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On this day December 17 in 1903 aviation changed forever Dilemma X On this day December 17 in 1903 – The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight. A 12 second, 120-foot flight that launched the Age of Aviation on Thursday, December […]

United Nations grants upgrade status for Palestine on the anniversary of UN Resolution 181 November 29, 1947 Palestine is upgraded to the status of nonmember observer state in the United Nations Xinhua UNITED NATIONS– The UN General Assembly on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to grant an upgrade of the Palestinians status at the United Nations from “entity” […]

African American enterprise in segregated America North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company Building, located in Durham, began construction before the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and was completed before the Civil Rights Act of 1968. By Dilemma X Many cities in the United States developed African American business districts during legal U.S. segregation.  Here […]

1948 Ronald Reagan, as a Democrat, speaking about the Republican party __________________________________________ Video: Ronald Reagan Campaigns for Democrats in 1948 Would this relate to Congress in 2012/2013? Harry S. Truman (Democratic) would later become the 33rd President of the United States 1945–1953 ______________________________________

World Trade Center: The status of construction 11 years after 9/11 By The Associated Press NEW YORK- Eleven years after terrorists attacked the World Trade Center, the new multibillion-dollar World Trade Center once again dominates the lower Manhattan skyline. Hundreds of construction workers are at the 16-acre site every day, and tourists snap thousands of […]

Democratic and Republican National Conventions- Charlotte and Tampa 2012: Both cities get ready for national attention _________________________________________________ President Jimmy Carter to speak by video at Democratic convention By Aaron Gould Sheinin The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former President Jimmy Carter will address the 2012 Democratic National Convention live via video in prime time. The Democratic National Convention Committee said […]

Hiroshima marks 67th anniversary of atomic bombing Xinhua TOKYO– Hiroshima marked the 67th anniversary of the U.S. nuclear attack on Monday morning, people took a moment of silence at 8:15 a.m. local time, the time the bomb was dropped in 1945. Tens of thousands of people attended the annual ceremony at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park […]

As the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday, June 28, 2012 handed down its ruling on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s 2010 healthcare overhaul, let us remember where we have been.   U.S. Supreme Court upholds health care law with a 5-4 decision NPR “In Plain English: The Affordable […]

Taking time out to remember Michael Jackson who died on June 25, 2009 On June 25, 2009, Jackson died while in his bed at his rented mansion at 100 North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles. Video: “Off The Wall” ________________________________________ Video: “Smooth Criminal”

Remembering Yesteryear   In 2005 King County in the state of Washington was re-named after Martin Luther King, Jr.     King County, Washington (home to Seattle)   Offical county seal         Population: 1,931,249 (2010) Black/African American:  6.2%  White:  68.7%  American Indian and Alaska Native:  0.8%  Asian: 14.6% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific […]