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[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"][CENTER]Today in History - April 30[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


Today is Wednesday, April 30, the 121st day of 2008. There are 245 days left in the year.

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On April 30, 1945, as Russian troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.

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In 1789, George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.

In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.

In 1812, Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.

In 1948, the charter of the Organization of American States was signed in Bogota, Colombia.

In 1958, the American Association of Retired Persons (later simply AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C., by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus.

In 1958, Britain's Life Peerages Act 1958 allowed women to become members of the House of Lords.

In 1968, New York City police forcibly removed student demonstrators occupying five buildings at Columbia University.

In 1970, President Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.

In 1973, President Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean.

In 1988, Gen. Manuel Noriega, waving a machete, vowed at a rally to keep fighting U.S. efforts to oust him as Panama's military ruler.

Ten years ago: President Clinton questioned the conduct of Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr and dismissed Republican challenges to his own character as "high level static." United and Delta airlines formed an alliance that would control one-third of all U.S. passenger seats. A man set himself on fire and shot himself to death on a Los Angeles area freeway in a scene captured on live television.

Five years ago: International mediators presented Israeli and Palestinian leaders with a new Middle East "road map," a U.S.-backed blueprint for ending 31 months of violence and establishing a Palestinian state. Mahmoud Abbas took office as Palestinian prime minister. The U.S. Navy withdrew from its disputed Vieques bombing range in Puerto Rico, prompting celebrations by islanders.

One year ago: A British judge sentenced five al-Qaida-linked men, all British citizens, to life in prison for plotting to attack London targets, including a nightclub, power plants and shopping mall, with bombs. An Israeli government probe faulted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for what it called "very severe failures" in Israel's war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Actor Tom Poston died in Los Angeles at age 85.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 82. Singer Willie Nelson is 75. Actor Gary Collins is 70. Actor Burt Young is 68. Singer Bobby Vee is 65. Actress Jill Clayburgh is 64. Movie director Allan Arkush is 60. Actor Perry King is 60. Singer Merrill Osmond is 55. Movie director Jane Campion is 54. Actor Paul Gross is 49. Basketball coach Isiah Thomas is 47. Country musician Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) is 46. Actor Adrian Pasdar is 43. Rapper Turbo B (Snap) is 41. Rock musician Clark Vogeler is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple (Soul for Real) is 37. Rock musician Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down) is 37. Country singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson is 37. Rock singer J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) is 36. Actress Lisa Dean Ryan is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Akon is 35. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) is 35. Actor Johnny Galecki is 33. Singer-musician Cole Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 32. Rapper Lloyd Banks is 26. Actress Kirsten Dunst is 26. Country singer Tyler Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 24.

Thought for Today: "More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing nothing, than by believing too much." — P.T. Barnum, American showman (1810-1891).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 1[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Thursday, May 1, the 122nd day of 2008. There are 244 days left in the year.

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On May 1, 1898, Commodore George Dewey gave the command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley," as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.

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In 1707, the Kingdom of Great Britain was created as a treaty merging England and Scotland took effect.

In 1786, Mozart's opera "The Marriage of Figaro" premiered in Vienna.

In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened to the public in Chicago.

In 1931, New York's 102-story Empire State Building was dedicated.

In 1945, a day after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Adm. Karl Doenitz effectively became sole leader of the Third Reich with the suicide of Hitler's propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels.

In 1960, the Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane near Sverdlovsk and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

In 1963, James W. Whittaker became the first American to conquer Mount Everest as he and a Sherpa guide reached the summit.

In 1967, Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu in Las Vegas. (They divorced in 1973.)

In 1978, Ernest Morial was inaugurated as the first black mayor of New Orleans.

In 1982, the 1982 World's Fair opened in Knoxville, Tenn.

Ten years ago: Eldridge Cleaver, the fiery Black Panther leader who later renounced his past and became a Republican, died in Pomona, Calif., at age 62. Former Rwandan Prime Minister Jean Kambanda pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the 1994 genocide of more than half a million Tutsis. (Kambanda was later sentenced to life in prison.)

Five years ago: President Bush, flying aboard an S-3B Viking, landed on the deck of the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln off the Southern California coast. With a banner strung across the bridge of the ship proclaiming "Mission Accomplished," the president declared major combat in Iraq over, but also said "difficult work" remained ahead. A magnitude 6.4 earthquake killed 177 people in Turkey.

One year ago: In only his second veto, President Bush rejected legislation to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq in a showdown with Congress over whether the war should end or escalate. Thousands of people protested across the country to demand a path to citizenship for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants.

Today's Birthdays: Former astronaut Scott Carpenter is 83. Country singer Sonny James is 79. Singer Judy Collins is 69. Actor Stephen Macht is 66. Singer Rita Coolidge is 63. Actor-director Douglas Barr is 59. Actor Dann Florek is 57. Singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. is 54. Hall of Fame jockey Steve Cauthen is 48. Actress Maia Morgenstern is 46. Country singer Wayne Hancock is 43. Rock musician Johnny Colt is 42. Actor Charlie Schlatter is 42. Country singer Tim McGraw is 41. Rock musician D'Arcy is 40. Movie director Wes Anderson is 39. Country singer Cory Morrow is 36. Actor Darius McCrary is 32.

Thought for Today: "Think much, speak little, and write less." — Italian proverb.

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 2[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Friday, May 2, the 123rd day of 2008. There are 243 days left in the year.

[B][FONT="Georgia"]Today's Highlight in History:[/FONT][/B]

One hundred years ago, on May 2, 1908, the original version of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game," with music by Albert Von Tilzer and lyrics by Jack Norworth, was copyrighted by Von Tilzer's York Music Co.

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In 1670, the Hudson Bay Company was chartered by England's King Charles II.

In 1863, Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was accidentally wounded by his own men at Chancellorsville, Va.; he died eight days later.

In 1890, the Oklahoma Territory was organized.

In 1936, "Peter and the Wolf," a symphonic tale for children by Sergei Prokofiev, had its world premiere in Moscow.

In 1945, the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin, and the Allies announced the surrender of Nazi troops in Italy and parts of Austria.

In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, the controversial Republican senator from Wisconsin, died at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.

In 1957, crime boss Frank Costello narrowly survived an attempt on his life in New York; the alleged gunman, Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, was acquitted at trial after Costello refused to identify him as the shooter.

In 1960, Caryl Chessman, who became a best-selling author while on death row for kidnapping, robbery and sexual offenses, was executed at San Quentin Prison in California.

In 1965, Intelsat 1, also known as the Early Bird satellite, was first used to transmit television pictures across the Atlantic.

In 1972, after serving 48 years as head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover died in Washington at age 77.

Ten years ago: In separate radio addresses, President Clinton and congressional Republicans lambasted the Internal Revenue Service and promised more reforms to prevent future abuses by the agency. Real Quiet won the Kentucky Derby.

Five years ago: A federal court struck down most of the new campaign finance law's ban on the use of large corporate and union contributions by political parties. (However, the Supreme Court later ruled that rooting out corruption, or even the appearance of it, justified limitations on the free speech and free spending of contributors, candidates and political parties.) India and Pakistan agreed to hold talks on settling a half-century of disputes that had drawn them into three wars.

One year ago: In a defeat for anti-war Democrats, Congress failed to override President Bush's veto of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Bush declared al-Qaida "public enemy No. 1 in Iraq."

Today's Birthdays: Actor Theodore Bikel is 84. Singer Engelbert Humperdinck is 72. Actress and political activist Bianca Jagger is 63. Country singer R.C. Bannon is 63. Singer Lesley Gore is 62. Actor David Suchet is 62. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 60. Rock singer Lou Gramm (Foreigner) is 58. Actress Christine Baranski is 56. Singer Angela Bofill is 54. Actress Elizabeth Berridge is 46. Country singer Ty Herndon is 46. Rock musician Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 39. Wrestler-actor Dwayne Johnson (aka "The Rock") is 36. Actress Jenna Von Oy is 31. Actor Gaius Charles ("Friday Night Lights") is 25. Pop singer Lily Allen is 23. Olympic gold medal figure skater Sarah Hughes is 23. Actress Kay Panabaker is 18.

Thought for Today: "What experience and history teach is this: that people and governments have never learned anything from history." — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher (1770-1831).

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[B][CENTER][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=5]Sunday, May 4, 2008 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]
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[B][FONT=Georgia]Today is Sunday, May 4.[/FONT][/B]

[B][CENTER][FONT=Georgia]Today's highlight in history[/FONT][/CENTER]
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On May 4, 1799, Tipu Sultan is killed in a battle against 5,000 British soldiers who stormed and razed his capital, Seringapatanam.

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On May 4, 1783, Tipu Sultan was enthroned as the ruler of Mysore after the death of Haider Ali in a simple ceremony at Bednur.

On May 4, 1854, the first stamp was officially issued from Calcutta where the first modern post office was established.

On May 4, 1865, Abraham Lincoln is laid to rest in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. The funeral train passed through 180 cities and mourners paid their respects to Lincoln.

On May 4, 1979, Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party, is sworn in as Britain's first female prime minister.

On May 4, 1992, India and Russia sign a five-year agreement on trade and economic cooperation.

On May 4, 1994, Fourth developmental launch of ASLV. 113 kg Stretched Rohini Satellite Series (SROSS-C2) was launched by fourth developmental flight of ASLV-D4 from Sriharikota.

On May 4, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat reached agreement in Cairo on the first stage of Palestinian self-rule. It was the first direct agreement between Israel and the Palestinians and it acknowledged Israel's right to exist.

