Its Thurs. morning 12/4 H 38 L 26 mstly sun & cold; r persist on W. Coast from Washington to Calif.; sun in Northeast to the northern Plain states. Pitt running back, James Conner, named ACC Player of the Year & Offensive Player of the Year. Steelers running back LeVeon Bell to get ARD for DUI & marijuana possession. NEWS: NY Grand jury fails to issue True Bill & indict police officer for chocking a man, Eric Garner, to death during an arrest for scalping (NYC); protest over grand jury verdict break out from costs to cost (Seattle, NYC, & St Louis); Texas & 16 other states file law suites over Pres. Obamas Executive Order on immigration; President family will light the National, White House XMass tree tonight (I hope the GOP teenage fashion & behavior police dont grade the event, or keep their unwanted thoughts to themselves); Honda announces nation wide recall of all cars w defective airbags; NASSA prepares to launch Orion Spacecraft in test flight of capsule that will be used for flight to Mars, the such US launch in 30 yrs. (Cape Canaveral); Al Qaeda group in Yemen threatens to kill Americans if certain demands are not met; American teacher stabbed to death in public restroom by a suspect wearing commonly worn full black veil (Dubai); American couple cleared on Sun. by courts leave Qatar. OTD: 1110 port city of Sada (Sidon) Syria falls to the Crusaders; 1534 Turkish Sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad; 1619 38 British colonist disembark in Berkeley Hundred (now Charles City County, Va.) & hold a day to give Thanks to God (many historians claim this is the 1st Thanksgiving Day in Am.); 1783 Gen. George Washington bade farewell to his Continental Army officers (Fraunces Tavern, NY); 1816 James Monroe (D-VA) elected 5th Pres.; 1829 Britain outlaws act of Suttee ( a wifes burning herself to death on her husbands funeral pyre (India); 1923 1st version of Cecil B. DeMillies movie 10 Commandments premiers (NYC);11945 US Senate approves US participation in the UN (65-7 vote); 1961 British National Health Service makes oral female contraceptive the pill available; 1991 AP correspondent Terry Anderson, was released from captivity after being held hostage in Lebanon for 7 yrs.;1996 The Mars Pathfinder lifted off (Cape Canaveral). BRT: Terry Anderson was the longest held Western hostage. TFD: The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil, Pres. James Monroe, (1758- 1831) Enjoy the day.
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 11:03:22 +0000
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