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| Children's playground at the Crescent Department Store. |
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Statues
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| Monaghan Statue, Riverside Ave. and Monroe St., erected 1906 |
Ensign Robert Monaghan was a Spokane youth who gave up his life in 1899 while saving a fellow officer during the uprising in Samoa.
Upriver
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| Spokane City Water Works Dam, now the site of the city's Upriver Dam water and hydroelectric facility, c. 1907 |
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| The Spokane River at Post Falls, Idaho |
Schools
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| Brunot Hall, a boarding and day school for Protestant girls, 2209 W. Pacific Ave., c. 1911 |
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| Hutton Settlement, c. 1927 |
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| Holmes School, 2600 W. Sharp Ave., c. 1909 |
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| Edison School, South Lee Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue (1893-1972). |
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| Lincoln School, Fifth Avenue and Browne Street (1888-1967). |
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| Webster School, 615 E. Sharp Avenue, c. 1909. Opened in 1901, it was rebuilt after a fire in 1945 and closed in 1962. Bing Crosby attended grade school here. |
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| Spokane High School, 521 W. Fourth Avenue, was the city's first high school. Its name was changed to South Central High School in 1908. It was built in 1891 and burned down in 1910. Lewis and Clark High School was built in its site. |
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| Lewis and Clark High School, on Fourth Avenue between Stevens Street and Howard Street, replaced South Central High School at this site. President Theodore Roosevelt laid the cornerstone during a visit to Spokane. The building was designed by Loren L. Rand and completed in 1912. |
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| Academy of the Holy Names, between Boone Avenue and Sharp Avenue on Superior Street, c. 1911. It was built in 1891 and chartered as a secondary academy for Catholic girls. |
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| North Central High School, 516 W. August Avenue. Built in 1908, this building was demolished in 1981 after the construction of the new building. |
Fort George Wright
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| The parade grounds at Fort George Wright, c. 1909 |
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| The Flag at Ft. George Wright, with the Exchange Building in the background |
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| A cannon on the parade grounds at Ft. George Wright, c. 1907 |
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| Officer's housing in the background at Ft. George Wright |
Other Parks
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| Coeur d'Alene Park, Spokane's first park, located in Browne's Addition, Spokane's first upscale neighborhood. |
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| Pond in Coeur d'Alene Park, c. 1907 |
Colleges
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| The Counselman School of Stenography, 1912. |
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| Gonzaga University Administration Building, 502 E. Boone Avenue, c. 1913. It was founded by the Jesuits, largely through the efforts of Fr. Joseph Cataldo. Opened as a school for boys in 1887, it became coed in 1948. It was the first Catholic college in the Pacific Northwest. |
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| Gonzaga Cadet Corps, started in 1900 and terminated during the 1908-1909 school year. The War Department furnished the necessary arms and equipment. |
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| Spokane College, 728 E. 29th Ave., c. 1910. This Spokane College, built in 1907, was the second Protestant college with that name. The first was north of the river. |
In the news, Thursday, February 28, 2013
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from Space.com (& CollectSpace)
from The Spokesman-Review
Congress passes bill renewing anti-violence law
Kip Hill Spokesman-Review correspondent
Supermajority for taxes in Legislature unconstitutional
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
More than 100,000 crowd St. Peter’s Square to pay respects to pontiff
Henry Chu Los Angeles Times
Iran welcomes concessions
Associated Press
Sugar, not obesity, may drive diabetes
Study looks for causes of pandemic
Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times
Supreme Court debates Voting Rights Act case
Panel split along ideological lines
David G. Savage, David Lauter McClatchy-Tribune
Changes planned to N.Y. gun law
Exemptions for TV, movies included
Michael Gormley Associated Press
Congressional leaders to meet with Obama
Ongoing sniping suggests budget deal still elusive
William Douglas McClatchy-Tribune
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In brief: From Staff and Wire Reports:
Washington – The Senate confirmed Jacob Lew to be Treasury secretary, affirming President Barack Obama’s choice of a budget expert at a time when Congress and the White House are at odds over sharp government spending cuts.
The Senate voted 71-26 to support the nomination.
Lew, 57, had most recently served as Obama’s chief of staff. He succeeds Timothy Geithner, who completed a tumultuous four-year term in which he helped lead the administration’s response to the financial crisis and recession.
White House: ICE decided to release detainees
Washington – The White House worked Wednesday to distance itself from the recent release of illegal immigrants from federal custody, a move officials at the Department of Homeland Security suggested was necessary given looming budget cuts.
White House press secretary Jay Carney said the decision to release hundreds of low-level, non-criminal detainees from across the country was made by “career officials at ICE” to ensure that Immigration and Customs Enforcement stayed within budget while continuing to monitor and seek the deportation of every individual released.
The release came “as a result of fiscal uncertainty over the continuing resolution, as well as possible sequester,” Carney said.
Also Wednesday, ICE disputed reports that Gary Mead, who oversees enforcement and removal operations at the agency, had announced his resignation in the wake of the release. Spokeswoman Gillian Christensen said Mead had long ago planned to retire this spring.
“As planned, and as shared with ICE staff weeks ago, Mr. Mead will retire at the end of April,” Christensen wrote in an email.
Property auction will be conducted online next week
Spokane County’s online auction of tax-delinquent properties will run Monday through Tuesday morning, County Treasurer Rob Chase said.
