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–: The, a northern of the, ceases to exist and becomes part of. – is signed. – discovers, the second ever to be discovered. –: France defeats Spain in the.
–: In the, two American naval vessels are captured by two Royal Navy vessels of equal strength. – First concert of the, founded. –: France and Britain declare war on Russia.
–: The Battle of Waireka begins. –: In the, forces stop the invasion of the. The battle began on. – The is formally established in Paris.
–: French victory in the. – becomes the first person to fly a, the, after taking off from a water runway near, France. – affects the region and states.
– The biplane City of Liverpool is believed to be the first airliner lost to when a passenger. –: conquers after. –: Britain's three heavy cruisers and two destroyers of Italy's. Special ed revelations zip.
– World War II: A British the in in order to keep the away from the mid-ocean convoy lanes. –: The releases the, outlining a plan for the international control of. –: In the, forces, led by World War II hero, inflict a defeat on forces commanded by General. – Brazilian high school student is killed by military police at a protest for cheaper meals at a restaurant for low-income students. – Greek poet and laureate makes a famous statement on the opposing the junta in Greece.
– An strikes western at about 23:05 local time, killing 1,086 and injuring 1,260. – The hands down 5–3 decision in, a controversial case involving involuntary and. – A coolant leak at the 's Unit 2 outside leads to the. 1979 – The passes a against 's government, precipitating a. – United States President posthumously awards the.
– In South Africa, security guards dozens of protesters. –: and military forces kill 146 in. – In a incident, two American aircraft British tanks participating in the, killing one soldier. – An shakes northern with a maximum of VI ( Strong), leaving 915–1,314 people dead and 340–1,146 injured. – Massive protests are mounted against France's law, meant to reduce. Births.
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1156). –, Ruler of Marwar (d.
1489). – (d. 1490). –, Italian painter (d.
1517). –, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520). –, Spanish nun and saint (d. 1582).
–, German prince (d. 1557). –, English courtier (d. 1579). –, English earl (d.
1668). –, Czech bishop and educator (d.
1670). –, Dutch captain (d. 1658). – of China (d. 1688).
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1795). –, (d. 1777). –, Russian academic and politician (d. 1810). –, Venezuelan general and politician, (d. 1816).
–, English activist (d. 1846). –, French general (d. 1844).
–, American geographer, geologist, and ethnologist (d. 1864). –, German historian and author (d. 1876). –, English lawyer and political scientist (d.
1891). –, Czech-American bishop and saint (d. 1860). –, French author and poet (d. 1896). –, American general and politician, 77th (d. 1902).
–, English architect and engineer, designed the and (d. 1891). –, Swiss mountain guide (d. 1914). –, American politician, general and explorer (d.
1871). –, German-American brewer, founded the (d. 1904).
–, German-Jewish Egyptian physician and politician (d. 1892). –, American sergeant, recipient (d. 1908).
–, Jewish-Hungarian mathematician and physicist (d. 1930). –, French historian and author (d.
1894). –, Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd (d. 1944). –, French politician, laureate (d. 1932). –, Scottish footballer (d.
1902). –, Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright (d. 1936). –, Dutch-Swiss conductor (d.
1951). –, American rower (d. 1956). –, Russian-born American painter (d. 1965). –, Irish republican politician and hunger striker; (d.
1920). –, Irish-American discus thrower and jumper (d. 1918). –, Greek poet and playwright (d. 1951). –, French general (d.
1945). –, American violinist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1967).
–, Belgian physiologist and academic, laureate (d. 1968). 1892 –, Irish general (d. 1993). –, Greek-American businessman (d. 1971).
–, German captain (d. 1941). –, Spanish teacher, writer and inventor, pioneer of the electronic book (d. 1975). –, American politician, 53rd (d.
1966). 1895 –, American pastor and theologian (d. 1960). 1895 –, American religious leader, 12th (d. 1985). –, German footballer and manager (d. 1977).
1897 –, American football player (d. 1975).
–, American businessman (d. 1989). 1899 –, American religious leader, 11th (d.
1973). 1899 –, American football player and coach (d.
1977). –, American critic and educator (d. 2004). –, English actress (d. 1984). 1902 –, Czech fiddler and composer (d. 1988).
–, Czech-American pianist and educator (d. 1991).
–, Puerto Rican author and journalist (d. 1993). –, American production manager and producer (d. 1996). 1905 –, American zoologist and television host (d. 1986). –, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (d.
2002). 1906 –, American actor (d. 1998).
1906 –, South African-English author, fencer and academic (d. 2010). –, Portuguese nun (d. 2005). –, English author (d. 1985). 1907 –, American lawyer and talent agent (d.