On May 4, 1995, the fourth ASLV-D4 blasts off from Sriharikota, successfully placing the SROSS-C2 satellite in orbit.

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May 4 is the 124th day of the year (125th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 241 days remaining until the end of the year.

[B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Events[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][LIST][*]1256 - The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull Licet ecclesiae catholicae.[*]1415 - Religious reformers John Wycliffe and Jan Hus are condemned as heretics at the Council of Constance.[*]1471 - Wars of the Roses: The Battle of Tewkesbury – Edward IV defeats a Lancastrian Army and kills Edward, Prince of Wales.[*]1493 - Pope Alexander VI divides the New World between Spain and Portugal along the Demarcation Line.[*]1494 - Christopher Columbus lands in Jamaica.[*]1626 - Dutch explorer Peter Minuit arrives in New Netherland (present day Manhattan Island) aboard the See Meeuw.[*]1675 - King Charles II of England orders the construction of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.[*]1686 - Municipality of Ilagan was founded in the Philippines.[*]1799 - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War: The Battle of Seringapatam – The siege of Seringapatam ends when the city is assaulted and the Tipu Sultan killed by the besieging British army, under the command of General George Harris.[*]1814 - Emperor Napoleon I of France arrives at Portoferraio on the island of Elba to begin his exile.[*]1814 - King Ferdinand VII of Spain signs the Decrete of the 4th of May, returning Spain to absolutism.[*]1855 - American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer Nicaragua.[*]1859 - The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking the counties of Devon and Cornwall in England.[*]1863 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chancellorsville ends with a Union retreat.[*]1869 - The Naval Battle of Hakodate takes place in Japan.[*]1871 - The National Association, the first professional baseball league, opens its first season in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[*]1886 - Haymarket Square Riot: A bomb is thrown at policemen trying to break up a labor rally in Chicago, Illinois, United States, killing eight and wounding 60. The police fire into the crowd.[*]1904 - Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal.[*]1904 - Charles Stewart Rolls meets Frederick Henry Royce at the Midland Hotel in Manchester England.[*]1910 - The Royal Canadian Navy is created.[*]1912 - Italy occupies the Greek island of Rhodes.[*]1919 - May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.[*]1930 - British police arrest Mahatma Gandhi and place him in Yeravda Central Prison.[*]1932 - In Atlanta, Georgia, mobster Al Capone begins serving an eleven-year prison sentence for tax evasion.[*]1942 - World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.[*]1945 - World War II: The liberation of the Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg by the British Army.[*]1945 - World War II: The surrender of the North Germany Army to Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.[*]1946 - In San Francisco Bay, US Marines from the Treasure Island Marine Barracks stop a two-day riot at Alcatraz federal prison. Five people are killed in the riot.[*]1949 - The entire Torino football (soccer) team (except for one player who did not take the trip due to an injury) is killed in a plane crash at the Superga hill at the edge of Turin, Italy.[*]1953 - Ernest Hemingway is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Old Man and the Sea.[*]1961 - American civil rights movement: The "Freedom Riders" begin a bus trip through the South.[*]1970 - Vietnam War: Kent State shootings – the Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after the ROTC building was burnt down, opens fire killing four students and wounding nine others. The students were protesting the United States' invasion of Cambodia.[*]1972 - The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to "Greenpeace Foundation".[*]1974 - An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.[*]1979 - Margaret Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.[*]1980 - President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia dies in Ljubljana at the age of 87.[*]1982 - 20 sailors are killed when the British Type 42 destroyer HMS Sheffield (D80) is hit by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.[*]1988 - The PEPCON disaster rocks Henderson, Nevada, as tons of space shuttle fuel detonates during a fire.[*]1989 - Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges. The convictions, however, are later overturned on appeal.[*]1990 - Latvia proclaims the renewal of its independence after the Soviet occupation.[*]1994 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat sign a peace accord regarding Palestinian autonomy granting self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.[*]1998 - A federal judge in Sacramento, California, gives "Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepts a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.[*]2000 - Ken Livingstone becomes the first Mayor of London.[*]2001 - Pope John Paul II follows Saint Paul's footsteps across the Mediterranean, from Greece to Syria to Malta.[*]2001 - The Milwaukee Art Museum addition, the first Santiago Calatrava-designed structure in the United States, opens to the public.[*]2002 - An EAS Airlines BAC 1-11-500 crashes in a suburb of Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff killing more than 148 people.[/LIST][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Births[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][LIST][*]1008 - Khajeh Abdollah Ansari, The Persian Sufi (d. 1088)[*]1008 - King Henry I of France (d. 1060)[*]1654 - Kangxi Emperor of China (d. 1722)[*]1655 - Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian maker of musical instruments (d. 1731)[*]1715 - Richard Graves, English writer (d. 1804)[*]1733 - Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (d. 1799)[*]1752 - John Brooks, 11th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)[*]1767 - Tyagaraja, Composer of Indian classical Carnatic music (d. 1847)[*]1772 - Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, German publisher (d. 1823)[*]1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, German philosopher (d. 1832)[*]1796 - Horace Mann, American educator (d. 1859)[*]1796 - William H. Prescott, American historian (d. 1859)[*]1820 - Julia Tyler, First Lady of the United States (d. 1889)[*]1822 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Quebec politician (d. 1915)[*]1825 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (d. 1895)[*]1825 - Augustus Le Plongeon, French antiquitarian (d. 1908)[*]1826 - Frederic Edwin Church, American painter (d. 1900)[*]1827 - John Hanning Speke, British explorer (d. 1864)[*]1852 - Alice Pleasance Liddell, English schoolgirl model for Alice in Wonderland (d. 1934)[*]1864 - Marie Booth, the third daughter of William and Catherine Booth (d. 1937)[*]1870 - Alexandre Benois, Russian artist (d. 1960)[*]1873 - Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director (d. 1940)[*]1889 - Francis Cardinal Spellman, American religious leader (d. 1967)[*]1903 - Luther Adler, American stage actor (d. 1984)[*]1904 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer (official Date of Birth) (d. 1975)[*]1908 - Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist (d. 1968)[*]1913 - Lady Katherine Brandram, née Princess of Greece and Denmark[*]1916 - Jane Jacobs, American-Canadian author and activist (d. 2006)[*]1918 - Tanaka Kakuei, Japanese political leader (d. 1993)[*]1918 - Thomas Mead, Australian politician and journalist (d. 2004)[*]1919 - Dory Funk, Professional wrestler (d. 1973)[*]1921 - Edo Murtić, Croatian painter (d. 2005)[*]1923 - Ed Cassidy, American musician (Spirit)[*]1923 - Eric Sykes, British actor and comedian[*]1923 - Godfrey Quigley, British actor (d. 1994)[*]1923 - Assi Rahbani, Lebanese composer and author[*]1925 - Maurice R. Greenberg, American businessman[*]1928 - Maynard Ferguson, Canadian musician (d. 2006)[*]1928 - Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt[*]1928 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (d. 1961)[*]1929 - Audrey Hepburn, Anglo-Dutch actress (d. 1993)[*]1929 - Sidney Lamb, American linguist[*]1930 - Roberta Peters, American soprano[*]1931 - Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Russian conductor[*]1931 - Thomas Stuttaford, British doctor and writer[*]1933 - J. Fred Duckett, Texan sports announcer and teacher[*]1936 - El Cordobés, Spanish matador[*]1937 - Ron Carter, American jazz bassist[*]1937 - Dick Dale, American guitarist[*]1937 - Mr. Fuji, Former professional wrestler[*]1938 - Tyrone Davis, American soul singer (d. 2005)[*]1938 - Carlos Monsiváis, Mexican writer[*]1939 - Paul Gleason, American actor (d. 2006)[*]1939 - Amos Oz, Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist[*]1939 - Léon Rochefort, Quebec ice hockey player[*]1940 - Robin Cook, American novelist[*]1941 - George Will, American writer[*]1942 - Nickolas Ashford, American record producer, songwriter, and musician (Ashford and Simpson)[*]1943 - Mikhail Chemiakin, Russian painter[*]1944 - Roger Rees, British-born actor[*]1945 - Narasimhan Ram, Indian journalist[*]1946 - John Watson, Northern Irish racecar driver[*]1948 - Hurley Haywood, American race car driver, and three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans[*]1949 - John Force, American race car driver[*]1949 - Stella Parton, American country music singer[*]1949 - Graham Swift, British author[*]1950 - Darryl Hunt, English musician (The Pogues)[*]1951 - Colin Bass, British bassist (Camel)[*]1951 - Jackie Jackson, American singer and musician (The Jackson 5)[*]1951 - Gérard Jugnot, French actor, film director, screenwriter and producer[*]1951 - Mick Mars, American guitarist (Mötley Crüe)[*]1952 - Michael Barrymore, English comedian, actor, quiz master and entertainer[*]1954 - Pia Zadora, American actress[*]1955 - Robert Ellis Orrall, American singer[*]1956 - David Guterson, American author[*]1956 - Ulrike Meyfarth, German athlete[*]1956 - Ken Oberkfell, American baseball player[*]1958 - Delbert Fowler, American and Canadian professional football player[*]1958 - Keith Haring, American graphical artist (d. 1990)[*]1959 - Scott Armstrong, American professional wrestling referee[*]1959 - Randy Travis, American musician[*]1961 - Luis Herrera, Colombian cyclist[*]1961 - Ishita Bhaduri, Indian (Bengali) Poet[*]1962 - Oleta Adams, American singer[*]1964 - Mónica Bardem, Spanish actress[*]1964 - Zsuzsa Mathe, Hungarian painter and visual artist, founder of transrealism[*]1964 - Rocco Siffredi, Italian porn actor[*]1967 - Ana Gasteyer, American actress[*]1968 - Julian Barratt, English comedian and musician, one half of The Mighty Boosh[*]1968 - Kate Garraway, English GMTV Presenter[*]1969 - Micah Aivazoff, Canadian ice hockey player[*]1969 - Ryan Shamrock, American wrestling valet[*]1970 - Gregg Alexander, American musician (New Radicals)[*]1971 - Joe Borowski, American baseball player[*]1971 - Luiz Garcia, Jr., Brazilian racing driver[*]1972 - Manny Aybar, Dominican baseball player[*]1972 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)[*]1973 - Guillermo Barros Schelotto, Argentine footballer[*]1973 - John Madden, Canadian ice hockey player[*]1974 - Miguel Cairo, Venezuelan baseball player[*]1975 - Laci Peterson, American murder victim (d. 2002)[*]1976 - Ben Grieve, American baseball player[*]1976 - Jason Michaels, American baseball player[*]1977 - Emily Perkins, Canadian actress[*]1977 - Mariano Pernía, Argentine-Spanish footballer[*]1979 - Lance Bass, American singer (*NSYNC)[*]1979 - Wes Butters, British broadcaster[*]1979 - Lesley Vainikolo, Tongan born rugby union and rugby league player[*]1980 - Andrew Raycroft, NHL goalie[*]1981 - Eric Djemba-Djemba, Cameroon footballer[*]1982 - Kleopas Giannou, Greek footballer[*]1982 - Hector King, Mexican singer-songwriter[*]1982 - Markus Rogan, Austrian swimmer[*]1982 - Rasheeda,American hiphop singer[*]1983 - Trisha Krishnan, Indian actress[*]1983 - Derek Roy, Canadian ice hockey player[*]1984 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi test cricket player (d. 2007)[*]1984 - Kevin Slowey, American baseball player[*]1984 - Montell Owens, American football player[*]1985 - Anthony Fedorov, American singer[*]1985 - Ravinder Bopara, English cricketer[*]1987 - Cesc Fàbregas, Spanish footballer[*]1987 - Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer


