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This Day in History

Today in History for 23rd March 2013

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Historical Events

1821 – Battle and fall of city of Kalamata, Greek War of Independence.
1896 – The Raines Law is passed by the New York State Legislature, restricting Sunday sale of alcohol to hotels.
1912 – Dixie Cup invented
1965 – Gemini 3 launched, 1st US 2-man space flight (Grissom and Young)
1991 – 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5
2003 – In Nasiriyah, Iraq, 11 soldiers of the 507th Maintenance Company as well as 18 U.S. Marines are killed during the first major conflict of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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Famous Birthdays

1908 – Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate
1927 – Osvaldo Lacerda, composer
1933 – Norman Bailey, British bass-baritone (Flying Dutchman)
1934 – Mark Rydell, NYC, actor (Havana, Punchline, Long Goodbye)
1949 – Ric Ocasek, Balt, rock vocalist (Cars-Double Life, Bye Bye Love)
1955 – Petrea Burchard, American actress

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Famous Deaths

1653 – Johan van Galen, Dutch admiral (Dunes Monte Christo), dies at about 48
1809 – Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes, composer, dies at 60
1927 – Paul César Helleu, French artist (b. 1859)
1931 – Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev Indian freedom fighters
1950 – Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1953 – Raoul Dufy, painter, Forcalquier, France

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at HistoryOrb.Com – This Day in History

Articles of Interest

Tammy Duckworth, Iraq War Veteran And Congresswoman, Reflects On 10th Anniversary Of Conflict

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By The Huffington Post News Editors

When images of joyous Iraqi voters with purple thumbs were broadcast around the world in January 2005, Tammy Duckworth watched with heartfelt tears from her hospital bed at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. Just months earlier, the Army captain had been shot down over Iraq while flying a Black Hawk helicopter. Nearly a decade later, now-Rep. Duckworth (D-Ill.) walks the halls of Congress on Army-camo-and-American-flag prostheses.

Duckworth, the first female double amputee in the Iraq War, very nearly gave her life in a war she didn’t believe the U.S. should be fighting, but she says she is proud to have helped clear the way for Iraq’s first democratic election in more than half a century. The Iraq War also set her on a path to become an assistant secretary of veterans affairs under President Barack Obama, a powerful speaker at the 2012 Democratic National Convention and now a vocal Capitol Hill force on foreign policy, national defense and veterans’ issues.

Almost 10 years to the day Operation Iraqi Freedom began, the congresswoman, Illinois National Guard lieutenant colonel and Purple Heart recipient spoke with The Huffington Post to reflect on the lessons of the Iraq War, taught at such grave cost.

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Source: FULL ARTICLE at Huffington Post