1993). –, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1981).
–, American librarian and art collector (d. 2001). 1910 –, American actor and singer-songwriter (d. 1964).
1910 –, (d. 2000). –, Italian race car driver (d.
1998). –, English-Australian author (d. 1984). 1912 –, Russian pilot and navigator (d.
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1943). –, Japanese crime boss (d. 1981).
1913 –, Japanese artist. –, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2000).
1914 –, Czech author (d. 1997). 1914 –, Australian entomologist and academic (d. 2003). 1914 –, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 58th (d.
1996). 1914 –, American explorer, poet, and painter (d. 1934).
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–, American singer-songwriter (d. 2001). –, English lawyer (d. 2017). –, Canadian neurosurgeon and scholar (d. 2014).
–, Canadian soldier (d. 2011). –, American composer and conductor (d.
2013). 1919 –, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2007). 1919 –, American baseball player and coach (d. 1988). –, American physicist and academic (d. 2013).
1921 –, English actor and author (d. 1999). 1921 –, German assassin of (d. 1960). 1921 –, Croatian-German author and illustrator (d.
1992). –, Australian politician (d. 1999).
1922 –, American painter and educator (d. 2008). 1922 –, American boxer and actor (d.
2001). 1922 –, Sri Lankan politician. –, American scientist and engineer (d. 2014).
1923 –, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1986). 1923 –, French engineer and inventor.
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–, American actor (d. 1992). 1924 –, Australian footballer (d. 2013). 1924 –, American author. –, Russian actor (d. 1994).
– (d. 2014).
1926 –, Indian cricketer (d. 2006). –, American zoologist and academic (d. 2014).
1927 –, Swedish journalist and author (d. 2007). 1927 –, Indian academic and activist (d. 2013). –, Polish-American political activist and analyst; 10th (d. 2017). 1928 –, German-French mathematician and theorist (d.
2014). –, Australian race car driver and engineer (d. 2014). –, American soldier and composer (d. 2014). 1930 –, American physicist and academic, laureate. 1930 –, English soprano.
–, Spanish pianist (d. 1997). 1933 –, American soldier, banker, and politician, 8th. –, American environmentalist, founded the and. 1934 –, Guyanese-English hurdler (d. 2006). –, English politician,.
1935 –, English journalist and author. 1935 –, Polish triple jumper. –, Peruvian novelist, playwright, and essayist laureate. –, German footballer (d.
2002). –, Israeli electrical engineer and business executive. –, English-Australian television host. 1940 –, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013). –, American composer and producer.
1941 –, Hong Kong specialist, United Nations official (d. 2013). 1941 –, American author and academic. 1941 –, English cricketer.
Mathcad. 1941 –, American football player and sportscaster. –, American philosopher and academic. 1942 –, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 52nd. 1942 –, Welsh politician,.
1942 –, English director and producer. 1942 –, American opera singer. 1942 –, American basketball player and coach. –, English director, producer, and screenwriter.
1943 –, American actress. –, American basketball player and sportscaster. 1944 –, American actor (d. 2016).
–, Filipino politician, 16th. 1945 –, French-Australian boxer. 1945 –, Swedish engineer and politician. –, Dutch physicist and astronaut (d. 2014). 1946 –, American banker and politician, 74th. 1946 –, Peruvian economist and politician, 48th.
–, Canadian educator and politician, 25th. –, English keyboard player and songwriter. 1948 –, American actress. 1948 –, American keyboard player (d. 2006). –, American sprinter (d.
2013). –, Canadian politician. 1952 –, English race car driver (d. 1975). –, Burundian banker and politician, 4th (d. 1993).
–, American pianist and educator. –, Northern Irish psychiatrist and politician, 1st. 1955 –, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress. –, American mountaineer and author. –, American sprinter and coach. –, Cuban composer. 1958 –, Swedish-Norwegian singer.
1958 –, American gymnast and sportscaster. 1958 –, American wrestler, manager, and sportscaster (d.
2003). –, Costa Rican politician,. 1959 –, American journalist and sportscaster. –, British actor and comedian. 1960 –, Cape Verdeian politician,. 1960 –, French-Belgian author and playwright.
–, American basketball player and coach. –, Slovenian skier. –, English businessman. –, Polish politician. –, English politician.
–, American rapper and actress. –, German-American radio host and director.
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Despite the new milestone, trading was relatively calm and light as investors monitored the ongoing crisis in Cyprus and mulled over new economic data in the United States. The and the rose just a little over 0.3%. The markets will be closed tomorrow in the United States and most of Europe for Good Friday. But the first quarter of 2013 has been far from quiet. The Dow, which has been trading at record highs since early March, rallied more than 11% and booked its best first quarter since 1998. The S&P 500 soared 10% and the Nasdaq was up 8%. The biggest gains were logged in January, but March has been a solid month for stocks as well, with all three indexes rising more than 3%.
