Jul 8, 2007

July 9, 2007

PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:	Presidential Campaign 2008 Watch Fred Thompson Aided Nixon on Watergate - AP, 7-7-07 Michael Beschloss on"Divorce not a political deal-breaker":"If candidates can't bear up under full disclosure, they have no business being in politics." - Contra Costa Times, 7-5-07
BIGGEST STORIES:	Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: Whatever Happened to the Investigation of His Arrest for Jaywalking by the Atlanta police? - HNN Staff, 7-5-07
HNN STATS THIS WEEK:	Most Popular Article: Kevin Coe:"FREEDOM! LIBERTY! -- How Presidents Exploit Words" - - 7-02-07 Most Popular Blog Entry: Mark A. LeVine:"Why Live Earth Will Fail" - 7-6-07 Hottest Topic: HNN Hot Topics: July 4th Most Popular Feature: Ferenc M. Szasz:"Quotes About History" All-Time Favorite:"What Is the Difference Between Sunni and Shiite Muslims--and Why Does It Matter?" 9-9-02
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:	This Week in History: 07-09-1816 - Argentina formally declared independence from Spain. 07-09-1850 - Zachary Taylor, the 12th president of the U.S., died after only 16 months in office. 07-09-1872 - The doughnut cutter was patented by John F. Blondel of Thomaston, Me. 07-09-1896 - William Jennings Bryan delivered his" cross of gold" speech at the Democratic National Convention. 07-09-1900 - The British Parliament proclaimed that as of Jan. 1, 1901, the six Australian colonies would be united at the Commonwealth of Australia. 07-09-1974 - Former U.S. chief justice Earl Warren died in Washington, DC. 07-09-2002 - Baseball's All-Star Game ended in a tie after 11 innings. Both sides had run out of pitchers. 07-10-1890 - Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States. 07-10-1940 - The Battle of Britain began. 07-10-1951 - Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong. 07-10-1973 - The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain. 07-10-1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic. 07-10-1991 - President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa. 07-10-1991 - Boris Yeltsin was sworn in as Russia's first elected president. 07-10-2003 - Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492. 07-11-1533 - Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII. 07-11-1804 - Former vice president Aaron Burr fatally wounded former secretary of the treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Hamilton died the following afternoon. 07-11-1864 - Confederate general Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, DC. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital. 07-11-1914 - Babe Ruth made his major league baseball debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. 07-11-1977 - The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to advance civil rights. 07-11-1995 - The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations. 07-12-1543 - England's King Henry VIII married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr. 07-12-1690 - Protestant William of Orange defeated Roman Catholic James II at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland. 07-12-1862 - Congress authorized the Medal of Honor. 07-12-1984 - Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of Geraldine Ferraro. 07-13-1793 - French revolutionary Jean Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by royalist sympathizer Charlotte Corday. 07-13-1863 - The draft riots, protesting unfair conscription in the Civil War, began in New York City. 07-13-1865 - P. T. Barnum's American Museum, which had featured Tom Thumb and the original Siamese twins Chang and Eng, was destroyed by fire. 07-13-1930 - The first World Cup soccer competition began in Montevideo, Uruguay. 07-13-1943 - The Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history—involving some 6,000 tanks, 2,000,000 troops, and 4,000 aircraft—ended in German defeat. 07-13-1977 - A 25-hour blackout hit New York City, engendering widespread rioting and looting. 07-13-2003 - Iraq's interim governing council was inaugurated. 07-14-1789 - The storming and destruction of Bastille marked the beginning of the French Revolution. 07-14-1798 - Congress passed the Sedition Act, making it a crime to publish false, scandalous, or malicious writing about the U.S. government. 07-14-1881 - Billy the Kid was shot by Sheriff Pat Garrett in New Mexico. 07-14-1921 - In one of the most controversial cases in U.S. history, anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were convicted of two murders and sentenced to death. 07-14-1933 - In Germany, all political parties except the Nazi party were outlawed. 07-14-1946 - Dr. Spock's Common Sense Book of Baby & Child Care was published. 07-14-1958 - A military coup overthrew the monarchy in Iraq, killing King Faisal II. General Abdul Karim Kassem becomes Iraq's leader. 07-15-1870 - Georgia became the last of the Confederate States to be readmitted to the Union. 07-15-1918 - The Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I. 07-15-1948 - John J. Pershing, whose leadership in World War I earned him the title General of the Armies of the United States, died in Washington, DC. 07-15-1975 - The Russian Soyuz and the U.S. Apollo launched. The Apollo-Soyuz mission was the first international manned spaceflight.
