http://www.newsvine.com/historyNewsvine - historyen-usCopyright 2013Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:01:24 +0000Wed, 22 May 2013 13:12:13 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17769789-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/16/17769789-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsTue, 16 Apr 2013 04:00:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766905-history-of-us-bombings-failed-attemptshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17766905-history-of-us-bombings-failed-attemptsushistoryexplosionsus-newsboston-marathonMon, 15 Apr 2013 23:20:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions shattered the euphoria of the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)</p><p>Bill Iffrig, 78, lies on the ground as police officers react to a second explosion at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Iffrig, of Lake Stevens, Wash., was running his third Boston Marathon and near the finish line when he was knocked down by one of two bomb blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, John Tlumacki)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17647228-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17647228-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsMon, 8 Apr 2013 04:00:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569698-developments-related-to-googles-privacy-concernshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/02/17569698-developments-related-to-googles-privacy-concernsgoogletechnologyhistoryprivacytecsix-europeanTue, 2 Apr 2013 14:40:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, file photo shows Google CEO, Eric Schmidt, left, and French President Francois Hollande signing an agreement at the Elysee Palace in Paris. Google's new privacy policy is under attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 brought legal action to try and force the company to overhaul practices they say let it create a data goldmine at the expense of unwitting users. (AP Photo/Philippe Wojazer, Pool-File)</p><p>FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011 file photo, a carpet at the entrance of Google France's new offices before its inauguration by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Paris. Google's new privacy policy is under attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who on Tuesday, April 2, 2013 brought legal action to try and force the company to overhaul practices they say let it create a data goldmine at the expense of unwitting users. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, Pool-File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557766-a-history-of-prosecutor-deaths-in-the-ushttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17557766-a-history-of-prosecutor-deaths-in-the-usushistorydeadattorneyus-newsdistrict-attorneyMon, 1 Apr 2013 23:05:53 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - This undated file photo taken from the Kaufman County, Texas, website shows Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland. McLelland and his wife were found killed in their house, Saturday, March 30, 2013, two months after one of his assistants was gunned down near their office, authorities said. (AP Photo/Kaufman County, File)</p><p>FILE - This 1995 file photo shows slain Massachusetts Assistant Attorney General Paul McLaughlin, who was fatally shot Sept. 25, 1995, while entering his car outside a Boston commuter station. McLaughlin, who was working with Suffolk County's first anti-gang violence unit, was killed the night before he was scheduled to prosecute gang leader Jeffrey Bly for the third time. Bly was sentenced to life in prison. (AP Photo/File)</p><p>FILE - This undated file photo shows Bronx Assistant District Attorney Sean Healy. Healy was killed inside a grocery store a block from the courthouse in August 1990. He was buying a box of doughnuts when a car pulled up outside and its occupants fired seven or eight shots as part of a drug turf war. Jose Diaz was sentenced to 15 years to life for second-degree murder; Ernesto Garcia got 4 to 12 years for manslaughter. (AP Photo/File)</p><p>FILE - This 1958 file photo shows Jackson County Solicitor General Floyd Hoard. Hoard was mortally wounded in August 1967 when he turned on the ignition in his car, detonating up to a dozen sticks of dynamite connected to the vehicle's electrical system. In April 1969, A.C. "Cliff" Park, 77, was convicted a second time of hiring assassins. He was sentenced to die in the electric chair. (AP Photo/File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17534786-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17534786-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsapril-foolSun, 31 Mar 2013 04:00:58 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17422589-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17422589-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsSat, 23 Mar 2013 04:00:46 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403806-thousands-in-utah-for-family-history-conferencehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/21/17403806-thousands-in-utah-for-family-history-conferenceushistoryus-newsutahfamily-historykarleen-tuttonThu, 21 Mar 2013 18:54:39 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17381294-nixon-mocked-democrats-for-jerusalem-positionhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/20/17381294-nixon-mocked-democrats-for-jerusalem-positionhistorypoliticsmitt-romneypolicyrichard-nixonjerusalemas-barack-obamaWed, 20 Mar 2013 07:13:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this June 29, 1972, file photo, President Richard Nixon gestures during his news conference in Washington. As Barack Obama arrives in Israel for his first trip there as president, a 1972 recording shows that Nixon complained of the Democrats’ "dishonest" platform language &#8212; declaring Jerusalem the capital of Israel. On the previously unreported taped conversation, Nixon suggested that Democratic military cuts would leave Israel vulnerable to military aggression. Israel had fought a war against its Arab neighbors five years earlier. (AP Photo/File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17318625-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/15/17318625-today-in-historyhistoryus-newspatrick-dayFri, 15 Mar 2013 04:00:55 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269040-quirky-facts-about-papal-conclaveshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/11/17269040-quirky-facts-about-papal-conclaveseuhistoryvaticanworld-newsconclavelongest-conclavepope-gregory-xMon, 11 Mar 2013 13:10:59 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this photo provided by the Vatican paper L'Osservatore Romano, taken on Saturday, March 9, 2013 and made available Monday, March 11, 2013, firefighters install the top of the Sistine Chapel chimney that will signal to the world that a new pope has been elected, at the Vatican. Cardinals gathered for their final day of talks Monday before the conclave to elect the next pope, amid debate over whether the Catholic Church needs more of a manager pope to clean up the Vatican or a pastoral pope who can inspire the faithful at a time of crisis. