On this day in history March 13, 1979 – The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts Prime Minister Eric Gairy in a nearly bloodless coup d’etat in Grenada. 1985 – The Kenilworth Road riot takes place at an association football match at Kenilworth […]
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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this day in history January 25, 1998 – A suicide attack by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on Sri Lanka‘s Temple of the Tooth kills eight and injures 25 others. 1999 – A 6.0 Richter scale earthquake hits western Colombia killing at least […]
U.S. boat pulls even in historic America’s Cup comeback
By Jonathan Weber and Alden Bentley SAN FRANCISCO | Tue Sep 24, 2013 7:58pm EDT 1 of 9. Members of Oracle Team USA wave to spectators after winning Race 18 of the 34th America’s Cup yacht sailing race against Emirates Team New Zealand in San Francisco, California September […]
Girlfriend of ex-Patriot Hernandez is indicted
FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The girlfriend of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on a perjury charge in connection with the killing of his friend, a Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday, bringing to five the number of people facing charges in the […]