Christopher Scott Kyle, dit Chris Kyle, né le à Odessa (Texas) et mort le dans le comté d'Erath (Texas), est un officier marinier et tireur d'élite de la marine américaine, membre des Navy SEALs.
Surnommé « le diable de Ramadi », Chris Kyle revendique avoir abattu 255 personnes durant la guerre d'Irak. Sur ce chiffre, 160 tirs létaux ont été officiellement confirmés par le Pentagone, ce qui fait de Kyle le tireur d'élite ayant tué le plus de personnes dans toute l'histoire militaire des États-Unis. Il meurt assassiné sur un stand de tir au Texas par Eddie Ray Routh, un ancien Marine souffrant d'un trouble de stress post-traumatique que Kyle tentait d'aider.
Chris Kyle a été décoré de la Silver Star, trois fois de la Bronze Star, dont une pour héroïsme ("V" Device), une fois de la Commendation Medal de l'U.S. Navy et du Corps des Marines et deux fois de l’Achievement Medal.
Bien qu'ayant été l'auteur de déclarations controversées, il est considéré comme un héros national et le meilleur sniper moderne par de nombreux citoyens des États-Unis. Son autobiographie, American Sniper, a fait l'objet d'une adaptation cinématographique en 2014 réalisée par Clint Eastwood, avec Bradley Cooper dans le rôle de Chris Kyle.
Lire la suite...Le 8 avril 1974 était un lundi sous le signe astral du ♈. C'était le 97ème jour de l'année. Le président des États-Unis était Richard M. Nixon.
Si vous êtes né ce jour-là, vous avez 52 ans. Ton dernier anniversaire était le mercredi 8 avril 2026, il y a 53 jours. Votre prochain anniversaire est le jeudi 8 avril 2027, dans 311 jours. Vous avez vécu 19 046 jours, soit environ 457 105 heures, ou environ 27 426 340 minutes, ou environ 1 645 580 400 secondes.
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)