Today is Saturday, Oct. 18, the 292nd day of 2008. There are 74 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 18, 1962, Dr. James D. Watson of the U.S. and Drs. Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins of Britain were named winners of the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.

On this date:

In 1685, King Louis XIV signed the Edict of Fontainebleau, revoking the Edict of Nantes that had established legal toleration of France's Protestant population, the Huguenots. (The French Parliament recorded the new edict four days later.)

In 1858, the play "Our American Cousin" by Tom Taylor premiered at Laura Keene's theater in New York.

In 1867, the United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.

In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between New York and Chicago was officially opened. (It could handle only one call at a time).

In 1898, the American flag was raised in Puerto Rico shortly before Spain formally relinquished control of the island to the U.S.

In 1931, inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, N.J., at age 84.

In 1944, Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.

In 1968, the U.S. Olympic Committee suspended Tommie Smith and John Carlos for giving a "black power" salute as a protest during a victory ceremony in Mexico City.

In 1977, West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.

In 1982, former first lady Bess Truman died at her home in Independence, Mo., at age 97.


Ten years ago: Pope John Paul II celebrated a Mass at the Vatican marking the 20th anniversary of his election to the papacy. The New York Yankees defeated the San Diego Padres 9-3 to take a 2-0 lead in the World Series.

Five years ago: In a new audiotape, a voice purported to be that of Osama bin Laden vowed suicide attacks "inside and outside" the United States and threatened nations that were helping the American occupation of Iraq. During a visit to the Philippines, President Bush pledged to help the beleaguered nation battle rising terrorism. The Florida Marlins won the first game of the World Series, defeating the New York Yankees 3-2.

One year ago: Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returned to Pakistan, ending eight years of self-imposed exile; a suicide bombing in a crowd welcoming her killed more than 140 people, but Bhutto escaped unhurt. Former Joint Chiefs chairman William Crowe died in Bethesda, Md., at age 82. Joe Torre, rejecting a pay cut, left the New York Yankees; he later became manager of Los Angeles Dodgers.

Today's Birthdays: Rock-and-roll performer Chuck Berry is 82. Sportscaster Keith Jackson is 80. Actress Dawn Wells is 70. Football Hall-of-Famer Mike Ditka is 69. Actor Joe Morton is 61. Actress Pam Dawber is 57. Author Terry McMillan is 57. Gospel singer Vickie Winans is 55. Tennis player Martina Navratilova is 52. Boxer Thomas Hearns is 50. Actor Jean-Claude Van Damme is 48. Actress Erin Moran is 48. Jazz musician Wynton Marsalis is 47. Actor Vincent Spano is 46. Rock musician Tim Cross (Sponge) is 42. Tennis player Michael Stich is 40. Singer Nonchalant is 35. Rock musician Peter Svenson (The Cardigans) is 34. Actor Wesley Jonathan is 30. Rhythm-and-blues singer-actor Ne-Yo is 29. Country singer Josh Gracin is 28. Country musician Jesse Littleton (Marshall Dyllon) is 27. Actor Zac Efron is 21. Actress Joy Lauren is 19. Actor Tyler Posey is 17.

Thought for Today: "Matrimony is not a word, it's a sentence." — Eddie Cantor, American comedian-singer (1892-1964).
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Today is Sunday, Oct. 19, the 293rd day of 2008. There are 73 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 19, 1781, British troops under General Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown, Va., as the American Revolution neared its end.

On this date:

In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress, meeting in New York, drew up a declaration of rights and liberties.

In 1812, French forces under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.

In 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early attacked Union forces at Cedar Creek, Va.; the Union troops were able to rally and defeat the Confederates.

In 1936, H.R. Ekins of the New York World-Telegram beat out Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times in a round-the-world race on commercial flights that lasted 18 1/2 days.

In 1944, the play "I Remember Mama," by John van Druten, opened at the Music Box Theater on Broadway.

In 1951, President Truman signed an act formally ending the state of war with Germany.

In 1960, President Eisenhower imposed an embargo on exports to Cuba covering all commodities except medical supplies and certain food products.

