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"Featured webpages" for April 2008

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April 1^st Today's featured webpage:
Hanging Gardens of Babylon

for more see Wonders of the Ancient World by Charles Walker - 722 Wal

Today in New Mexico History: April 1, 1878 — Sheriff William Brady and George Hindman were ambushed and killed on the streets of Lincoln. Among those suspected of the murders was Billy the Kid, who later was tried and convicted of the deed.

April 2^nd Today's featured webpage:
Ferrets
from The American Ferret Association
for more see Ferrets: A Complete Pet Owner's Manual by E. Lynn and Chuck Morton - 636.97 Mo

Today in New Mexico History: April 2, 1870 — The Santa Fe Weekly Post accused Governor William Pile and his librarian Ira Bond with selling and destroying many valuable Spanish and Mexican archival records.
Today in New Mexico History: April 2, 2004 — A huge storm from April 2^nd through 4^th dropped 2.47 inches of rain on Albuquerque, 2.29 inches in a 24 hour period from the 2^nd to 3^rd, making it the all time wettest 24 hour period on record.

April 3^rd Today's featured webpage:
Mata Hari

for more see Eye of Dawn: The Rise and Fall of Mata Hari by Erika Ostrovsky - LT 921 Mata Hari Ostrovsky

Today in New Mexico History: April 3, 1884 — The "grandfather of dust storms" originates in New Mexico, reaching great altitudes over Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. Several deaths related to storm are reported.

April 4^th Today's featured webpage:
Raising Newborn Calves
from Oregon State Extension Service
for more see Raising a Calf for Beef by Phyllis Hobson - 636.21 Hobson

Today in New Mexico History: April 4, 1879 — The first Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway locomotive steamed into Las Vegas, N.M., bringing prosperity to that town and diminishing commerce on the Santa Fe Trail.
Today in New Mexico History: April 4, 1956 — Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay signed the order establishing the Fort Union National Monument in Mora County.

April 5-6 Weekend's featured webpage:
New Mexico photographs
from Albuquerque Style
for more see Eye of the West: Photographs by Nancy Wood with Damien Shay - SW 978 Wood

Today in New Mexico History: April 5, 1922 — The Federal Radio Commission awarded the campus radio station at the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts (now NMSU) in Las Cruces a commercial radio license to broadcast at 883.3 on the AM dial with 750 watts of power under call sign KOB. This was the first commercial radio station in New Mexico.
Today in New Mexico History: April 6, 1870 — Librarian Ira Bond announced the recovery of lost archival records ordered disposed by Governor William Pile. Despite the statement, Bond still urges return of missing records through Santa Fe newspapers.

April 7^th Today's featured webpage:
Skytower, Auckland, New Zealand

for more see Masterworks of Technology: The Story of Creative Engineering, Architecture, and Design by E.E. Lewis - 609 Lewis

Today in New Mexico History: April 7-8, 1880 — The battle of Hembrillo Canyon was a draw, the combined forces of Victorio and the Mescalero Apache escaped an ambush by Colonel Edward Hatch. Three Apache were killed, but eight troopers were seriously wounded including Captain Carroll.

April 8^th Today's featured webpage:
Snow Leopards
from Defenders of Wildlife
for a science fiction treatment, see Secret of the Snow Leopard by John C. Robinson - SF Ro

Today in New Mexico History: April 8, 1704 — Don Diego de Vargas died in Bernalillo after contracting a fever while leading Spanish soldiers and Pueblo scouts against Apaches raiding settlements in the Middle Rio Grande Valley.

Picture of earth showing wobble of north pole

April 9^th Today's featured webpage:
Chandler Wobble: Does latitude vary?
from Internet Encyclopedia of Science
for more see Tales of the Earth: Paroxysms and Perturbations of the Blue Planet by Charles B. Officer and Jake Page - 550 Of

Today in New Mexico History: April 9, 1942 -- In the Philippines, New Mexico National Guard troops surrender at Bataan. The POWs were force marched 65 miles - for up to twelve hours a day for five to seven days - without food, water and rest to Camp O'Donnell. It became known as the "Bataan Death March".

April 10^th Today's featured webpage:
"The Man with the Muck-rake" Teddy Roosevelt
from American Rhetoric
for more speeches see Great Speeches in American History - 815.08 Gr

Today in New Mexico History: April 10, 1881 — In a Mesilla courtroom, Billy the Kid was convicted of the murder of Sheriff Brady and sentenced to hang.

April 11^th Today's featured webpage:
HIV & STD Testing
from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
for more see Sexually Transmitted Infections: the facts by David Barlow - 616.951 Barlow

Today in New Mexico History: April 11, 1952 — Nash Garcia, the first New Mexico state policeman to die in the line of duty, was ambushed and murdered in the wilderness of Black Mesa, on the Acoma Indian Reservation.

April 12-13 Weekend's featured webpage:
Big Bend
from The National Park Service
for more see Exploring the Big Bend County by Peter Koch - SW 508.764 Koch

Today in New Mexico History: April 12, 1915 — Six men were indicted for helping Mexican General José Inez Salazar escape from an Albuquerque jail. The alleged conspirators were district attorney Manuel Vigil, game warden Trinidad C de Baca, two deputies and the famous lawman Elfego Baca, who served as Salazar's attorney.

April 14^th Today's featured webpage:
Japanese Pagoda tree
from University of Connecticut
for more see Trees by Allen J. Coombes - 582.16 Coombes

Today in New Mexico History: April 14, 1862 — Néstor Montoya, newspaperman, Speaker of the House in the Territorial Legislature and US congressman, was born.