[B][SIZE=4][FONT=Georgia]Deaths[/FONT][/SIZE][/B][LIST][*]1436 - Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Swedish statesman (b. 1390s)[*]1471 - Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales (killed in battle) (b. 1453)[*]1471 - Edmund Beaufort, 4th Duke of Somerset, English military commander (executed)[*]1506 - Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)[*]1519 - Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino (b. 1492)[*]1566 - Luca Ghini, Italian physician and botanist (b. 1490)[*]1615 - Adriaan van Roomen, Flemish mathematician (b. 1561)[*]1626 - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, English bishop and Bible translator (b. 1569)[*]1677 - Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)[*]1684 - John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)[*]1729 - Louis-Antoine, Cardinal de Noailles, French cardinal (b. 1651)[*]1734 - James Thornhill, English painter[*]1737 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (b. 1686)[*]1774 - Anthony Ulrich II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. 1714)[*]1776 - Jacques Saly, French sculptor (b. 1717)[*]1790 - Matthew Tilghman, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1718)[*]1799 - Tipu Sultan, Indian military leader (b. 1750)[*]1811 - Nikolay Kamensky, Russian general (b. 1776)[*]1824 - Joseph Joubert, French essayist and moralist (b. 1754)[*]1849 - Hokusai, Japanese artist (b. 1760)[*]1858 - Aimé Bonpland, French explorer and botanist (b. 1773)[*]1859 - Joseph Diaz Gergonne, French mathematician (b. 1771)[*]1880 - Edward Clark, Governor of Texas (b. 1815)[*]1901 - John Jones Ross, Canadian politician (b. 1831)[*]1903 - Goce Delchev, a revolutionary from the Balkans - leader of the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (b. 1872)[*]1916 - Joseph Mary Plunkett, Irish revolutionary (b. 1887)[*]1919 - Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Slovak politician, French general and astronomer (b. 1880)[*]1922 - Viktor Kingissepp, Estonian Bolshevik politician (b. 1888)[*]1937 - Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter (b. 1910)[*]1938 - Carl von Ossietzky, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1889)[*]1945 - Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (b. 1880)[*]1955 - George Enescu, Romanian composer (b. 1881)[*]1961 - Anita Stewart, American film actress (b. 1895)[*]1969 - Osbert Sitwell, English writer (b. 1892)[*]1970 - Allison Krause - Kent State victim (b. 1951)[*]1970 - Jeffrey Miller - Kent State victim (b. 1950)[*]1970 - Sandra Scheuer - Kent State victim (b. 1949)[*]1970 - William Schroeder (b. 1950)[*]1971 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934)[*]1972 - Edward Calvin Kendall, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886)[*]1973 - Jane Bowles, American writer and playwright (b. 1917)[*]1975 - Moe Howard, American actor and comedian (b. 1897)[*]1980 - Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)[*]1984 - Bob Clampett, American cartoonist (b. 1913)[*]1984 - Diana Dors, British actress (b. 1931)[*]1985 - Clarence Wiseman, the 10th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1907)[*]1987 - Paul Butterfield, American blues harmonica player (b. 1942)[*]1992 - Gregor Mackenzie, Labour Party (UK) politician (b. 1927)[*]2001 - Bonnie Lee Bakley, American murder victim (b. 1956)[*]2005 - David Hackworth, U.S. Army officer and military journalist (b. 1930)[/LIST][*]1987 - Anjeza Shahini, Albanian singer[*]1994 - Pauline Ducruet, daughter of HSH Princess Stéphanie of Monaco[*]1994 - Alexander Gould, American actor[/LIST][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]Holidays and observances[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][LIST][*]International Firefighters' Day[*]Latvia - Day of adoption of the Declaration of independence[*]The Netherlands - Remembrance of the Dead.[*]People's Republic of China - Youth Day (青年节, commemorating May Fourth Movement).[*]Republic of China - Literary Day (文藝節, commemorating May Fourth Movement).[*]Japan - Greenery Day[/LIST][B][FONT=Georgia][SIZE=4]in the Roman Catholic Church:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][LIST][*]Saint Judas Cyriacus[*]Saint Florian[*]Saint Godehard[*]Saint Ethelred[*]Saint Sacerdos of Limoges[*]Saint Venerius[*]Saint John Houghton, Saint Robert Lawrence, Saint Augustine Webster, Saint Richard Reynolds; all put to death in 1535.[*]Saint Monica of Hippo (d. 387)[/LIST]
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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 5[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



Today is Monday, May 5, the 126th day of 2008. There are 240 days left in the year.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]Today's Highlight in History:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. became America's first space traveler as he made a 15-minute sub-orbital flight in a capsule launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]On this date:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]

In 1818, political philosopher Karl Marx was born in Prussia.

In 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, 51, died in exile on the island of St. Helena in the South Atlantic.

In 1862, Mexican forces loyal to Benito Juarez defeated French troops sent by Napoleon III in the Battle of Puebla.

In 1891, Carnegie Hall (then named "Music Hall") had its official opening night in New York City.

In 1904, Cy Young pitched the American League's first perfect game as the Boston Americans defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-0.

In 1925, John T. Scopes was arrested in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.

In 1942, during World War II, Japanese forces landed on the Philippine island of Corregidor.

In 1945, in the only fatal attack of its kind during World War II, a Japanese balloon bomb exploded on Gearhart Mountain in Oregon, killing the pregnant wife of a minister and five children.

In 1958, the Arkansas Gazette received the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Little Rock Central High School integration crisis; James Agee was posthumously honored for his novel "A Death in the Family."

In 1981, Irish Republican Army hunger-striker Bobby Sands died at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland in his 66th day without food.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]Ten years ago:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] An exasperated Secretary of State Madeleine Albright called on Israel to agree to hand over an additional 13 percent of the West Bank to the Palestinians, on top of the 27 percent already relinquished; Israel, however, continued to balk at the proposal.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]Five years ago:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] Searchers using dogs and heavy equipment went from one crumbled home to another after tornado-packed storms flattened communities in four Midwestern states. In Colombia, a botched rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of a state governor, former defense minister and eight other hostages being held by rebels; three hostages survived. Walter Sisulu, the quiet giant of South Africa's anti-apartheid struggle for five decades, died in Johannesburg at age 90.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]One year ago:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] A Kenya Airways jet crashed in southern Cameroon, killing all 114 people on board. Street Sense roared from next-to-last in a 20-horse field to win the Kentucky Derby. Floyd Mayweather Jr. beat Oscar De La Hoya to win the WBC 154-pound title at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]Today's Birthdays:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B]
Actress Pat Carroll is 81. AFL-CIO president John J. Sweeney is 74. Saxophonist Ace Cannon is 74. Country singer-musician Roni Stoneman is 70. Actor Michael Murphy is 70. Actor Lance Henriksen is 68. Comedian-actor Michael Palin is 65. Actor John Rhys-Davies is 64. Actor Roger Rees is 64. Rock correspondent Kurt Loder is 63. Rock musician Bill Ward (Black Sabbath) is 60. Actor Richard E. Grant is 51. Broadcast journalist John Miller is 50. Rock singer Ian McCulloch (Echo and the Bunnymen) is 49. NBC News anchor Brian Williams is 49. TV personality Kyan Douglas is 38. Actress Tina Yothers is 35. Singer Craig David is 27. Actress Danielle Fishel is 27. Rock singer Skye Sweetnam is 20. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chris Brown is 19.

