Today in History
Today is Wednesday, May 12, the 132nd day of 2021. There are 233 days left in the year.
TodayÃs Highlights in History:
On May 12, 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade, which the Western powers had succeeded in circumventing with their Berlin Airlift.
On this date:
In 1780, during the Revolutionary War, the besieged city of Charleston, South Carolina, surrendered to British forces.
In 1937, BritainÃs King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey; his wife, Elizabeth, was crowned as queen consort.
In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered. The two-week Trident Conference, headed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, opened in Washington.
AZ Memo: Students get reliable internet after months without it; Farm cares for dogs; Phoenix semiconductor factory workers begin training Arizona Republic
A look at some of today s top stories, the weather forecast and a peek back in history.
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New website debunks COVID-19 vaccine myths and urges hesitant Latinos to get the shot.
Postal worker assaulted while delivering mail in San Tan Valley; officials investigating.
Today, you can expect it to be hot, with a high near 98 degrees. Clear at night, with a low near 71 degrees. Get the full forecast here.
These kids living close to school get reliable internet after months without it
News From Antiwar.com
The head of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s North American command, General André Lanata, recently visited U.S. Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The general, as all top commanders of NATO’s Allied Command Transformation (described as NATO’s Warfare Development Command) in Norfolk, Virginia have been since his nation rejoined the NATO Military Command structure in 2009, is French. As the Supreme Allied Commander Europe is always American and the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe is always British when he’s not German.
While there he met with General James Dickinson, Commander of the United States Space Command; General Glen VanHerck, Commander of the United States Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command; and Lieutenant-General Alain Pelletier, Deputy Commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command.
Former Birmingham police chief makes history as first Black US Army Reserve lieutenant general
Updated May 10, 2021;
Posted May 10, 2021
Former Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper makes history as first African American U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general. (U.S. Army Reserve)
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Former Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper will become the first African American to achieve the rank of U.S Army Reserve lieutenant general.
Maj. Gen. Roper’s upcoming promotion, announced last week, will put him as deputy commander of the United States Northern Command, United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado. In his new role, Roper will help lead U.S. Northern Command in anticipating, preparing and responding to threats against North America and within Northern Command’s assigned area of responsibility; and provide oversight of U.S. Northern Command’s Defense Support to Civil Authorities.