WASP, during World War II - an honor long overdue.
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coincide: verb;to occupy the same place in space or time; Source; Merriam-Webster; Find it in blue in today's top story! |
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March 112004: Terrorist bombings in MadridOn this day in 2004, Madrid suffered a series of terrorist attacks when 10 bombs, detonated by Islamist militants, exploded on four trains at three different rail stations, killing 191 people and injuring some 1,800 others. More events on this day1985: Mikhail Gorbachev succeeded Konstantin Chernenko as leader of the Soviet Union. 1959: Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun became the first play by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway. 1942: During World War II, Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific Theatre came under the command of U.S. General Douglas MacArthur following his tour on the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines. 1941: The U.S. Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act. 1930: William Howard Taft was the first U.S. president to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. 1926: African American civil rights leader Ralph David Abernathy was born in Linden, Alabama. 1544: Torquato Tasso, the greatest Italian poet of the late Renaissance, was born in Sorrento, Kingdom of Naples.
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March 11, 2010 - The Discovery space shuttle crawled to Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on March 2 for its penultimate mission.
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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.
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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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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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