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Testimony before Sen Foreign Relations Com on Nicaraguan situation
LONDON, March 8. -- "It is not so much the fortunes of Dr. Sacassa and General Moncada and their nonde-
HOUSTON, Texas, March 8 (AP). -- Houston vividly recalls the riots on the night of Aug. 23, 1917, when about 100 negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry mutinied, killed several of their white officers, seized some of the arms in camp and, inflamed with liquor, began a march toward Houston.
Chinese civil war
Pres Coolidge cuts terms of rioters who took part in Houston race riots in 1917; riot recalled
1927Jackie Jensen, American baseball player (died 1982)[†]
Jack Eugene Jensen was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for three American League (AL) teams from 1950 to 1961, most notably the Boston Red Sox. He was named the AL's Most Valuable Player (MVP) in 1958 after hitting 35 home runs and leading the league with 122 runs batted in (RBIs); he also led the league in RBIs two other years, and in triples and stolen bases once each. Respected for his throwing arm, he won a Gold Glove Award and led the AL in assists and double plays twice each. He retired in his early thirties as major-league baseball expanded westward, due to an intense fear of flying. After being a two-sport star in college, Jensen was the first person to play in the Rose Bowl, the World Series, and the MLB All-Star Game.