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Today in History: October 14, Martin Luther King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoToday in History Today is Saturday, Oct. 14, the 287th day of 2023. There are 78 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King ...
From North Korea fighter pilot to Embry-Riddle professor: Remembering Kenneth Rowe
Daytona Beach News-Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDAYTONA BEACH − No Kum-Sok's dramatic escape from North Korea by flying his MiG-15 fighter jet to a...
Hershel 'Woody' Williams, last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from WWII, dies at 98
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHershel "Woody" Williams, center, with fellow Marines in 2019. (Greg Eans/The Messenger-Inquirer via...
A Christmas miracle: The (one and only) time Vin Scully called me on Christmas Day and told 4 great...
USA TODAY Sports - Golfweek via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoVin Scully called me on Christmas. Sure, I had sent him an email interview request hours earlier on...
EDITORIAL:American hero: Yeager deserves a commemorative stamp
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 4 months agoDec. 13—The United States has a tradition of issuing commemorative postage stamps honoring citizens who have achieved extraordinary things that enriched their country. In 2023, stamps issued ...
'Pulverized everybody and everything': 6 die in midair collision of WWII planes at Dallas air show
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe explosive crash of two vintage World War II planes over a Dallas air show left six people dead...
Port Clinton's Harold Brown, a Tuskegee Airman, dies at 98
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPORT CLINTON - Dr. Harold Brown, who flew combat missions in World War II as a member of the famed...
This Week in West Virginia history
Times West Virginian, Fairmont via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 7—Charleston WV — The following events happened on these dates in West Virginia history. To read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. Oct. 8, 1993 ...
Known for his primal scream, comedian Sam Kinison spent his youth in East Peoria
Journal Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt’s hard to imagine Sam Kinison growing old and mellowing out. The infant Sam arrived in East Peoria nearly 62 years ago. That’s the minimum age to draw Social Security, a stage in life where ...
The Dwight Stuff: Black would-be astronaut Ed Dwight on 'The Space Race,' and missed opportunity
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoEd Dwight is featured in NatGeo's "The Space Race," a NatGeo film now streaming on Hulu and Disney+....
