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| THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: | - 25/09/1639 - 1st printing press in America
- 25/09/1775 - American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured
- 25/09/1789 - Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify)
- 25/09/1804 - 12th amendment to US constitution, regulating judicial power
- 25/09/1846 - US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
- 25/09/1867 - Congress creates 1st all-black university, Howard U in Wash DC
- 25/09/1919 - President Woodrow Wilson is paralyzed by a stroke
- 25/09/1926 - Henry Ford announces 8 hour, 5-day work week
- 25/09/1926 - Canadian govt of MacKenzie King forms
- 25/09/1956 - 1st transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation (Scot-Canada)
- 25/09/1957 - 300 US Army troops guard 9 black kids return to Central HS in Ark
- 25/09/1981 - Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as 1st female supreme court justice
- 26/09/1789 - Jefferson appointed 1st Sec of State; John Jay 1st chief justice;
Samuel Osgood 1st Postmaster and Edmund J Randolph 1st Attorney Genl
- 26/09/1941 - Nazi's slaughter about 34,000 Jews of Kiev
- 27/09/0070 - Walls of upper city of Jerusalem battered down by Romans
- 27/09/1777 - Battle of Germantown; Washington defeated by British [NS=Oct 6];
English General William Howe occupies Philadelphia
- 27/09/1779 - John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain
- 27/09/1787 - Constitution submitted to states for ratification
- 27/09/1916 - 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians
- 27/09/1919 - Democratic National Committee voted to allow female members
- 27/09/1940 - Nazi-Germany, Italy and Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
- 27/09/1954 - School integration begins in Wash DC and Baltimore Md public schools
- 27/09/1964 - Warren Commission released, finds Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone
in JFK Assasination
- 27/09/1979 - Congress' final approval to create Dept of Education
- 28/09/1678 -"Pilgrim's Progress" published
- 28/09/1745 - Bonnie Prince Charlie becomes king of Scotland
- 28/09/1928 - US acknowledge Chinese govt of Chiang Kai-shek
- 29/09/1789 - 1st congress adjourns
- 29/09/1789 - US War Dept established a regular army
- 29/09/1906 - US intervenes in Cuba ousts dictator Estrada Palma
- 29/09/1907 - Construction begins on Washington National Cathedral
- 29/09/1943 - Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice
- 29/09/1953 - US govt gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China
- 29/09/1962 - JFK authorized use of federal troops to integrate U of Mississippi
- 30/09/1199 - Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
- 30/09/1452 - 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
- 30/09/1777 - Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
- 30/09/1787 - 1st US voyage around the world - Columbia leaves Boston
- 30/09/1805 - Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
- 30/09/1864 - Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
- 30/09/1946 - 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg
- 30/09/1953 - Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- 30/09/1962 - James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi;
JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
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| IN THE NEWS: | - Joel Blau: Middle class fueled move to get people off rolls -
The State, SC, 9-24-06
- Ashley Ekin: Revealed where Diggers fell -
The Canberra Times, Australia, 9-23-06
- Philippe Chenaux: Vatican diary 'confirms pope's opposition to fascist despots' -
The West Australian, Australia, 9-20-06
- Todd Brewster: Serves as moderator as eminent domain debate heads to WestConn -
Danbury News Times, CT, 9-22-06
- Juan Cole: Are we fighting fascists? -
Sandbox, the blog of Martin Kramer, 9-20-06
- Allan Lichtman: Thanks his supporters after losing primary race for
US Senate in Maryland -
Campaign Website, 9-19-06
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| REVIEWED AND FIRST CHAPTERS: | - Thomas Fleming: Writes children's history book -
HNN Staff, 9-22-06
- RON ROSENBAUM on Daniel Mendelsohn: Giving Death a Face
THE LOST
A Search for Six of Six Million
NYT, 9-24-06
- An Interview With Daniel Mendelsohn (From This Week's Book Review Podcast) -
NYT, 9-24-06
- Daniel Mendelsohn: Recovering Lost Relatives From Holocaust Oblivion
THE LOST A Search for Six of Six Million -
NYT, 9-20-06
- Sidney Blumenthal: Taking Aim
HOW BUSH RULES
Chronicles of a Radical Regime -
9-24-06
- Sidney Blumenthal: HOW BUSH RULES
Chronicles of a Radical Regime, First Chapter -