In 1967, the U.S. space probe Mariner 5 flew past Venus.

In 1977, the supersonic Concorde made its first landing in New York City.

In 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6 percent in value.


Ten years ago: Government lawyers opened their antitrust case against Microsoft Corp. (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) In Miami, the first class-action lawsuit brought by smokers against the tobacco industry went to trial. (Jurors later found the nation's largest cigarette makers and industry groups had produced a defective and deadly product.) Mike Tyson got his boxing license back after pleading with the Nevada Athletic Commission not to "torture" him anymore for biting Evander Holyfield's ears in the ring 15 months earlier.

Five years ago: Pope John Paul II beatified Mother Teresa during a ceremony in Rome's St. Peter's Square. Former Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic died in Sarajevo at age 78. The New York Yankees defeated the Florida Marlins 6-1 to even the World Series at one game apiece. New York magician David Blaine emerged from 44 days of isolation in a clear plastic box suspended over London.

One year ago: A three-year global manhunt for a Canadian schoolteacher suspected of sexually abusing Asian boys ended when police in northeastern Thailand arrested Christopher Paul Neil. (Neil later pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy and was sentenced to three years and three months in jail; he faces other charges involving the victim's younger brother.)

Today's Birthdays: Former ambassador to Russia Robert S. Strauss is 90. Author John le Carre is 77. Artist Peter Max is 71. Actor Michael Gambon is 68. Actor John Lithgow is 63. Former National Organization for Women President Patricia Ireland is 63. Singer Jeannie C. Riley is 63. Talk show host Charlie Chase is 56. Rock singer-musician Karl Wallinger (World Party) is 51. Singer Jennifer Holliday is 48. TV host Ty Pennington ("Extreme Makeover: Home Edition") is 44. Rock singer-musician Todd Park Mohr (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 43. Actor Jon Favreau is 42. Amy Carter is 41. "South Park" co-creator Trey Parker is 39. Comedian Chris Kattan is 38. Rock singer Pras Michel (The Fugees) is 36. Actor Omar Gooding is 32. Country singer Cyndi Thomson is 32. Writer-director Jason Reitman is 31. Actor Benjamin Salisbury is 28.

Thought for Today: "Religion without humanity is a poor human stuff." - Sojourner Truth, American abolitionist (c.1797-1883).
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Today is Monday, Oct. 20, the 294th day of 2008. There are 72 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 20, 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after he'd said, "I shall return."

On this date:

In 1740, Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia upon the death of her father, Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.

In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

In 1903, a joint commission ruled in favor of the United States in a boundary dispute between the District of Alaska and Canada.

In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration within the American motion picture industry.

In 1964, the 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.

In 1967, seven men were convicted in Meridian, Miss., of violating the civil rights of three slain civil rights workers.

In 1968, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis.

In 1973, in the so-called "Saturday Night Massacre," special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned.

In 1977, three members of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a chartered plane near McComb, Miss.

In 1981, a bungled armored truck robbery in Nanuet, N.Y., left a guard and two police officers dead. (Four suspects, members of radical groups, were later convicted and sentenced to 75 years to life in prison; a fifth suspect, Kathy Boudin, was paroled in 2003.)


Ten years ago: Jordan's King Hussein joined Mideast peace talks in Maryland at the invitation of Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. President Clinton named John Podesta his chief of staff, replacing Erskine Bowles. The New York Yankees took a 3-0 lead in the World Series, beating the San Diego Padres 5-4.

Five years ago: President Bush pushed North Korea's nuclear threat to the forefront of a 21-nation Asia-Pacific summit in Thailand. Israeli warplanes and helicopters pounded Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip, killing 10 people. A judge in Eagle, Colo., ordered Kobe Bryant to stand trial for sexual assault. (However, the criminal case was later dropped.) Character actor Jack Elam died in Ashland, Ore., at age 84.

One year ago: Republican Bobby Jindal, the U.S.-born son of Indian immigrants, won election as governor of Louisiana; he became the first nonwhite to hold the job since Reconstruction. Former Green Bay Packers receiver Max McGee died in Deephaven, Minn., at age 75. Peg Bracken, author of the "I Hate to Cook Book," died in Portland, Ore., at age 89.

