Way back when: Today in history
By GENE CURTIS on Sep 18, 2013, at 2:27 AM Updated on 9/18/13 at 7:49 AM
Thousands of Haitians march alongside a U.S. Humvee headed from the seaport to the airport in Port-au-Prince. Associated Press file
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He is accused of sending an email to a state senator who testified that he felt threatened by the tone of the message.
The veterans, 37 of whom are from Tulsa, will visit the national World War II Memorial and will see the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery.
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1945 - Admiral rides horse in Tokyo
Adm. William F. Halsey, commander of the 3rd Fleet rode a white horse in Tokyo but he didn't enjoy it. In fact, he said "I was never so scared in my life." Halsey had said earlier that he would like to ride through Tokyo on the horse Emperor Hirohito was frequently seen astride. When he arrived in Tokyo, Maj. Gen. William Chase had a horse - Hirohito's or otherwise - ready for riding.
1982 - Hundreds killed in refugee camps
Hundreds of Palestinian civilians were massacred by Lebanese Christian militiamen in raids on west Beirut refugee camps, causing President Ronald Reagan and French President Francois Mitterand to order their peacekeeping forces to the Lebanese capital two days later. Later figures set the toll at about 600. The Israeli foreign minister said the raiders were gunmen loyal to the Phalange Party of President-elect Bashir Gemayel, who had been killed several days earlier.
1994 - Haiti invasion averted
An 11th-hour compromise with strongman Raoul Cedras averted an invasion of Haiti by U.S. troops while 61 planes carrying Army paratroopers were airborne en route to the Caribbean country to restore democracy. President Bill Clinton canceled the invasion plan after the agreement was reached between a delegation headed by former President Jimmy Carter and Cedras, a Haitian lieutenant general, for Cedras and three junta leaders to leave power by Oct. 15. U.S. troops began arriving by helicopter the next day followed by troops transported by ship to enforce the agreement. The Americans were greeted by thousands of Haitians, some shouting "We're free! We're free" and others chanting songs in favor of exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and against military leaders
2012 - Pemex fire kills 26
Fire in a Pemex gas facility in Reynosa, Mexico, across the border from McAllen, Texas, killed 26 people before workers were able to control the blaze. Mexican President Felipe Calderon said the action by the workers prevented "a real catastrophe" by preventing the fire from reaching massive tanks of a gas processing plant. Officials of Pemex, the state-owned oil company, blamed the fire on an accidental leak.
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He is accused of sending an email to a state senator who testified that he felt threatened by the tone of the message.
The veterans, 37 of whom are from Tulsa, will visit the national World War II Memorial and will see the changing of the guard at Arlington National Cemetery.
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