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On Jan. 7, 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2009. There are 358 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George...Tags: Celebrity, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Nicolas Cage, National Government, Paul Revere
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THIS DATE IN HISTORY
1608: A fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. 1789: The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president. 1942: The Japanese siege of...Tags: Virginia, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Coup d'Etat, George Washington, World War II
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almanac: JAN. 7, THE SEVENTH DAY OF 2009
There are 358 days left in the year. Today's highlight in history: In 1789, the first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose George Washington to be the nation's first president. On this date: In...Tags: Virginia, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Galileo Galilei, Coup d'Etat, George Washington
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Almanac
Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2009. 1608: An accidental fire devastated the Jamestown settlement in the Virginia colony. 1789: The first U.S. presidential election was held. Americans voted for electors who, a month later, chose...Tags: Demographics, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), National Government, Government, Coup d'Etat
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After 50 years of failure, try another approach to Cuba
Washington Post Writers GroupIt was around 3 a.m. on Jan. 1, 1959, when Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista slipped away to the airport and fled his island nation, hauling as much loot as his aircraft could carry. Hours later, the audacious young man whose badly outnumbered guerrilla...Tags: Raul Castro, The White House, National Government, Trips and Vacations, Government
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Afirman que revolución es un fraude
AGENCIA EFEHuber Matos, el único de los comandantes históricos de la revolución cubana exiliado, afirmó que Fidel Castro traicionó los principios revolucionarios hasta convertirlos en el fraude más costoso que ha pagado un pueblo en la historia de América. Al...Tags: Fidel Castro
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On this day in history
On Jan. 1, 1752 Betsy Ross, the seamstress who, according to legend, sewed the first American flag, was born in Philadelphia. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free. In...Tags: National Government, Cults and Sects, Economic Organization, Pervez Musharraf, Economic Policy
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Fidel's Cuba turns 50
This day marks 50 years since a band of revolutionaries led by Fidel Castro flushed Gen. Fulgencio Batista from Cuba and seized control of the island nation. It has also been 16 years since the publication of Andres Oppenheimer's acclaimed...Tags: Raul Castro, Sean Penn, Government, Hugo Chavez, Heads of State
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Cuban revolution to turn 50
Associated PressSIERRA MAESTRA, Cuba — Juan Gonzalez loves Fidel Castro. But he is also a realist. "The people do what they can. They don't just sit around and wait for the government to give them everything," the 59-year-old said, standing on his dusty front...Tags: Juan Gonzalez, The White House, New Year's Day, Landforms, Fidel Castro
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On this date: Jan. 1
1808: A law prohibiting the U.S. importation of slaves went into effect. 1863: President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. 1890: The first Tournament of Roses was held in Pasadena, Calif. 1892: The Ellis Island Immigrant Station in New York...Tags: Hank Williams, Ellis Island, Pasadena (Los Angeles, California), Fidel Castro
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Communist Cuba marks revolution's 50th anniversary, Cubans await change in US
Associated Press WriterSANTIAGO, Cuba (AP) — President Raul Castro predicted Cuba's revolution will survive another half-century as the communist government marked the 50th anniversary of its triumph amid fears of economic hardship following three devastating hurricanes....Tags: Raul Castro, Natural Disasters, Family Vacations, National Government, Trips and Vacations
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World briefing
CUBA Revolution celebrated Fifty years after triumphant rebels descended from the eastern mountains, Cuba celebrated the communist revolution's anniversary with toned-down festivities after a trio of devastating hurricanes. President Raul Castro, who...Tags: Raul Castro, George Bush, National Government, Government, Heads of State
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