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Curtis Emerson LeMay was born in Columbus, Ohio, on November 15, 1906.
In 1883 came the Letters of Carlyle and Emerson ; in 1886, 1887 and 1888, Carlyle's Letters and Reminiscences ; in 1894, the Orations and Addresses of George William Curtis and the Letters of Lowell.
Among the scholars who joined him were John Burroughs, John Muir, George Bird Grinnell, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Edward Curtis, Trevor Kincaid, G. K. Gilbert, Albert Fisher, Robert Ridgway, Charles Keeler, Frederick Coville, Frederick Dellenbaugh, William Emerson Ritter and Clinton Hart Merriam.
" The Peter Gunn Theme " has been performed by numerous jazz, blues, and rock artists since, including Jeff Beck, Dave Grusin, Ray Anthony, Elvis Presley ( on the ' 68 Comeback Special ), Duane Eddy, Quincy Jones, The Remo Four, The Blues Brothers, Croon & The Creepers, Brian Setzer, The Cramps, Jimi Hendrix, Bosse-de-Nage, Gary Hoey, Aerosmith, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roy Buchanan, Melvin Taylor, The Disco Biscuits, Umphrey's McGee, The Swingle Singers, Pulp, They Might Be Giants, Dick Dale & The Del-Tones, Johnny Guitar Seven, Colonel Mustard & The Condiments, The Silencers, The Tubes, saxophonist King Curtis, guitarist Mundell Lowe, trombonist Buddy Morrow
Ernest Holmes was especially strongly influenced by Emma Curtis Hopkins, especially her " Scientific Christian Mental Practice ", a direct precursor to Holmes ' " Spiritual Mind Treatment ", and by the writings of Judge Thomas Troward and Ralph Waldo Emerson, as he developed his own synthesis, which became known as Religious Science or Science of Mind.

Curtis and LeMay
Air Force General Curtis LeMay presented a pre-invasion bombing plan to Kennedy in September, while spy flights and minor military harassment from US forces at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base were the subject of continual Cuban diplomatic complaints to the US government.
In the hauntingly re-enacted opening portion of the film concerning the background that McNamara and his pro-nuclear-war adversary U. S. General Curtis LeMay had shared together during World War II, director Morris brought out complexities in the character of McNamara, which the public had not previously recognized, but which largely shaped McNamara's positions regarding both the missiles-in-Cuba issue and the Vietnam War issue, and which therefore created the historical figure that McNamara turned out to be as the U. S. Secretary of Defense.
Then, when the U. S. Army Air Forces on the Marianas Islands ran out of conventional thermite incendiary bombs for its B-29 Superfortresses to drop on Japanese cities, its top commanders, such as General Curtis E. LeMay turned to napalm bombs to continue its fire raids on the large Japanese cities.
The situation began to change on 19 October 1948, when Lieutenant General Curtis LeMay assumed leadership of the Strategic Air Command, a position he held until June 1957, the longest tenure for any United States armed forces commander since Winfield Scott.
Submitted in a command-wide contest, it was chosen as the winner by a three judge panel: General Curtis E. LeMay, Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; General Thomas S. Power, Vice Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Air Command ; and Brigadier General AW Kissner, Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command.
Many early SCCA events were held on disused air force bases, organized with the help of Air Force General Curtis LeMay, a renowned enthusiast of sports car racing.
USAF General Curtis LeMay updated the concept for the nuclear age.
* November 15 Curtis LeMay, United States Air Force general ( d. 1990 )
In 1949 Curtis LeMay was placed in command of the Strategic Air Command and instituted a program to update the bomber fleet to one that was all-jet.
* George Wallace / Curtis LeMay ( American Independent )— 9, 901, 118 ( 13. 5 %) and 46 electoral votes ( 5 states carried )
The New York Times reported at the time, " Maj. Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, commander of the B-29s of the entire Marianas area, declared that if the war is shortened by a single day, the attack will have served its purpose.
General Curtis E. LeMay
Curtis LeMay ’ s first contact with military service occurred in September 1924 when he enrolled as a student in the ROTC program at Ohio State University.
According to letters in Curtis LeMay's service record, while he was in command of SAC during the 1950s several petitions were made by Air Force service members to have LeMay promoted to the rank of General of the Air Force ( five stars ).
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The General's character is patterned after the real SAC commander General Curtis LeMay.
Changing their tactics to expand the coverage and increase the damage, Curtis LeMay ordered the bombers to fly lower ( 4, 500 8, 000 ft, 1, 400 2, 400 m ) and drop incendiary bombs to burn Japan's vulnerable wood-and-paper buildings.
Air power notables Carl Spaatz, Curtis E. LeMay and Robin Olds, are interred here.
One major responsibility was the analysis of U. S. bombers ' efficiency and effectiveness, especially the B-29 forces commanded by Major General Curtis LeMay in India, China and the Mariana Islands.
The 13th School Group and its 47th and 53rd School Squadrons provided primary and basic flying training for future Air Force leaders such as Hoyt Vandenberg, Nathan Twining, Thomas Power and Curtis LeMay.
Gen. Curtis E. LeMay Building, United States Strategic Command | U. S. Strategic Command Headquarters
Chennault was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame in December 1972, along with Leroy Grumman, Curtis LeMay and James H. Kindelberger.
The April 25, 1988 issue of The New Yorker carried an interview where Senator Barry Goldwater, who had a deep interest in UFOs, said he repeatedly asked his friend, Gen. Curtis LeMay, if there was any truth to the rumors that UFO evidence was stored in a secret room at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

