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Chicago Tribune
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Chicago Tribune
Today in History: Haitian President Jovenel Moïse assassinated
Today is Monday, July 7, the 188th day of 2024. There are 177 days left in the year. Today in History: On July 7, 2021, a squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home. Also on this date: In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government. In 1898, President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, approving the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii. In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (known today as Hoover Dam). In 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. In 1990, the first 'Three Tenors' concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome's Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final. In 2005, terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 people and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II. In 2010, Los Angeles police arrested and charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the city's 'Grim Sleeper' serial killings. (Franklin, who was sentenced to death for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl, died in prison in March 2020 at the age of 67.) In 2013, Andy Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic in the final. In 2016, Micah Johnson, a Black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of Black men; the attack ended with Johnson being killed by a bomb delivered by a police robot. Today's Birthdays: Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen is 98. Former Beatle Ringo Starr is 85. World Golf Hall of Famer Tony Jacklin is 81. Actor Joe Spano is 79. Actor Roz Ryan is 74. Actor Billy Campbell is 66. Basketball Hall of Famer Ralph Sampson is 65. Singer-songwriter Vonda Shepard is 62. Actor-comedian Jim Gaffigan is 59. Actor Amy Carlson is 57. Actor Jorja Fox is 57. Actor Robin Weigert is 56. Basketball Hall of Famer Lisa Leslie is 53. Actor Kirsten Vangsness ('Criminal Minds') is 53. Actor Berenice Bejo (Film: 'The Artist') is 49. Actor Hamish Linklater is 49. Olympic figure skating medalist Michelle Kwan is 45. Guitarist Synyster Gates (Avenged Sevenfold) is 44. Pop singer Ally Brooke (Fifth Harmony) (TV: 'The X Factor') is 32. Pop musician Ashton Irwin (5 Seconds to Summer) is 31. Country singer Maddie Font (Maddie and Tae) is 30.
Boston Globe
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Today in History: July 7, Reagan nominates O'Connor for the US Supreme Court
In 1865, four people were hanged in Washington, D.C., for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the federal government. Advertisement In 1898, President William McKinley signed the Newlands Resolution, approving the annexation of the Republic of Hawaii. Advertisement In 1930, construction began on Boulder Dam (known today as Hoover Dam). In 1976, the United States Military Academy at West Point included female cadets for the first time as 119 women joined the Class of 1980. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the US Supreme Court. In 1990, the first 'Three Tenors' concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome's Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the FIFA World Cup final. In 2005, terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 people and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II. In 2010, Los Angeles police arrested and charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the city's 'Grim Sleeper' serial killings. (Franklin, who was sentenced to death for the killings of nine women and a teenage girl, died in prison in March 2020 at the age of 67.) In 2013, Andy Murray became the first British man in 77 years to win the Wimbledon title, beating Novak Djokovic in the final. In 2016, Micah Johnson, a Black Army veteran who served in Afghanistan, opened fire on Dallas police, killing five officers in an act of vengeance for the fatal police shootings of Black men; the attack ended with Johnson being killed by a bomb delivered by a police robot. In 2021, a squad of gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in an overnight raid on their home. Advertisement
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Black Medal of Honor recipient's government page briefly inaccessible; 'deimedal' added to URL
A Department of Defense webpage honoring a Black Army general was temporarily updated with the addition of the letters "DEI" in the page's URL, as well as being inaccessible altogether on the Pentagon's website. A "404" error message was temporarily displayed on the page for Army Maj. Gen. Charles Gavin Rogers's Medal of Honor, while the phrase "deimedal" appeared in in the URL. As of Monday, the change had been reversed and the page was back up, but the error page with 'deimedal' in the URL was still visible on the Internet Archive. The change in the webpage came as the Trump Administration has implemented various measures to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion efforts across federal agencies. "We have ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies all across the entire federal government and, indeed, the private sector and our military," Trump said in his address before a joint session of Congress earlier this month. Pink triangle: Trump shared an article with a pink triangle symbol. Why critics are alarmed. The United States Department of Defense did not immediately respond to USA TODAY's request for comment on Monday. A West Virginia native, Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1970, according to the West Virginia Military Hall of Fame. Rogers received the award after being wounded three times in Vietnam while leading the defense of a base. He was also the highest-ranking African American to receive the medal. Following his award, Rogers remained in the military and retired as a major general in 1984. Rogers died in 1990 and was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. A bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia was renamed after Rogers in 1999 to honor his life and achievements. During the first two months of his second term in office, Trump has issued a plethora of executive order that seek to dismantle DEI programs, put pressure on federal contractors to end 'illegal DEI discrimination' and direct federal agencies to draw up lists of private companies that could be investigated for their DEI policies. Back in February, a four-page letter was sent by the Department of Education in which Craig Trainor, the Education Department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said that the law now prohibits schools reliant on federal money from 'using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies, and all other aspects of student, academic, and campus life.' Contributing: Zachary Schermele and Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending news reporter for USA TODAY. Reach him at and follow him on X @fern_cerv_. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'Deimedal' added to Defense webpage of Black Medal of Honor recipient