9-24-06
- David Greenberg on Frank Rich: Spin Doctors
A columnist accuses the Bush administration of replacing facts with public relations gambits
THE GREATEST STORY EVER SOLD
The Decline and Fall of Truth from 9/11 to Katrina -
Wa Po, 9-24-06
- Garrett Epps: Professor reaches way back for engaging story of how we got our civil rights
Democracy Reborn: The Fourteenth Amendment and the Fight for Equal Rights in Post-Civil War America -
OregonLive.com, OR, 9-24-06
- David Thomson: 'Nicole Kidman' Biography Gives Film Historian a Platform for Alternative Takes on Movies -
HNN Huntingtonnews.net, 9-24-06
- David Greenberg: The History of White House Doodles Spontaneous Art
or Psychological Insight -
ABC News, 9-22-06
- Walter Berns: Democracy and the Constitution -
American Enterprise Institute, 9-21-06
- Thomas B. Edsall: The Republican Collapse May Not Be So Imminent
BUILDING RED AMERICA
The New Conservative Coalition and the Drive for Permanent Power -
NYT, 9-12-06
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| PROFILED: | |
| INTERVIEWED: | |
| FEATURE: | - Cliff Kuhn: Century-Old Race Riot Still Resonates in Atlanta -
NPR, 9-22-06
- Ken Bode: Previews New Sean Penn Film on"Great American Character" -
DePauw University, Indiana, 9-22-06
- Geoffrey Robinson: Records of East Timor, 1999
UCLA historian Geoffrey Robinson is leading a mission to save evidence of a young nation's turbulent birth and working through his own memories of violence -
UCLA International Institute, CA, 9-22-06
- J.R.R. Tolkien: The Return of the King
Fans celebrate as J.R.R. Tolkien's son prepares to release a new chapter in Middle-earth mythology -
Time, Europe, 10-4-06
- Geoffrey Bolton: Happy 150th, Perth -
The West Australian, Australia, 9-24-06
- Rob Kroes: A Moment in a Scholar's Understanding of America -
Journal of American History (9-1-06)
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| QUOTED: | - Gil Troy on"U.S. Population Nears 300 Million as Households Shrink":"It's the three Fs — family, freedom, and finance...
Many of these family changes are due to the explosion of freedom over the last
century, freedom to roam beyond your home town, freedom to roam beyond the conventional
'Ozzie and Harriet' family..." -
Fox News, 9-20-06
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| SPOTTED AND EVENTS CALENDAR: | - Sept. 25, 2006: Seth Bramson: Book captures Gables' early history
A South Florida historian and memorabilia collector will present his book on the
history of Coral Gables at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Books & Books, 265 Aragon Ave -
Miami Herald, FL, 9-24-06
- Sept. 27, 2006: Daniel Blatman: Holocaust historian to discuss Nazi genocide, the lecture"Disintegration, Fear, and Massacre: Germany 1945," will take place in the Martin
Institute Auditorium on Wednesday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m -
Easton Journal, MA, 9-22-06
- Sept. 29, 2006: Walter Berns: Burns along with syndicated columnist
George Will and legal scholar Robert Bork, will discuss Democracy and the Constitution
at AEI (1150--17th Street, NW, 12th floor, Washington, DC)
from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. -
American Enterprise Institute, 9-21-06
- Oct. 6, 2006: Colin A. Palmer: Will give the eighth annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture
at Florida International University's University Park campus in West Miami-Dade
as part of the African-New World Studies Program's Distinguished Africana Scholars
Lecture Series on Oct. 6 at 6:30 p.m. on"Eric Williams and the Continuing Challenges
of a Diverse Caribbean" -
Miami Herald, 9-24-06
- Oct. 12, 2006: William J. Cooper, noted historian and author of"Jefferson Davis, American," will
deliver the 5th Annual Vaughn Lecture in the Humanities at Williams Baptist College,
October 12, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in the WBC Chapel -
Williams Baptist College News, AR, 9-12-06
- Feb. 23 to 25, 2007: John Gillingham: Camden Conference marks its 20th anniversary, Feb. 23 to 25, 2007, at
the Camden Opera House -
8-15-06
- October 2006: Geoffrey Blainey: To speak at a $250 a head dinner to raise funds for
The Courier Community Fund at Craig's Royal Hotel next month (Australia) -
Ballarat Courier, Australia, 9-22-06
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| HONORED, AWARDED, AND APPOINTED: | |
| ON TV: | - History Channel coming in November 2006: Desperate Crossing: the Untold Story of
the Mayflower -
- History Channel:"Sharp Shooters,"
Sunday, September 24, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Lost Worlds : The First Christians,"
