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1852, Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, architec
1864, Walther Nernst, physical chemist
1903, George Orwell, pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950), British novelist, essayist, and critic, whose brilliant reporting and political conscience fashioned an impassioned picture of his life and times. A writer of remarkable clarity, Orwell claimed that fine prose should be transparent, “like a window-pane.” In his essays “Shooting an Elephant” and “Politics and the English Language,” he asserted that dishonest politics and slipshod language are inseparably connected evils. His essays provide models of what he preached. Orwell felt impelled to write on political themes to counter the totalitarian tendencies that he felt threatened his age. Such concerns prompted the two satirical novels for which he is best known, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949).
1908, W. V. Quine, philosopher
1913, Aimé Césaire, poet and political leader
1925, Robert Venturi, architect
1876: A force of Sioux and Northern Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull wipes out about 260 U.S. cavalry lead by Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his Seventh Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in Montana.
1942, some 1,000 British Royal Air Force bombers raided Bremen, Germany, during World War II.
1944, The final strip of George Herriman's innovative Krazy Kat comic strip appears, two months after Herriman's death.
1950, The Korean War begins with the crossing of the 38th parallel into South Korea by North Korean troops.
1951, the first commercial color telecast took place as CBS transmitted a one-hour special from New York to four other cities.
1962, the Supreme Court ruled that the use of an unofficial, non-denominational prayer in New York State public schools was unconstitutional.
1967, the Beatles performed their new song, "All You Need Is Love," during a live international telecast.
1973, Former White House counsel John Dean begins his televised testimony before the Senate Watergate committee. His account, corroborated by secret White House tapes, will lead to President Nixon's resignation.
1975, After 470 years of rule by Portugal, the former colony of Portuguese East Africa gains its independence the People's Republic of Mozambique came into being.
1991, the western Yugoslav republics of Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence.
Missing in Action
1965 MONGILARDI PETER JR. HALEDON NJ REMAINS RETURNED ACCORDING TO SON 1994
1966 MARIK CHARLES W. OAKLAND MO GOOD CHUTE
1972 SHUMWAY GEOFREY RAYMOND SKANEATELES NY
June 24 ...
1842, Ambrose Bierce, satirist and journalist
Jack Dempsey (CMG Worldwide)
1895, American boxer Jack Dempsey was born on this day. This site contains a short biography of this sports superstar of the 1920s, images, and quotes by and about him.
Happy Birthday to a boxing legend
His opponents feared him. His fans adored him. No matter what category you fell into, Jack Dempsey had a knack for delivering a fitting finale. Today, June 24th, we say “Happy Birthday” to a man regarded as an All-American boxing superstar.
http://www.cmgww.com/sports/dempsey/index.php
Dempsey, Jack (1895-1983), American professional boxer, whose nickname, the Manassa Mauler, is derived from his birthplace and his aggressive style as a fighter. He was born William Harrison Dempsey in Manassa, Colorado. Dempsey became world heavyweight champion in 1919, when he defeated the American boxer Jess Willard. Among his many successful bouts in defense of his title were defeats of the French boxer Georges Carpentier in 1921 and the Argentine boxer Luis Angel Firpo in 1923. In 1926 Dempsey lost the title to the American boxer Gene Tunney. In a rematch with Tunney in 1927, Dempsey again lost by a decision; in this famous fight, known as the Battle of the Long Count, Dempsey ignored the rule requiring a fighter to return to a neutral corner during the count after a knockdown. With Tunney knocked to the canvas and down for several seconds, the referee stopped the count until Dempsey reached a neutral corner. Ringside observers claimed these extra few seconds allowed Tunney time to recover and defeat Dempsey. After this loss Dempsey retired. He fought a career total of 69 professional fights, with 47 wins by knockout. With the exception of a lucrative exhibition tour in 1931 and 1932, he did not fight again. An enormously popular figure, Dempsey did much to make professional boxing a profitable and popular enterprise.
1901, Harry Partch, composer and instrument maker
1930, Claude Chabrol, French motion-picture director and screenwriter
1937, Anita Desai, novelist
1497, An English expedition led by John Cabot makes the first recorded sighting of North America by a European, landing at what may have been Cape Breton Island.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1901, Painter Pablo Picasso has his first exhibit in Paris, at the age of 19.
1922, German nationalists assassinate foreign minister Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, in response to his policy of paying reparations for Germany's role in World War I.