IN THE NEWS:	Eric Hobsbawm: Pessimistic view of the world's future in Globalization, Democracy and Terrorism - Martin Woollacott in the Guardian, 7-7-07 Randall Ballmer: Says Baptists have been seduced by religious right - Associated Baptist Press, 7-6-07 Douglas Brinkley: Historian on steroids - New Republic, 6-29-07 John D. Lewis: A Scholar's Affinity for the Philosophy of Ayn Rand Cost Him His Job - Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-5-07 Drew Gilpin Faust: Harvard president tackles first day at work - Boston Globe, 7-3-07 Philip Nobile: New report claims he made unfounded charges - NYT, 6-27-07 Juan Cole: Starts a group blog - Informed Comment (Blog), 7-2-07 David Shreve: Historians plans to run for congress in Va. - http://www.dailyprogress.com, 7-2-07 John Gascoigne: No way for students to avoid Gallipoli, historians confirm - Sydney Morning Herald, 6-29-07
REVIEWED AND FIRST CHAPTERS:	Hugh Brogan and Joseph Epstein: Even God Quotes Tocqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville Books - NYT, 7-8-07 JOSEPH EPSTEIN: Alexis de Tocqueville: Democracy’s Guide, First Chapter - NYT, 7-8-07 HUGH BROGAN: Alexis de Tocqueville: A Life, First Chapter - NYT, 7-8-07 Jeremy Paxman: God Save the Queen ON ROYALTY A Very Polite Inquiry Into Some Strangely Related Families - NYT, 7-8-07 Noga Arikha: Bad Medicine PASSIONS AND TEMPERS A History of the Humours - NYT, 7-8-07 Patrick Symmes: HISTORY: CUBA The Dictator in Prep School A journalist tracks down the men who knew Castro in his boyhood THE BOYS FROM DOLORES Fidel Castro's Classmates From Revolution to Exile - WaPo, 7-8-07 Eric Hobsbawm: Lots of political opinions, still - Review in the Telegraph (UK) of Hobsbawm's Globalisation, Democracy, and Terrorism, 7-1-07 Some newer history books shun simplicity - Patrick T. Reardon in the Chicago Tribune, 7-1-07 Howard Zinn: Complains about bad review in the NYT - Letter to the editor of the NYT Book Review, 7-1-07 David C. Downing: Professor Writes Account of Southern Dissidents in the Civil War - Newswise (press release), 6-25-07
OP-ED:	David Halberstam: Bush, the Historian - Halberstam, in the final piece written before his death, in Vanity Fair, 8-1-07 Michael Kazin: Rove fails where his hero succeeded - The Politico, 7-2-07 Niall Ferguson vs. William Dalrymple: Ferguson is (is not) a neocon - New York Review of Books, 7-17-07 Alister Hayes: Calls for Darwin statue - Northern Territory News, 7-7-07 Maurice Isserman: Ascends Kala Patar in Nepal following 14 day trek - Christian Science Monitor, 7-3-07
PROFILED:	Keith Windschuttle: Why historians were so quick to denounce him - Theodore Dalrymple at http://www.newenglishreview.org, 7-1-07 Kevin Mattson: It's worthwhile teaching film history - Chronicle of Higher Education summary of article in he Common Review, 7-3-07 Hiram Bingham III: Yale historian who found lost city the inspiration perhaps for Indiana Jones - New Haven Register, 7-2-07
FEATURE:	Timothy Naftali: Nixon library's changes start with Watergate Its director is guiding its transformation from private facility to part of the federal system. First step is to broaden the story of the scandal - LAT, 7-8-07 Mark Moyar: H-Diplo hosts roundtable on his controversial history of Vietnam - Tom Maddux in the introduction to the H-Diplo Triumph Forsaken Roundtable, 7-2-07 On the uneasy relationship between medievalists and the people who love medieval games - John Gravois in the Chronicle of Higher Ed, 7-6-07
INTERVIEWED:	Francis Fukuyama: Interviewed about today's challenges to freedom - New Perspectives Quarterly, 5-1-07 Juan Cole: Interviewed by CHE about his new group blog - Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), 7-6-07 David McCullough: Criticized for"founder chic" - Ray Raphael in the course of an interview with Allen Barra at the American Heritage Blog, 7-4-07 Ray Raphael: American Mythbuster ...a July 4 Interview - Allen Barra at the American Heritage Blog, 7-4-07
QUOTED:	Stephen Hess on"'Scooter' Libby move helps seal Bush’s Iraq legacy":"It closes one chapter of the sort of life-draining issue of George W Bush and Iraq. It's totally in keeping with everything he’s done up to now, including his sense of loyalty to his people." -- Reuters, 7-3-07 David Greenberg on the Nixon Library:"Everybody who visited it, who knew the first thing about history, thought it was a joke. You didn't know whether to laugh or cry." - LAT, 7-8-07 Howard Zinn: Why we fly the flag - Boston Globe, 7-8-07 Theodore Roszak, William Seraile, Michael Kazin: Historians say where they were during the summer of love, 40 years ago - From a survey of 17 academics conducted by the Chronicle of Higher Ed, 7-2-07 Bill Gammage: Aussie historian lashes out at Turkey for putting a road through a cemetery for war dead - http://canberra.yourguide.com.au, 7-1-07
HONORED, AWARDED, AND APPOINTMENTS:	Michael Eric Dyson: Moves to Georgetown from Penn - Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-6-07