Stocks continued to rally in the holiday-shortened week despite Cyprus concerns. The Dow rose 0.5% for the week, while the S&P 500 added 0.8% and Nasdaq rose 0.7%. Despite the big run-up this year, experts argue that valuations remain attractive for U.S. The S&P 500 is trading at just 16 times 2012 earnings. At its all-time high in October 2007, the S&P 500's valuation was just above 17 times profits for the past 12 months.
And looking at earnings projections, stocks still appear reasonably valued. The S&P 500 is trading at just 14 times 2013 estimates. Winners and losers: The best-performing stock in the S&P 500 during the quarter was Netflix ( ). Shares have more than doubled in the last few months as investors have become optimistic about the company's growth prospects, despite a series of missteps over the last couple of years. Best Buy ( ) and Hewlett-Packard ( ), struggling companies that are in the, were the next strongest performers, with shares up 87% and 68% respectively. Some of the weaker links were JC Penney ( ), which is having more trouble than success with its makeover plan, as well as coal company Peabody Energy ( ) and mining firm Cliffs Natural Resources ( ).
Cyprus banks back to business: Banks in morning after being closed since March 16. The island nation plans to limit the amount of money that depositors can withdraw in an attempt to prevent bank runs. Cyprus agreed early Monday to raise billions of euros from big depositors at the Bank of Cyprus and Popular Bank of Cyprus, and to shrink its banking sector in return for. Economy humming along: Back in the United States, the government released its weekly data on initial jobless claims and its final reading on fourth-quarter GDP. Totaled 357,000 in the week ended March 23, an increase of 16,000 from the prior week and much worse than expected.
The forecast called for a total of 335,000, according to a consensus of economists complied by Briefing.com. The final government report for showed an annual increase of 0.4%, slightly higher than the expected increase of 0.3%. The prior reading showed the economy grew at a 0.1% pace. What's moving: Blackberry ( ) slipped after the smartphone maker reported a, but sales that fell short of expectations. Shares of eBay ( ) climbed 4% after the company's marketplaces chief Devin Wenig revealed plans to nearly double eBay's user base by 2015 and expectations of $110 billion in marketplace sales. Pinnacle Foods ( ), owner of brands including Duncan Hines and Birds Eye, rose 11% in its stock market debut. Pinnacle raised $580 million in its initial public offering after pricing shares at the high end of its range.
The company is backed by private equity firm Blackstone ( ). Shares of Deckers Outdoor ( ), which owns the brand, jumped after an analyst at Jefferies upgraded the stock and gave it a price target of $100 a share, nearly double its current price. Dollar pulls back: finished with solid gains, while ended lower. The fell against the euro, British pound and the Japanese yen. Prices gained slightly, while prices edged lower. The price on the 10-year rose slightly, and the yield held steady at 1.85%. What's buzzing: Wall Street strategists are betting the rally will continue.
Wells Fargo Advisors increased its year-end 2013 target range for the S&P 500 to 1575-1625 from an earlier forecast of 1525-1575. 'Investors now appear to be more focused upon the potential for continuing global economic growth, said Scott Wren, senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors. 'We anticipate investor confidence will continue to lift, slowly catching up with consumer confidence.' Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc.
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FRONT PAGE An on Wednesday about Theodore B. Olson and Charles J. Cooper, two conservative Republican lawyers who argued opposite sides of the Proposition 8 Supreme Court case on gay marriage, misspelled the surname of a lawyer who is on Mr. Olson’s legal team in the marriage case but has litigated alongside Mr. Cooper in the past. He is Theodore J. Boutrous Jr., not Boutros.
INTERNATIONAL An on Wednesday about the lengthy path that led to Cyprus’s current financial crisis misidentified the firm for which Charles H. Dallara is chairman. Dallara, the lead negotiator for the banking industry in 2011 during Greece’s financial crisis, is chairman of Americas for Partners Group, a private markets firm — not of Partners Group, a consultancy to banks and governments. The article also omitted the byline of a second reporter. Besides Andrew Higgins, the article was by Liz Alderman. An on Friday about a threat by North Korea to attack American military bases in Japan and on the Pacific island of Guam misspelled, in some editions, the name of an American Air Force base on Guam. It is Andersen Air Force Base (not Anderson).