1647, Margaret Brent, a niece of Lord Baltimore, was ejected from the Maryland Assembly after demanding a place and vote in that governing body.
1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II.
1947, An American pilot reports seeing objects he describes as "saucers" flying near Mount Rainier in Washington, leading to the popular term "flying saucers."
1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the Western allies to organize the massive Berlin Airlift.
1964,The Federal Trade Commission requires that a message be placed on all cigarette packages that warns consumers that cigarette smoking is dangerous to their health.
1968: Rail go-slow begins
The country's rail network has been thrown into disarray by the National Union of Railwaymen's (NUR) work-to-rule.
The union, which rejected a last minute pay and productivity offer by British Rail (BR) on Saturday, began its work to rule and ban on overtime at midnight last night.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2943000/2943686.stm
1974: Labour rift over nuclear test
The Labour Government has admitted Britain exploded a nuclear device in the United States a few weeks ago.
It is thought the underground trial at America's desert test range in Nevada was carried out on one of the new warheads for the Polaris submarine missiles.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2526000/2526963.stm
1975, 113 people were killed when an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 crashed while attempting to land during a thunderstorm at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.
1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns
America's first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight.
Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the media's attention over the weeks leading up to blast-off on 19 June as the public realised history was in the making.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_4489000/4489579.stm
1985, a federal judge in New York found former Wall Street Journal reporter R. Foster Winans guilty of illegally using his position at the paper in a get-rich-quick insider-trading scheme. (Winans served eight years in federal prison.)
1986: Ian Paisley's battle cry condemned
Hard-line unionist leader the Reverend Ian Paisley has warned that Northern Ireland is on the verge of civil war.
In an outburst strongly criticised by government ministers, the leader of the Democratic Unionist Party called on Protestants in the province to mobilise for action.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519077.stm
1993: Minister resigns over business links
Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates has resigned over his links with fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir.
In a letter to the prime minister, Mr Mates said he had done nothing wrong, but had decided to step down from government in the interests of the Conservative Party.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/24/newsid_2519000/2519201.stm
Missing in Action
1965 VAN CAMPEN THOMAS C. OROVILLE CA WOUNDED SEPARTED FROM UNIT
1966 ELLIS WILLIAM SUMMERVILLE SC
1967 SHERMAN ROBERT C DANVILLE IL 11/23/68 DIC REMAINS RECOVERED 03/20/85
1968 CARPENTER NICHOLAS MALLOR CINCINNATI OH PROB DIED IN WRECKAGE REMAINS RETURNED 9/90
1968 MOBLEY JOSEPH S. INDIANAPOLIS IN "03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV (MANHATTAN BEACH, CA)" ALIVE IN 98
1972 BEEKMAN WILLIAM D. TOLEDO OH 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV
1972 GRANT DAVID B. CHATTANOOGA TN 03/28/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1972 JACKSON CHARLES A. CHARLESTON WV 02/12/73 RELEASED BY DRV INJURED ALIVE AND WELL IN 98
1972 MC CARTY JAMES L. MC LEAN TX REMAINS RETURNED 13 SEPT 90 REMAINS IDENTIFIED11 JUNE 97
The New York Times
Worship, Dark and Steamy, for Murderers and Rapists
By MAREK FUCHS
Published: June 25, 2005
SUFFIELD, Conn. - Two dozen murderers, rapists and other felons sat unclothed save for shorts in the pitch darkness of a tent made of sticks and wool blankets that had been set up in the prison yard.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25religion.html?hp
Why is this an issue? If there is testimony from experts stating revisons are necessary then they are necessary. This seems like a lot of double talk. They are literally allowing plants that state anti-pollution laws are 'UNATTAINABLE' to remain in business. We need Carbon Dioxide Limits across the board. There are no Carbon Dioxide limits set by the EPA so it's not even a consideration in these hearings. The Mercury, SOX and NOX issues are outrageously defeated to benefit the health of people. Literally you light switch might be causing your asthma. This is the way it is in Texas. They don’t care about people's health. Business is business and moving to Crawford might save your life away from city pollution. If the poor are stuck living with a power plant that causes their asthma then they should have done better in life.
U.S. Court Backs Bush's Changes on Clean Air Act
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
Published: June 25, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 24 - A federal appeals court sided with the Bush administration on Friday, upholding its revisions of the Clean Air Act to allow plant operators to modernize without installing expensive new pollution control equipment. The ruling turned back challenges to the revisions by New York, California and a dozen other states.