SPOTTED & SPEAKING EVENTS CALENDAR:	Eric Foner: Delivers 4th of July oration - Hartford Courant, 7-5-07 July 25, 2007: Brian Cisco: Civil War historian to hold 'War Crimes' signing - http://www.aikenstandard.com, 7-5-07 August 25, 2007:James McPherson: Featured at daylong colloquium in Andover, Massachusetts on August 25th - AHA Blog, 5-28-07
NEW ON THE WEB:	Jonathan D. Sarna: On Faith (Blog) - Newsweek/Washington Post Holly Cowan Shulman: Exploring Digital History - A new blog through the Virginia Center for Digital History on history and documentary editing and the electronic media. Love a Historian - HNN Staff, 7-2-07
ON TV:	History Listings This Week: C-Span2, Book TV : History Joan Quigley"The Day The Earth Caved In: An American Mining Tragedy" @ Sunday, July 8 at 11:00pm C-Span2, BookTV History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :07 - Catacombs of Death," Sunday, July 8, @ 11pm ET/PT History Channel:"Amazon Adventures," Monday, July 9, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Modern Marvels :George Washington Bridge," Monday, July 8, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :09 - Freemason Underground," Monday, July 8, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :11 - Dracula's Underground" Monday, July 8, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"Bloodlines: The Dracula Family Tree," Monday, July 8, @ 10pm ET/PT History Channel:"Alaska: Big America," Tuesday, July 10, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Investigating History :Billy the Kid," Tuesday, July 10, @ 4pm ET/PT History Channel:"Modern Marvels :Statue of Liberty," Tuesday, July 10, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Special : Rome: Engineering an Empire," Wednesday, July 11, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Modern Marvels :The Chrysler Building," Wednesday, July 11, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Ku Klux Klan: A Secret History.," Thursday, July 12, @ 2pm ET/PT History Channel:"Modern Marvels :Empire State Building," Thursday, July 12, @ 7pm ET/PT History Channel:"Lost Worlds :Churchill's Secret Bunkers," Thursday, July 12, @ 11pm ET/PT History Channel:"Dogfights," Marathon Friday, July 13, @ 2-6pm ET/PT History Channel:"The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon," Friday, July 13, @ 6pm ET/PT History Channel:"Dogfights :Kamikaze," Friday, July 13, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles," Saturday, July 14, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:" Cities Of The Underworld :01 - Hitler's Underground Lair," Saturday, July 14, @ 8pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :10 - Beneath Vesuvius," Saturday, July 14, @ 9pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :11 - Dracula's Underground," Saturday, July 14, @ 10pm ET/PT History Channel:"Cities Of The Underworld :04 - Scotland's Sin City," Saturday, July 14, @ 11pm ET/PT
SELLING BIG (NYT):	Ronald Reagan. Edited by Douglas Brinkley: THE REAGAN DIARIES #5 (6 weeks on list) - 7-15-07 Walter Isaacson: EINSTEIN HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE #8 (12 weeks on list) - 7-15-07 Michael Beschloss: PRESIDENTIAL COURAGE, #11 (8 weeks on list) - 7-15-07 Carl Bernstein: A WOMAN IN CHARGE: THE LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON, #20 - 7-15-07 >
FUTURE RELEASES:	Bill Yenne: Rising Sons: The Japanese-American GIs Who Fought for the United States in World War II, (St. Martin's Press, July 10, 2007) Kathryn C. Statler: Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam, (University Press of Kentucky) July 28, 2007 Richard B. Frank, MacArthur: A Biography, (Palgrave Macmillan), July 28, 2007 Woody Holton: Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, (Hill and Wang, August 7, 2007) David Halberstam: Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War, (Hyperion, September 2007) John Kelin, Praise From a Future Generation: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy and the First Generation Critics of the Warren Report, (Wings Press TX), September 28, 2007 Maureen Waller: Sovereign Ladies: The Six Reigning Queens of England, (St. Martin's Press, September 28, 2007) Rick Atkinson: Day of Battle: The War in Sicily and Italy, 1943-1944, (Henry Holt & Company, Incorporated, October 2, 2007) Benjamin J. Kaplan: Divided by Faith: Religious Conflict and the Practice of Toleration in Early Modern Europe, (Harvard University Press, October 15, 2007) Richard Avedon, The Kennedys: Portrait of a Family, (HarperCollins Publishers), October 23, 2007 M. Stanton Evans: Blacklisted by History: The Real Story of Joseph McCarthy and His Fight against America's Enemies, (Crown Publishing Group, November 6, 2007)
DEPARTED:	Frank Taylor: Founding Director Of American History Museum, Dies at 104 - WaPo, 6-30-07 Russell Kirk: Debating his legacy - Chronicle of Higher Education, 7-2-07

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