Its Wed 10/23 H 48 L 34 cldy w shrws. as Congressmen bash failures of Healthcare website as 10 co-ops set up to handle healthcare could fail within a year do to rocky start; secular mayor of Jerusalem , Nil Barkat, in tight race for re-election against challenger Moshe Lion, backed by ultra-Orthodox (Jerusalem); Boston bombing suspect now linked to 3 unsolved 2011 homicides; conditions worsen for bushfire near Sydney (Australia); Capitol to get $60M repair to dome (Washington);FDA says possible link between chicken jerkey treats made in China & deaths in dogs; Britains Prince George to be christened today at St James Cathedral (London); World Series starts today Boston vs St Louis (Fenway Park- Boston). OTD 42 BCE 2nd Battle of Philippi (Roman Republic Civil war) legions of Mark Antony & Octavian defeat legion of Brutus (Brutus commits suicide);1157 Battle of Grathe Heath (end of Danish Civil War) Valdemar I defeats army of King Sweyn II who is killed; 1641 Catholic uprising in Ulster, start of the Irish Rebellion of 1641; 1775 Continental Congress approves a resolution barring blacks from the army; 1814 1st plastic surgery performed (England);1910 1st public solo airplane flight by a woman, Blanche S. Scott (Ft Wayne, Ind); 1915 over 10,000 women marched demanding the right to vote (NYC); 1941 Dumbo an animated movie premiered (NYC); 1973 Watergate Scandal - Pres Nixon agreed to turn over WH tapes subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica; 1983 241 US service men killed by a suicide truck bombing at their barracks at Beirut International airport (Lebanon). BRT The Capitol dome was finished during the Civil War. Enjoy the day.
Posted on: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 10:02:46 +0000
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