Archive for February, 2010
Friday, February 26th, 2010
Today In Military History
On this day… 1266 Battle of Benevento 1804 Vice-Admiral William Bligh ends siege of Fort Amsterdam, Willemstad 1815 Napoleon & 1,200 leave Elba to start 100-day re-conquest of France 1832 Polish constitution abolished/replaced by Czar Nicholas I 1848 Marx & Engels publish “The Communist Manifesto” 1848 2nd French Republic forms 1852 British frigate Birkenhead sinks […]
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Mike and Kevin are in the Back Row
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Today In Anchorage
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Friday, February 26th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1534 Pope Paul II affirms George van Egmond as bishop of Utrecht 1564 Christopher Marlowe, dramatist (Dr Faustus), baptized 1616 Spanish Inquisition delivers injunction to Galileo 1732 1st mass celebrated in American Catholic church, (St Joseph’s Church, Philadelphia), the only Roman Catholic church built and maintained in the American colonies before the […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Today In Military History
On this day… 1497 Italians troops reconquer Taranto on France 1605 Portuguese garrison on Ambon surrenders to Admiral Van der Haghen 1643 Dutch US colonists kill Algonquin-Indians 1667 Abraham Crijnssens fleet reach Fort Willoughby on Suriname River 1746 Cumberlands troops occupy Aberdeen 1803 1,800 sovereign German states unite into 60 states 1836 Samuel Colt patents […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Today In Anchorage
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Military spouses angry that DoD halts job grants
By RUSS BYNUM, AP Military Writer 53 mins ago SAVANNAH, Ga. – Military spouses were enthusiastic when the government started offering them grants last year of up to $6,000 for college or career training. Word spread quickly and they signed up by the tens of thousands. But the response was so heavy that it nearly […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON
ALERT 1 - Winter Weather Advisory WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON Issued: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:12 AM AKST Expires: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:00 PM AKST Back to Summary WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM AKST THIS AFTERNOON Urgent - Winter Weather […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
U.S. Military Role In Haiti Met With Mixed Emotions
David Gilkey/NPR A member of the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division and the U.S. Navy transfer a patient from a helicopter to a staging area in front of the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. They are among the 22,000 U.S. troops in Haiti to help in recovery and reconstruction efforts after a devastating earthquake. by […]
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Today In History
On this day… 1095 Council of Rockingham bishop Anselmus vs King William II Rufus 1570 Pius V excommunicates Elizabeth, absolves her subjects from allegiance. Elizabeth I of England was excommunicated by Pope Pius V for her severe persecution of Roman Catholics in England. (It was the last such judgment made against a reigning monarch by […]