[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="4"]Thought for Today:[/SIZE][/FONT][/B] "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." — Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, "father" of America's nuclear navy (1900-1986).

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[B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"][CENTER]Today in History - May 6[/CENTER][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]


Today is Tuesday, May 6, the 127th day of 2008. There are 239 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen-filled German dirigible Hindenburg burned and crashed in Lakehurst, N.J., killing 35 of the 97 people on board and a Navy crewman on the ground.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the Union.

In 1889, the Paris Exposition formally opened, featuring the just-completed Eiffel Tower.

In 1910, Britain's King Edward VII died.

In 1935, the Works Progress Administration began operating.

In 1942, during World War II some 15,000 Americans and Filipinos on Corregidor surrendered to the Japanese.

In 1954, medical student Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile during a track meet in Oxford, England, in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

In 1960, Britain's Princess Margaret married Anthony Armstrong-Jones, a commoner, at Westminster Abbey. (They divorced in 1978.)

In 1981, Yale architecture student Maya Ying Lin was named winner of a competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

In 1994, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and French President Francois Mitterrand formally opened the Channel Tunnel between their countries.

In 2002, right-wing Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn was shot and killed in Hilversum, Netherlands. (Volkert van der Graaf was later convicted of killing Fortuyn and was sentenced to 18 years in prison.)

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] U.S. Rep. Dan Burton, chairman of the House fund-raising inquiry, apologized to GOP colleagues for the furor over his release of selected portions of tapes of former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell's prison conversations; Burton's top investigator departed, ordered fired by House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Astronomers announced the detection of a gamma ray burst in a galaxy 12 billion light years away that was equal to the energy expended by the sun in 1 trillion years.

[B]Five years ago: [/B]Sen. Bob Graham of Florida launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination by accusing President Bush of retreating from the war on terrorism to "settle old scores" between the Bush family and Iraq's Saddam Hussein. White House budget chief Mitchell Daniels announced his resignation. Kmart Corporation emerged from bankruptcy after more than 15 months of Chapter 11 protection.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy won the French presidency by a comfortable margin over socialist opponent Segolene Royal.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Baseball Hall-of-Famer Willie Mays is 77. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., is 74. Rock singer Bob Seger is 63. Singer Jimmie Dale Gilmore is 63. Actor Alan Dale is 61. Actor Ben Masters is 61. Actor Gregg Henry is 56. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is 55. TV personality Tom Bergeron is 53. Actress Roma Downey is 48. Rock singer John Flansburgh (They Might Be Giants) is 48. Actor George Clooney is 47. Actor Clay O'Brien is 47. Rock singer-musician Tony Scalzo (Fastball) is 44. Actress Leslie Hope is 43. Rock musician Mark Bryan (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 41. Rock musician Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters) is 37. Actress Adrianne Palicki is 25.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "How glorious it is — and also how painful — to be an exception." — Alfred de Musset, French author (1810-1857).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History — May 7 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Monday, May 7, the 127th day of 2007. There are 238 days left in the year.

[B]Today’s Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 7, 1915, nearly 1,200 people died when a German torpedo sank the British liner Lusitania off the Irish coast.
[B]
On this date:[/B]

In 1789, the first inaugural ball was held in New York in honor of President and Mrs. George Washington.

In 1825, composer Antonio Salieri died in Vienna, Austria.

In 1833, composer Johannes Brahms was born in Hamburg, Germany.

In 1840, composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in the Ural region of Russia.

In 1941, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra recorded “Chattanooga Choo Choo” for RCA Victor.

In 1945, Germany signed an unconditional surrender at Allied headquarters in Rheims, France.

In 1954, the 55-day Battle of Dien Bien Phu in Vietnam ended with Vietnamese insurgents overrunning French forces.

In 1975, President Ford formally declared an end to the Vietnam era. In Ho Chi Minh City — formerly Saigon — the Viet Cong celebrated its takeover.

In 1977, Seattle Slew won the Kentucky Derby, the first of his Triple Crown victories.

In 1984, a $180 million out-of-court settlement was announced in the Agent Orange class-action suit brought by Vietnam veterans who charged they’d suffered injury from exposure to the defoliant.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] The Army accused its top enlisted man, Sgt. Major of the Army Gene McKinney, of sexual misconduct. (At his court-martial, McKinney was acquitted of sexual misconduct, but found guilty of obstruction of justice.) Chrysler Corp. and United Auto Workers agreed to a new contract, ending a damaging 28-day engine-plant strike.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Authorities arrested 21-year-old college student Luke J. Helder in a series of rural mailbox bombings that left six people wounded in Illinois and Iowa. (Helder has since been found incompetent to stand trial.) A China Northern Airlines jetliner crashed into the Yellow Sea, killing 112 people; Chinese authorities later blamed a saboteur who’d set a fire on board. An EgyptAir jetliner with 62 people aboard crashed in Tunisia, killing

14. Fifteen Israelis were killed by a suicide bomber at a pool hall in suburban Tel Aviv. Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew died at age 28, 25 years to the day after his victory in the Kentucky Derby.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Iran’s hard-line parliament threatened to pass legislation that would force the Tehran government to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

[B]Today’s Birthdays:[/B] Singer Teresa Brewer is 76. Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., is 75. Singer Jimmy Ruffin is 68. Singer Johnny Maestro is 68. Actress Robin Strasser is 62. Singer-songwriter Bill Danoff is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer Thelma Houston is 61. Rock musician Bill Kreutzmann (The Dead) is 61. Rock musician Prairie Prince is 57. NBC newsman Tim Russert is 57. Actor Robert Hegyes is 56. Movie writer-director Amy Heckerling is 53. Actor Michael E. Knight is 48. Rock musician Phil Campbell (Motorhead) is 46. Country musician Rick Schell is 44. Rock singer-musician Chris O’Connor (Primitive Radio Gods) is 42. Actress Traci Lords is 38. Singer Eagle-Eye Cherry is 35. Actor Breckin Meyer is 33. Actor Taylor Abrahamse is 16.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] “To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman.” — George Santayana, Spanish-American philosopher (1863-1952).

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[FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"][B][CENTER]Today in History - May 8[/CENTER][/B][/SIZE][/FONT]

Today is Thursday, May 8, the 129th day of 2008. There are 237 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 8, 1945, President Truman announced in a radio address that World War II had ended in Europe.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1541, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto reached the Mississippi River.

In 1794, Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France's Reign of Terror.

In 1846, the first major battle of the Mexican-American War was fought at Palo Alto, Texas; U.S. forces led by General Zachary Taylor were able to beat back the invading Mexican forces.

In 1884, the 33rd president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was born near Lamar, Mo.

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru.

In 1962, the musical comedy "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opened on Broadway.

In 1970, antiwar protests took place across the United States and around the world; in New York, construction workers broke up a demonstration on Wall Street.

In 1973, militant American Indians who'd held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.

In 1978, David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with one of the "Son of Sam" shootings that had terrified New Yorkers.

In 1988, science-fiction author Robert A. Heinlein died in Carmel, Calif., at age 80.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]Big Tobacco settled with the state of Minnesota for $6.6 billion as the state's lawsuit was about to go to a jury; Minnesota became the fourth state to settle with the tobacco industry over the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] The Senate unanimously endorsed adding to NATO seven former communist nations: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. A federal grand jury indicted Chinese-born California socialite Katrina Leung on charges that she'd illegally taken, copied and kept secret documents obtained from an FBI agent. (A federal judge later dismissed the case against Leung, rebuking prosecutors for misconduct.) A Russian-built cargo plane lost a door over Congo, hurling more than 100 Congolese soldiers and their families to their deaths.

[B]One year ago:[/B] The Pentagon announced that it had notified more than 35,000 Army soldiers to be prepared to deploy to Iraq beginning in the fall. Bitter enemies from Northern Ireland's bloody past joined forces atop a new Northern Ireland government.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Comedian Don Rickles is 82. Naturalist Sir David Attenborough is 82. Singer Toni Tennille is 68. Actor James Mitchum is 67. Country singer Jack Blanchard is 66. Jazz musician Keith Jarrett is 63. Singer Philip Bailey (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 57. Rock musician Chris Frantz (Talking Heads) is 57. Rockabilly singer Billy Burnette is 55. Rock musician Alex Van Halen is 55. Actor David Keith is 54. Actor Stephen Furst is 54. Actress Melissa Gilbert is 44. Rock musician Dave Rowntree (Blur) is 44. Country musician Del Gray is 40. Rock singer Darren Hayes is 36. Singer Enrique Iglesias is 33. Singer Ana Maria Lombo (Eden's Crush) is 30. Actress Julia Whelan is 23.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "What you see is news, what you know is background, what you feel is opinion." — Lester Markel, American editor (1894-1977).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 9 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Friday, May 9, the 130th day of 2008. There are 236 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 9, 1754, a cartoon in Benjamin Franklin's Pennsylvania Gazette showed a snake cut into sections, each part representing an American colony; the caption read, "JOIN, or DIE."

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1883, Spanish philosopher Jose Ortega y Gasset was born in Madrid.

In 1936, Italy annexed Ethiopia.

In 1945, U.S. officials announced that a midnight entertainment curfew was being lifted immediately.

