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Today in History for July 26: Truman signs order in 1948 ending racial segregation in the military

YouTube download / AP video / Highlights of this day in history for July 26: 1948 - President Harry Truman in 1948 orders desegregation of U.S. Military; 1953 - Cuba's Fidel Castro in 1953 attacks Moncada barracks; 1952 - Argentina's Eva Peron dies of cancer at age 33; 1856 - Playwright George Bernard Shaw born in Dublin, Ireland; and 1948 - rock star Mick Jagger born in Dartford, England. 

-- Henry Frederick, Headline Surfer - Daytona Beach, Sanford, Orlando, FL

Chicago's Wrigley Field devoid of fans with pandemic, but neighboring rooftops provide bird's-eye view of ballgames

Create: Sun, 07/26/2020 - 15:47
Author: Henry
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The rooftops neighboring Chicago's Wrigley Field are allowing fans a rare opportunity to see games in person at a time when teams are playing without spectators in the stands due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Daytona Beach's Shirley Dacenzo reflects on the passing of yet another celebrity in Olivia de Havilland, last of the movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, dead at 104

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By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. As if the celebrity deaths in the past few days of television's Regis Philman, actor John Saxon and British musician Peter Green weren't overwhelminging enough for Daytona widow Shirley Dacenzo, then came news of Sunday's passing of the last of the movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Age - Olivia De Havilland of Gone with the Wind, deat at 104.

Grim stats in COVID-19 Pandemic: 150,000-plus US deaths; 100th death in Volusia County, Florida

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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The grim reaper that is the coronavirus continues to reach new highs in the killing of Americans with new thresholds crossed: 150,000-plus throughout the country and with the 100th Volusia County death here in Central Florida.

Biden promised Tuesday that his economic agenda would combat long-standing racial inequalities in U.S. society

Create: Tue, 07/28/2020 - 22:37
Author: Henry

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised Tuesday that his economic agenda would combat long-standing racial inequalities in U.S. society as he sought to draw another sharp contrast with President Donald Trump.