#johnson-sirleaf

A bit of January 16th history...

550 - Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison

1120 - The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

1547 - Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow

1919 - The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified

1920 - 1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris

1951 - World’s largest gas pipeline opens - Brownsville, TX - 134th St, NYC

2006 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new President; she becomes Africa’s 1st female elected head of state (pictured)

A bit of January 16th history...

550 - Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison (pictured)

1120 - The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

1547 - Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow

1919 - The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified

1920 - 1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris

1951 - World’s largest gas pipeline opens - Brownsville, TX - 134th St, NYC

2006 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new President; she becomes Africa’s 1st female elected head of state

United States warns citizens, foresees crisis in Liberia’s election

LIBERIA – The United States government, through its embassy in Monrovia, has warned of possible violence before or after Tuesday’s presidential run-off elections in Liberia.

In a statement on Sunday, the embassy warned American citizens resident in or travelling to Liberia that criminal elements could take advantage of a large political or social gathering to attack participants or others nearby.