In 1958, "Vertigo," Alfred Hitchcock's eerie thriller starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, premiered in San Francisco, the movie's setting.

In 1961, FCC chairman Newton N. Minow decried the majority of television programming as a "vast wasteland" in a speech to the National Association of Broadcasters.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee opened public hearings on whether to recommend the impeachment of President Nixon.

In 1978, the bullet-riddled body of former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, who'd been abducted by the Red Brigades, was found in an automobile in the center of Rome.

In 1980, 35 people were killed when a freighter rammed the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay in Florida, causing a 1,400-foot section to collapse.

In 1982, the musical "Nine," inspired by the Federico Fellini film "8 1/2," opened on Broadway.

In 1987, 183 people were killed when a New York-bound Polish jetliner crashed while attempting an emergency return to Warsaw.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]Indonesian President Suharto left his troubled country for a summit in Egypt with a warning his army would quell violence over his 32-year rule and the worsening economy.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] The United States and its allies asked the U.N. Security Council to give its stamp of approval to their occupation of Iraq. The Republican-led House approved 222-203 a $550 billion tax cut package. Louisiana Democrat Russell B. Long, who greatly influenced tax laws during nearly four decades in the Senate, died at age 84. In Cleveland, a camouflage-clad gunman fired hundreds of rounds as he roamed the halls of Case Western Reserve University's business school, killing one person. (Suspect Biswanath Halder was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison).

[B]One year ago:[/B] Vice President Dick Cheney pressed Iraq's leaders to do more to reduce violence and achieve political reconciliation in a visit to Baghdad that was punctuated by an explosion that shook windows at the U.S. Embassy where Cheney was visiting. Pope Benedict XVI began his first trip to Latin America as he arrived in Brazil.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] CBS News correspondent Mike Wallace is 90. Actress Geraldine McEwan is 76. Actor-writer Alan Bennett is 74. Rock musician Nokie Edwards (The Ventures) is 73. Actor Albert Finney is 72. Actress-turned-politician Glenda Jackson is 72. Musician Sonny Curtis (Buddy Holly and the Crickets) is 71. Producer-director James L. Brooks is 68. Singer Tommy Roe is 66. Singer-musician Richie Furay (Buffalo Springfield and Poco) is 64. Actress Candice Bergen is 62. Pop singer Clint Holmes is 62. Actor Anthony Higgins is 61. Singer Billy Joel is 59. Blues singer-musician Bob Margolin is 59. Rock singer-musician Tom Petersson (Cheap Trick) is 58. Actress Alley Mills is 57. Actress Wendy Crewson is 52. Actor John Corbett is 47. Singer Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode) is 46. Rapper Ghostface Killah is 38. Country musician Mike Myerson (Heartland) is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Tamia is 33. Rock musician Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish) is 31. Rock singer Pierre Bouvier (Simple Plan) is 29. Actress Rosario Dawson is 29. Actress Rachel Boston is 26. TV personality Audrina Patridge is 23.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "We cannot put off living until we are ready." — Jose Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (1883-1955).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 10 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Saturday, May 10, the 131st day of 2008. There are 235 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

One hundred years ago, on May 10, 1908, the first Mother's Day observance in the United States, inspired by Anna Jarvis, took place during church services in Grafton, W.Va., and Philadelphia.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1774, Louis XVI acceded to the throne of France.

In 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys captured the British-held fortress at Ticonderoga, N.Y.

In 1865, Union forces captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Irwinville, Ga.

In 1869, a golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.

In 1908, Carl Albert, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives for six years, was born in North McAlester, Okla.

In 1924, J. Edgar Hoover was given the job of FBI director.

In 1933, the Nazis staged massive public book burnings in Germany.

In 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. That same day, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain resigned, and Winston Churchill formed a new government.

In 1968, preliminary Vietnam peace talks began in Paris.

In 1978, Britain's Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon announced they were divorcing after 18 years of marriage.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] The FAA grounded older models of the Boeing 737 after mandatory inspections of some aircraft found extensive wear in power lines running through their wing fuel tanks. Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams won full backing for the Northern Ireland peace accord in a fundamental reversal of decades-old policy.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] The leader of Iraq's largest Shiite Muslim group, Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, returned triumphantly to his U.S.-occupied homeland after two decades in Iranian exile. The New York Times announced on its Web site that one of its reporters, Jayson Blair, had "committed frequent acts of journalistic fraud," according to an investigation conducted by the paper.

[B]One year ago:[/B] British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced he would step down June 27. The Democratic-controlled House, by a vote of 255-171, defeated legislation to require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq within nine months. A federal jury in Santa Ana, Calif., convicted Chinese-born engineer Chi Mak of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to China. (Mak was later sentenced to 24 1/2 years in federal prison.)

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Sportscaster Pat Summerall is 78. Author Barbara Taylor Bradford is 75. Rhythm-and-blues singer Henry Fambrough (The Spinners) is 70. TV-radio personality Gary Owens is 69. Actor David Clennon is 65. Writer-producer-director Jim Abrahams is 64. Singer Donovan is 62. Singer Dave Mason is 62. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Banks (The Dramatics) is 57. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., is 50. Actress Victoria Rowell is 49. Rock singer Bono (U2) is 48. Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks is 45. Model Linda Evangelista is 43. Rapper Young MC is 41. Actor Erik Palladino is 40. Country musician David Wallace (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 36. Race car driver Helio Castroneves is 33. Rock musician Jesse Vest is 31. Actor Kenan Thompson is 30. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jason Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 28. Rock musician Joey Zehr (The Click Five) is 25. Singer Ashley Poole (Dream) is 23.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Nothing recedes like success." — Walter Winchell, American columnist and broadcaster (1897-1972).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 11[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]


Today is Sunday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2008. There are 234 days left in the year. This is Mother's Day.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 11, 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1502, Christopher Columbus left Cadiz, Spain, on his fourth and final trip to the Western Hemisphere.

In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam to become governor of New Netherland.

In 1888, songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia.

In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.

In 1944, Allied forces launched a major offensive against German lines in Italy.

In 1946, the first CARE packages arrived in Europe, at Le Havre, France.

In 1973, charges against Daniel Ellsberg for his role in the "Pentagon Papers" case were dismissed by Judge William M. Byrne, who cited government misconduct.

In 1985, 56 people died when a flash fire swept a jam-packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England.

In 1988, master spy Harold "Kim" Philby, the notorious "Third Man" of a British espionage ring, died in the Soviet Union at age 76.

In 1996, an Atlanta-bound ValuJet DC-9 caught fire shortly after takeoff from Miami and crashed into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people on board.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]India set off three underground atomic blasts, its first nuclear tests in 24 years. Attorney General Janet Reno requested an independent counsel to investigate Labor Secretary Alexis Herman for alleged influence-peddling and solicitation of illegal campaign contributions. Herman was later cleared. A French mint produced the first coins of Europe's single currency, the euro.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] The United States declared Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's Baath Party dead. Lithuania became the first ex-Soviet republic to approve entry into the European Union as voters completed a weekend referendum. Canada beat Sweden 3-2 in Finland to win its first hockey world championship in six years.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Speaking aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Persian Gulf, Vice President Dick Cheney warned Iran that the U.S. and its allies would keep it from restricting sea traffic as well as from developing nuclear weapons. North and South Korea adopted a military agreement, enabling the first train crossing of their border in more than half a century.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Comedian Mort Sahl is 81. Rock singer Eric Burdon (The Animals; War) is 67. Actress Shohreh Aghdashloo is 56. Actress Frances Fisher is 56. Actor Boyd Gaines is 55. Country musician Mark Herndon (Alabama) is 53. Actress Martha Quinn is 49. Actress Natasha Richardson is 45. Country singer-musician Tim Raybon (The Raybon Brothers) is 45. Country musician Keith West (Heartland) is 40. Actor Coby Bell is 33. Actor Jonathan Jackson is 26.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children." — Holbrook Jackson, British critic and historian (1874-1948).

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[CENTER][B][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 12 [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/CENTER]




Today is Monday, May 12, the 133rd day of 2008. There are 233 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 12, 1958, the United States and Canada signed an agreement to create the North American Air Defense Command (later the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD for short).

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1870, an act creating the Canadian province of Manitoba was given royal assent, to take effect in July.

In 1907, actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Conn.

In 1932, the body of Charles Lindbergh Jr., the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh, was found in a wooded area near Hopewell, N.J.

In 1937, Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey.

In 1943, during World War II, Axis forces in North Africa surrendered.

In 1949, the Soviet Union lifted the Berlin Blockade.

In 1970, the Senate voted unanimously to confirm Harry A. Blackmun as a Supreme Court justice.

In 1975, the White House announced the new Cambodian government had seized an American merchant ship, the Mayaguez, in international waters.

In 1978, the Commerce Department said hurricanes would no longer be given only female names.

