Six bombs went off across Baghdad as the US Embassy Baghdad was formally dedicated and opened on January 5, 2009. The embassy complex came at a cost of more than $700M US and covers 104 acres on the Tigris River. US Embassy Baghdad The United States had maintained an embassy in Iraq until closing in
Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, and scholar. He played important roles in the politics of the late Roman Republic and as a member of the conservative boni held optimate principles during the crisis that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. He authored numerous documents including treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he
Panama’s General Manuel Noriega surrenders to United States military forces on January 3, 1990. He had sought refuge in the Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See in Panama City, Panama when US military troops invaded Panama on December 20, 1989. Noriega, who was born in Panama in 1938. He had been a loyal soldier to
Major General William Rosencrans and the Union Army defeated Confederate troops at the Battle of Stones River in 1863 one day after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Stones River had the highest percentage of casualties on both sides of the Civil War throughout all major battles. The battle itself was inconclusive, but the Union Army’s
Katherine Knight was the first woman in Australia to be sentenced to life in prison. She earned this distinction after murdering her husband, decapitating him, skinning him, and then cooking parts of him with vegetables. Katherine Knight’s Crime Katherine Knight’s crime took place on the evening of February 29, 2000 in a suburban house in
Alice Sanger, stenographer to President Benjamin Harrison, is the first woman employed at The White House in an office position. Her position included the transcription of documents and speeches and writing “all the president’s personal letters.” Ms. Sanger’s annual salary was $1,600, and she was recognized by local newspapers as an able stenographer. In fact,
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution. Paul Revere (1 January 1735 – 10 May 1818) was a Patriot in the American Revolution, silversmith, engraver, and early industrialist. He is best known for his midnight ride to warn colonial militiamen in April 1775 of the approaching British forces before the battles of Lexington
Rose Heilbron
Rose Heilbron is the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, England in 1972. This was just one of her many firsts as a British journalist. Heilbron was also a High Court judge, previously a barrister after World War 2 in the United Kingdom. Rose Heilbron Firsts Her career included many “firsts” for a woman
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