Spokane County initially scheduled the foreclosure sale for Dec. 3-4. Chase said he changed the date after learning a sale wasn’t required by the end of 2012. He said some property owners contacted his office saying they were prepared to clear their past taxes if the auction was delayed.
The auction will be the first the county has conducted online. In the past, foreclosed parcel auctions were conducted in person at the Spokane County Courthouse. Online auctions tend to draw more bidders and produce more revenue, according to Bid4Assets, the online firm hosting the auction.
In December, 67 properties were due to be auctioned, Chase said. On Wednesday there were just 48 because property owners resolved their delinquencies.
For more information on the auction, go to http://tinyurl.com/cd5p8yr.
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Angela K. Brown Associated Press
Rosa Parks statue unveiled in Capitol
Beena Raghavendran McClatchy-Tribune
Spokane County commissioners to run jails
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Judge Imbrogno accused of being too tough
Thomas Clouse The Spokesman-Review
Jody Lawrence-Turner The Spokesman-Review
Pregnancy drug won’t harm fetus
Nausea medication safe, study says
Marilynn Marchione Associated Press
12-year-old wins support for Idaho amphibian proposal
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
Pregnancy drug won’t harm fetus
Nausea medication safe, study says
Marilynn Marchione Associated Press
12-year-old wins support for Idaho amphibian proposal
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
GOP set to block higher gasoline tax
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
Spokane County urban growth hearing packed
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
Idaho leads in percentage of workers paid minimum wage
Scott Maben The Spokesman-Review
Upbeat economic news edges Dow near record
Steve Rothwell Associated Press
Problems mounted, such as grounded ship
Dan Joling Associated Press
Wearable technology could be next big thing
Internet-connected glasses, wristwatches in development
Andrea Chang Los Angeles Times
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opinion:
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sports:
Vince Grippi The Spokesman-Review
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Doctor K: Strategies to add exercise to your life
Anthony L. Komaroff Universal Uclick
Front Porch: Spokanlandia perfect place for spring fun
Cindy Hval The Spokesman-Review
Little lady beetles will nibble plants and feast on pests
Pat Munts
An Inland Northwest winter is nothing compared to these spots
Randy Mann
Reward offered for two benches stolen last summer
Saltese Cemetery caretaker provided seats
From Staff Reports
from The Wenatchee World
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Members of the Adrian Grange (pictured here)
were instrumental in supporting the cause for
public power in Grant County during the 1930s.
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By Christine Pratt World staff writer
Associated Press
sports commentary: John McGrath The Tacoma News Tribune
McClatchy Newspapers
A poignant and powerful farewell before resignation — a first in 600 year
Los Angeles Times
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| The Wenatchee Hotel and Charles Kyle’s sewing machine and picture framing shop face Orondo Street in this photo taken around 1905. Note the board sidewalk, dirt street and newly installed telephone pole. The thoroughfare was a popular route as it led to the ferry that crossed the Columbia River at that time. The portion of the building seen behind the hotel is the Eagle Livery Barn which faces on Wenatchee Avenue. |
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February 28 in history
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Events
202 BC – coronation ceremony of Liu Bang as Emperor Gaozu of Han takes place, initiating four centuries of the Han dynasty's rule over China.
628 – Khosrau II is executed by Mihr Hormozd under the orders of Kavadh II.
870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1246 – The Siege of Jaén ends in the context of the Spanish Reconquista resulting in the Castilian takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaen.
1525 – The Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed by Hernán Cortés's forces.
1638 – The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh. Its signatories opposed reforms to the Church of Scotland, a dispute that ultimately led to the First English Civil War.
1784: John Wesley charters the first Methodist Church in the United States.
1811 – Cry of Asencio, beginning of the Uruguayan War of Independence.
1827 – The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad is incorporated, becoming the first railroad in America offering commercial transportation of both people and freight.
1838 – Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec).
1844 – A gun on USS Princeton explodes while the boat is on a Potomac River cruise, killing eight people, including two United States Cabinet members.
1847 – The Battle of the Sacramento River during the Mexican–American War is a decisive victory for the United States leading to the capture of Chihuahua.
1849 – The California gold rush and regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor, bringing the first boat load of prospectors/
1861: With the region's population booming because of the Pike's Peak gold rush, Congress created the new Territory of Colorado.
1864: A major Union cavalry raid began when General Hugh Judson Kilpatrick led 3,500 troopers south from Stevensburg, Virginia.
1867 – Seventy years of Holy See-United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
1870 – The Bulgarian Exarchate is established by decree of Sultan Abd-ul-Aziz of the Ottoman Empire.
1874 – One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
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| Harvard Square in 1906 from whatwasthere.com |
1883 – The first vaudeville theater opens in Boston.
1885 – The American Telephone and Telegraph Company is incorporated in New York as the subsidiary of American Bell Telephone. (American Bell would later merge with its subsidiary.)
1893 – The USS Indiana, the lead ship of her class and the first battleship in the United States Navy comparable to foreign battleships of the time, is launched.
1897 – Queen Ranavalona III, the last monarch of Madagascar, is deposed by a French military force.
1900 – The Second Boer War: The 118-day "Siege of Ladysmith" is lifted.
1909 – The first National Woman's Day is observed in the United States.
1914 – The Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus is proclaimed in Gjirokastër, by the Greeks living in southern Albania.
1916: Allied forces completed their conquest of the Cameroons, a German protectorate on the coast of western Africa.
1922 – The United Kingdom ends its protectorate over Egypt through a Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
1925 – The Charlevoix-Kamouraska earthquake strikes northeastern North America.
