Histortweet Week in Review - W/E January 23, 2010

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Here are your top stories for the week ending January 23, 2010:

[SFX: SOUND827]World: DATELINE Bolivia, January 19, 1983 - Butcher, Barbie, bagged in Bolivia: http://bit.ly/bgRha
The Back-Story: [SFX:Wanted Dead or Alive; Killer Without A Cause; Mark E’s A Terror ]Klaus Barbie, better known as the Butcher of Lyon, personally tortured many prisoners, and was responsible for the death of up to 4,000 people. Following the war, Barbie served briefly with US Counterintelligence, with whose help he fled to Argentina and eventually to Bolivia. There, he lived under the alias Klaus Altmann, but was identified by Nazi Hunters as early as 1971. The Bolivian government refused to hand him over for trial, and efforts to kidnap him failed. Following elections in 1983, the new Bolivian government had him arrested and extradited to France. Finally coming to trial in 1987, an unrepentant Barbie was sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity. He died of leukemian in a Lyon jail some four years later. [SFX: You’re Going to Get What’s Coming; In Jail; In the Jailhouse, Now]

[SFX: SOUND827]Sports: DATELINE Melbourne, January 21, 1990 - Mcenroe blows stack, blows shot in Australian, under new 3-strikes rule: http://bit.ly/647F1j
The Back-Story: [SFX: Bad Boys; Oh, Johnny, Oh!].John McEnroe was perhaps as well known for his passion on the tennis court as for his incredible skills. The passion often manifest itself in rage, as it did in a fourth-round match against Swede Mikael Pernfors at the Australian Open. In the course of the match, McEnroe, who yelled at a crying baby, abused his racket, and cursed the mother of Ken Farrar [SFX: Shaft], the chief of supervisors, was disqualified some 3 hours into the match, to loud boos of the crowd, who wanted to see him finish out.[SFX: Match of the Day; Bad; ]

[SFX: SOUND827]: In Other News: DATELINE Chicago, January 19, OTHR: 1935 - In brief, Cooper introduces alternative to boxers: http://bit.ly/7JSu2D

The Back-Story: [SFX:Pants on the Ground; Like Other Girls; Underoos] Boxers or Briefs? Depends! Before Coopers stepped in, men didn’t have a choice. Calling their new underwear, “Jockeys,” because they provided the support of a jockstrap, Coopers sold 30,000 pair in the first three months. Not prone to ride-up, as boxers do, briefs have become the choice of some active men, or men who just want some support down there, despite the belief in some circles that briefs may lower a man’s sperm count. [SFX: Gentlemen Prefer Hanes]

[SFX: SOUND827] This week’s birthdays:[SFX: In the Club]

January 17: Author Anne Bronte
January 18: Author A. A. Milne
January 19: Author Edgar Allan Poe
January 20: Blues musician Huddie “Leadbelly” Ledbetter
January 21: Tenor Placido Domingo
January 22: Author Sir Francis Bacon
And January 23: Painter Edouard Manet

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