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Shuttle launches before dawn
Feb. 8, 2010 - Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted into space before dawn today from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It's on its way to the International Space Station. |
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panoramic: adjective;an unobstructed or complete view of an area in every direction; Source; Merriam-Webster; Find it in blue in today's top story! |
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Feb. 09
1757: Calcutta restored to British rule
Concluded this day in 1757 by Robert Clive, the Treaty of Alinagar restored Calcutta (Kolkata) - which Clive had recovered in January from Siraj-ud-Dawlah - to British rule and served as a prelude to the seizure of Bengal.
More events on this day
1996: German physicist Peter Armbruster synthesized the chemical element 112, a heavy, transuranium element.
1984: Soviet Premier Yury Andropov died 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev and was replaced by Konstantin Chernenko.
1796: The Qianlong emperor of China abdicated and was succeeded by the Jiaqing emperor.
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Remembering the 124,909 U.S. war dead interred on foreign soil
Judy Miller |
Battle of the Bulge Revisited: Small Hills, Larger-than-Life Soldiers
Judy Miller |
Notes from the Netherlands: What are 21st -century skills?
Judy Miller |
History Buffs not always Old Duffs
Judy Miller |
D-Day Vets, Their Stories: Albert “Spooney” Sponheimer, John Steele, and John Ray
Judy Miller - June 8th, 2009
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Notes From Normandy: The D-Day Anniversary
Judy Miller - June 6th, 2009
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Notes From Normandy: Omaha Beach - Widerstandsnests
Judy Miller - June 6th, 2009 |
Meteorologist, Then Eisenhower Made D-Day Call
Judy Miller - June 5th, 2009 |
D-Day Vets Remember Bombs, Seasickness, and Rotten Food
Judy Miller - Thu, 04 Jun 2009 |
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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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