Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Washington. Show all posts
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Thursday, May 14, 2015
NBC TV NEWS The train, Amtrak Regional 188, derailed Tuesday night Washington to New York Bob Gildersleeveom
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//The train that crashed in Philadelphia this week was accelerating as it approached the curve where it derailed, safety investigators said Thursday.
Crews pulled an eighth body Thursday from the wreckage of the Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia, and authorities said they believed everyone on board had been accounted for.
Derrick Sawyer, the Philadelphia fire commissioner, confirmed the eighth death. He said that a search dog discovered it in the train's mangled first car. Authorities did not immediately identify the victim.
Mayor Michael Nutter said for the first time that all 243 people on board had been accounted for.
"Unfortunately, again, we must now report that we have confirmed eight deceased from this horrible tragedy," the mayor said.
Amtrak's CEO, Joseph H. Boardman, told reporters: "Amtrak's heartbroken for what happened here."
Shortly after the announcement, the company Ecolab confirmed that Bob Gildersleeve, one of its sales executives, had died in the crash. His family had distributed his photo in Philadelphia on Wednesday, hoping that he might be found alive.
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Monday, February 18, 2013
George Washington's Birthday (observed)
George Washington's Birthday (observed)
Although George Washington's birthday is celebrated on February 22, it is observed as a federal holiday on the third Monday of February. To complicate matters, Washington was actually born on February 11 in 1731! How can that be? During Washington's lifetime, people in Great Britain and America switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar (something most of Europe had done in 1582). As a result of this calendar reform, people born before 1752 were told to add 11 days to their birth dates. Those born between January 1 and March 25, as Washington was, also had to add one year to be in sync with the new calendar. By the time Washington became president in 1789, he celebrated his birthday on February 22 and listed his year of birth as 1732. Upon entering office, Washington was not convinced that he was the right man for the job. He wrote, "My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution." Fortunately for the young country, he was wrong. You can read more about Washington at the official White House Web site.
http://www.almanac.com/calendar/date/2013-02-18
http://www.almanac.com/
Although George Washington's birthday is celebrated on February 22, it is observed as a federal holiday on the third Monday of February. To complicate matters, Washington was actually born on February 11 in 1731! How can that be? During Washington's lifetime, people in Great Britain and America switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar (something most of Europe had done in 1582). As a result of this calendar reform, people born before 1752 were told to add 11 days to their birth dates. Those born between January 1 and March 25, as Washington was, also had to add one year to be in sync with the new calendar. By the time Washington became president in 1789, he celebrated his birthday on February 22 and listed his year of birth as 1732. Upon entering office, Washington was not convinced that he was the right man for the job. He wrote, "My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution." Fortunately for the young country, he was wrong. You can read more about Washington at the official White House Web site.
http://www.almanac.com/calendar/date/2013-02-18
http://www.almanac.com/
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