>On April 16, 1947, America’s worst harbor explosion occurred in Texas City, Texas, when the French ship Grandcamp, carrying ammonium nitrate fertilizer, caught fire and blew up, devastating the town. Another ship, the Highflyer, exploded the following day. The explosions and resulting fires killed more than 500 people and left 200 others missing.
Tag Archive: NY Times
>~ QUOTATION OF THE DAY ~
“If you wanted to create a system that is basically legal but designed to facilitate gun trafficking, you couldn’t have a better system than you have here.”
~ TOM DIAZ, a researcher with the Violence Project in Washington, on the flow of guns from the United States to Mexican drug cartels.
I didn’t know this!
~ ON THIS DAY ~
On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died.
>Formerly Joyous, Black Voters Waver on Support for Paterson
By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
Gov. David A. Paterson of New York, whose ascension last
year set off joy in black communities, now faces growing
doubts from black leaders and voters.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/nyregion/13paterson.html?th&emc=th
Could it be because he is a freaking idiot?
>On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
>Great day for baseball, and the USA
On April 10, 1947, Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey announced he had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson from the Montreal Royals.
>On April 7, 1862, Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
On April 7, 1915, Billie Holiday, who is considered to have been one of the great American jazz singers, was born. Following her death on July 17, 1959, her obituary appeared in The Times.
1927 ~ An audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
1939 ~ Italy invaded Albania.
1947 ~ Auto pioneer Henry Ford died at age 83.
1948 ~ The World Health Organization was founded.
1949 ~ The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “South Pacific” opened on Broadway.
1953 ~ The U.N. General Assembly elected Dag Hammarskjold of Sweden to be secretary-general.
1957 ~ New York City’s last electric trolley completed its final run from Queens to Manhattan.
1969 ~ The Supreme Court unanimously struck down laws prohibiting private possession of obscene material.
1976 ~ China’s leadership deposed Deputy Prime Minister Deng Xiaoping.
1990 ~ Former national security adviser John M. Poindexter was convicted of five counts at his Iran-Contra trial. (A federal appeals court later reversed the convictions.)
1990 ~ A display of Robert Mapplethorpe photographs opened at Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center; the center and its director were indicted on obscenity charges.
1994 ~ Civil war erupted in Rwanda, a day after a plane crash claimed the lives of the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi.
>~ QUOTATION OF THE DAY ~
“I think the fatal flaw of a lot of people in politics is that they want to be loved.”
– GOV. MARK SANFORD of South Carolina.
~ ON THIS DAY ~
On April 4, 1968, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn.
>On March 29, 1973, the last United States troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
>”I hope that Afghanistan will not be Obama’s war, because it should be owned by all of us.”
– JAAP de HOOP SCHEFFER, NATO’s secretary general.
>Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Wednesday, March 25, 2009 — 11:47 AM ET
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Board members called the measures a disaster for commuters in the New York area but said they could no longer wait for lawmakers in Albany to rescue them.
Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
Belleza
just a (transplanted) city girl 