Today's Birthdays: Actor William Christopher is 76. Country singer Wanda Jackson is 71. Singer Tom Petty is 58. Actress Melanie Mayron is 56. Baseball All-Star Keith Hernandez is 55. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 50. Rock musician Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfish) is 44. Rock musician David Ryan is 44. Rock musician Doug Eldridge (Oleander) is 41. Rapper Snoop Dogg is 37. Singer Dannii Minogue is 37. Country musician Jeff Loberg is 32. Actor John Krasinski is 29. Actress Jennifer Nicole Freeman ("My Wife and Kids") is 23.

Thought for Today: "Next to ingratitude, the most painful thing to bear is gratitude." — Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman (1813-1887).
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Today is Tuesday, Oct. 21, the 295th day of 2008. There are 71 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 21, 1805, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.

On this date:

In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," was christened in Boston's harbor.

In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.

In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War I.

In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen.

In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York opened to the public.

In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York.

In 1966, more than 140 people, mostly children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and several houses in Aberfan, Wales.

In 1967, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters began two days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C.

In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said; 47 Israeli crew members were lost.

In 1971, President Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.


Ten years ago: President Clinton signed a $520 billion spending package that was shipped to him just before the 105th Congress slipped into history. A radical environmental group, the Earth Liberation Front, claimed responsibility for fires that caused $12 million in damage at the nation's busiest ski resort in Vail, Colo. Dr. Jane Henney was confirmed as FDA commissioner. The New York Yankees swept the San Diego Padres, winning Game 4 of the World Series, 3-0.

Five years ago: Invoking a hastily passed law, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a feeding tube reinserted into Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle. The Senate voted to ban the practice that critics call partial-birth abortion. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that Israel tear down a barrier jutting into the West Bank. Boston antibusing activist Louise Day Hicks died at age 87. Actor Fred Berry died in Los Angeles at age 52. The New York Yankees pulled away from the Florida Marlins for a 6-1 victory and a 2-1 World Series lead.

One year ago: Wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds burned several homes near San Diego and in Malibu, Calif. Vice President Dick Cheney said in a speech the United States and other nations would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. The opposition Civic Platform party ousted Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's government in Poland's parliamentary elections. The Boston Red Sox won the American League championship in Game 7 of their series with the Cleveland Indians, 11-2.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Joyce Randolph is 83. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 68. Musician Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MG's) is 67. Singer Elvin Bishop is 66. TV's Judge Judy Sheindlin is 66. Actor Everett McGill is 63. Musician Lee Loughnane (Chicago) is 62. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 59. Musician Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go's) is 55. Actress-author Carrie Fisher is 52. Singer Julian Cope is 51. Rock musician Steve Lukather (Toto) is 51. Actor Ken Watanabe is 49. Rock musician Che Colovita Lemon is 38. Rock singer-musician Nick Oliveri (Mondo Generator) is 37. Christian rock musician Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) is 35. Actor Jeremy Miller is 32. Actor Will Estes is 30. Actress Kim Kardashian is 28. Actor Matt Dallas is 26.

Thought for Today: "There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, Novelty, novelty, novelty." — Thomas Hood, British poet (1799-1845).
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Today is Wednesday, Oct. 22, the 296th day of 2008. There are 70 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 22, 1962, President Kennedy announced a quarantine of all offensive military equipment shipped to Cuba, following the discovery of Soviet-built missile bases on the island.

On this date:

In 1746, Princeton University was first chartered as the College of New Jersey.

In 1797, French balloonist Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute descent, landing safely from a height of about 3,000 feet over Paris.

In 1836, Sam Houston was inaugurated as the first constitutionally elected president of the Republic of Texas.

In 1883, the original Metropolitan Opera House in New York held its grand opening with a performance of Gounod's "Faust."

In 1928, Republican presidential nominee Herbert Hoover spoke of the "American system of rugged individualism" in a speech at New York's Madison Square Garden.

In 1934, bank robber Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was shot to death by federal agents at a farm in East Liverpool, Ohio.