NATIONAL An on Monday about efforts to make California Highway 1 less perilous, including the construction of a two-bore tunnel, referred incorrectly to the red-legged frog, whose habitat would be affected by part of the tunnel. It is a threatened species, not an endangered one.
The article also misstated the name for a marine sanctuary that was created in 1992. It is the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, not the National Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. And an accompanying map located the city of Pacifica incorrectly. It is on Highway 1, north of the coastal bluff Devil’s Slide — not south of the bluff.
THE ARTS A on Wednesday about a concert by the American Modern Ensemble, at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music in Manhattan, referred incorrectly to one of the performers, Hsin-Yun Huang. She is a violist, not a violinist. An on Tuesday about a dispute over the art collection of a painter and pioneering champion of African art, Merton D. Simpson, who died on March 9, referred to him incorrectly at three points in some editions.
As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he was Mr. Simpson, of course, not “Mr.
Merton.” WEEKEND A in the Listings pages on Friday about Terri Lyne Carrington’s Money Jungle, at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, misidentified the instrument played by Gerald Clayton, who is among the musicians performing with her. He is a pianist, not a drummer. SPECIAL SECTION: YOUR MONEY An on Tuesday about a program for prepaying tuition at private colleges misstated part of the name of a clearinghouse for information about 529 college saving plans. And a correction in this space on Wednesday misstated another part of the name.
It is the College Savings Plans Network — not “Plan,” as the article noted, or “Saving,” as the correction said in some copies. CROSSWORD The crossword puzzle on Tuesday provided an erroneous clue for 26-Across, seeking the answer “Gee whiz.” The clue should have read, “Wow, you’re a regular expert at turning right!” not “Wow, you’re a regular expert at turning left!” FASHION The column last Thursday, about skin-care products for spring, misspelled the name of a cosmetics company with a new line of products. It is L’Occitane, not L’Occitaine. An on March 7 about the popularity of witch culture in women’s fashion misstated the color of satin worn by the character Evanora in the movie “Oz.” It was green — not red, which her sister Theodora wore. Advertisement. The column last Thursday, about Anderson Cooper’s having been honored at the Glaad Media Awards, referred incorrectly to the uniform worn by Madonna, who presented him the award. She wore a Cub Scout uniform, with a Boy Scout hat — not a full Boy Scout uniform — to protest the group’s antigay policy.
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Afghan police say five civilians, including four children, were killed in a night raid by Afghan and international special forces in the eastern province of Logar. While the Afghan defense ministry claimed there were no civilian deaths, Reuters video showed heavily damaged houses and the bodies of at least three children. The attack was reportedly carried out to rescue two Afghan soldiers captured by the Taliban. At least one of the victims blamed U.S. Afghan woman: “I have lost my two sons and my husband in the operation. Also my house is totally destroyed.” Faqir Mohammad: “From 9 o’clock at night until 5 o’clock in the morning, our houses were under mortar attack. And this massacre you see is done by Afghans and Americans.
This has been done by Americans.” Afghan officials said 23 members of the Taliban were also killed in the attack. A spokesperson for NATO’s International Security Assistance Force told AFP it was “aware of the allegations of civilian casualties,” but said foreign troops were “not directly involved.”. Banks in Cyprus are reopening today after being shut for nearly two weeks with new controls now in place to prevent people from emptying their bank accounts. Cash withdrawals are limited to 300 euros, or $384, per person each day with limits also imposed on how much can be carried abroad. The electronic transfer of funds out of Cyprus is banned. Officials still fear mass withdrawals after it was announced major swaths of larger-size deposits would be used to pay off banking debts under a $13 billion international bailout. Mass protests against the bailout continued Wednesday as thousands took to the streets in the capital Nicosia.
Mathew Elefteriou: “I think we should leave the troika and do this on our own, because they forced us to take these austerity measures, and the people has done, in my opinion, nothing wrong. The banks, the banks should pay, not the people.”. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday about the Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples.
During the proceedings, a majority of the justices seemed ready to consider striking down the law. The case before the court involves Edie Windsor, a woman who had to pay $363,000 in estate taxes when her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009, because the federal government did not recognize their legal marriage. Edie Windsor spoke outside the court on Wednesday.
Edie Windsor: “Today is like a spectacular event for me. I mean, it’s a lifetime kind of event.
And I know that the spirit of my late spouse, Thea Spyer, OK, is right here watching and listening and would be very proud and happy of where we’ve come to. Thank you all.”. Thousands of teachers, school workers, parents and students joined a mass protest led by the Chicago Teachers Union Wednesday against the city’s plan to close 54 schools, most of them in African-American neighborhoods. About 150 people sat down in the road outside Chicago City Hall and locked their arms together, prepared to risk arrest.