April 15^th Today's featured webpage:
Tax syndrome

for more see The Fair Tax Book by Neal Boortz - MN 336.24 Boo

Today in New Mexico History: April 15, 1862 — In the Battle of Peralta, south of Isleta, confederate troops under Colonel Thomas Green made a stand against Union forces under Colonel Edward Canby. After heavy pounding by artillery, Green's forces retreated under cover of a dust storm in the last Civil War battle in New Mexico.
Today in New Mexico History: April 15, 1880 — Rail service was initiated between Albuquerque and Colorado.
Today in New Mexico History: April 15, 2008 — Turkey hunters in the Manzano Mountains accidentally started the Trigo Canyon Fire that burned 13,709 acres, including 59 homes.

April 16^th Today's featured webpage:
Cabinet National Library, New Mexico
from Superhero Journal
for more on NM landscape art see The Big Empty ed. Leonard Engel - SW 700 Bi

Today in New Mexico History: April 16, 1605 — Don Juan de Oñate, New Mexico's first official colonizer, inscribed his name at El Morro near Zuni Pueblo.
Today in New Mexico History: April 16, 1946 — The first White Sands launch of a V-2 rocket was successful. It was assembled from parts shipped from Germany.

April 17^th Today's featured webpage:
International Spy Museum

for more see Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage by Stephen Budiansky - 327.1242 Bud

Today in New Mexico History: April 17, 1882 — The Santa Fe Railway opens its Montezuma resort outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico, now the site of a United World College campus.

April 18^th Today's featured webpage:
John Coltrane
from Verve Music Group
for more see A History of Jazz in America by Barry Ulanov - 785 UL

April 19-20 Weekend's featured webpage:
Santa Ana Pueblo Pottery
from Clayhound
for more see The Pottery of Santa Ana Pueblo by Francis H. Harlow, Dunae Anderson and Dwight P. Lanmon - SW 738.089 Harlow

Today in New Mexico History: April 20, 1855 — The earliest known report of an earthquake in New Mexico was at Socorro, an intensity V (Mercalli) quake.
Today in New Mexico History: April 20, 1922 — The North Central Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools accredited the University of New Mexico, making it the first accredited university in the state.

April 21^st Today's featured webpage:
St. Catherine's Monastery - Sinai
from
for more see Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine by John Galey - OS 726.7 Galey

April 22^nd Today's featured webpage:
Lungless Frogs
from World Science
for more see Frogs: A Chorus of Colors by John L. and Deborah A. Behler - J 597.89 Behler

April 23^rd Today's featured webpage:
Catapults

for more see Medieval Warfare by H. W. Koch - 940.1 Ko

Today in New Mexico History: April 23, 1541 — Francisco Vazquez de Coronado set out from the area now known as Bernalillo to search for the Golden Cities of Cibola, a journey that took him as far east as Kansas before he turned back empty-handed.
Today in New Mexico History: April 23, 1870 — Judge Kirby Benedict led his committee to fix blame for recent loss of Spanish and Mexican archival records, issuing a report to President Ulysses S. Grant that recommended the removal of New Mexico Governor William Pile.

April 24^th Today's featured webpage:

"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" #50 all-time Country Hit

for more see Cowboy Songs by Michael Martin Murphy - MCD 390

Today in New Mexico History: April 24. 1964 — At 5:45 pm about a mile south of town, Socorro Police Officer Lonnie Zamora sighted two small-adult-like figures in white coveralls near a shiny whitish-aluminum color, oval object about about 12-15 ft tall. The individuals boarded the object and it took off vertically. Project Bluebook #8766.

April 25^th Today's featured webpage:
Hermann Oberth, rocket pioneer
from Internet Encyclopedia of Science
for more see The Nazi Rocketeers by Dennis Piszkiewicz - 629.4092 Piszkiewicz

Today in New Mexico History: April 25, 1835 — The Mexican Congress repealed all land colonization laws, seeking to become the final issuing authority for land grants along the northern frontier. Military and church leaders had become alarmed at the number of Anglos receiving grants in New Mexico and Texas.

Picture of Tarantula & Scorpion in glass

April 26-27 Weekend's featured webpage:
Nuclear Tests

for more see The Scorpion and the Tarantula: The struggle to control atomic weapons, 1945-1949 by Joseph I. Lieberman - 341.734 Lie

Today in New Mexico History: April 26, 1901 — Outlaw Tom "Blackjack" Ketchum was hanged in Clayton for train robbery. Ketchum was decapitated while plunging from the gallows and his death raised many questions about the inhumanity of this method of execution.
Today in New Mexico History: April 26, 1996 — An improperly extinguished campfire started the Dome Fire which burned 16,516 acres in the Jemez.

April 28^th Today's featured webpage:
Ganesh symbolism
from Sri Chinmoy's Sunlit Path
for more see Hindu Myths by Anna L Dallapiccola - 294.51 Dal

Today in New Mexico History: April 28, 1881 — Billy the Kid escaped from the jail in the Lincoln County Courthouse by killing deputies J.W. Bell and Bob Olinger.

April 29^th Today's featured webpage:
Homeowner Liability
from The Encyclopedia of Everyday Law
for more see The ABA Guide to Home Ownership by Jane E. Bahls - R 349.73 Am

April 30^th Today's featured webpage:
Elizabeth George Speare, young adult author

for more see The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare - CD 3518-3522

Today in New Mexico History: April 30, 1598 — Oñate and the first Spanish colonizers reached the Rio Grande after days without water in the Chihuahua badlands. A celebration is held that many New Mexicans consider to be the first Thanksgiving.

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