In 1968, Apollo 7 returned safely, splashing down in the Atlantic Ocean.

In 1979, the U.S. government allowed the deposed Shah of Iran to travel to New York for medical treatment — a decision that precipitated the Iran hostage crisis.

In 1981, the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization was decertified by the federal government for its strike the previous August.

In 1986, President Reagan signed into law sweeping tax-overhaul legislation.


Ten years ago: The government advised parents to remove the batteries from their kids' "Power Wheels" cars and trucks, made by Fisher-Price, because of faulty wiring that could cause them to erupt into flames.

Five years ago: President Bush defended U.S. policy from the Mideast to Iraq during a frank exchange with moderate Muslim leaders during a stopover in Bali, Indonesia. The Florida Marlins edged the New York Yankees 4-3 in 12 innings to even the World Series at two games each. IRL racer Tony Renna, 26, died after crashing at nearly 220 mph during a test drive at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

One year ago: A federal judge in Dallas declared a mistrial for former leaders of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation, a Muslim charity accused of funding terrorism. China's Communist Party gave President Hu Jintao a second five-year term. Marie Osmond fainted during ABC's live broadcast of "Dancing With the Stars."

Today's Birthdays: Actress Joan Fontaine is 91. Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing is 89. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 70. Actor Derek Jacobi is 70. Actor Tony Roberts is 69. Actress Annette Funicello is 66. Movie director Jan de Bont is 65. Actress Catherine Deneuve is 65. Rock musician Leslie West (Mountain) is 63. Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour is 61. Actor Jeff Goldblum is 56. Movie director Bill Condon is 53. Actor Luis Guzman is 51. Actor-writer-producer Todd Graff is 49. Rock musician Cris Kirkwood is 48. Christian singer TobyMac is 44. Singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding is 43. Actress Valeria Golino is 42. Comedian Carlos Mencia is 41. Country singer Shelby Lynne is 40. Reggae rapper Shaggy is 40. Rapper Tracey Lee is 38. Actor Michael Fishman is 27. Talk show host Michael Essany is 26. Rock musician Zac Hanson (Hanson) is 23. Actor Jonathan Lipnicki is 18. Actress Sofia Vassilieva is 16.

Thought for Today: "Happiness is not a horse; you cannot harness it." — Russian proverb.
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Today is Thursday, Oct. 23, the 297th day of 2008. There are 69 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 23, 1983, 241 U.S. service members, mostly Marines, were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport in Lebanon; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.

On this date:

In 1707, the first Parliament of Great Britain, created by the Acts of Union between England and Scotland, held its first meeting.

In 1864, forces led by Union Gen. Samuel R. Curtis repelled Confederate Gen. Sterling Price's army in the Civil War Battle of Westport in Missouri.

In 1915, tens of thousands of women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt.

In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing Meadow.

In 1956, a student-sparked revolt against Hungary's Communist rule began; as the revolution spread, Soviet forces started entering the country, and the uprising was put down within weeks.

In 1958, Boris Pasternak was named winner of the Nobel Prize in literature. (However, Soviet authorities pressured Pasternak into relinquishing the award.)

In 1973, President Nixon agreed to turn over White House tape recordings subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor to Judge John J. Sirica.

In 1987, the U.S. Senate rejected, 58-42, the Supreme Court nomination of Robert H. Bork.

In 1995, a jury in Houston convicted Yolanda Saldivar of murdering Tejano singing star Selena.


Ten years ago: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a breakthrough land-for-peace agreement at the White House. Barnett Slepian, a doctor who performed abortions, was shot and killed at his home in suburban Buffalo, N.Y. (James Kopp, a militant abortion opponent, was later convicted of murdering Slepian.) Typhoon Babs pummeled the northern Philippines, killing at least 189 people.

Five years ago: As thousands of anti-war demonstrators protested outside, President Bush thanked Australia for sending troops to Iraq and Afghanistan as he spoke to the country's Parliament. Later in the day, the president concluded his Pacific trip with a visit to Hawaii, where he dropped flowers into the water at the sunken battleship USS Arizona. Madame Chiang Kai-shek, widow of the Chinese nationalist leader, died in New York at age 105. In Game 5 of the World Series, the Florida Marlins beat the New York Yankees 6-4, bringing the team within one game of winning the baseball championship.