1928 – C. V. Raman discovers Raman scattering.
1933 – Gleichschaltung: The Reichstag Fire Decree is passed in Germany a day after the Reichstag fire.
1935 – DuPont scientist Wallace Carothers invents nylon.
1939 – The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
1940 – Basketball is televised for the first time (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh in Madison Square Garden).
1942 – The heavy cruiser USS Houston is sunk in the Battle of Sunda Strait with 693 crew members killed, along with HMAS Perth which lost 375 men.
1944: Hannah Reitsch, the first female test pilot in the world, suggested the creation of the Nazi equivalent of a kamikaze squad of suicide bombers while visiting Adolf Hitler in Berchtesgaden. Hitler was less than enthusiastic about the idea.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots in Accra.
1953 – Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H. C. Crick announce to friends that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. The formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
1968: Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more troops. Gen. Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned from his recent round of talks with Gen. William Westmoreland in Saigon and immediately delivered a written report to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – After 11 seasons the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H airs a special two-and-a-half hour final episode watched by almost 106 million viewers, 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time, and still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1947 – February 28 Incident: In Taiwan, civil disorder is put down with the loss of an estimated 30,000 civilians.
1948 – Christiansborg Cross-Roads shooting in the Gold Coast, when a British police officer opens fire on a march of ex-servicemen, killing three of them and sparking major riots in Accra.
1953 – Cambridge University scientists James D. Watson and Frances H. C. Crick announce to friends that they have determined the double-helix structure of DNA, the molecule containing human genes. The formal announcement takes place on April 25 following publication in April's Nature (pub. April 2).
1954 – The first color television sets using the NTSC standard are offered for sale to the general public.
1958 – A school bus in Floyd County, Kentucky hits a wrecker truck and plunges down an embankment into the rain-swollen Levisa Fork River. The driver and 26 children die in what remains one of the worst school bus accidents in U.S. history.
1959 – Discoverer 1, an American spy satellite that is the first object intended to achieve a polar orbit, is launched. It failed to achieve orbit.
1968: Wheeler says Westmoreland will need more troops. Gen. Earle Wheeler, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, returned from his recent round of talks with Gen. William Westmoreland in Saigon and immediately delivered a written report to President Lyndon B. Johnson.
1972 – Sino-American relations: The United States and People's Republic of China sign the Shanghai Communiqué.
1975 – In London an underground train fails to stop at Moorgate terminus station and crashes into the end of the tunnel, killing 43 people.
1980 – Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983 – After 11 seasons the celebrated sitcom M*A*S*H airs a special two-and-a-half hour final episode watched by almost 106 million viewers, 77 percent of the television viewing audience. It was the largest percentage ever to watch a single TV show up to that time, and still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985 – The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986 – Olof Palme, prime minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1987: In a surprising announcement, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev indicated that his nation was ready to sign "without delay" a treaty designed to eliminate U.S. and Soviet medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe.
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. Four BATF agents and five Davidians are killed in a gun battle prompted by the initial raid. A 51-day standoff standoff ensued after the unsuccessful raid.
1994: In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. fighter planes shot down four Serbian warplanes engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosnia's no-fly zone.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2001 – The Nisqually Earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2001 – Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
"Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)
Malankara Orthodox
Commemoration of Mar Aprem Malpan and Mar Theodoros
1991 – The first Gulf War ends.
1993 – Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church compound in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. Four BATF agents and five Davidians are killed in a gun battle prompted by the initial raid. A 51-day standoff standoff ensued after the unsuccessful raid.
1994: In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. fighter planes shot down four Serbian warplanes engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosnia's no-fly zone.
1995 – Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the Australian federal election, 1993.
1997 – An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997 – The North Hollywood shootout takes place, resulting in the injury of 19 people and the deaths of both perpetrators.
1997 – GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1998 – First flight of RQ-4 Global Hawk, the first unmanned aerial vehicle certified to file its own flight plans and fly regularly in U.S. civilian airspace.
1998 – Kosovo War: Serbian police begin the offensive against the Kosovo Liberation Army in Kosovo.
2001 – The Nisqually Earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, hits the Nisqually Valley and the Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia area of the U.S. state of Washington.
2001 – Six passengers and four railway staff are killed and a further 82 people suffer serious injuries in the Selby rail crash.
2002 – During the religious violence in Gujarat, the 97 people killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004 – Over one million Taiwanese participating in the 228 Hand-in-Hand Rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947
2005 – A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013 – Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church becoming the first pope to do so since 1415.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Abercius (martyr)
Hilarius
Mar Abba
Oswald of Worcester
Romanus of Condat
Rufinus
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))
Eastern Orthodox
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Apostles of the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus (1st c.)
Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, Bishop of Magydos, at Perge in Pamphylia (c. 250)
Martyrs Macarius, Rufinus, Justus and Theophilus, in Rome (250)
Martyrs Caerellius, Publius, Gaius, and Serapion, in Alexandria
Holy 6 Martyrs in Alexandria, Egypt
Martyr Abercius, by the sword
Saints Marina and Kyra, and Domnica, nuns, of Beroea (Aleppo) in Syria (c. 450)
Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457)
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius, at Decapolis
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (c. 415)
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius (Barsus of Damascus), of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.)
Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.)
Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic
Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Romanus of Condat, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains, Gaul (460)
Saint Hilary (Hilarus), Pope of Rome (468)[8][note 6]
Saint Llibio, the patron-saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales (6th c.)
