Posted in On This Day in History..., tagged 1969, 1994, 1999, Woodstock on August 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On this day in history… August 15-18, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held in Bethal, New York on Max Yasgur’s Dairy Farm. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the outdoor festival, which featured 32 musical acts over three days, and was seen by an overwhelming turnout of a half a [...]
Posted in HNN, Historians, History Buzz, History News, tagged Henry Kissinger, Woodstock, 1969 on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Woodstock: 40 years later: BABY BOOMERS won’t let go of the Woodstock Festival. Why should we? It’s one of the few defining events of the late 1960s that had a clear happy ending. On Aug. 15-17, 1969, hundreds of thousands of people, me among [...]
Posted in HNN, Obama Presidency, Poiltical Highlights, tagged Bill Clinton, Sarah Palin, Hilary Clinton, Arlen Specter, health-care reform, Brack Obama on August 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
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Reality Check – Health Insurance Reform
There is a lot of misinformation being spread by defenders of the status quo. Find out what’s in health insurance reform for you, and what’s not in it at all.
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President Barack Obama’s approval rating down to 50 percent: poll: Exactly half of registered voters [...]
Posted in HNN, Historians, History Buzz, tagged Douglas Brinkley, Amelia Earhart, Woodstock 1969, William Shakespeare on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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Tomb search could end riddle of Shakespeare’s true identity: A sarcophagus in an English parish church could solve the centuries-old literary debate over who really wrote the plays of William Shakespeare…. – Telegraph UK, 8-9-09
Amelia Earhart Mystery Solved? ‘Investigation Junkies’ to Launch New [...]
Posted in Poiltical Highlights, US Politics, tagged Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, North Korea, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, AlGore, Kim Jong Il on August 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jonathan Alcorn for The New York Times
Laura Ling spoke to the news media as former Vice President Al Gore embraced Euna Lee after they arrived in Burbank, Calif. on Wednesday. Mr. Gore founded the company that employs the journalists. More Photos >
US journalists ‘home and free’ after NKorea pardon: Two American journalists held captive [...]
