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Daily Run Down 04/29/2013: Evening Edition

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Recalls

General News

International

Politics

Health

Science/Space

Financial

Historical

Tips and Tricks

Gaming

Gadgets

Reviews

Law

Technology

Internet

Social

Mobile

Rumors

Software/Apps

Security

Developer

London/Britain/UK

Odd

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Funny

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 96

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Daily Run Down 04/25/2013: Evening Edition

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

Big News

General News

International

Politics

Obits

Health

Science/Space

Financial

Historical

Gaming

Law

Technology

Internet

Social

Mobile

Rumors

Software/Apps

Security

Developer

London/Britain/UK

Personal

Odd

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Funny

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 88

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Daily Run Down: 03/10/2013: Historical Edition

Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.

  • In 1584, English politician and writer Thomas Norton dies.
  • In 1629, Charles I dissolves Parliament.
  • In 1745, American solider John Gunby is born.
  • In 1810, Irish Poet Samuel Ferguson is born.
  • In 1814, Napoleon I is defeated at the Battle of Laon.
  • In 1864, American Frontier figure, Jack Slade, dies.
  • In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell makes the first successful telephone call.
  • In 1891, Almon Strowger patents the strowger switch.
  • In 1906, The Courrieres Mine disaster kills 1099 miners in Northern France.
  • In 1913, American abolitionist Harriet Tubman dies.
  • In 1933, An earthquake that struck Long Beach, California kills 115.
  • In 1959, 300,000 Tibetans surround the Dalai Lama’s Palace to protect him from removal.
  • In 1977, Astronomers discover rings around the planet Uranus.
  • In 2000, The NASDAQ hits its high, signaling the end of the Dot-com Boom.
  • In 2006, The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars.
  • In 1917, American World War II Sergeant Frank Perconte is born.
  • In 1948, American novelist Zelda Fitzgerald dies.
  • In 1957, Leader of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden was born.
  • In 1983, American singer-songwriter Carrie Underwood was born.
  • In 2010, Canadian Actor Corey Haim dies.
 

Look for more current news later and another Historical Daily Run Down next week.

There are 20 stories this week

Daily Run Down 03/01/2013: Evening Edition

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

General News

International

Politics

Obits

Health

Science/Space

Financial

Historical

Tips and Tricks

Gaming

Gadgets

Law

Patents

Technology

Internet

Social

Mobile

Software/Apps

Security

Developer

London/Britain/UK

Personal

Odd

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Funny

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 103

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Daily Run Down 01/02/2013: Evening Edition

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

Recalls

General News

International

Politics

Obits

Health

Science/Space

Financial

Historical

Tips and Tricks

Gaming

Gadgets

Law

Patents

Technology

Internet

Mobile

Rumors

Software/Apps

London/Britain/UK

Personal

Odd

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Funny

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 134

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Daily Run Down 01/02/2013: Evening Edition

Here is this evening’s Daily Run Down.

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Big News

Recalls

General News

International

Politics

Obits

Health

Science/Space

Financial

Historical

Tips and Tricks

Gaming

Gadgets

Law

Patents

Technology

Internet

Mobile

Rumors

Software/Apps

London/Britain/UK

Personal

Odd

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

Funny

Chicagoland

Total Number of stories: 134

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Daily Run Down: 07/01/2012: Historical Edition

  • In 1646, German mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz is born.
  • In 1782, American Privateers attack Lunenberg, Nova Scotia.
  • In 1807, American Educator Thomas Green Clemson is born.
  • In 1837, A system of civil births, marriages, and deaths is established in England and Wales.
  • In 1860, American Inventor Charles Goodyear dies.
  • In 1862, The Russian State Library is established.
  • In 1863, The Battle of Gettysburg begins.
  • In 1869, American grammarian William Strunk, Jr, is born.
  • In 1870, The United States Department of Justice formally comes into existence.
  • In 1878, Canada joines the Universal Postal Union.
  • In 1881, The first international telephone call is made.
  • In 1896, Abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe dies.
  • In 1906, American Entrepreneur Estee Lauder is born.
  • In 1908, SOS is adopted as the international distress signal.
  • In 1931, United Airlines begins service.
  • In 1934, Actor Jamie Farr, Klinger from M*A*S*H, was born.
  • In 1934, American Film Director Sydney Pollack was born.
  • In 1952, Actor Dan Aykroyd was born.
  • In 1955, Country Music singer Keith Whitley is born.
  • In 1958, The Canadian Broadcast Corporation links television broadcasting across Canada via microwave.
  • In 1963, Zip Codes are introduced for the United States mail.
  • In 1979, Sony introduces the Walkman.
  • In 1984, The MPAA introduces the PG-13 rating.
  • In 1991, Actor Michael Landon dies.
  • In 2000, Actor Walter Matthau dies.
  • In 2007, Smoking within indoor spaces is banned in England.

Look for more current news tomorrow and another historical daily run down next week.

There are 26 stories this week.

Daily Run Down 06/27/2012

Here is today’s Daily Run Down.

Total Number of stories: 116

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