SNN - Student News Net

People of D-Day: 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion

Feb. 25, 2019 - The 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion was the only unit of African American soldiers to land on Omaha Beach on D-Day.
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Jan. 27: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Jan. 27, 2019 - On this day 74 years ago, the Soviet Union liberated the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. In spring 1945, British soldiers liberated the Bergen-Belsen camp in northern Germany. And United States soldiers liberated Dachau, the first camp Nazi Germany opened in 1933 in southern Germany. The Soviet Union, Britain and the United States were Allies.
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Remembering the people of D-Day as 75th anniversary nears

Jan. 11, 2019 - The 75th anniversary of D-Day is June 6, 2019. Student News Net will be posting a series of stories honoring people of D-Day. Fred Bahlau was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne. He "dropped" behind enemy lines on D-Day.
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Rare 1943 copper penny could bring $200,000

Jan. 9, 2019 - In 1942 and 1943, copper was needed to make war materials. World War II (1939-1945) was raging. In the United States, millions of pennies were made by coating steel with zinc. The pennies were called steelies. A small number of copper pennies were made in error. In 1947, Don Lutes, Jr., a sixteen year old student in Massachusetts, received one. It was in his change after purchasing lunch at his high school cafeteria. That coin will go up for auction Thursday by Heritage Auctions. It could fetch more than $200,000.
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Apollo 8 explored the moon and discovered Earth

Dec. 10, 2018 - Fifty years ago, Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders, NASA astronauts, celebrated Christmas Eve orbiting the moon. They were the Apollo 8 astronaut crew. It was the first time humans had left Earth's orbit. Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will present the "Spirit of Apollo" Tuesday. It will be held at the National Cathedral in Washington DC. Jim Lovell, now 90, will participate. NASA will stream the event live.
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What does it mean to 'lie in state' or 'lie in honor?'

Dec. 6, 2018 - Thousands of people waited for hours in cold temperatures at the U.S. Capitol this week. They waited to enter the Capitol Rotunda. The casket of President George H.W. Bush lain in state there. It's an honor that has been given to only 31 people before President Bush. Since 1998, Congress has also authorized four ordinary citizens to "lie in honor" upon their deaths.
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Students give voice to rare music first played at Auschwitz

Dec. 4, 2018 - Fourteen student musicians enrolled at the University of Michigan's School of Music, Theatre and Dance recently made history. They recorded a rare musical manuscript. It was found by U-M Prof. Patricia Hall at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum. The museum is in Poland. The manuscript was based on a popular song in the early 1940s. The manuscript was arranged and played by Auschwitz prisoners in 1943 during World War II. It hasn't been played in 75 years.
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I spy a cool museum - and book

Nov. 30, 2018 - Spies have been in the business of deception for hundreds of years. A gift of a wooden horse hides an invading army. Ninjas train for years to sleuth in the shadows. Seemingly random groups of numbers and scrambled letters reveal battle plans. Buttons and pens become cameras and weapons. These are tools of the trade for the clandestine cohort of spies. The cohort is personified by Bond, James Bond. The International Spy Museum tells their stories.
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Women write history through the Vietnam Women's Memorial

Nov. 14, 2018 - About 300 people gathered Saturday evening for a Candlelight Ceremony at the Vietnam Women's Memorial to honor its 25th anniversary. Diane Carlson Evans, an Army nurse, Vietnam veteran, and founder of the Memorial, spoke with Student News Net before the ceremony.
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Fall 1918: Influenza pandemic rages

Nov. 5, 2018 - One hundred years ago there were two major events happening simultaneously. World War I was being fought in Europe. And an influenza pandemic was raging. The pandemic came in three waves. It began in spring 1918. The second wave during fall 1918 was the most lethal. Before it was over in 1919, at least 50 million people worldwide died. That total includes 675,000 people in America.
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Mission to the Sun is heating up

Oct. 30, 2018 - Things are heating - and speeding - up for NASA. NASA engineers and scientists are busy managing the Parker Solar Probe mission. A spacecraft is traveling to the Sun. At about 1:04 p.m. EDT yesterday, it broke a record for distance. Until yesterday. the record for a man-made spacecraft's closest distance to the Sun was 26.55 million miles. The record was set by Helios 2 in 1976. The Parker Probe broke that record yesterday.
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Will this winter be mild?

Oct. 24, 2018 - Fall temperatures are dipping below freezing. It's a harbinger of days to come. The official start of winter is still weeks away. But NOAA meteorologists are working to forecast winter weather. They are part of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. They are studying weather data. They believe a mild winter could be in store for many parts of the United States.
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Now is the time to stop the flu

Oct. 22, 2018 - Severity of influenza varies from year to year. It varies due to a number of factors. One thing does not vary. It's very important to get the annual flu vaccine. The vaccine prevents illness. The number of people ill with influenza (flu) and influenza-like illnesses (ILI) normally peaks in February. Influenza viruses are circulating now.
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How mighty is the Mississippi?

Oct. 19, 2018 - The Mississippi River is the second longest river in North America. It's mighty because of many factors. Factors include its length, width, speed, volume, watershed size, and economic impact. Metrics prove the Mississippi is mighty. But it's also mighty beautiful, especially at sunset.
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