Troops to fight overseas. The 9 11 museum in new york is proving controversial for almost everybody. There have been dozens of if you know release in turkey for miners killed in an eggs motion on tuesday. The president has been visiting the site where 282 people lost their lives. He protectioned sympathies, but many are angry about poor Safety Standards. The main labor unions called a strike and there have been protests in other parts of the country. This is the nearest big city to where the accident happened. We can go to our correspondent in istanbul at the moment, but first, lets go where the worst mining disaster has occurred. More burials today and the rescue operation or the recovery operation continues. Into this mix comes the president. The president has been visiting the mine shaft behind me. The situation there still very depressing, because its so long since theyve had a rescued live person come before the crowds. In fact, more than 18 hours now, were told. Were now in a pos
April 25 1950 Charles Cooper, an All-American from Duquesne playing with the Harlem Globetrotters, becomes the first black to be picked in the NBA draft when he’s taken by the Boston Celtics.
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1950 Charles Cooper, an All-American from Duquesne playing with the Harlem Globetrotters, becomes the first black to be picked in the NBA draft when he’s taken by the Boston Celtics.
1952 The Minneapolis Lakers, led by George Mikan’s 22 points, beat the New York Knicks 82-65 to win the NBA title in seven games.
1964 The Toronto Maple Leafs win their third straight Stanley Cup with a 4-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings in the seventh game.
1965 The Boston Celtics score 42 points on a record 21 field goals in the final quarter of Game 5 to post a 129-96 rout of the Los Angeles Lakers and win their seventh consecutive NBA championship.
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1903 The New York Highlanders, later renamed Yankees, win their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington Senators.
1946 Ed Head of the Brooklyn Dodgers pitches a no-hitter against the Boston Braves 5-0 at Ebbets Field.
1950 The Detroit Red Wings edge the New York Rangers 4-3 in Game 7 to win the Stanley Cup.
1950 The Minneapolis Lakers become the first team to win back-to-back NBA championships by defeating the Syracuse Nationals 110-95 in Game 6 of the finals. George Mikan leads the Lakers with 40 points in a game marred by three fights, four Minneapolis players fouling out, and Nats coach Al Cervi being ejected for complaining too vociferously about a call.
seven with a classic over the san antonio spurs. captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, june 19th, 2013. good morning. good to be with you. i m anne-marie green. well, president obama is in berlin this morning where he will call for a major reduction of american and russian nuclear weapons. the president s one-day stop in germany includes a meeting with the german president. mr. obama will make his case for reducing the number of nuclear weapons during his speech at berlin s brandenburg gate. he ll call for a one third reduction in the u.s. and russian nuclear arsenals. as the president targets nuclear proliferation, the focus in washington concerns the program. the direct of nsa returns to capitol hill today. general keith alexander says he ll provide lawmakers with details about the dozens of terrorist plots national security officials say were disrupted because of widespread phone and internet surveillance programs. yesterday alexander a