In 1982, in Fatima, Portugal, security guards overpowered a Spanish priest armed with a bayonet who was trying to reach Pope John Paul II.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] A day after India's first atomic test blasts in 24 years, neighboring Pakistan said it was ready to test a nuclear device itself. Indonesian President Suharto's security forces killed at least six student demonstrators.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Suicide bombers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, killed nine U.S. citizens and 26 people overall. A suicide truck-bomb attack killed at least 60 at a government compound in northern Chechnya. L. Paul Bremer, the new American civilian administrator of Iraq, arrived in Baghdad; coalition forces announced they had taken custody of Dr. Rihab Rashid Taha, the Iraqi scientist known as "Dr. Germ." (Taha was later released after no charges were brought.) Fifty-nine Democratic lawmakers brought the Texas House to a standstill by going into hiding in a dispute over a Republican congressional redistricting plan.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Virginia Tech held its first commencement ceremonies since the April 16 shooting rampage that claimed 32 victims and the shooter. Voters in the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch became the first in the nation to back an ordinance prohibiting landlords from renting to most illegal immigrants. A U.S. patrol was attacked south of Baghdad; four Americans and an Iraqi interpreter were killed, three soldiers were captured. (The body of one abducted soldier was later found in the Euphrates River.) A U.S.-led coalition operation supported by NATO troops killed the Taliban's most prominent military commander, Mullah Dadullah.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Baseball Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra is 83. Critic John Simon is 83. Composer Burt Bacharach is 80. Comedian George Carlin is 71. Actress Millie Perkins is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jayotis Washington is 67. Country singer Billy Swan is 66. Actress Linda Dano is 65. Musician Ian McLagan is 63. Actress Lindsay Crouse is 60. Singer-musician Steve Winwood is 60. Actor Gabriel Byrne is 58. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is 58. Singer Billy Squier is 58. Country singer Kix Brooks is 53. Actress Kim Greist is 50. Actor Ving Rhames is 49. Rock musician Billy Duffy is 47. Actor Emilio Estevez is 46. Actress April Grace is 46. Actress Vanessa A. Williams ("Soul Food") is 45. Country musician Eddie Kilgallon is 43. Actor Stephen Baldwin is 42. Actor Scott Schwartz is 40. Actress Kim Fields is 39. Actress Samantha Mathis is 38. Actress Jamie Luner is 37. Actor Christian Campbell is 36. Actor Mackenzie Astin is 35. Actress Malin Akerman is 30. Actor Jason Biggs is 30. Actress Emily VanCamp is 22. Actor Malcolm David Kelley is 16. Actors Sullivan and Sawyer Sweeten ("Everybody Loves Raymond") are 13.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity." — Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801).


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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 13[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER] [/B]



Today is Tuesday, May 13, the 134th day of 2008. There are 232 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 13, 1918, the first U.S. airmail stamps, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, were introduced with a face value of 24 cents. (On a few of the stamps, the biplane was printed upside-down; the "inverted Jenny," as it came to be called, instantly became a collector's item.)

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1607, English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia. (The colonists went ashore the next day.)

In 1846, the United States declared that a state of war already existed with Mexico.

In 1917, three children near Fatima, Portugal, reported seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary.

In 1940, in his first speech as prime minister of Britain, Winston Churchill told the House of Commons, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."

In 1954, President Eisenhower signed into law the St. Lawrence Seaway Development Act.

In 1954, the musical play "The Pajama Game" opened on Broadway.

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, were spat upon and their limousine battered by rocks thrown by anti-U.S. demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 1968, a one-day general strike took place in France in support of student protesters.

In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

In 1985, a confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped an explosive onto the group's headquarters; 11 people died in the resulting fire.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] President Clinton ordered harsh sanctions against an unapologetic India, which had gone ahead with a second round of nuclear tests despite global criticism.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] A judge ruled that Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols should stand trial in state court on 160 counts of first-degree murder. (Nichols was later found guilty on 161 counts; the 161st count was for the fetus of a pregnant victim. Nichols was sentenced to life in prison.) The government unveiled a new and more colorful version of the $20 bill. Algerian army commandos freed 17 European tourists who'd been kidnapped in the Sahara Desert by an al-Qaida-linked terror group.

[B]One year ago:[/B] President Bush made a pilgrimage to the site of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia to mark the 400th anniversary of its founding. Pope Benedict the XVI, ending a five-day visit to Brazil, blamed both Marxism and unbridled capitalism for Latin America's problems. Canada won hockey's world championship with a 4-2 victory over Finland.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actress Beatrice Arthur is 86. Critic Clive Barnes is 81. Actor Buck Taylor is 70. Actor Harvey Keitel is 69. Author Charles Baxter is 61. Actor Franklyn Ajaye is 59. Actress Zoe Wanamaker is 59. Singer Stevie Wonder is 58. Basketball player Dennis Rodman is 47. Actor-comedian Stephen Colbert is 44. Actor Tom Verica is 44. Country singer Lari White is 43. Singer Darius Rucker (Hootie and the Blowfish) is 42. Actress Susan Floyd is 40. Contemporary Christian musician Andy Williams (Casting Crowns) is 36. Actress Samantha Morton is 31. Rock musician Mickey Madden (Maroon 5) is 29.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by a common hatred of its neighbours." — William Ralph Inge, English religious leader and author (1860-1954).

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Today is Wednesday, May 14, the 135th day of 2008. There are 231 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 14, 1948, according to the common-era calendar, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed in Tel Aviv.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1607, English colonists went ashore in Virginia to begin building a permanent settlement, named Jamestown after England's King James I.

In 1643, Louis the XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis the XIII.

In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner succeeded in inoculating 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter.

In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory left camp near St. Louis.

In 1900, the Olympic games opened in Paris, held as part of the World's Fair.

In 1942, Congress voted to establish the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps.

In 1942, Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" was first performed, by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.

In 1973, the United States launched Skylab 1, its first manned space station.

In 1987, actress Rita Hayworth died in New York at age 68.

In 1988, 27 people, mostly teens, were killed when their church bus collided with a pickup truck going the wrong way on a highway near Carrollton, Ky. (Truck driver Larry Mahoney served 9 1/2 years in prison for manslaughter).


[B]Ten years ago: [/B]Singer-actor Frank Sinatra died at a Los Angeles hospital at age 82. The hit sitcom "Seinfeld" aired its final episode after nine years on NBC.
[B]
Five years ago: [/B]Smugglers abandoned more than 100 illegal immigrants in a locked trailer at a Texas truck stop; 19 people died. In Chechnya, a female suicide bombing killed 18 people in an apparent attempt on the life of the Moscow-backed chief administrator, Akhmad Kadyrov. Death claimed actress Dame Wendy Hiller in Beaconsfield, England, at age 90; actor Robert Stack in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 84; and Basketball Hall-of-Famer Dave DeBusschere in New York at age 62.
[B]
One year ago:[/B] DaimlerChrysler said it was selling almost all of Chrysler to private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for $7.4 billion, backing out of a troubled 1998 takeover. The trial of suspected al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla opened in Miami. (Padilla and two co-defendants were convicted last August of terrorism conspiracy; Padilla was sentenced to 17 years in prison.)
[B]
Today's Birthdays:[/B] Opera singer Patrice Munsel is 83. Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., is 66. Rock singer-musician Jack Bruce (Cream) is 65. Movie producer George Lucas is 64. Actress Meg Foster is 60. Rock singer David Byrne is 56. Movie director Robert Zemeckis is 56. Actor Tim Roth is 47. Rock singer Ian Astbury (The Cult) is 46. Rock musician C.C. (aka Cecil) DeVille is 46. Actor Danny Huston is 46. Rock musician Mike Inez (Alice In Chains) is 42. Fabrice Morvan (ex-Milli Vanilli) is 42. Rhythm-and-blues singer Raphael Saadiq is 42. Actress Cate Blanchett is 39. Singer Danny Wood (New Kids on the Block) is 39. Movie writer-director Sofia Coppola is 37. Singer Natalie Appleton (All Saints) is 35. Singer Shanice is 35. Rock musician Henry Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 30. Actress Amber Tamblyn is 25. Actress Miranda Cosgrove is 15.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Ah, les bons vieux temps ou nous etions si malheureux!" (Oh, the good old times when we were so unhappy!) — French saying.

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 15[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]




Today is Thursday, May 15, the 136th day of 2008. There are 230 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 15, 1918, U.S. airmail began service between Washington, Philadelphia and New York.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Co., ruling it was a monopoly in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

In 1930, registered nurse Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard an Oakland, Calif.-to-Chicago flight operated by Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines.

In 1942, wartime gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 eastern states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for nonessential vehicles.

In 1948, hours after declaring its independence, the new state of Israel was attacked by Transjordan, Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon.

In 1958, Vice President Richard Nixon received a hero's welcome on his return from a violence-marred tour of Latin America.

In 1958, the MGM movie musical "Gigi," starring Leslie Caron as a young French courtesan-in-training, was released.

In 1963, astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard Faith 7 on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program.

In 1972, George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Md., for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In 1975, U.S. forces invaded the Cambodian island of Koh Tang and recaptured the American merchant ship Mayaguez. (All 40 crew members had already been released safely by Cambodia; some 40 U.S. servicemen were killed in the operation.)

In 1988, the Soviet Union began the process of withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan, more than eight years after Soviet forces had entered the country.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]Trapped in blazing shopping malls, hundreds of looters burned to death in rioting that laid smoking waste to Indonesia's capital, Jakarta. Leaders of eight countries, including the U.S., opened a three-day summit in Birmingham, England.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Emergency officials rushed to a series of mock catastrophes in the Chicago area on the busiest day of a national weeklong exercise. Runaway Texas Democrats boarded two buses and returned home after a self-imposed weeklong exile in Oklahoma that succeeded in killing a redistricting bill they opposed. The three-year championship reign of the Los Angeles Lakers came to a decisive end as the San Antonio Spurs overpowered the Lakers 110-82 to win the Western Conference semifinal series 4-to-2. Country music star June Carter Cash died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 73.

