Christopher Scott "Chris" Kyle (n. 8 aprilie 1974 − d. 2 februarie 2013) a fost un militar american, lunetist, subofițer al marinei americane „SEAL”. El este cel mai eficient lunetist din istoria militară a Statelor Unite, cu 255 de inamici uciși în timpul Războiului din Irak, dintre care 160 au fost confirmați oficial de Pentagon.
În 2009 el a scris bestsellerul autobiografic, American Sniper, care a fost publicat în ianuarie 2012. Ulterior, în baza cărții a fost realizată o adaptare ecranizată în regia lui Clint Eastwood, care a fost lansată în decembrie 2014.
Chris Kyle a murit pe 2 februarie 2013, împușcat la un poligon de antrenamente împreună cu prietenul său, Chad Littlefield, de către Eddie Ray Routh, un veteran al războiului din Irak care suferea de stres post-traumatic.
Citește mai mult...8 aprilie 1974 era un luni sub semnul stelut al lui ♈. Era ziua 97 din an. Președintele Statelor Unite a fost Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 08 April 1974
Striking UPI employes on April 7 begin 24 hrs of voting on latest contract offer by news syndicate, which it hopes will end 3-wk-old strike; vote is being held against recommendation by negotiators for Wire Service Guild that employes reject offer made by syndicate on April 6
Date: 09 April 1974
By PHILIP SHABECOFFSpecial to The New York Times
Leonard B Boudin, atty for former Teamsters pres James R Hoffa, says Hoffa's case against Pres Nixon could open new area of evidence alleging abuse of Pres power; Hoffa has filed suit against Nixon and Atty Gen William B Saxbe, charging them with illegally preventing him from holding union office; Hoffa was released on Dec 23 '71 from Fed prison, where he had been serving 13-yr sentence for mail fraud and jury tampering, by Exec order of clemency issued by Nixon; order stipulated that, as condition of release, Hoffa not engage in union activities for 10 yrs; Hoffa says goal of lawsuit is to free him from restrictions so that he can run for office in Detroit Teamsters local and then recapture pres of union; Boudin says placing of conditions in clemency order was 'unprecedented and illegal'; Hoffa's suit alleges conspiracy among Charles W Colson, then counsel to Nixon, Teamsters pres Frank E Fitzsimmons and 'unknown' other persons to keep Hoffa from regaining union pres; Justice Dept pardon atty Lawrence Taylor says he prepared clemency order upon instruction from former White House aide John W Dean 3d; Hoffa's atty's are demanding access to White House tape recordings and documents relevant to suit against Nixon (L)
Date: 09 April 1974
Special to The New York Times
Washington Post publishes April 9 edition despite strike by commercial and editorial employes; skeleton staff of supervisors and nonstriking employes work largely in anonymity to produce paper in which most stories have no byline; Post exec editor Benjamin C Bradlee estimates that about 250 of 1,100 covered by Guild contract are working (S)
Date: 09 April 1974
By DAMON STETSON
Damon STETSON
ITU Local 6 pres Bertram A Powers on April 8 says that tally of vote on whether to strike 1 or more of city's newspapers will be completed by noon on April 10; does not say what action union might take short of strike (S)
Date: 09 April 1974
Wire Service Guild negotiators, striking against UPI, on April 8 rept that membership has voted to reject terms for new contract, but by such narrow margin that union would submit contract to 2d vote and recommend approval; say that 57.8% rejection vote is not sufficient at bargaining table to win greater improvements in contract (S)
Date: 09 April 1974
By JOHN HERBERSSpecial to The New York Times
Rev of recent efforts by Nixon Adm to counter Watergate and other scandals during last 2 wks notes that attacks on news media have been stepped up in some aspects; Pres special asst Patrick J Buchanan delivered speech at Univ of Penna in which he advocated that conservatives boycott products of advertisers who sponsor what Buchanan called distorted news presentation
Date: 08 April 1974
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, who pieced together major articles about Watergate, say Hugh W Sloan Jr, former treas of Pres Nixon's re-election com, was major source of information for them; Sloan's role and that of highly placed Adm source, whom reporters call 'Deep Throat,' are described in their forthcoming book All the President's Men; excerpts to appear in May and June issues of Playboy (pub); reporters note that Sloan was never identified as source in Post accounts but say that he has now agreed to allow disclosure of his name; information reporters say they obtained from 'Deep Throat' and Sloan discussed (L)
Date: 09 April 1974
Special to the New York Times
Bruce Herchensohn, special deputy asst to Pres, on April 8 criticizes James Reston and Anthony Lewis (NY Times) for their statements concerning Nixon's order to bomb Hanoi
Date: 09 April 1974
By SEYMOUR M. HERSHSpecial to The New York Times
William S Frates, atty for C G Rebozo, acknowledges on Apr 8 that Rebozo discussed, at Pres Nixon's suggestion, controversial $100,000 campaign contribution from H Hughes during White House meeting in Apr '73 with H W Kalmbach, then personal atty for Nixon; denies emphatically that Rebozo told Kalmbach that he disbursed cash to Nixon's bros Edward C and F Donald and to Rose Mary Woods, Nixon's personal sec, as Kalmbach has reptdly testified to Sen Watergate com; indirectly challenges Kalmbach's credibility; Pres deputy press sec G L Warren says that Nixon stands on previous assertion that Rebozo returned $100,000 contribution untouched; Frates assails com investigators and accuses them of twisting Rebozo's secret testimony; on Apr 8, he accused Scott Armstrong of leaking testimony and said that he would ask com chief counsel S Dash to take action against him; on Apr 9, he says that he subsequently learned that information was being supplied to news media by other sources; Dash defends Armstrong; says that com inquiry into Hughes contribution, led by Terry F Lenzner, is still in progress (M)