This Week in History, Jul 15 - Jul 21
Jul 15, 1971
Nixon announces visit to communist China. It was during a live television and radio broadcast, President Richard Nixon stuns the nation by announcing that he will visit communist China the following year. The statement marked a dramatic turning point in U.S.-China relations, as well as a major shift in American foreign policy.
Jul 16, 1945
NEW EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT. Continues To Be In Transition, While U.S. Pastor Is Kidnapped.
US Secretary of State meets Egypt's field marshal, their most senior military leadership figure.
SYRIA CIVIL WAR. Iran to Host UN Syrian Crisis Talks With Russia.
Syria denies UN accusations that forces used heavy weapons in clashes in the village where activists say there was a massacre of over 100 people.
CALIFORNIA FIRES. Dozens of N. California Homes Threatened.
Wildfire destroys or threatens 170 homes in Northern California Region.
WOODY GUTHRIE 100. Free Family Reunion Concert.
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Joe DiMaggio (1914-1999) was admired for his skill and grace as a fielder and base runner. The
Joe DiMaggio To Be Immortalized on USPS Forever Stamps 1st Day of Issue and Stamps Offering
Commencing at the Bronx Main Post Office – July 21 @ 11:00am – All Invited!
Yankee Clipper is best known for his incredible 56-game hitting streak in 1941—the season of “the Streak.” DiMaggio led the New York Yankees to 10 pennants and nine World Series titles.
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Stephen Sondheim. Over years, he set an unsurpassed standard of brilliance and artistic integrity in the musical theater. His music, steeped in the history of the American stage, is also deeply informed by the classical tradition and the advances of modern concert music.
SJS's words, unequaled in their wit and virtuosity, have recorded a lifetime of profound, unblinking insight into the joys and sorrows of life and love.
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New Yorkers should get up and get out on the water this weekend beginning right now!
City of water day is taking place all around us in many neighborhoods all over NYC.
Main events take place on Governors Island but the festival stretches all the way up to the Bronx, where some early risers paddled miles down the Bronx River to Soundview Park Saturday morning.
Droughts can be classified as a creeping disaster because many of their effects are not immediately felt, nor all at once. Droughts attack somewhat like a a python, slowly bringing death.
Flooding, cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and tsunamis have left a trail of destruction in past years. But the current drought conditions could be the start to a remarkable era of bad weather.
SERIOUS DROUGHT THROUGHOUT 26 UNITED STATES. Hot Weather Dries Up Half Midwest.
Unlike tornadoes, hurricanes and quakes, droughts could develop as a permanent condition.
2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMP PAIN INTENSIFIES. Obama Goes After Romney in VA.
The State of Virginia is up for grabs, representing 13 electoral college votes.
GWB COMMUTER CRUNCH SEASON. Prepare For Massive Traffic Backups.
$409 Million dollar construction and renovation project will likely continue for several months.
NYC CRACKDOWN BIKE DELIVERIES. Large Fine For Businesses.