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080531-N-3674H-098 DJIBOUTI (May 31, 2008) Construction Electrician 2nd Class Justin Johnson, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 74, repairs a light fixture at the Balbala primary school in Djibouti. Seabees are repairing the school as part of a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa project. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class John Hulle (Released)
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From 5/21/1969 ( my graduation from Princeton University includes degree as medical doctor ) to 11/18/1996 ( premiere US movie "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is: 10043 days
10043 = 1 + 5021 + 5021
From 7/16/1963 ( my wife ) to 4/14/1977 ( I returned to Earth after successfully diverting comet in the outer solar system ) is: 5021 days
From 7/21/1979 ( my wife and I are married ) to 11/18/1996 ( premiere US movie "Star Trek: First Contact" ) is: 6330 days
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 7/2/1976 ( I intercepted the comet in the outer solar system and set to work at diverting it ) is: 6330 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117731/releaseinfo
Release dates for
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
USA 18 November 1996 (Hollywood, California) (premiere)
From 2/6/1964 ( I was Olympic gold medalist at Innsbruck Olympics again on this day ) to 12/16/1987 ( Trail of Tears National Historic Trail ) is: 8714 days
8714 = 4357 + 4357
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 2/5/1971 ( I was Apollo 14 Antares command astronaut walking on Earth's moon ) is: 4357 days
http://www.nps.gov/archive/trte/index.htm
The Trail of Tears National Historic Trail commemorates the removal of the Cherokee and the paths that 17 Cherokee detachments followed westward. Today the trail encompasses about 2,200 miles of land and water routes, and traverses portions of nine states.
Designation
National Historic Trail - December 16, 1987
http://www.tntota.org/enabling_legislation.htm
PUBLIC LAW 100-192 [S. 5781; December 16,1987
TRAIL OF TEARS NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY-S. 578:
HOUSE REPORTS- No 100-461 Comm on Interior and Insular Affairs
SENATE REPORTS No 100-175 Comm. on Energy and Natural Resources CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. Vol. 133 (1987)
Oct. 1, considered and passed Senate.
Dec. 1 considered and passed House, amended.
Dec. 3 Senate concurred in House amendments. 101 STAT. 1309
http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1987/121687a.htm
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate on Low Intensity Conflict Policy
December 16, 1987
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)
Conflict in the Third World can pose serious threats to our security interests. Low intensity conflicts, which take place at levels below conventional war, but above routine peaceful competition among states, can be particularly troublesome.
The attached report, prepared pursuant to section 1311 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 1987, responds to legislation passed by the Congress in 1986. It describes actions taken, and ongoing, as a result of our experience with low intensity conflicts over the last several years and highlights a broad-range effort to address problems associated with low intensity conflict and our Special Operations Forces. In that regard, in June of this year, I approved a new national policy and strategy for low intensity conflict and established a Board for Low Intensity Conflict that is chaired by my National Security Adviser. The essential elements of our low intensity conflict policy and strategy are described in the report.
We have also activated the new Unified Command for Special Operations, improved our special operations capabilities, and established the office of the new Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
More work lies ahead. The United States must continue to respond to challenges arising from low intensity conflict -- to defend our interests and support those who put their lives on the line in the common cause of freedom. For the United States to be effective in this most important undertaking, there must be public understanding and strong congressional support. I hope this report will contribute to a broader understanding of low intensity conflict and the support that our policy requires.
Sincerely,
Ronald Reagan
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=34391&st=hungry&st1=
Remarks on the 750th Anniversary of the Founding of Berlin
June 12th, 1987
The President. Well, Chancellor Kohl and Mayor Diepgen, Ambassador Burt, ladies and gentlemen: It's an honor for me to be able to join you today at this 750th birthday party for the city of Berlin. I'm especially pleased to be here today because—well, it's not often that I get to go to a birthday party for something that's older than I am. [Laughter]
But to subject you to a second speech here— [laughter] —you know, I keep thinking of a story of ancient Rome, where, on a Saturday afternoon, the hungry lions were turned loose on the little group of people there on the floor of the Coliseum, and they came charging toward them. And one individual stepped out of the group, said something very quietly, and the lions all laid down. Well, the crowd was enraged and horrified that they're going to be denied the show. And Caesar sent for the man who had spoken to the lions. And they brought him, and he said, "What did you say to them that made them act like that?" And he said, "I just told them that after they ate, there'd be speeches." [Laughter]
From 7/4/1976 ( I successfully diverted the comet in the outer solar system ) to 4/1/1994 ( "Africa: The Serengeti" ) is: 6480 days
From 3/3/1959 ( my birth date US ) to 11/28/1976 ( I launched from Jupiter moon Callisto for Earth and home ) is: 6480 days
From 4/30/1982 ( my graduation and commissioning U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1982 ) to 4/1/1994 ( "Africa: The Serengeti" ) is: 4354 days
4354 = 2177 + 2177
From 3/4/1959 ( my birth date UK ) to 2/17/1965 ( I am active duty U.S. Navy SEAL ) is: 2177 days
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109049/maindetails
Africa: The Serengeti (1994)
Release Date: 1 April 1994 (USA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa:_The_Serengeti
Release date(s) April 1, 1994
Africa: The Serengeti is a 70mm documentary film released in 1994 to IMAX theaters. It is narrated by Academy Award-nominated actor James Earl Jones and directed by veteran IMAX filmmaker George Casey, featuring nature cinematography during a year at East Africa's Serengeti plain.
The Serengeti is a huge area of grassland in Tanzania, Africa. Once a year, in time of drought, animals travel north in order to survive. This "great migration", an event in which millions of wildebeests, zebras, and antelope travel several hundred miles across the plain, while lions and other dangers await them along the way, is considered one of the great wonders of the world.
The film was shot on location in Kenya and Tanzania.