One year ago: Evacuations due to out-of-control wildfires in Southern California topped 500,000; President Bush declared a federal emergency for seven counties. Shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven thundered into orbit for a complex space station construction mission.

Today's Birthdays: Movie director Philip Kaufman is 72. Soccer great Pele is 68. Author Michael Crichton is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Barbara Ann Hawkins (The Dixie Cups) is 65. Actor Michael Rupert is 57. Movie director Ang Lee is 54. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 52. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 52. Movie director Sam Raimi is 49. Parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic is 49. Rock musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer David Thomas (Take 6) is 42. Rock musician Brian Nevin (Big Head Todd and the Monsters) is 42. Country singer-musician Junior Bryant is 40. Country singer Jimmy Wayne is 36. Rock musician Eric Bass (Shinedown) is 34. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 32. Actress Masiela Lusha is 23. Actress Briana Evigan is 22. Actress Jessica Stroup is 22.

Thought for Today: "Life is easier to take than you'd think; all that is necessary is to accept the impossible, do without the indispensable and bear the intolerable." — Kathleen Norris, American author (1880-1960).
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Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2008. There are 68 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 24, 1945, the United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.

On this date:

In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.

In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years' War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent as Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California transmitted a telegram to President Lincoln.

In 1901, widow Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, was officially dedicated. (It opened to traffic the next day.)

In 1939, nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.

In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, "I shall go to Korea" as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)

In 1980, the merchant freighter SS Poet departed Philadelphia bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a crew of 34 and a cargo of grain; it disappeared en route and has not been heard from since.

In 2002, authorities arrested Army veteran John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Md., in connection with the Washington-area sniper attacks.


Ten years ago: Officials from the United States, China and North and South Korea seeking a permanent peace for the divided Korean peninsula announced in Geneva they had removed the last obstacles to full-blown talks.

Five years ago: Three Concordes swooped into London's Heathrow Airport, joining in a spectacular finale to the era of luxury supersonic jet travel. International donors pledged more than $33 billion for Iraq's reconstruction in the next four years — nearly two-thirds of it from the United States. Tiger Woods matched the 55-year-old standard set by Byron Nelson by making the cut in his 113th consecutive PGA Tour event. Se Ri Pak became the first woman to make the two-round cut in a men's golf tournament since Babe Zaharias in 1945.

One year ago: Rapidly rising Internet star Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search leader Google Inc. Boston set a record for runs and victory margin in a World Series opener as the Red Sox flattened the Colorado Rockies 13-1.

Today's Birthdays: Football Hall-of-Famer Y.A. Tittle is 82. Rock musician Bill Wyman is 72. Actor-producer David Nelson is 72. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 69. Actor Kevin Kline is 61. Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is 60. Country musician Billy Thomas (Terry McBride and the Ride) is 55. Actor B.D. Wong is 48. Rock musician Ben Gillies (Silverchair) is 29. Singer-actress Monica Arnold is 28. Rhythm-and-blues singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is 25. Actress Shenae Grimes (TV: "90210") is 19.

Thought for Today: "Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind." — Bertrand Russell, English philosopher (1872-1970).
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2008. There are 67 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 25, 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men, facing hopeless odds, charged the Russian army and suffered heavy losses.

On this date:

In 1400, author Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.

In 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.

In 1918, the Canadian steamship Princess Sophia foundered off the coast of Alaska; some 350 people perished.

In 1939, the drama "The Time of Your Life," by William Saroyan, opened in New York.

In 1951, peace talks aimed at ending the Korean War resumed in Panmunjom after 63 days.

In 1957, mob boss Albert Anastasia of "Murder Inc." notoriety was shot to death in a barber shop inside the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York.

In 1962, U.S. ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson presented photographic evidence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba to the U.N. Security Council.

In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.

In 1983, a U.S.-led force invaded Grenada at the order of President Reagan, who said the action was needed to protect U.S. citizens there.