Curtis and November
* November 21 Steven Curtis Chapman, American Christian musician
Jamie Lee Curtis ( born November 22, 1958 ) is an American actress and author.
* Never Forget ( 7 May 2008 15 November 2008 ), a new musical with a book by Daniel Brocklehurst, Guy Jones and Ed Curtis based on the 1990s songs of the band Take That and the music and lyrics of Gary Barlow.
* November 22 Jamie Lee Curtis, actress
Curtis Montague Schilling ( born November 14, 1966 ) is a former American Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher.
In the 1947 publication " Printed Circuit Techniques " by Cledo Brunetti and Roger W. Curtis ( National Bureau of Standards Circular 468 first issued 15 November 1947 ) the a brief discussion of creating circuits on what would have been flexible insulating materials ( e. g. paper ) indicated that the idea was in place and in the 1950s Sanders Associates ' inventors ( Nashua, NH ) Victor Dahlgren and company founder Royden Sanders made significant strides developing and patenting processes for printing and etching flat conductors on flexible base materials to replace wire harnesses.
* “ Printed Circuit Techniques ” by Cledo Brunetti and Roger w. Curtis ( National Bureau of Standards Circular 468 first issued 15 November 1947 )
In November 1971, Bob Jones, Jr. and Bob Jones III were dropped from the cooperating board of the The Sword to be replaced by Jerry Falwell and Curtis Hutson.
On November 28, 2007, Fark. com founder Drew Curtis filed an application to trademark the phrase, but registration was denied.
He died in London on November 4, 1869, aged 74, at the house of his friend Sir Curtis Miranda Lampson.
Curtis Hooks Brogden ( November 6, 1816 January 5, 1901 ) was the 42nd Governor of the U. S. state of North Carolina from 1874 to 1877.
The band comprised Andrew Sherriff ( born 16 May 1969, Wokingham, England ; guitar / vocals ), Stephen Patman ( born 8 November 1968, Windsor, Berkshire, England ; guitar / vocals ), Simon Rowe ( born 23 June 1969, Reading, Berkshire ; guitar ), Jon Curtis ( bass ) and Ashley Bates ( born 2 November 1971, Reading ; drums ).
Bassist Jon Curtis left early on to study, being replaced by Russell Barrett ( born 7 November 1968, Vermont, United States ) who also fronted his own garage band, the Bikinis.
In November that same year, Lombard began a recurring role on the hit CBS television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation in seasons five and six and made her first appearance in season 5: episode 7 called " Formalities ", playing Sofia Curtis, a crime scene investigator who goes on a career path to become a homicide detective.
On November 28, 2007, Curtis filed an application to trademark the phrase " not safe for work " a common phrase on Fark. com.
The WBA investigated the fight, and during the investigation, it was revealed that Curtis had been told by the Nevada Athletic Commission to be mindful of the condition of the fighters after the November 18 death of Duk Koo Kim as the result of a fight with Ray Mancini in Las Vegas on November 13.
Benjamin Robbins Curtis ( November 4, 1809 September 15, 1874 ) was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice.
Benjamin Curtis was born November 4, 1809 in Watertown, Massachusetts, the son of Lois Ribbins and Benjamin Curtis, the captain of a merchant vessel.
George Ticknor Curtis ( November 28, 1812 March 28, 1894 ) was an American author, writer, historian and lawyer.

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