Saint Maidoc (Madoc), Bishop, Llanmadog in Wales was named after him (6th c.)
Saint Ruellinus (Ruellin), successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany (6th c.)
Saint Sillan (Silvanus), a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland,
and his second successor as abbot there (c. 610)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (992)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Yaroslav the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Holy 40,000 Martyrs, under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (13th c.)
Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576)
New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki (1751)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.)
Saint Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th c.)
Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Metropolitan of Rostov, Confessor (1772)
Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1840)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)
Other commemorations
Commemoration of the Great Earthquake at Antioch (1092)Traditional Western
Contemporary Western
Abercius (martyr)
Hilarius
Mar Abba
Oswald of Worcester
Romanus of Condat
Rufinus
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Anna Julia Cooper and Elizabeth Evelyn Wright (Episcopal Church (USA))
Eastern Orthodox
February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Apostles of the Seventy Nymphas and Eubulus (1st c.)
Hieromartyr Nestor of Magydos, Bishop of Magydos, at Perge in Pamphylia (c. 250)
Martyrs Macarius, Rufinus, Justus and Theophilus, in Rome (250)
Martyrs Caerellius, Publius, Gaius, and Serapion, in Alexandria
Holy 6 Martyrs in Alexandria, Egypt
Martyr Abercius, by the sword
Saints Marina and Kyra, and Domnica, nuns, of Beroea (Aleppo) in Syria (c. 450)
Hieromartyr Proterius of Alexandria, Patriarch of Alexandria, and six companions (457)
Venerable Basil the Confessor (747), companion of St. Procopius, at Decapolis
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Germanus of Dacia Pontica (Dobrogea, Romania) (c. 415)
Venerable John Cassian the Roman, Abbot of Monastery of St Victor, Marseille (435)
Venerable John, called Barsanuphius (Barsus of Damascus), of Nitria in Egypt (5th c.)
Saint George the Confessor, Bishop of Defeltos (7th c.)
Saint Leo of Cappadocia, monastic
Martyr Theocteristus, Abbot of Pelecete Monastery near Prusa (8th c.)
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Romanus of Condat, desert-dweller of Condat in the Jura Mountains, Gaul (460)
Saint Hilary (Hilarus), Pope of Rome (468)[8][note 6]
Saint Llibio, the patron-saint of Llanlibio in Anglesey in Wales (6th c.)
Saint Maidoc (Madoc), Bishop, Llanmadog in Wales was named after him (6th c.)
Saint Ruellinus (Ruellin), successor of St Tudwal as Bishop of Tréguier in Brittany (6th c.)
Saint Sillan (Silvanus), a disciple of St Comgall in Bangor, Co. Down, Ireland,
and his second successor as abbot there (c. 610)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Saint Oswald of Worcester, Archbishop of York (992)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Saint Yaroslav the Wise, thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev (1054)
Holy 40,000 Martyrs, under the Mamluk Turks, by burning (13th c.)
Blessed Nicholas of Pskov, Fool-for-Christ (1576)
New Virgin-martyr Kyranna of Thessaloniki (1751)
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
Venerable Cassian, recluse and faster of the Kiev Caves (12th c.)
Saint Cassian of Mu Lake Hermitage, disciple of St. Alexander of Svir (16th c.)
Saint Arsenius (Matseyevich), Metropolitan of Rostov, Confessor (1772)
Saint Meletius, Archbishop of Kharkov and Akhtyr (1840)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergius, Priest (1932)
Other commemorations
Commemorated on February 29 in leap years; otherwise here on February 28:
"Devpeteruv" Icon of the Mother of God (1392)
Malankara Orthodox
Commemoration of Mar Aprem Malpan and Mar Theodoros
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
In the news, Wednesday, February 27, 2013
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from the Bureau of Reclamation
Revitalizing a Regional Power House
YouTube video
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from KREM.com
Soy could be triggering Kawasaki disease in young children
by JEAN ENERSEN / KING 5 News
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from NCWTV.com
Methow River to re-open for steelhead, whitefish; portions of Okanogan River to close for steelheading
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from iFIBERone.com
By Cameron Probert
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from The Spokesman-Review
High court weighs arrestees’ privacy against police efforts to solve cases
Jesse J. Holland Associated Press
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Effort targets online pirates
Downloaders face Internet slowdowns
Anne Flaherty Associated Press
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Spokane Tribe won’t oppose requested delay on casino
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Spokane police ombudsman asking for inquests
Ombudsman recommends public inquiries in deaths tied to police
Jonathan Brunt The Spokesman-Review
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County jails may get a changing of guard
Commissioners consider taking over corrections operations to save money
Mike Prager The Spokesman-Review
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Top Mexican union leader arrested
Los Angeles Times
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Hagel confirmed by Senate
Ex-Nebraska senator to run Pentagon
Matthew Schofield McClatchy-Tribune
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Abortion ban is vetoed
Associated Press
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Associated Press
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Immigration agency cites sequester after releases
Deportation centers set hundreds free
Kathleen Hennessey McClatchy-Tribune
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Nevada eyes 85 mph speed limit
Los Angeles Times
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In brief: From Wire Reports:
Vatican City – The Vatican settled the question of what you call a retired pontiff by announcing Tuesday that after he steps down from office later this week, Pope Benedict XVI will bear the title “pope emeritus” or “Roman pontiff emeritus.”