Sunday, September 24, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Special : The Kings: From Babylon to Baghdad,"
Monday, September 25, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Lost Worlds : The Pagans,"
Monday, September 25, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Digging For The Truth : The Vikings: Voyage to America.,"
Monday, September 25, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Modern Marvels : Guns of the Civil War,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 1pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Special : Eighty Acres of Hell,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Tales of the FBI : The Bureau vs. the Klan.,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel:" History's Mysteries : Ghost Ships,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Violent Earth : Comets: Prophets of Doom,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Mega Disasters : Asteroid Apocalypse,"
Wednesday, September 27, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"The Lost Evidence : D-Day: The Lost Evidence"
Thursday, September 28, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel:" History's Mysteries : Nazi Ghost Train,"
Thursday, September 28, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Decoding The Past : The Templar Code: Crusade of Secrecy,"
Thursday, September 28, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Return of the Pirates,"
Friday, September 29, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Modern Marvels : Pirate Tech,"
Friday, September 29, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"The Mexican-American War,"
Friday, September 29, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Horrors at Andersonville Prison: The Trial of Henry Wirz,"
Friday, September 29, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"The Mexican-American War,"
Saturday, September 30, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel:"Violent Earth" Marathon,
Saturday, September 30,, @ 1-5pm ET/PT
- PBS: American Experience"Eyes on the Prize", 16 hour series
on the civil rights movement, re-airing Oct. 2, Oct. 9, and Oct. 16 @ 9pm ET -
PBS
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| SELLING BIG (NYT): | - Thomas E. Ricks: FIASCO
The American Military Adventure in Iraq,
#7, (8 weeks on list) -
10-1-06
- Nathaniel Philbrick: Mayflower, #28 -
10-1-06
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| FUTURE RELEASES: | - Edward P. Crapol: John Tyler: The Accidental President,
September 2006
- Marion V. Creekmore: A Moment of Crisis: The Inside Story of
Jimmy Carter in North Korea, September 2006
- Charles W. Calhoun: Conceiving a New Republic: The Republican Party
and the Southern Question, 1869-1900, September 2006
- Greil Marcus: The Shape of Things to Come: Prophecy and the American Voice
September 2006
- Wilson D. Miscamble: From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and
the Cold War,
September 2006
- Eva Plach: Clash of Moral Nations: Cultural Politics in Pilsudski's
Poland, 1926-1935, September 2006
- Ryan Sager: The Elephant in the Room: Libertarians, the
Christian Right, and the Looming Battle for
the Soul of the Republican Party,
September 2006
- James E. Wise: Women at War: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Conflicts,
September 2006
- Rodric Braithwaite: Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War,
September 26, 2006
- Aleksandr Fursenko: Khrushchev's Cold War: The Inside Story of an
American Adversary, October 2006
- Thomas Keneally: A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia,
October 2006
- Mark Puls: Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution,
October 2006
- Norman J. Goda: Tales from Spandau: Nazi Criminals and the Cold War,
October 2006
- Ronald J. Olive: Capturing Jonathan Pollard : How One of the
Most Notorious Spies in American History Was Brought to Justice,
October 2006
- David Bodanis: Passionate Minds: The Great Love Affair of the
Enlightenment, Featuring the Scientist Emilie du Chatelet, the Poet Voltaire,
Swordfights, Bookburnings, Assorted Kings, Seditiou, October 3, 2006
- Gil Troy: Hillary Rodham Clinton: Polarizing First Lady, October 4, 2006
- Anthony Everitt: Augustus: The Life of Rome's First Emperor,
October 10, 2006
- Paul Kengor: The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism,
October 17, 2006
- Graeme Fife: The Terror: The Shadow of the Guillotine: France 1792--1794,
November 2006
- Robert M. Collins: Transforming America: Politics and Culture During
the Reagan Years, November 2006
- Adam LeBor: "Complicity With Evil": The United Nations in the
Age of Modern Genocide, November 2006
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