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History
1614, Pocahontas, daughter of Native American chief Powahatan, marries American colonist John Rolfe in Jamestown, Virginia; the union contributes to peace between the Native Americans and English.
1621, the Mayflower sailed from Plymouth, Mass., on a return trip to England.
1792, George Washington cast the first presidential veto, rejecting a congressional measure for apportioning representatives among the states.
1887, British historian Lord Acton wrote, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
1895, playwright Oscar Wilde lost his criminal libel case against the Marquess of Queensberry, who had accused the writer of homosexual practices.
1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death following their conviction in New York on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for the Soviet Union.
1984: Los Angeles Laker Kareem Abdul-Jabbar becomes the all-time highest scorer in the NBA when he scores a record-breaking basket using his signature "sky hook."
1992, Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton died in Little Rock, Ark., at age 74.
Born…
1725 Giacomo Casanova Italian writer/philanderer/adventurer (uncertain)
1839 Robert Smalls Beaufort SC, black congressman 1875-87 (Representative-SC)
1856, Booker T. Washington, educator
1901 Chester Bowles Massachusetts, ambassador/writer (Conscience of a Liberal)
1900 Spencer Tracy Milwaukee WI, actor (Father's Little Dividend, Adam's Rib)
1908 Bette Davis Lowell MA, famous eyes (Of Human Bondage, Jezebel)
1908 Mary Hemingway writer (Ernest Hemmingway Biography)
1909 Alberto Romero "Cubby" Broccoli New York NY, film producer (James Bond)
1916, Gregory Peck, actor
1949, Judith A. Resnick, astronaut and electrical engineer
Missing in Action
1966 BROWN JAMES WILLIAM MAUD TX
1967 PARKER THOMAS A. OXFORD IN
1968 MATOCHA DONALD JOHN SMITHVILLE TX
1970 CROPPER CURTIS H. PASO ROBLES CA
1970 CARON GILLES FRANCE
1970 HANNOTEAUX GUY FRANCE
1970 VISOT MICHEL FRANCE
1972 SPENGLER HENRY M. II ALEXANDRIA VA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
1972 WINDELER CHARLES C. JR. SAVANNAH GA REMAINS RETURNED 08/22/89
EXPO 2005 Aichi, Japan - Theme "Nature's Wisdom"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/
"Environmental Issues"
http://www-1.expo2005.or.jp/en/eco/index.html
The Japan Times
Aichi's futuristic expo to spotlight the past with 10,000-year-old mammoth
By KENJI HALL
The Associated Press
Shuttle buses without drivers, trains floating on magnetic fields and other visions of the future will be on display at the Aichi world fair next year. But Expo 2005's centerpiece will be rooted deep in the past -- the frozen remains of a woolly mammoth.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041020f2.htm
New Zeppelin test-flown over expo site
KOBE (Kyodo) The Zeppelin NT, the world's largest airship, conducted a test flight here Friday to publicize the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050115a3.htm
Visa ban lifted to boost Aichi expo crowds
Staff report
The government may temporarily lift regional restrictions for issuing visas to Chinese tour groups, allowing visitors from any part of China to enter Japan during the 2005 World Expo in Aichi Prefecture, which will run from March 25 through Sept. 25, transport minister Kazuo Kitagawa said Monday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050118a9.htm
Maglev trains make debut moving people to Aichi expo
NAGOYA (Kyodo) A magnetically levitated railway system kicked off business operations Sunday to provide one of the major means of transportation to the 2005 World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050307a2.htm
Toyota cues robots, unveils Aichi World Expo pavilion
NAGOYA (Kyodo) Toyota Motor Corp. and 15 group companies unveiled their pavilion Thursday for the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens March 25, with 300 people celebrating the facility's completion.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050311a7.htm
Expo diplomacy in full swing
In a bid to gain a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council, the government plans to actively engage in "expo diplomacy" by taking advantage of the World Exposition that opens in Aichi Prefecture on March 25.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050319a8.htm
Aichi Expo to open Friday with attendance very much in doubt
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- The past, present and future will be on display at the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture, which opens to the public Friday with exhibits ranging from an 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth fossil to experimental energy sources predicted to be in common worldwide usage within the next century.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050321f1.htm
Is expo living up to environmental theme?