The outgoing pope will also continue to be addressed as “His Holiness” and will keep the name Benedict XVI rather than return to being called Joseph Ratzinger.
He will still be robed in white, a simple cassock with no adornments. But Benedict, an inveterate shoe lover, will swap his red shoes for brown ones that he spotted and liked in Mexico.
The decision on the title and his outfit was made by the pope himself in consultation with other church officials, the Vatican said.
Benedict’s last day as head of the Roman Catholic Church is Thursday. The Vatican said he is spending the final days of his papacy in prayer and reflection, with few meetings on his schedule.
Opposition sitting out Egypt elections
Cairo – Egypt’s main opposition coalition said Tuesday it will boycott upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision likely to push the country into a new round of political turmoil and worsen an already-troubled economy.
The announcement by the liberal, secular National Salvation Front was made in a televised news conference just hours ahead of the start of a “national dialogue” convened by Islamist President Mohammed Morsi to produce recommendations on ensuring the “transparency” and “integrity” of the vote. The NSF said it was also boycotting the dialogue.
The decision to boycott the election, due to begin in April, is a bid by the opposition to undermine the legitimacy of the rule of Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, the fundamentalist Islamist group he hails from.
Opponents accuse the Brotherhood of monopolizing power, and the country has been embroiled in months of protests amid public anger that the Brotherhood has failed to resolve the nation’s woes or meet the hopes of the revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak’s authoritarian regime in 2011.
Panel vote sends Lew to Senate
WASHINGTON – A Senate committee voted to confirm Jacob Lew as treasury secretary despite Republican concerns about his support for higher taxes to reduce the nation’s debt as well as his tenure as a Citigroup executive before joining the Obama administration.
The 19-5 vote Tuesday by the Senate Finance Committee moves the nomination of Lew, the former White House chief of staff, to the full Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he hoped to hold a confirmation vote by the end of the week.
Global music industry singing a happier tune
LONDON – More than a decade after online file swapping tipped the music industry into turmoil, record executives may finally be getting a sliver of good news.
Industry revenue is up. A measly 0.3 percent, but it’s still up.
Since its 1999 peak, the global music industry’s revenues have crashed more than 40 percent. Tuesday’s figures, which show a rise in global revenue from $16.4 billion in 2011 to $16.5 billion in 2012, are the first hint of growth in more than a decade.
Banks step up lending and see profits soar
WASHINGTON – Profits at U.S. banks jumped almost 37 percent for the October-December period, reaching the highest level for a fourth quarter in six years as banks continued to step up lending.
The figures are fresh evidence of the industry’s sustained recovery more than four years after the financial crisis.
Banks earned $34.7 billion in the last three months of 2012, up from $25.4 billion a year ago and the highest for a fourth quarter since 2006, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Tuesday. Sixty percent of banks reported improved earnings from the fourth quarter of 2011, the agency said.
The FDIC, created during the Great Depression to ensure bank deposits, monitors and examines the financial condition of U.S. banks.
Turkey wants wrestling
The head of Istanbul’s bid for the 2020 Olympics is hoping a victorious vote for his group coincides with wrestling’s return to the games. The IOC executive board voted this month to drop wrestling from the 2020 program, but the final vote will be made in September in Buenos Aires, Argentina. That’s when Istanbul will be challenging Madrid and Tokyo for the right to stage the Olympics in seven years. Istanbul bid leader Hasan Arat says “if we are awarded the games, Turkey wants to have wrestling events in Istanbul.” One of Turkey’s five medals at the London Olympics came in wrestling.
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Retired Spokane physician remembers friend, C. Everett Koop
Med school classmates helped one another
Kevin Graman Senior correspondent
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Vestal: Bill stood slim chance, unlike fired cops, it seems
Shawn Vestal The Spokesman-Review
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Lilac Bloomsday Association moves into new building
Approaching its 37th year, Bloomsday settles into a brand-new home
Tom Sowa The Spokesman-Review
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For lawmakers, supermajority a taxing constitutional debate
Roach pushes amendment during state Senate hearing
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Gun clubs say state overtaxes skeet shooting
Jim Camden The Spokesman-Review
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Charter school funding moves along to House
Bill diverts money from other schools
Betsy Z. Russell The Spokesman-Review
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Low rates not a risk for now, Fed chief says
He urges Congress to replace automatic cuts with gradual ones
Martin Crutsinger Associated Press
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Apple will settle suit over kids’ app-buying
Credits, some refunds available for parents
Associated Press
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Economy brightens
Consumers confident even with cuts looming
Christopher S. Rugaber Associated Press
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Class-action suits claim beer watered down
Anheuser-Busch denies accusation
Maryclaire Dale Associated Press
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Supreme Court rejects suit on surveillance law
Majority says harm to innocents is conjecture
Jesse J. Holland Associated Press
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opinion:
TrudyRubin Philadelphia Inquirer
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Kelly victorious in Illinois primary
Democrat will likely win April 9 election
Sophia Tareen Associated Press
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Small cancer increase seen in younger women
Aggressive form of breast cancer still rare
Lindsey Tanner Associated Press
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sports:
State B memories
View a photo gallery chronicling the hard work, diligence, heartbreak and celebration that shaped the State B Tournament through the years.
State B memories
View a photo gallery chronicling the hard work, diligence, heartbreak and celebration that shaped the State B Tournament through the years.