[B]One year ago: [/B]The Rev. Jerry Falwell, who built the Christian right into a political force, died in Lynchburg, Va., at age 73. Yolanda King, the daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, died in Santa Monica, Calif., at age 51. President Bush chose Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute to oversee the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan as a war czar. Prime Minister Bertie Ahern became the first Irish leader to address the joint houses of the British Parliament. Kenny Chesney collected his third consecutive entertainer of the year trophy from the Academy of Country Music.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Singer Eddy Arnold is 90. Actor Joseph Wiseman is 90. Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer ("Amadeus") is 82. Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 72. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 72. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is 71. Singer Trini Lopez is 71. Singer Lenny Welch is 70. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 68. Actor-director Paul Rudd ("Knots Landing") is 68. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 66. Singer-songwriter Brian Eno is 60. Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 58. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 56. Baseball Hall-of-Famer George Brett is 55. Musician-composer Mike Oldfield ("Tubular Bells") is 55. Actor Lee Horsley is 53. TV personality Giselle Fernandez is 47. Singer-rapper Prince Be (PM Dawn) is 38. Actor Brad Rowe is 38. Actor David Charvet is 36. Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 34. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Amy Chow is 30. Actor David Krumholtz ("Numb3rs") is 30. Actress Jamie-Lynn Sigler is 27.
[B]
Thought for Today:[/B] "People love to talk but hate to listen." — Alice Duer Miller, American author (1874-1942).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 16[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]




Today is Friday, May 16, the 137th day of 2008. There are 229 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards were presented during a banquet at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The movie "Wings" won best production, while Emil Jannings and Janet Gaynor were named best actor and best actress.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1770, Marie Antoinette, age 14, married the future King Louis XVI of France, who was 15.

In 1866, Congress authorized minting of the first 5-cent piece, also known as the "Shield nickel."

In 1868, the Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on the 11 articles of impeachment against him.

In 1920, Joan of Arc was canonized by Pope Benedict XV.

In 1946, the Irving Berlin musical "Annie Get Your Gun," starring Ethel Merman as Annie Oakley, opened on Broadway.

In 1948, the body of CBS News correspondent George Polk was found in Solonica Harbor in Greece, several days after he had left his hotel for an interview with the leader of a Communist militia.

In 1960, a Big Four summit conference in Paris collapsed on its opening day as the Soviet Union leveled spy charges against the U.S. in the wake of the U-2 incident.

In 1975, Japanese climber Junko Tabei became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled that police can search discarded garbage without a search warrant.

In 1988, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop released a report declaring nicotine was addictive in ways similar to heroin and cocaine.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Real Quiet added a victory in the Preakness to his win in the Kentucky Derby. (However, Real Quiet later failed to capture the Triple Crown, losing the Belmont Stakes to Victory Gallop by a nose.)

[B]Five years ago:[/B] President Bush launched his re-election campaign. The Senate committed $15 billion to fight global AIDS. In Casablanca, Morocco, five simultaneous suicide attacks claimed the lives of 33 victims, in addition to a dozen suicide bombers.
[B]
One year ago:[/B] Anti-war Democrats in the Senate failed in an attempt to cut off funds for the Iraq war. Britain's army reversed course and announced that Prince Harry would not be sent to Iraq with his regiment due to "specific threats" from insurgents. (The prince did end up serving in Afghanistan for 10 weeks, until word of his deployment got out.) British Prime Minister Tony Blair paid a farewell visit to President Bush at the White House. Nicolas Sarkozy took over from Jacques Chirac as France's president.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Author Studs Terkel is 96. Actor George Gaynes is 91. Actor Harry Carey Jr. is 87. Jazz musician Billy Cobham is 64. Actor Bill Smitrovich is 61. Actor Pierce Brosnan is 55. Actress Debra Winger is 53. Soviet-born gymnast Olga Korbut is 53. Actress Mare Winningham is 49. Rock musician Boyd Tinsley (The Dave Matthews Band) is 44. Rock musician Krist Novoselic is 43. Singer Janet Jackson is 42. Country singer Scott Reeves (Blue County) is 42. Actor Brian F. O'Byrne is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tresvant (New Edition) is 40. Actor David Boreanaz is 39. Political correspondent Tucker Carlson is 39. Actress Tracey Gold is 39. Tennis player Gabriela Sabatini is 38. Country singer Rick Trevino is 37. Musician Simon Katz is 37. Actress Tori Spelling is 35. Actress Melanie Lynskey is 31. Actress Megan Fox is 22. Actor Marc John Jefferies is 18.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them." — Alfred North Whitehead, English philosopher-mathematician (1861-1947).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 17[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]




Today is Saturday, May 17, the 138th day of 2008. There are 228 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, which found that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree on Wall Street.

In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.

In 1938, Congress passed the Second Vinson Act, providing for a strengthened U.S. Navy.

In 1938, the radio quiz show "Information, Please!" made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.

In 1939, Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns.

In 1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying — but not preventing — a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.

In 1973, the Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.

In 1978, women were included in the White House honor guard for the first time as President Carter welcomed Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.

In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami after an all-white jury in Tampa, Fla., acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.

In 1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Leaders of the Group of Eight nations ended their summit in Birmingham, England, with a plea to Pakistan not to respond in kind to India's five nuclear explosions. New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game as he retired all 27 batters he faced in a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] A top Vatican official, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, acknowledged what many observers had long suspected — that Pope John Paul II was suffering from Parkinson's disease. A German tour bus overturned on a highway in France, killing 28 people. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the West Bank city of Hebron, killing an Israeli man and his pregnant wife. More than 260 people died in Sri Lanka's worst flooding in five decades. Funny Cide ran away from the field in the Preakness, two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. (However, Funny Cide came up short at the Belmont Stakes, finishing third.)

[B]One year ago:[/B] President Bush and retiring British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a joint news conference at the White House, during which Blair allowed not a single regret about the Iraq war alliance. World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz announced he would resign at the end of June 2007, following controversy over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend. Trains crossed the border dividing the two Koreas for the first time in more than half a century.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor-director Dennis Hopper is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) is 70. Actor Peter Gerety is 68. Singer Taj Mahal is 66. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester is 64. Rock musician Bill Bruford is 59. Singer-musician George Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) is 55. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 55. Actor Bill Paxton is 53. Boxing Hall-of-Famer Sugar Ray Leonard is 52. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 52. Sports announcer Jim Nantz is 49. Singer Enya is 47. Talk show host-actor Craig Ferguson is 46. Rock singer-musician Page McConnell is 45. Singer-musician Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) is 43. Actress Paige Turco is 43. Rhythm-and-blues musician O'Dell (Mint Condition) is 43. Actor Hill Harper is 42. TV personality/interior designer Thom Filicia is 39. Singer Jordan Knight is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darnell Van Rensalier (Shai) is 38. Rock singer-musician Josh Homme is 35. Rock singer Andrea Corr (The Corrs) is 34. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (TV: "Heroes") is 34. Singer Kandi Burruss is 32. Actress Kat Foster (TV: " 'Til Death") is 30. Basketball player Tony Parker is 26. Actor Tahj Mowry is 22. Actress Nikki Reed is 20. Actress Samantha Browne-Walters is 17.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Have no fear of perfection — you'll never reach it." — Salvador Dali, Spanish artist (1904-1989).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 18[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]




Today is Sunday, May 18, the 139th day of 2008. There are 227 days left in the year.
[B]
Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 18, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a measure creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1642, the Canadian city of Montreal was founded by French colonists.

In 1804, the French Senate proclaimed Napoleon Bonaparte emperor.

In 1896, the Supreme Court, in Plessy v. Ferguson, endorsed "separate but equal" racial segregation, a concept that was renounced 58 years later with Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.

In 1920, Pope John Paul II was born Karol Wojtyla in Wadowice, Poland.

In 1926, evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, Calif.; she reappeared more than a month later, claiming to have been kidnapped.

In 1927, a schoolhouse in Bath, Mich., was blown up with explosives planted by local farmer Andrew Kehoe, who then set off a dynamite-laden automobile; the attacks killed 38 children and six adults, including Kehoe, who'd earlier killed his wife.

In 1953, Jacqueline Cochran became the first woman to break the sound barrier as she piloted a North American F-86 Canadair over Rogers Dry Lake, Calif.

In 1967, Tennessee Gov. Buford Ellington signed a measure repealing the law against teaching evolution that was used to prosecute John T. Scopes in 1925.

In 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing.

In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first British citizen to rocket into space as she flew aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts on an eight-day mission.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] The government filed an antitrust case against Microsoft Corp., saying the powerful software company had a "choke hold" on competitors that was denying consumers important choices about how they bought and used computers. (The Justice Department and Microsoft reached a settlement in 2001.) The Supreme Court ruled that even public broadcasting stations owned and run by states need not invite marginal candidates to political debates they sponsor.
[B]
Five years ago:[/B] A Hamas suicide attacker disguised as an observant Jew killed seven Israeli bus passengers. Pope John Paul II celebrated his 83rd birthday with an open-air Mass and requests for prayers so he could continue his papacy. "Les Miserables" closed on Broadway after more than 16 years and 6,680 performances.

