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The Martinsburg Journal· 6 days agoToday is Thursday, May 9, the 130th day of 2024. There are 236 days left in the year. On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose...
Artillery: Why Ukraine Needs Zuzana-2 In A Hurry
Strategy Page· 4 days agoApril 25, 2022: Ukraine has received a lot of free military aid since 2014. The first purchase was in 2020 when 26 used DANA-M2 8x8 armored self-propelled 152mm artillery vehicles bought from ...
Diving 101: Origins and Olympic history
NBC Olympics· 6 days agoAfter an upbringing mired by conflict and substance abuse, by the 1980’s California native Greg Louganis had managed to become one of the top divers in the world. The U.S. boycott of the 1980 ...
Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa
The News-Times· 6 days agoToday is Thursday, May 9, the 130th day of 2024. On May 9, 1994, South Africa’s newly elected parliament chose Nelson Mandela to be the country’s first Black president. In 1860, writer J.M.
Austin Bay's On PointNATO in the Joe Biden Moment
Strategy Page· 6 days agoThe Economist referred to Macron's February 2024 statement where he mulled circumstances in which France (a NATO nation that had elected him chief executive) might commit ground forces to defend ...
Today in History: May 9
The Herald Bulletin· 5 days agoToday is THURSDAY, MAY 9, the 130th day of 2024. There are 236 days left in the year. In 1965, Russian-born American pianist Vladimir Horowitz performed...
Ram Trucks Will Go for Another Spin in ‘Twisters’ Sequel
AutoWeek· 4 days agoThe 1996 disaster movie Twister was easily one of the biggest box office hits of the mid 1990s, arriving just before a duo of doomsday asteroid flicks and Tommy Lee Jones' Volcano. The original ...
Today in History: May 9, Nelson Mandela chosen to lead South Africa - The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe· 5 days agoToday is Thursday, May 9, the 130th day of 2024. There are 236 days left in the year.
RTS: V-E Day
The Bradford Era· 6 days agoV-E Day: It was 79 years ago today that V-E Day was first celebrated in America and Great Britain — Victory in Europe Day.