Reardan girls take aim at 3rd straight 2B title
Jim Allen The Spokesman-Review
Approves initiative to keep NBA team
Bob Condotta Seattle Times
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food:
Bread for beginners
No knead to sweat it: No-Work Bread requires few ingredients and even less skill
Story By Jim Kershner Senior Correspondent
Bread for beginners
No knead to sweat it: No-Work Bread requires few ingredients and even less skill
Story By Jim Kershner Senior Correspondent
Chicken curry that’s quick and delicious
Vegetables lower fat, but add the right natural sweetness
J.M. Hirsch AP Food Editor
Sweet potato pie has a savory side
From Staff Reports
Sticky-sweet pork a midweek-friendly meal
Marinade can double as sauce for added ease
J.M. Hirsch AP Food Editor
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from The Wenatchee World
U.S. House unanimous on McMorris Rodgers hydropower bill
By K.C. Mehaffey World staff writer
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Old news
by Linda Barta Librarian and News Assistant
50 years ago — 1963: The Wenatchee Chamber of Commerce roads committee this week reaffirmed its stand in favor of leaving the route of U. S. 2 between Wenatchee and Coulee City unchanged. The action came at a special meeting after delegates from Ephrata, Quincy and Soap Lake requested that the road go through their towns.
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| An early morning fire on April 4, 1957, caused widespread damage to the Griggs and Scaman buildings and several businesses near Wenatchee Avenue and First Street. Firefighters are shown here battling the blaze, which took over five hours to control. The contents of Miller’s Department Store and the Sassy Shop sustained the worst damage, along with the belongings of people living in apartments above Miller’s store. The loss was estimated to be between $250,000 and $500,000. |
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Dam visitor center opens Friday
By Anna Lopez Features Assistant
WENATCHEE — The Rocky Reach Dam visitor center, 6151 State Highway 97A, will open at 9 a.m. Friday.
The center offers free tours of the powerhouse, fish viewing, a Nez Percé portrait exhibit, a Thomas Edison exhibit, a Chelan County PUD dive team exhibit, art displays and a theater.
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Oct. 31.
For more information, call 663-7522.
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High school dropouts cost economy billions
The Associated Press
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February 27 in history
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Events
380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I, with co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II, declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to trinitarian Christianity, issuing the Edict of Thessalonica, which established Christianity as the official religion of the empire and condemned several breakaway sects which had emerged since the end of anti-Christian persecution in 313.
425 – The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907 – Abaoji, a Khitan chieftain, is enthroned as Emperor Taizu, establishing the Liao dynasty in northern China.
1560 – The Treaty of Berwick, which would expel the French from Scotland, is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland.
1594 – Henry IV is crowned King of France.
1617 – Sweden and Russia sign the Treaty of Stolbovo, ending the Ingrian War and shutting Russia out of the Baltic Sea.
1626 – Yuan Chonghuan is appointed Governor of Liaodong, after he led the Chinese into a great victory against the Manchurians under Nurhaci.
1700 – The island of New Britain is discovered.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Commander Richard Caswell leads 1,000 Patriot troops in the successful Battle of Moores Creek over 1,600 British Loyalists. It would go down in history as the first American victory in the first organized campaign of the Revolutionary War.
1782 – American Revolutionary War: The House of Commons of Great Britain votes against further war in America.
1801 – Pursuant to the District of Columbia Organic Act of 1801, Washington, D.C. is placed under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
1809 – Action of 27 February 1809: Captain Bernard Dubourdieu captures HMS Proserpine.
1812 – Argentine War of Independence: Manuel Belgrano raises the Flag of Argentina in the city of Rosario for the first time.
1812 – Poet Lord Byron gives his first address as a member of the House of Lords, in defense of Luddite violence against Industrialism in his home county of Nottinghamshire.
1827: A group of masked and costumed students danced through the streets of New Orleans, Louisiana, marking the beginning of the city's famous Mardi Gras celebrations.
1829 – Battle of Tarqui is fought.
1844 – The Dominican Republic gains independence from Haiti.
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| The Cooper Union in 1888 from whatwasthere.com |
1861 – Russian troops fire on a crowd in Warsaw protesting against Russian rule over Poland, killing five protesters.
1864 – American Civil War: The first Union inmates arrive at the Confederate prison at Andersonville in southern Georgia, which was still under construction. Andersonville became synonymous with death as nearly a quarter of its inmates died in captivity. Henry Wirz, who ran Andersonville, was executed after the war for the brutality and mistreatment committed under his command.
1870 – The current flag of Japan is first adopted as the national flag for Japanese merchant ships.
1881 – First Boer War: The Battle of Majuba Hill takes place.
1897: Great Britain agreed to U.S. arbitration in a border dispute between Venezuela and British Guiana, defusing a dangerous U.S.-British diplomatic crisis.
1898 – King George I of Greece survives an assassination attempt.
1900 – Second Boer War: In South Africa, British military leaders receive an unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronjé at the Battle of Paardeberg.
1900 – The British Labour Party is founded.
1900 – Fußball-Club Bayern München is founded.
1902 – Second Boer War: Australian soldiers Harry 'Breaker' Morant and Peter Handcock are executed in Pretoria for war crimes.
1921 – The International Working Union of Socialist Parties is founded in Vienna.
1922 – In Washington, D.C., a challenge to the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, allowing women the right to vote, is unanimously rebuffed by the Supreme Court of the United States in Leser v. Garnett.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire, allegedly by the Communists. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1933 – Reichstag fire: Germany's parliament building in Berlin, the Reichstag, is set on fire, allegedly by the Communists. Marinus van der Lubbe, a young Dutch Communist claims responsibility. The Nazis used the fire to solidify their power and eliminate the communists as political rivals.
