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Humanity
As Hurricane Irma loomed, more than 1,500 Sabbath observant Jews of all ages were forced into an exodus out of the Sunshine State. Putting their faith in total strangers who understood their laws and shared their customs, they were sheltered, fed and inspired
Reality Check
Remember, will you, Obama and the Dems' diplomacy marvel? Some are beginning to wish they didn't
Prevent A Divorce!
You guys are doing great. Keep it up
Wealth Strategies
The moves you can make now, potentially saving you a bundle if the market starts to skid
Wellness
Boosters tout skin, mood and even anti-cancer benefits. Here's what the science says
Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
Go off the usual grid with savory waffles for brunch
[ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ]
• Chip Bok
[ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] • 1789, the United States Department of State is established (formerly known as Department of Foreign Affairs)
• 1812, the French army under Napoleon reaches the Kremlin in Moscow.
• 1821, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica jointly declare independence from Spain
• 1831, the locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The English-built railroad steam train became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution operated it in 1981
• 1916, during World War I: Tanks are used for the first time in battle, at the Battle of the Somme
• 1935, Nuremberg Laws go into effect depriving German Jews of citizenship. ALSO: Nazi Germany adopts a new national flag with the swastika
• 1940, the climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoot down large numbers of Nazi Luftwaffe
• 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill meet in Quebec as part of the Octagon Conference to discuss strategy
• 1950, during the Korean War, United Nations forces landed at Inchon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul
• 1959, Nikita Khrushchev becomes the first Soviet leader to visit the United States
• 1962, the Soviet ship Poltava heads toward Cuba, one of the events that sets into motion the Cuban Missile Crisis
• 1966, responding to a sniper attack at the University of Texas at Austin, Lyndon B. Johnson writes a letter to the United States Congress urging the enactment of gun control legislation
• 1968, Soviet Zond 5 spaceship is launched, becoming the first spacecraft to fly around the Moon and re-enter the Earth's atmosphere
• 1987, U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze sign a treaty to establish centers to reduce the risk of nuclear war
• 1997, the IRA-allied Sinn Fein party entered Northern Ireland's peace talks for the first time
• 1998, WorldCom and MCI Communications finish their landmark merger, forming MCI WorldCom which would later be renamed WorldCom and become the largest bankruptcy in United States history
• 1999, one month after being charged in the United States with laundering suspected drug payoffs, Mexico's former top drug prosecutor, Mario Ruiz Massieu, was found dead in his New Jersey apartment, an apparent suicide.
• 2001, President George W. Bush identified Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and told Americans to prepare for a long, difficult war against terrorism
• 2005, President George W. Bush, addressing the nation from storm-ravaged New Orleans, acknowledged the government failed to respond adequately to Hurricane Katrina and urged Congress to approve a massive reconstruction program
• 2006, Ford Motor Co. took drastic steps to remold itself into a smaller, more competitive company, slashing thousands of jobs and shuttering two additional plants
• 2008, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 504.48, or 4.42 percent, to 10,917.51 while oil closed below $100 a barrel for the first time in six months amid upheaval in the financial industry as Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection and Merrill Lynch & Co. was sold to Bank of America
• 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the worst recession since the 1930s was "very likely over," although he cautioned that pain -- especially for nearly 15 million unemployed Americans -- would persist. ALSO: An unrepentant Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi reporter who'd thrown his shoes at President George W. Bush in Dec. 2008, was freed from prison
• 2010, typhoon-triggered floods and landslides killed dozens of people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in North Korea
• 2012, an attack by the Taliban killed two U.S. Marines and destroyed several planes at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan. The militants said one of their reasons for the attack was to assassinate Britain's Prince Harry, a helicopter pilot stationed at the base, but officials said he was not in danger. NATO said 18 attackers were killed.
• 2014, representatives of 26 countries, meeting in Paris, agreed to support the new Iraqi government against Islamic State extremists "by any means necessary, including appropriate military assistance."
• 2016, a report issued by the Republican-led House intelligence committee condemned Edward Snowden, saying the National Security Agency leaker was not a whistleblower and that the vast majority of the documents he stole were defense secrets that had nothing to do with privacy; Snowden's attorney blasted the report, saying it was an attempt to discredit a "genuine American hero."
[ I N S I G H T ]
Wesley Pruden: The furtive romance at the White House
News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Smooth Reactions
• Despite pardon, Arpaio judge isn't convinced she should toss his conviction
Greg Crosby: War on Western Civilization
Mona Charen: Do Conservatives Take 'Violating' Women Seriously?
L. Brent Bozell III: Here Comes a Chappaquiddick Movie
Michael Barone: House Republicans' Frustrations May Doom Their Majority
Suzanne Fields: The woman scorned, opening old sores
David Limbaugh: Holding Trump Accountable When Necessary
Rich Lowry: The Agony of the Wall: Trump has blustered himself into a difficult position
Robert Costa & Michael Scherer: 'Amnesty Don'? Trump tests the faith of supporters with talk of immigration deal
Jonah Goldberg: Immigration hawks licking their wounds after Trump's about-face
Bernard Goldberg: Harvey, Irma and Stevie Wonder
(INCL. VIDEO) David Filipov: Russia, Belarus launch war games aimed at holding the line against the West
Josh Rogin: A South Korean delegation asks Washington for nuclear weapons
Charles Hurt: Trump delivers to voters, even if they don't like it
• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen
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