In 2002, U.S. Sen. Paul Wellstone, D-Minn., was killed in a plane crash in northern Minnesota along with his wife, daughter and five others, 1 1/2 weeks before the election


Ten years ago: Vice President Al Gore participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for a memorial dedicated to victims of the Oklahoma City bombing.

Five years ago: Thousands of anti-war protesters rallied in the nation's capital and delivered a scathing critique of President Bush and his Iraq policy. The Florida Marlins won the World Series in Game 6 against the New York Yankees, 2-0. Trainer Richard Mandella won a record four races at the Breeders' Cup.

One year ago: President Bush visited Southern California, telling residents weary from five days of wildfires: "We're not going to forget you in Washington, D.C." The Boston Red Sox beat the Colorado Rockies 2-1 at Fenway to take a 2-0 World Series lead.

Today's Birthdays: Former baseball player Bobby Thomson is 85. Former American League president Dr. Bobby Brown is 84. Actress Jeanne Cooper is 80. Actress Marion Ross is 80. Country singer Jeanne Black is 71. Author Anne Tyler is 67. Rock singer Jon Anderson (Yes) is 64. Singer Taffy Danoff (Starland Vocal Band) is 64. Rock musician Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest) is 61. Actor Brian Kerwin is 59. Movie director Julian Schnabel is 57. Rock musician Matthias Jabs is 52. Actress Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons") is 51. Country singer Mark Miller (Sawyer Brown) is 50. Rock musician Chad Smith (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 46. Actress Tracy Nelson is 45. Actor Michael Boatman is 44. Actor Kevin Michael Richardson is 44. Singer Speech is 40. Actor Adam Goldberg is 38. Actor-singer Adam Pascal is 38. Rock musician Ed Robertson (Barenaked Ladies) is 38. Country singer Chely Wright is 38. Violinist Midori is 37. Actor Craig Robinson is 37. Actor Michael Weston is 35. Actor Mehcad Brooks ("Desperate Housewives") is 28. Actor Ben Gould is 28. Rhythm-and-blues singer Young Rome is 27. Pop singer Katy Perry is 24. Singer Ciara is 23. Actress Conchita Campbell ("The 4400") is 13.

Thought for Today: "It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in." — Lord Chesterfield, English author and statesman (1694-1773).
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Today is Sunday, Oct. 26, the 300th day of 2008. There are 66 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 26, 1881, the "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" took place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and "Doc" Holliday confronted Ike Clanton's gang. Three members of Clanton's group were killed; Earp's brothers and Holliday were wounded.

On this date:

In 1774, the First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

In 1825, the Erie Canal opened in upstate New York, connecting Lake Erie and the Hudson River.

In 1942, Japanese planes badly damaged the USS Hornet in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. (The Hornet sank early the next morning.)

In 1957, the Soviet Union announced that defense minister Marshal Georgi Zhukov had been relieved of his duties.

In 1958, Pan American Airways flew its first Boeing 707 jetliner from New York to Paris in 8 hours and 41 minutes.

In 1967, the Shah of Iran crowned himself and his queen after 26 years on the Peacock Throne.

In 1972, national security adviser Henry Kissinger declared, "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam.

In 1979, South Korean President Park Chung-hee was shot to death by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jae-kyu.

In 1984, "Baby Fae," a newborn with a severe heart defect, was given the heart of a baboon in an experimental transplant in Loma Linda, Calif. (Baby Fae lived 21 days with the animal heart.)

In 2001, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists.


Ten years ago: Russian President Boris Yeltsin was ordered by his doctors to cancel a one-day trip to Austria so he could recuperate from high blood pressure and extreme fatigue. The Education Department reported that the default rate on student loans had fallen into single digits for the first time.

Five years ago: A rocket attack on the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad, where U.S. officials were residing, killed an American colonel, wounded 18 other people and sent the visiting U.S. deputy defense secretary, Paul Wolfowitz, scurrying for safety. Thirteen deaths in Southern California were reported as wildfires fed by hot Santa Ana winds flared into gigantic waves of flame that devoured entire neighborhoods.

