Tag: politics
member name: EB Editor Joe
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September 22, 2006 01:02 PM EDT --
As was noted yesterday in some other Gather articles, Richard Branson, the chairman of Virgin Group, pledged an estimated $3 billion (all profits from his transportation businesses over the next 10 years) . . . more
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October 02, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1836: Charles Darwin's return to England
Naturalist Charles Darwin returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered . . . more
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October 12, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Pavarotti
Born on this day in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Luciano Pavarotti, an operatic lyric tenor noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range, is considered . . . more
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September 26, 2006 08:20 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1969:The Beatles released Abbey Road, their last-recorded album (Let It Be, though recorded earlier than Abbey Road, was released in 1970).
1960: The first in a series of . . . more
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November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 2
1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, former Democratic governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in . . . more
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November 09, 2006 03:25 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 9
1989: Opening of the Berlin Wall
Long a symbol of the Cold War, the Berlin Wall, erected in 1961 and eventually extending 28 miles (45 km) to divide the western . . . more
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November 14, 2006 11:13 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 14
1962: Eritrea made a province of the Ethiopian empire
On this day in 1962, the Ethiopian parliament and Eritrean Assembly voted unanimously for the abolition . . . more
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more
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October 06, 2006 03:14 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
2000:Near Sakaiminato, Japan, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 struck, the most powerful earthquake since the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, but damage and casualties . . . more
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October 10, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1985: American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer Orson Welles died.
1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office and pleaded no contest to the charge . . . more
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October 11, 2006 07:37 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, born this day in 1884, was a United Nations diplomat, a humanitarian, the wife (and distant cousin) of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and, . . . more
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October 23, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Pelé
Born this day in Brazil in 1940, Pelé became the most famous football(soccer) player in the sport's history, and, by the time of his retirement in 1977, he . . . more
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more
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October 20, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
This Day in History – October 20
1973: During the ongoing Watergate investigation, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations . . . more
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December 19, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
This Day in History –- December 19
1998: Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President . . . more
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February 12, 2008 02:46 PM EST --
by Robert McHenry
[NOTE from the EB Editor Joe: This particular post recently appeared on our corporate blog and has generated some very interesting conversation. As such, I thought I'd . . . more
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October 17, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
This Day in History – October 17
1979: Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Prize
On this day in 1979, Mother Teresa, founder of a Roman Catholic order of women dedicated to the poor and particularly to . . . more
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November 13, 2006 06:14 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 13
2001: Kabul captured by Northern Alliance
On this day in 2001, on the heels of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan prompted by the deadly terrorist attacks . . . more
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November 16, 2006 01:20 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 16
1988: Election of Bhutto as Pakistan's prime minister
Benazir Bhutto, elected prime minister of Pakistan on this day in 1988, became the first woman . . . more
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