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The Navy attracted 250 officers and 2,100 men, and Glastonbury native Gideon Welles was Secretary of the Navy. James H. Ward of Hartford was the first U.S. Naval Officer killed in the Civil War. [69] Connecticut casualties included 2,088 killed in combat, 2,801 dying from disease, and 689 dying in Confederate prison camps. [70] [71] [72]
Chris Acland (1996), English drummer for the band Lush, hanging [1] Art Acord (1931), American actor and rodeo champion, ingestion of poison [2] [3] Manuel Acuña (1873), Mexican poet, ingestion of potassium cyanide [4] [5] George Washington Adams (1829), American politician, lawyer, and eldest son of John Quincy Adams, drowning in Long Island ...
The Navy searches for the lost aircraft for a month without success. On 11 March the office of the Secretary of the Navy cables Helen Ellyson, "Very reluctantly yesterday the Secretary came to the conclusion that it was necessary for us to declare the officers who were lost in the plane with your husband officially dead.
Taft had, after McKinley's election, urged the appointment of Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and watched as Roosevelt became a war hero, Governor of New York, and Vice President of the United States. They met again when Taft went to Washington in January 1902 to recuperate after two operations caused by an infection. [40]
The ninth ballot, after some initial suspense, saw delegation after delegation break for Harding, who took the lead with 374 1 ⁄ 2 votes to 249 for Wood and 121 1 ⁄ 2 for Lowden (Johnson had 83). Lowden released his delegates to Harding, and the tenth ballot, held at 6 p.m., was a mere formality, with Harding finishing with 672 1 ⁄ 5 ...
Haiti received more than US$4 billion in aid from 1990 to 2003, including US$1.5 billion from the United States. [298] The largest donor is the US, followed by Canada and the European Union. [299] In January 2010, following the earthquake, US President Barack Obama promised US$1.15 billion in assistance. [300]