Dannel Malloy

Dannel Patrick "Dan" Malloy (born July 21, 1955) is the 88th and current Governor of Connecticut.

Malloy to attend Armenian Genocide event

Norwich Bulletin, CT April 21 2012

Malloy to attend Armenian Genocide event

By the Associated Press The Bulletin

Hartford, Conn. - Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy has joined state lawmakers and others to commemorate the Armenian Genocide at an event held annually at the state Capitol.

Organizers say the event pays tribute to more than 1.5 million people killed by Ottoman Turks nearly a century ago. Most historians contend the killings of the Armenians constituted the first genocide of the 20th century. Turkey refuses to call the Armenian deaths genocide.

U.S. Rep. John Larson and state Rep. Christopher Wright of Bristol joined Malloy at the Saturday morning commemoration inside the Hall of the House of Representatives.

Southern Connecticut State University President Mary Papazian was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the commemoration of the killings that began with the rounding up of about 800 Armenian intellectuals on April 24, 1915.

http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/x1364622048/Malloy-to-attend-Armenian-Genocide-event

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