@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Friday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2009. There are 223 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1908, the Wright Brothers of Dayton, Ohio patented their flying machine in the United States.
In 1915, the worst train dis...
Royal Gazette editor Bill Zuill launched a spirited public defence of the paper in a speech last night saying despite the Premier's "war" against the publication, he's still ready to sit down and talk.
Mr. Zuill was addressing Sandys Rotary Club afte...
FRANKFURT (AP) — The board chairmen of German carmakers Volkswagen and Porsche appeared to change course yesterday, announcing the two companies will work toward an integrated company.
Ferdinand Piech, chairman of Volkswagen AG, and Wolfgang Porsche ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is asking consumers to put their money — up to $1,300 per new vehicle by 2016 — behind his plan for higher efficiency standards for cars and trucks and tougher rules on their greenhouse gas emissions.
In retur...
DATE: May 20, 2009 | CATEGORY: Other |
Reuters historical calendar - May 20
May 13 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 20 since 1900:
1902 - Cuba was handed over to a republican government and the last U.S. troops left.
1927 - Britain signed the Trea...
LONDON (Reuters) — An expenses scandal that has discredited the British political system and fuelled calls for radical reform of the "Mother of Parliaments" looks set to prompt a voter backlash against Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Disclosures that MP...
Mark Twain hailed the Republic of Mauritius, and Bermuda, as two of the most beautiful places on earth. Surrounded by coral reefs and set in azure seas, the physical setting of the two islands is similar – and the commonalities do not end there. Berm...
BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen AG said yesterday it was indefinitely postponing talks over a planned integration with Porsche SE, but the sports car maker insisted that only the next round had been cancelled.
As the power struggle between two of Germany's ...
FOREST, Virginia (AP) — Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest plantation retreat has unveiled its $6 million, 20-year architectural restoration to the third president's original vision as a private place to read, think and spend time with his grandchildre...
This is the first part of an excerpt from "Four Centuries of Friendship: American Bermuda Relations 1609-2009", a new book conceived and edited by Marina Slayton, wife of US Consul General Gregory Slayton. This excerpt is the first half of Dr. Edward...
