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Today in 1738,John Wesley was converted, essentially launching the Methodist movement; the day is celebrated annually by Methodists as Aldersgate Day.
Today in 1775,John Hancock was unanimously elected President of the Continental Congress.
Today in 1830,the first regular passenger railroad in the United States began service between Baltimore and Ellicott City, Maryland.
Today in 1830,the nursery rhyme, Mary Had A Little Lamb, was first published.
Today in 1844,Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, What hath God wrought! from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America s first telegraph line.
Today in 1856,thePottawatomie Massacre in Kansas began and ran into the next morning. In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers killed five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas. This was one of the many bloody episodes in Kansas preceding the American Civil War. The v
like me. as a supreme court weather is whether the new health care law goes too far, we will host a debate on whether the law goes far enough. we ll speak with dr. stephanie woolhandler, co-founder of physicians for national health program, and john mcdonough who played a key role in shaping romneycare massachusetts as well as the new federal law. staff sergeant robert bales is charged with murdering 17 afghans, we will speak with reporter mark benjamin about how the military is scrambling to review the malaria drug known to induce psychotic behavior. then, who bombed judi bari? at the time when i hit the brakes, there s a huge explosion. i felt it ripped through me. the explosion was so powerful, the sound itself had a four spread across the new documentary takes on the unsolved attack on environmental activist in oakland more than 20 years ago. all of that and more, coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. inter
as a supreme court weather is whether the new health care law goes too far, we will host a debate on whether the law goes far enough. we ll speak with dr. stephanie woolhandler, co-founder of physicians for national health program, and john mcdonough who played a key role in shaping romneycare massachusetts as well as the new federal law. staff sergeant robert bales is charged with murdering 17 afghans, we will speak with reporter mark benjamin about how the military is scrambling to review the malaria drug known to induce psychotic behavior. then, who bombed judi bari? at the time when i hit the brakes, there s a huge explosion. i felt it ripped through me. the explosion was so powerful, the sound itself had a four spread across the new documentary takes on the unsolved attack on environmental activist in oakland more than 20 years ago. all of that and more, coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. international
block west of the grand lake theater late this afternoon. amy holyfield to take us through what happened. reporter: even police at the scene tell me they haven t seen an accident this big before and it as miracle and it is amazing that everybody walked away. a police sargeant told me that the driver of the dump truck was just released from the hospital. the truck plowed into a row of cars sitting at a red light. the driver of the dump truck said his brakes failed and he told us about how he felt when heard everybody survived the crash. i was happy and hopefully i can get ahold of the people that got hurt and say sorry, something, anything, you know. i didn t do it on purpose, you know. but i ruined their day big-time, you know, their cars are smashed. reporter: the driver did not want to give his last name. this happened about 4:30 this afternoon at mcarthur boulevard and grand avenue at the grand avenue exit ramp off of 580. it has been closed ever since as officers tr