Major conservation groups charge disregard for nature and pull out
By ERIKO ARITA
Staff writer
The World Exposition 2005 in Aichi Prefecture spotlights "nature's wisdom" to tackle global environmental problems and emphasizes participation of citizens, but some activists say the expo organizer's words don't match its deeds.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050323f1.htm
China to display stone epitaph of scholar at Expo
China will display at the Aichi World Exposition a stone epitaph of a Japanese scholar who was dispatched to Tang China in the eighth century and died there, sources at the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo said Thursday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050325a9.htm
Cold snap thins Expo's first crowd; robot, mammoth exhibits popular
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- Strong winds, chilly temperatures and snow flurries could not dim the enthusiasm of thousands of visitors who lined up early Friday morning for the first day of the Aichi Expo.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050326a4.htm
New energy technologies showcased in Aichi Expo
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
NAGAKUTE, Aichi Pref. -- An 18,000-year-old woolly mammoth and robots that do everything except brush your teeth drew lots of squeals from excited visitors during a preview of the World Exposition in Aichi Prefecture.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050322f1.htm
So much food that we don't know what to do with it
By PHILIP BRASOR
The media didn't quite know what to make of that bizarre story last month about the elderly Sapporo man who allegedly killed his wife following a dinnertime spat. One might expect a husband to become angry over not getting enough food, TV commentators implied, but in this case the situation was the opposite. He killed her because she gave him too much.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?fd20050403pb.htm
Aichi Expo crowds starting to grow
By JUSTINE BORNSTEIN
Regional correspondent
NAGOYA -- Doubts about low turnout at the Aichi Expo are gradually being dispelled.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405e1.htm
Nuclear foes want Rokkasho, Monju on U.N. nonproliferation agenda
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Staff writer
KYOTO -- Japanese and international antinuclear groups plan to use an upcoming United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation to push for a moratorium on the Rokkasho atomic fuel reprocessing plant and the Monju prototype fast-breeder reactor.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f1.htm
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDERS REMEMBERED
N.Y.'s Nippon Club turns 100
By SHIRO YONEYAMA
NEW YORK (Kyodo) Yoshiko Takahashi is a 69-year-old volunteer who greets visitors from as far away as Kansas to an exhibition on the history of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922), a renowned chemist and industrialist who founded the Nippon Club in New York 100 years ago.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050402f2.htm
Kohler backs Koizumi's reform efforts
Staff report
Visiting German President Horst Kohler said Monday that Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's structural reform efforts would boost Japan's competitiveness in the global arena.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nb20050405a8.htm
LDP's new Constitution will widen SDF's role
By TETSUSHI KAJIMOTO
Staff writer
The Liberal Democratic Party on Monday unveiled a rough outline of its planned constitutional amendment, which says the Self-Defense Forces should be defined as a military tasked with defending Japan and joining international peacekeeping efforts.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20050405a2.htm
The Chicago Tribune
NORTH CAROLINA 75, ILLINOIS 70
Arch sadness
Illini fall just short; none finer than Carolina's May
By Skip Myslenski
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 5, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
ST. LOUIS -- Its magical ride captured the fancy and gripped the imagination.
It was mesmerizing, captivating, as unexpected as it was impressive as a testament to teamwork, courage, unselfishness and work ethic.
Now, in the NCAA tournament final against North Carolina, Illinois was asked to manifest those virtues once again. The Illini trailed by 13 at halftime, and they had roared back with one of their signature flurries. They pulled even with the Tar Heels with 5 minutes 34 seconds remaining. And with just more than a minute left, they were down two with the ball.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/cs-050404illinigamer,1,2059428.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Tribune wins Pulitzer for feature writing
By Don Babwin
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 5:23 PM CDT
The Chicago Tribune's Julia Keller, who took readers into the path of a deadly tornado, onto the pile of rubble during a desperate search for survivors and into the lives of townspeople as they put their lives back together, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing Monday.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050404pulitzer,1,7294058.story?coll=chi-news-hed
On banks, a family keeps watch
Diving teams search Chicago River for man who fell in
By Tom Rybarczyk
Tribune staff reporter
Published April 4, 2005
Reyna Brown stood stoically looking at the murky green waters of the Chicago River on Sunday afternoon with only one hope: that police and firefighters find her brother.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040093apr04,1,2969536.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Meth battle intensifies
By Kathryn Masterson
RedEye
Published April 4, 2005
The message about the dangers of crystal meth seems to be reaching Chicago's gay community.