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, ho) </p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17216664-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/07/17216664-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsThu, 7 Mar 2013 05:00:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17113018-rosa-parks-statue-unveiled-at-capitolhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17113018-rosa-parks-statue-unveiled-at-capitolushistorypoliticsparksblackbarack-obamarosa-parksparks-statuestatueWed, 27 Feb 2013 08:48:23 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE -- In a June 15, 1999 file photo Rosa Parks smiles during a Capitol Hill ceremony where Parks was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington. Parks will become the first black woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Khue Bui)</p><p>FILE -- In a June 15, 1999 file photo Rosa Parks smiles during a Capitol Hill ceremony where Parks was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington. Parks will become the first black woman to be honored with a full-length statue in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall on Wednesday Feb. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Khue Bui, file)</p><p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., applaud at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio applaud at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama speaks at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, left, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama speaks in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, during the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, second from left. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama speaks at the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, left, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p><p>President Barack Obama speaks in the Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, during the unveiling of a statue of Rosa Parks, second from left. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17109437-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/27/17109437-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsWed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:50 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17101399-makers-shows-womens-place-is-in-us-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/26/17101399-makers-shows-womens-place-is-in-us-historyentertainmentushistorytvwomenTue, 26 Feb 2013 13:46:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 photo, Gloria Steinem, left, and Marlo Thomas, from the program "Makers: Women Who Make America," pose together for a portrait during the PBS Winter TCA Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel, in Pasadena, Calif. "Makers: Women Who Make America," a three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Steinem and Thomas. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)</p><p>FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2011 photo, Gloria Steinem attends the PBS Winter TCA Tour at the Langham Huntington Hotel in Pasadena, Calif. "Makers: Women Who Make America," a three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday and features prominent activists including Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)</p><p>This undated publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of MAKERS, shows Hillary Clinton, first female major party presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State, as well as a pioneering and controversial former First Lady, in the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy of MAKERS)</p><p>In this 1972 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy of Ms. Foundation, writer, lecturer, editor and feminist activist, Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. Magazine, which became a landmark institution for women's rights, is seen in the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy of Ms. Foundation)</p><p>This August 28, 1963 publicity photo provided by PBS, courtesy Leonard Freed/Magnum Photos, shows activists during The March on Washington in Washington, D.C. from the film,"Makers: Women Who Make America." The Women’s Movement was influenced in part by the Civil Rights Movement. The three-hour PBS documentary about the fight for women's equality, airs Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, and features prominent activists including Gloria Steinem and Marlo Thomas. (AP Photo/PBS, Courtesy Leonard Freed, Magnum Photos)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17065240-new-film-tells-story-of-unsung-civil-rights-leaderhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/23/17065240-new-film-tells-story-of-unsung-civil-rights-leaderentertainmentushistorywhite-houseyoungmartin-luther-king-jrblack-historywhitney-youngSat, 23 Feb 2013 08:38:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This photo provided by the Kennedy Library, show eting with National Urban League officials. President Kennedy (in rocking chair) meeting with National Urban League Executive Director Whitney M. Young, center, and president Henry Steeger in the president's Living Room of the White House in Washington, on Jan. 23, 1962. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., tells the story of Young’s boldness in dealing with civil rights issues in “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights” a documentary airing during Black History Month on PBS’ Independent Lens and shown in some community theaters. (AP Photo/The White House, Abbie Rowe, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)</p><p>This image provided by the LBJ Presidential Library shows Whitney Young during a meeting with President Lyndon Johnson in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Jan. 18, 1964. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., tells the story of Young’s boldness in dealing with civil rights issues in “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights” a documentary airing during Black History Month on PBS’ Independent Lens and shown in some community theaters. (AP Photo/LBJ Presidential Library, Yoichi Okamoto)</p><p>In this image from the LBJ Presidential Library, from left Martin Luther King Jr., President Lyndon B. Johnson, Whitney Young, James Farmer attend a meeting on Civil Rights in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 18, 1964, in Washington. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., tells the story of Young’s boldness in dealing with civil rights issues in “The Powerbroker: Whitney Young’s Fight For Civil Rights” a documentary airing during Black History Month on PBS’ Independent Lens and shown in some community theaters. (AP Photo/LBJ Presidential Library, Yoichi Okamoto)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17045834-robert-caro-wins-50000-history-prizehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/21/17045834-robert-caro-wins-50000-history-prizeushistorybooksprizeus-newsrobert-caroThu, 21 Feb 2013 18:56:10 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17010378-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17010378-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsTue, 19 Feb 2013 05:00:09 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953882-us-airways-hopes-to-gain-legitimacy-with-mergerhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953882-us-airways-hopes-to-gain-legitimacy-with-mergerhistoryus-airwaysairwaysus-newsThu, 14 Feb 2013 00:57:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, US Airways jets are parked at their gates at the Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C. Patched together from several scrappy regional carriers on the brink of bankruptcy, US Airways has often been ridiculed within the aviation industry and remains a perennial afterthought among travelers. But it hopes to shed that image by merging with the larger American Airlines, in a deal which will catapult the two to the top of the industry. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton</p><p>In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, US Airways jets are parked at their gates at the Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C. Patched together from several scrappy regional carriers on the brink of bankruptcy, US Airways has often been ridiculed within the aviation industry and remains a perennial afterthought among travelers. But it hopes to shed that image by merging with the larger American Airlines, in a deal which will catapult the two to the top of the industry. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)</p><p>In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, the US Airways 'Heritage" logo is shown by the door of a jet parked at the Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C. Patched together from several scrappy regional carriers on the brink of bankruptcy, US Airways has often been ridiculed within the aviation industry and remains a perennial afterthought among travelers. But it hopes to shed that image by merging with the larger American Airlines, in a deal which will catapult the two to the top of the industry. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)</p><p>In this Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, photo, US Airways jets are parked at their gates at the Charlotte/Douglas International airport in Charlotte, N.C. Patched together from several scrappy regional carriers on the brink of bankruptcy, US Airways has often been ridiculed within the aviation industry and remains a perennial afterthought among travelers. But it hopes to shed that image by merging with the larger American Airlines, in a deal which will catapult the two to the top of the industry. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921404-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16921404-today-in-historyhistoryus-newspresidents-dayMon, 11 Feb 2013 05:00:56 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842436-people-of-timbuktu-save-manuscripts-from-invadershttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/04/16842436-people-of-timbuktu-save-manuscripts-from-invadershistoryworld-newsburningmaliafMon, 4 Feb 2013 23:44:49 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 1, 2013 file photo, Abdoulaye Cisse, who lives in the Timbuktu area, holds open a book at the Hamed Baba book repository, one of the world's most precious collections of ancient manuscripts, in Timbuktu, Mali. Islamists claimed they burned most of the holy books there, and for eight days the fire alarm blared inside the repository. But because of the ingenuity of the people of Timbuktu, who hid manuscripts in millet bags, the al-Qaida-linked extremists succeeded in destroying only 5 percent of the collection. (AP Photo/Harouna Traore, File)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16823740-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/03/16823740-today-in-historyhistoryus-newschinese-new-yearSun, 3 Feb 2013 05:00:40 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16816237-angelou-celebrates-black-history-with-oprah-keyshttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/02/16816237-angelou-celebrates-black-history-with-oprah-keysushistorypoliticsmaya-angelouangeloublack-historySat, 2 Feb 2013 08:32:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>FILE - In this May 20, 2010 file photo, poet Maya Angelou smiles as she greets guests at a garden party at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C. In the midst of talking black history with Grammy-winning singer Alicia Keys, Angelou breaks out singing a hymn a cappella. She wants to show Keys, a New Yorker, what "lining out," call-and-response singing that is popular in Southern black churches, sounds like. That teaching moment is one of many during Angelou's third annual Black History Month program, "Telling Our Stories," airing on more than 175 public radio stations nationwide throughout the month. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, file)</p> http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16705711-today-in-historyhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/26/16705711-today-in-historyhistoryus-newsgroundhog-daySat, 26 Jan 2013 05:00:57 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16688316-inventors-rewards-angry-mobs-exilehttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/01/25/16688316-inventors-rewards-angry-mobs-exiletechnologybusinessushistoryofprotestgreatresetFri, 25 Jan 2013 05:02:25 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>This 1926 image shows crowds posing outside Warner's Theatre in New York for the 1926 opening of John Barrymore in "Don Juan." This silent film's synchronized score led directly to the breakthrough talkie, "The Jazz Singer," the following year. For every clever man who invents a labor-saving machine, it seems a crowd of angry men rises up to destroy it. In the 1930s, silent films were being replaced by “talkies,” and musicians who played in movie theaters across the country were losing work. So their union launched a smear campaign. It took out ads calling the music “canned” and urged people to insist on the live variety. (AP Photo)</p>