1939 – United States labor law: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that sit-down strikes violate property owners' rights and are therefore illegal.
1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
1942 – World War II: The U.S. Navy's first aircraft carrier, the USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3), is attacked by dive bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd Naval Air Flotillas and so badly damaged that she has to be scuttled by her escorts. All of its 32 aircraft are lost.
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943 – An explosion at the Montana Coal and Iron Company's Smith Mine #3 between Bearcreek and Washoe, Montana, kills 74 workers. It was the worst mining disaster in Montana's history.
1942 – World War II: During the Battle of the Java Sea, an Allied strike force is defeated by a Japanese task force in the Java Sea in the Dutch East Indies.
1943 – An explosion at the Montana Coal and Iron Company's Smith Mine #3 between Bearcreek and Washoe, Montana, kills 74 workers. It was the worst mining disaster in Montana's history.
1943 – The Rosenstrasse protest starts in Berlin.
1951 – The Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution, limiting Presidents to two terms, is ratified.
1955 – Soviet Union regional elections, 1955.
1960: The underdog U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviet Union in the semifinals at the Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California. The next day, the U.S. beat Czechoslovakia to win its first-ever Olympic gold medal in hockey.
1961 – The first congress of the Spanish Trade Union Organisation is inaugurated.
1962 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem survives another coup attempt when Republic of Vietnam Air Force pilots Lieutenants Pham Phu Quoc and Nguyen Van Cu try to kill him and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu by bombing and strafing Independence Palace in Saigon (the presidential palace).
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The Government of Italy announces that it is accepting suggestions on how to save the renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1965: The U.S. State Department releases a 14,000-word report entitled "Aggression from the North--The Record of North Vietnam's Campaign to Conquer South Vietnam."
1963 – The Dominican Republic receives its first democratically elected president, Juan Bosch, since the end of the dictatorship led by Rafael Trujillo.
1964 – The Government of Italy announces that it is accepting suggestions on how to save the renowned Leaning Tower of Pisa from toppling over.
1965: The U.S. State Department releases a 14,000-word report entitled "Aggression from the North--The Record of North Vietnam's Campaign to Conquer South Vietnam."
1969: Communist forces shelled 30 military installations and nine towns in South Vietnam, in what became known as the "Post-Tet Offensive." U.S. sources in Saigon put American losses in this latest offensive at between 250 and 300, compared with enemy casualties totaling 5,300. South Vietnamese officials report 200 civilians killed and 12,700 made homeless.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
1972: As the concluding act of President Richard Nixon's historic visit to communist China, the president and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issued a joint statement summarizing their agreements (and disagreements) of the past week. The "Shanghai Communique" set into motion the slow process of the normalization of relations between the two former Cold War enemies
1973 – On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, some 200 Sioux Native Americans, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupy Wounded Knee, the site of the infamous 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. The AIM members, some of them armed, take 11 residents of the historic Oglala Sioux settlement hostage as local authorities and federal agents descend on the reservation.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent massacre.
1989 – Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
1995 – Zakho: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded.
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
2007 – The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
2012 – A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in a natural gas explosion, killing ten people and injuring at least 12 others.
2013 – At least 19 people are killed when a fire breaks out at an illegal market in Kolkata, India.
2013 – Five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured in a shooting at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland.
2015 – A gunman kills seven people then himself in a series of shootings in Tyrone, Missouri.
1971 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
1972: As the concluding act of President Richard Nixon's historic visit to communist China, the president and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai issued a joint statement summarizing their agreements (and disagreements) of the past week. The "Shanghai Communique" set into motion the slow process of the normalization of relations between the two former Cold War enemies
1973 – On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, some 200 Sioux Native Americans, led by members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), occupy Wounded Knee, the site of the infamous 1890 massacre of 300 Sioux by the U.S. Seventh Cavalry. The AIM members, some of them armed, take 11 residents of the historic Oglala Sioux settlement hostage as local authorities and federal agents descend on the reservation.
1976 – The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.
1986 – The United States Senate allows its debates to be televised on a trial basis.
1988 – Sumgait pogrom: The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan is targeted in a violent massacre.
1989 – Venezuela is rocked by the Caracazo riots.
1991 – Gulf War: U.S. President George H. W. Bush announces that "Kuwait is liberated".
1995 – Zakho: A terrorist explosion in a market in the city of Zakho leaves about 100 dead and 150 wounded.
2002 – Ryanair Flight 296 catches fire at London Stansted Airport. Subsequent investigations criticize Ryanair's handling of the evacuation.
2002 – Godhra train burning: A Muslim mob torches a train returning from Ayodhya, killing 59 Hindu pilgrims.
2004 – A bombing of a Superferry by Abu Sayyaf in the Philippines' worst terrorist attack kills 116.
2004 – The initial version of the John Jay Report, with details about the Catholic sexual abuse scandal in the United States, is released.
2007 – The Chinese Correction: The Shanghai Stock Exchange falls 9%, the largest drop in ten years.
2010 – An earthquake measuring 8.8 on the moment magnitude scale strikes central parts of Chile leaving over 500 victims, and thousands injured. The quake triggered a tsunami which struck Hawaii shortly after.
2012 – A section of a nine-story apartment building in the city of Astrakhan, Russia, collapses in a natural gas explosion, killing ten people and injuring at least 12 others.