In upholding central provisions of the regulations known as New Source Review, the court concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency had acted within its rights in issuing rules in 2002 that allowed operators of power plants, refineries, and factories greater flexibility in controlling emissions of air pollutants than they had previously.
Representatives of the electric power industry, which had strongly supported the new regulations, hailed the ruling as a victory. The new rules require owners of older plants to upgrade emission-control equipment to standards for new plants only if they make substantial improvements. Plant owners and the E.P.A. have consistently disagreed over how to differentiate between routine maintenance and large-scale upgrades.
Jeffrey Holmstead, the agency's assistant administrator for air and radiation, said the court "recognized the value of common sense reforms" included in the new rules. Mr. Holmstead noted that the panel "simply did not buy" the argument made by the states and other critics that allowing the rules' provisions to remain intact would cause "environmental devastation."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/politics/25enviro.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=8da9b1eaade458c1&ei=5094&partner=homepage
I wouldn't call it 'Pulsing a new..' it's more like a return from the shadows. There was life under Saddam. American Press always want to window dress this thing.
Riverbank Promenade in Basra Pulses Anew With Life
By EDWARD WONG
Published: June 26, 2005
BASRA, Iraq, June 25 - There is a famous Iraqi folk song called "He Went to Basra and Forgot About Us." It tells of love and broken promises and wounds that cannot be healed.
Alan Chin
As days have grown longer, Basra residents have returned to Corniche, the city's riverbank walkway, and it is again the center of night life.
Abdul Raheem Sultan listened to a tape of it on Thursday as he drove the six dusty hours to Basra, his hometown, from Baghdad. He said he had not been back in 20 years, and he wanted to see it one last time before moving his family to Cairo to escape the war.
..."It pains me just to look at it," he said. "It's not easy putting up with such problems in our country. The entire country is destroyed. People in Europe are planting flowers, and our country is destroyed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26basra.html?hp
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 6 At Home of Iraqi Officer
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By JOHN F. BURNS
Published: June 26, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq, June 25 - A suicide car bomber killed at least six people on Saturday when he slammed his vehicle into the wall outside an Iraqi police officer's home in Samarra, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles north of Baghdad. Local police said the officer who had been targeted in the attack had survived, but at least four civilians on the street and two insurgents, besides the suicide bomber, had been killed.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/26/international/middleeast/26iraq.html?hp&ex=1119758400&en=1ca71939fd4ca0ff&ei=5094&partner=homepage
Testing Changes Ordered After U.S. Mad Cow Case
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr.
Published: June 25, 2005
Substantial changes in the nation's mad cow testing system were ordered yesterday after British tests on a cow slaughtered in November confirmed that it had the disease even though the American "gold standard" test said it did not.
"The protocol we developed just a few years ago to conduct the tests might not be the best option today," Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said in making the announcement. "Science is ever evolving."
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/25/national/25cow.html
Voluntary Changes will not work. This is empty legislation.
Senate Passes Amendment to Combat Climate Change
By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: June 22, 2005
WASHINGTON, June 21 - Acting to address the contentious subject of global climate change, the Senate passed an amendment to pending energy legislation on Tuesday calling for voluntary reductions in some emissions and spending money to promote technology to reduce pollution.
The measure, adopted by a vote of 66 to 29, was the least stringent of three competing amendments intended to address climate change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/22/politics/22energy.html
Environment: Linking High Ozone to Increased Death Rates
By ERIC NAGOURNEY
Published: June 21, 2005
Three teams of researchers conducting separate studies have concluded that high ozone pollution is linked to higher death rates.
The studies, which appear in the July issue of Epidemiology, "point to the urgent need to reduce public exposures to ambient ozone by all possible means," an accompanying editorial argues.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/21/health/21envi.html
Rules Altered on Depletion of Fish Stocks
By CORNELIA DEAN
Published: June 23, 2005
The Fisheries Service has proposed fishing guideline revisions that it says will speed the restoration of depleted fish stocks. But in some cases, other fisheries experts say, the proposals could have the opposite effect.
The service, an arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, posted the proposed revisions yesterday in the Federal Register. They relate to provisions of a law that sets standards for the eight regional councils that manage fishing in national waters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/23/national/23fish.html
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