NDONESIA – Article published the Friday 15 July 2011 – Latest update : Friday 15 July 2011 Red alert on Sulawesi as Mount Lokon erupts Mount Lokon is one of Indonesia’s most active volanoes Reuters By RFI An Indonesian volcano has erupted forcing over four thousand people to flee the rocks, lava and ash being thrown hundreds of metres into the air. The increased activity of Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island comes a day after its alert status was raised to the highest level. The volcano burst into life overnight Thursday spewing ash 500 metres into the air. Hundreds of people fled their homes in the middle of the night when they…

Source: Earthquake wreaks havoc in the Philippines. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 1:51, July 16, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-wreaks-havoc-in-the-philippines. Jul 16, 1990: More than 1,000 people are killed when a 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Luzon Island in the Philippines on this day in 1990. The massive tremor wreaked havoc across a sizeable portion of Luzon, the country’s largest island, with Baguio City suffering the most devastating effects. The epicenter of the quake, which struck at 4:26 p.m., was north of Manila in the Nueva Ecija province. Reports indicate that the shaking went on for nearly a full minute. Collapsing buildings were the main cause of damage and death. Getting out of a multi-story building was…

Jul 16, 1951: Source: Catcher in the Rye is published. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 1:43, July 16, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/catcher-in-the-rye-is-published. J.D. Salinger’s only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, is published by Little, Brown on this day in 1951. The book, about a confused teenager disillusioned by the adult world, is an instant hit and will be taught in high schools for half a century. The 31-year-old Salinger had worked on the novel for a decade. His stories had already started appearing in the 1940s, many in the New Yorker. The book took the country by storm, selling out and becoming a Book of the Month Club selection. Fame did not agree with Salinger, who…

Source: JFK Jr. killed in plane crash. (2011). The History Channel website. Retrieved 1:48, July 16, 2011, from http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfk-jr-killed-in-plane-crash. Jul 16, 1999: On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr.; his wife, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy; and her sister, Lauren Bessette, die when the single-engine plane that Kennedy was piloting crashes into the Atlantic Ocean near Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr., was born on November 25, 1960, just a few weeks after his father and namesake was elected the 35th president of the United States. On his third birthday, “John-John” attended the funeral of his assassinated father and was photographed saluting his father’s coffin in a famous and searing image. Along with his sister,…

08:30 AM ET SOURCE Breakfast buffet: National French fries day While you’re frying up some eggs and bacon, we’re cooking up something else: a way to celebrate today’s food holiday. Born to be fast (food, that is) – July 13 is National French Fries Day. No matter how you slice them – crinkle or shoestring, thick-cut or curly – plunking thin strips of potatoes in oil is the kind of salty fried goodness that can’t be beat. Now we all know that “French” fries don’t really have ties to France at all, but where did these snacktastic sticks come from? Many countries have a history of frying potato slices in…

By the CNN Wire Staff July 12, 2011 8:32 p.m. EDT (CNN) source article — Former first lady Betty Ford was rememberedTuesday as a woman whose disclosures about her personal battles showed courage and grace and brought encouragement to others. “She was a tireless advocate for those struggling,” said former first lady Rosalynn Carter. “She was never afraid to speak the truth.” Ford, who died Friday at age 93, raised awareness of issues involving women’s rights, cancer, alcoholism and substance abuse during and after her stint as first lady. Carter, close friends with Ford, also recalled their work together as advocates for those with mental illness. A former president and first ladies present…

Copyright ©2005 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. Heard on Morning Edition May 9, 2005 – STEVE INSKEEP, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I’m Steve Inskeep. For some months now, we’ve been recalling the achievements of Albert Einstein. It’s been 100 years since he published four scientific papers that altered our understanding of space and time. Historians call it his miracle year, 1905. That’s the history we know, but journalism requires that we check up on the conventional wisdom, which explains how one of our correspondents began asking if Albert Einstein was really all that smart.…

by RICHARD HARRIS March 17, 2005 One hundred years ago today, Albert Einstein finished a scientific paper that would change the world. His radical insight into the nature of light would help transform Einstein from an unknown patent clerk to the genius at the center of 20th-century physics. Scientists call 1905 Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis — his year of miracles. Within a few months, Einstein wrote a series of papers that would transform the way we see the universe. They included his theory of special relativity and the famous equation E=mc². The first paper described his particle theory of light, which became one of the foundations of modern physics. Just…

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