Roughly 130 people were detained by police. Teacher Phil Cantor was one of them. Phil Cantor: ” CPS has been closing schools for about 12 years now. Closing schools to save them is not a way to improve schools. Now they’re closing 54 or more in one year. It’s outrageous. It’s not going to help our students.
It’s not going to help our schools. It’s going to destroy neighbors. We’re doing civil disobedience because we have to stand up. We cannot just keep letting these things happen without reacting.” Some 30,000 students will be impacted by the closings. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s former chief of staff, has defended the closings, saying he does not want students trapped in failing schools.
A Washington Post investigation has revealed a woman recently promoted to head a top CIA division played a key role in the agency’s discredited detention and interrogation program after 9/11 and signed off on a decision to destroy videotapes of torture. The woman, who was not named because she is undercover, served as chief of staff to Jose Rodriguez, the CIA’s former head of clandestine operations. In 2005, she and Rodriguez signed an order to destroy tapes of interrogations at a secret prison in Thailand where two prisoners had been waterboarded. According to the Los Angeles Times, she also ran a “black site” prison overseas. The official is mentioned in a Senate Intelligence Committee report that accuses top officers of misleading Congress about the effectiveness of the interrogations.
She became acting head of clandestine services at the end of last month. One of the first decisions faced by new CIA Director John Brennan is whether to keep her in the post. A priest who was imprisoned for five months during Argentina’s military dictatorship has issued a statement clearing Jorge Manuel Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — of playing a role in his arrest. Francisco Jalics was addressing reports Bergoglio had passed along information about him and another Jesuit priest that led to their detention and torture. He said, “I myself was once inclined to believe that we were the victims of a denunciation.” But he said, “At the end of the ’90s, after numerous conversations, it became clear to me that this suspicion was unfounded.
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It is therefore wrong to assert that our capture took place at the initiative of Father Bergoglio.” Jalics’ statement appears to contradict what he originally told Argentine journalist Horacio Verbitsky. And said Jalics confirmed a report by the second priest, Orlando Yorio, who is now dead, that Bergoglio was involved in their imprisonment. Horacio Verbitsky: “I talked with him, and he confirmed the story, but he didn’t want to be mentioned in my piece, because he told me that he preferred to not remember this sad part of his life and to pardon. And he was for oblivion and pardon.
That he was, during a lot of years, very resented against Bergoglio, but that he had decided to forgot and forget.”. An estimated 50,000 activists from nearly 130 countries around the world are gathering in Tunisia this week for the annual World Social Forum. The five-day event kicked off Tuesday with a march in the capital Tunis, viewed as the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
Each year pro-democracy activists opposed to the current economic model meet to envision a more just world and mobilize around issues of debt, austerity, environmental devastation, gender injustice and more. It is the first time the forum has been held in an Arab country.
In the United States, outrage is spreading over a rider dubbed the “Monsanto Protection Act” that was attached to a spending bill signed by President Obama last week. Critics say the quietly passed provision weakens regulation of genetically modified foods and undermines the ability of federal courts to block potentially dangerous crops from reaching consumers. Because it was attached to the bill averting a government shutdown, members of Congress may not have realized they were voting for it.
On Wednesday, food activists protested the rider in front of the White House. More than a quarter of a million people have signed a petition against it. Wal-Mart appears to be retaliating against groups that have organized historic protests against its labor practices. The retailer filed a lawsuit against the United Food and Commercial Workers union and its affiliated group, OUR Walmart, in a Florida court. The suit accuses the groups of trespassing on Wal-Mart property 73 times in 13 states over the past year. Wal-Mart workers are not unionized, but the UFCW has demonstrated in support of employees’ calls for better pay, benefits and working conditions. Protesters are continuing to ramp up their resistance to the Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sands oil from Canada to Texas, as they await word from President Obama on whether he will approve it.
In Houston, Texas, Wednesday, a protester climbed a 50-foot flagpole and hung a banner denouncing a firm that processes tar sands oil. LyondellBasell is reportedly planning an upgrade that will allow it to process nearly a quarter of the pipeline’s capacity.
The group Tar Sands Blockade accused the company of “environmental racism” for polluting a largely Latino area. On Wednesday, the street in front of the firm’s office was blocked off as firefighters used a ladder to remove protester Perry Graham from the flagpole. Before his ascension, Graham said his act was connected to a wave of actions against the Keystone XL last week.
Perry Graham: “By taking action today, I hope to call people to action. We just had a week of action where we saw over 55 actions across the country and over 60 people get arrested, sending a clear message to anyone who hopes to invest in tar sands that resistance will only continue if they do try to profit off other people’s suffering.”.