Drug treatment centers say they're getting more calls about the drug, more people have requested treatment for crystal meth, and Crystal Meth Anonymous has more than doubled the number of weekly meetings, from three to seven a week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/custom/redeye/chi-050404meth,1,3528681.story?coll=chi-news-hed
$449,000 worth of meth found in car, police say
Published April 4, 2005
SOUTHWEST SIDE -- An Arizona man was arrested for allegedly having more than $449,000 worth of crystal meth in his truck, authorities said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0504040098apr04,1,4935621.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Two Illinoisans among the 9 killed in military crash in Albania
The Associated Press
Published April 4, 2005, 1:14 PM CDT
TIRANA, Albania -- TIRANA, Albania (AP) -- The U.S. European Command on Monday released the identities of nine Americans, including two from Illinois, who were killed when a military aircraft crashed in mountainous southern Albania during a joint exercise last week.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-050404albania,1,5263720.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Witness Says Jackson Molested Him in 1990
By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent
Published April 4, 2005, 7:04 PM CDT
SANTA MARIA, Calif. -- In a halting, emotion-choked voice, the son of Michael Jackson's former housekeeper testified Monday that the pop star molested him during a tickling game in 1990.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-michael-jackson,1,2754160.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The Moscow News
Privatization remains Putin Assures Business
By Tina Grizodubova The Moscow News
On Thursday, March 24, President Vladimir Putin held one of his rare meetings with the captains of the Russian industry. Speaking to the businessmen Putin stated he would acknowledge controversial privatization deals of the 1990s. The stock market reacted with pronounced growth
The move on the part of the President is seen by all analysts as a major concession to the businessmen who have been thoroughly shaken by the stateled breakup of Yukos, Russia's most successful private oil company. Putin's promise would also put in the clear the two dozen Russian "oligarchs" who acquired their vast wealth in the chaotic years which followed the break-up of the Soviet Union.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-23
Kyrgyzstan: Two Parliaments, No President
By Anna Arutunyan The Moscow News
Weeks of unrest in the former Soviet Kyrgyzstan erupted into a full-blown revolution last Thursday as hordes in the capital of Bishkek supporting the opposition that had revolted against the results of the recent parliamentary elections were successful in taking control of the major government buildings. As many revolutions do, the Kyrgyz uprising left the nation with a looted capital, two parliaments and no president.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-3
Putin Pays Two-Day Visit to Armenia
By Anna Arutunyan and Oleg Liakhovich
Russian president Vladimir Putin made a two-day working visit to Armenia on Sunday for negotiations with Armenian president Robert Kocharyan on trade, economic and investment cooperation and the CIS situation. Putin's meeting with Kocharian was dominated by economic issues and in particular the future of Russia's already extensive involvement in the Armenian energy sector. The two leaders discussed Russia's apparent desire to purchase Armenia's power distribution network and effectively control a future pipeline that will pump Iranian natural gas to Armenia.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-11
Earthquake Hits Indonesia, Hundreds Dead
By Oleg Liakhovich The Moscow News
Up to 2,000 people are feared dead on Indonesia's Nias island off the west coast of Sumatra following an 8.7 magnitude earthquake that struck over-night, Reuters reports. The shock came just before midnight on Monday, destroying most of the buildings on the island.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-4
Bobby Fischer's Endgame
By Camden Pierce The Moscow News
Fischer, 62, who smashed Soviet domination of the World Championship when he beat Boris Spassky in Reykjavik, Iceland in 1972, has been a man on the run since 1992 when he violated U.S. sanctions imposed against Yugoslavia and played an exhibition re-match against his Soviet nemesis.
http://english.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2005-12-17
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