One year ago: A federal jury in Kansas City, Mo., decided that Lisa Montgomery, convicted of killing expectant mother Bobbie Jo Stinnett and cutting the baby from her womb, should receive the death penalty. The Georgia Supreme Court freed Genarlow Wilson, saying his 10-year sentence for consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl was cruel and unusual punishment. Friedman Paul Erhardt, television's "Chef Tell," died in Upper Black Eddy, Pa., at age 63.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Shelley Morrison ("Will and Grace") is 72. Actor Bob Hoskins is 66. Author Pat Conroy is 63. Actress Jaclyn Smith is 63. TV host Pat Sajak is 62. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is 61. Singer Maggie Roche (The Roches) is 57. Musician Bootsy Collins is 57. Actor James Pickens Jr. ("Grey's Anatomy") is 56. Rock musician Keith Strickland (The B-52's) is 55. Actor D.W. Moffett is 54. Actress Rita Wilson is 52. Actor Dylan McDermott is 47. Actor Cary Elwes is 46. Singer Natalie Merchant is 45. Country singer Keith Urban is 41. Actor Tom Cavanagh is 40. Actor Anthony Rapp is 37. Actor Jon Heder is 31. Singer Mark Barry (BBMak) is 30. Olympic silver medal figure skater Sasha Cohen is 24.

Thought for Today: "Each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." — Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Prize-winning poet (1861-1941).
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Source: Associated Press

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Today is Monday, Oct. 27, the 301st day of 2008. There are 65 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 27, 1858, the 26th president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, was born in New York City.

On this date:

In 1787, the first of the Federalist Papers, a series of essays calling for ratification of the United States Constitution, was published in New York.

In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as "Pinckney's Treaty"), which provided for free navigation of the Mississippi River.

In 1880, Theodore Roosevelt married his first wife, Alice Lee.

In 1904, the first rapid transit subway, the IRT, was inaugurated in New York City.

In 1907, Union Station in Washington, D.C., opened.

In 1914, author-poet Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, Wales.

In 1922, the first annual celebration of Navy Day took place.

In 1938, Du Pont announced a name for its new synthetic yarn: "nylon."

In 1954, Walt Disney's first television program, titled "Disneyland" after the yet-to-be completed theme park, premiered on ABC.

In 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.


Ten years ago: Hurricane Mitch cut through the western Caribbean, pummeling coastal Honduras and Belize; the storm caused several thousand deaths in Central America in the days that followed. Serb forces drew back from former Kosovo battlefronts, holding off the immediate threat of NATO airstrikes.

Five years ago: Suicide bombers in Baghdad struck Red Cross headquarters and three police stations, killing dozens of people. Former Washington Mayor Walter Edward Washington died at age 88. Rod Roddy, announcer on "The Price is Right," died in Los Angeles at age 66.

One year ago: Despite significant dissent among some of its workers, United Auto Workers members narrowly passed a four-year contract agreement with Chrysler LLC. The Boston Red Sox took a 3-0 World Series lead with a 10-5 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Nanette Fabray is 88. Baseball Hall-of-Famer and sportscaster Ralph Kiner is 86. Actress Ruby Dee is 84. Former Secretary of State Warren M. Christopher is 83. Actor-comedian John Cleese is 69. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 66. Producer-director Ivan Reitman is 62. Country singer-musician Jack Daniels is 59. Rock musician Garry Tallent (Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band) is 59. Author Fran Lebowitz is 58. Rock musician K.K. Downing (Judas Priest) is 57. Actor-director Roberto Benigni is 56. Actor Peter Firth is 55. Actor Robert Picardo is 55. Singer Simon Le Bon is 50. Musician J.D. McFadden is 44. Rock musician Jason Finn (Presidents of the United States of America) is 41. Rock singer Scott Weiland is 41. Actor Sean Holland is 40. Actress Sheeri Rappaport is 31. Actress-singer Kelly Osbourne is 24.

Thought for Today: "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." — Theodore Roosevelt, American president (1858-1919).
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Source: Associated Press

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~Time owns each and everything~
~Useless youth if not useful for Pakistan~