2013 – At least 19 people are killed when a fire breaks out at an illegal market in Kolkata, India.
2013 – Five people (including the perpetrator) are killed and five others injured in a shooting at a factory in Menznau, Switzerland.
2015 – A gunman kills seven people then himself in a series of shootings in Tyrone, Missouri.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. Semi-double. (February 28 in Leap-Year.)
In Leap-Year February has 29 days, the additional day being inserted after the 23rd.
Contemporary Western
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Honorina
Leander
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
George Herbert (Anglican Communion)
Eastern Orthodox
February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Martyrs Julian and his disciple Eunos (Kronion), at Alexandria (250- 252)
Martyr Gelasius the Actor, of Heliopolis (297)
Martyrs Abundius, Alexander, Antigonus, Calanus, Januarius, Makarios, Severianus,
Titianus and Fortunatus, and those martyred with them (c. 284-305)
Martyr Nesius, by whipping
Saint Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem (334)
Saint Thalelaeus of Syria, hermit, of Gabala in Syria (c. 460)
Saints Asclepius and Jacob of Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus (5th c.)
Saint Stephen, monk, of Constantinople (614)
Venerable Procopius the Confessor, of Decapolis (c. 750)
Saint Timothy of Caesarea, monk.
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Honorina (Honorine), an early martyr in the north of France
Saint Comgan, Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin in Ireland (c. 565)
Saint Leander of Seville, Archbishop of Seville (600)
Saint Baldomerus (Galmier), by trade a locksmith in Lyons in France,
who entered the monastery of St Justus (c. 650)
Saint Ælfnoth of Stowe (Alnoth, a hermit at Stowe near Bugbrooke,
martyred by robbers (c. 700)
Saint Herefrith of Louth, Bishop of Lincolnshire (c. 873)
Saint John of Gorze, Abbot of Gorze (c. 975)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Venerable Titus, presbyter of Kiev Caves Monastery (1190)
Saint Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves (14th c.)
Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov (1698)
New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749)
Venerable Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America (1915)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergei Uvitsky, Priest (1932)
New Hieromartyr Peter Uspensky, Priest (1938)
Martyr Michael Markov (1938)
Other commemorations
Twelve Holy Greek Architects of the Kiev Caves LavraTraditional Western
Margaret of Cortona, Penitent. Semi-double. (February 28 in Leap-Year.)
In Leap-Year February has 29 days, the additional day being inserted after the 23rd.
Contemporary Western
Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
Honorina
Leander
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
George Herbert (Anglican Communion)
Eastern Orthodox
February 27 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Saints
Martyrs Julian and his disciple Eunos (Kronion), at Alexandria (250- 252)
Martyr Gelasius the Actor, of Heliopolis (297)
Martyrs Abundius, Alexander, Antigonus, Calanus, Januarius, Makarios, Severianus,
Titianus and Fortunatus, and those martyred with them (c. 284-305)
Martyr Nesius, by whipping
Saint Macarius of Jerusalem, Bishop of Jerusalem (334)
Saint Thalelaeus of Syria, hermit, of Gabala in Syria (c. 460)
Saints Asclepius and Jacob of Nimouza, monks near Cyrrhus (5th c.)
Saint Stephen, monk, of Constantinople (614)
Venerable Procopius the Confessor, of Decapolis (c. 750)
Saint Timothy of Caesarea, monk.
Pre-Schism Western Saints
Saint Honorina (Honorine), an early martyr in the north of France
Saint Comgan, Abbot of Glenthsen or Killeshin in Ireland (c. 565)
Saint Leander of Seville, Archbishop of Seville (600)
Saint Baldomerus (Galmier), by trade a locksmith in Lyons in France,
who entered the monastery of St Justus (c. 650)
Saint Ælfnoth of Stowe (Alnoth, a hermit at Stowe near Bugbrooke,
martyred by robbers (c. 700)
Saint Herefrith of Louth, Bishop of Lincolnshire (c. 873)
Saint John of Gorze, Abbot of Gorze (c. 975)
Post-Schism Orthodox Saints
Venerable Titus, presbyter of Kiev Caves Monastery (1190)
Saint Titus the Soldier, monk of the Kiev Caves (14th c.)
Saint Pitirim, Bishop of Tambov (1698)
New Martyr Elias of Trebizond (1749)
Venerable Archimandrite Photius of the Yuriev Monastery, Novgorod (1838)
Saint Raphael of Brooklyn, Good Shepherd of the Lost Sheep in America (1915)
New Martyrs and Confessors
New Hieromartyr Sergei Uvitsky, Priest (1932)
New Hieromartyr Peter Uspensky, Priest (1938)
Martyr Michael Markov (1938)
Other commemorations
Repose of Monk Anthony of Valaam Monastery (1848)
Repose of Hieromonk Justinian of Valaam Monastery (1966)
Repose of Archimandrite Alypy (Voronov) of the Pskov-Caves Monastery (1975)
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monroe Street Bridge
The first bridge built at this site was a wooden structure built in 1888 and the second was of steel construction built in 1891. The third claimed to be the longest concrete span in the world when completed in 1911.
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| The second Monroe Street Bridge, c. 1909 |
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| Another view of the second Monroe Street Bridge, c. 1908 |
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| Monroe Street Bridge, c. 1912. The description on the card read "New [third] Monroe Street Bridge Spokane, Washington. Largest Concrete Span In The World. |
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| Third Monroe Street Bridge. |
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