[B]One year ago:[/B] The White House and Congress failed to strike a deal after exchanging competing offers on an Iraq war spending bill that Democrats said should set a date for U.S. troops to leave. French President Nicolas Sarkozy named a radically revamped cabinet which included seven women among its 15 members.
[B]
Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor Bill Macy is 86. Sportscaster Jack Whitaker is 84. Actor Pernell Roberts is 80. Actor Robert Morse is 77. Actor and television executive Dwayne Hickman is 74. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson is 71. Bluegrass singer-musician Rodney Dillard (The Dillards) is 66. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Reggie Jackson is 62. Actress Candice Azzara is 61. Country singer Joe Bonsall (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 60. Rock musician Rick Wakeman (Yes) is 59. Actor James Stephens is 57. Country singer George Strait is 56. Rhythm-and-blues singer Butch Tavares (Tavares) is 55. Actor Chow Yun-Fat is 53. Rock singer-musician Page Hamilton is 48. Contemporary Christian musician Barry Graul (MercyMe) is 47. Singer-actress Martika is 39. Comedian-writer Tina Fey is 38. Rapper Special Ed is 34. Rock singer Jack Johnson is 33. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darryl Allen (Mista) is 28. Actor Matt Long is 28. Christian-rock musician Kevin Huguley (Rush of Fools) is 26. Actor Spencer Breslin is 16.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Life is a joke that's just begun." — W.S. Gilbert, English librettist (1836-1911).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 19
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Today is Monday, May 19, the 140th day of 2008. There are 226 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 19, 1935, British soldier T.E. Lawrence, also known as "Lawrence of Arabia," died in Dorset, England, six days after being injured in a motorcycle crash.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1536, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of England's King Henry VIII, was beheaded after being convicted of adultery.

In 1643, delegates from four New England colonies met in Boston to form a confederation.

In 1943, in an address to the U.S. Congress, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged his country's full support in the fight against Japan.

In 1958, British actor Ronald Colman died in Santa Barbara, Calif., at age 67.

In 1962, during a Democratic fundraiser at New York's Madison Square Garden, actress Marilyn Monroe performed a sultry rendition of "Happy Birthday to You" for guest-of-honor President Kennedy.

In 1964, the State Department disclosed that 40 hidden microphones had been found in the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

In 1967, the Soviet Union ratified a treaty with the United States and Britain banning nuclear weapons from outer space.

In 1992, the 27th Amendment to the Constitution, which prohibits Congress from giving itself pay raises until the next congressional term, went into effect.

In 1992, in Massapequa, N.Y., Mary Jo Buttafuoco was shot and seriously wounded by her husband Joey's teen-age lover, Amy Fisher.

In 1994, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis died in New York at age 64.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Millions of pagers nationwide stopped working when a communications satellite, the Galaxy IV, suddenly lost track of Earth. Bandits stole three of Rome's most important paintings, two by van Gogh and one by Cezanne, from the National Gallery of Modern Art. (The paintings were recovered two months later by police.)

[B]Five years ago:[/B] WorldCom Inc. agreed to pay investors $500 million to settle civil fraud charges. The Supreme Court dealt a defeat to the drug industry, ruling 6-3 that a state may try to force companies to lower prices on prescription medications for the poor and uninsured. A Palestinian woman blew herself up during a security check outside a mall, killing three Israelis in the fifth suicide bombing in 48 hours.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Group of Eight financial officials wrapped up two days of talks in Germany by calling for more aid, increased debt relief and responsible lending to Africa. Curlin nipped Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense to win the Preakness Stakes.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] PBS newscaster Jim Lehrer is 74. TV personality David Hartman is 73. Actor James Fox is 69. Actress Nancy Kwan is 69. Author-director Nora Ephron is 67. Actor Peter Mayhew is 64. Rock singer-composer Pete Townshend (The Who) is 63. Concert pianist David Helfgott is 61. Rock singer-musician Dusty Hill (ZZ Top) is 59. Singer-actress Grace Jones is 56. Rock musician Phil Rudd (AC-DC) is 54. Baseball catcher Rick Cerone is 54. Actor Steven Ford is 52. Rock musician Iain Harvie (Del Amitri) is 46. Actor Jason Gray-Stanford is 38. Rock singer Jenny Berggren (Ace of Base) is 36. Actor Drew Fuller is 28. Actor Eric Lloyd is 22.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Life is never so bad at its worst that it is impossible to live; it is never so good at its best that it is easy to live." — Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (1890-1972).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 20 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

Tue May 20, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Tuesday, May 20, the 141st day of 2008. There are 225 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

One hundred years ago, on May 20, 1908, actor James Stewart was born in Indiana, Pa.

On this date:

In 1506, explorer Christopher Columbus died in Spain.

In 1861, North Carolina voted to secede from the Union.

In 1902, the United States ended a three-year military presence in Cuba as the Republic of Cuba was established under its first elected president, Tomas Estrada Palma.

In 1927, Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart took off from Newfoundland to become the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. (Because of weather and equipment problems, Earhart set down in Northern Ireland instead of her intended destination, France.)

In 1939, trans-Atlantic mail service began as a Pan American Airways plane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from Port Washington, N.Y., bound for Europe.

In 1961, a white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Ala., prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order.

In 1969, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces captured Ap Bia Mountain, referred to as "Hamburger Hill" by the Americans, following one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War.

In 1988, Laurie Dann, 30, walked into a Winnetka, Ill., elementary school classroom, where she shot to death 8-year-old Nicholas Corwin and wounded several other children. After wounding a young man at his home, Dann took her own life.

In 1993, an estimated 93 million people tuned in for the final first-run episode of "Cheers" on NBC.

Ten years ago: The government unveiled the design for the new $20 bill, featuring a larger and slightly off-center portrait of Andrew Jackson. In Beverly Hills, Calif., Hollywood royalty bid farewell to Frank Sinatra, who had died almost a week earlier at age 82, in a private, invitation-only funeral.

Five years ago: The Bush administration, concerned that a wave of attacks overseas could spread to the United States, raised the terrorism alert level to orange. The United States banned all beef imports from Canada after a lone case of mad cow disease was discovered in the heart of Canada's cattle country.

One year ago: President Bush welcomed NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to his Crawford, Texas, ranch, to review strategy on a flurry of issues. A gunman fired nearly 300 shots during a rampage in Moscow, Idaho, that killed three people and wounded three others. (The shooter, Jason Hamilton, took his own life.) A pair of investment firms agreed to acquire Alltel Corp., the fifth-biggest U.S. wireless company and owner of the nation's largest geographic network, in a deal worth $27.5 billion.

Today's Birthdays: Actor James McEachin is 78. Actor Anthony Zerbe is 72. Actor David Proval is 66. Singer Joe Cocker is 64. Singer-actress Cher is 62. Actor-comedian Dave Thomas is 59. Musician Warren Cann is 56. Actor Dean Butler is 52. Ron Reagan is 50. Rock musician Jane Wiedlin (The Go-Go's) is 50. Actor Bronson Pinchot is 49. Singer Susan Cowsill is 49. Actor John Billingsley is 48. Actor Tony Goldwyn is 48. Singer Nick Heyward is 47. TV personality Ted Allen is 43. Actress Mindy Cohn is 42. Rock musician Tom Gorman (Belly) is 42. Actress Gina Ravera is 42. Actor Timothy Olyphant is 40. Rapper Busta Rhymes is 36. Actor Matt Czuchry is 31. Actress Angela Goethals is 31. Rhythm-and-blues singer Naturi Naughton is 24.

Thought for Today: "If I had my career over again? Maybe I'd say to myself, speed it up a little." — James Stewart, American actor (1908-1997).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 21
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By The Associated Press
Wed May 21, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Wednesday, May 21, the 142nd day of 2008. There are 224 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 21, 1927, Charles A. Lindbergh landed his Spirit of St. Louis near Paris, completing the first solo airplane flight across the Atlantic Ocean.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1542, Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto died while searching for gold along the Mississippi River.

In 1832, the first Democratic National Convention got under way, in Baltimore.

In 1840, New Zealand was declared a British colony.

In 1892, the opera "Pagliacci," by Ruggero Leoncavallo, was first performed, in Milan, Italy.

In 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.

In 1924, 14-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a "thrill killing" committed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb, two students at the University of Chicago.

In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean as she landed in Northern Ireland, about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.

In 1956, the United States exploded the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.

In 1959, the musical "Gypsy," inspired by the life of stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, opened on Broadway.

In 1979, former San Francisco City Supervisor Dan White was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the slayings of Mayor George Moscone and openly gay Supervisor Harvey Milk.

Ten years ago: Teen gunman Kip Kinkel opened fire inside Thurston High School in Springfield, Ore., killing two students, a day after killing his parents. (Kinkel was sentenced to nearly 112 years in prison for the slayings.) In the wake of deadly anti-government protests, Indonesia President Suharto stepped down after 32 years in power and was succeeded by Vice President B.J. Habibie. Frank and Shirley Capaci of Streamwood, Ill., announced they were the holders of a winning Powerball ticket worth $195 million.

Five years ago: Christie Whitman resigned as Environmental Protection Agency administrator. The most devastating earthquake to hit Algeria in two decades killed at least 2,200 people. Ruben Studdard edged Clay Aiken to win the second "American Idol" competition on Fox.

One year ago: The Supreme Court ruled that parents don't need to hire a lawyer to sue public school districts over their children's special education needs. The Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert for the diabetes drug Avandia, marketed by GlaxoSmithKline, which disputed a report saying it was linked to a greater risk of heart attack.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Jeanne Bates ("Ben Casey") is 90. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ron Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 67. Actor Richard Hatch ("Battlestar Galactica") is 63. Musician Bill Champlin (Chicago) is 61. Singer Leo Sayer is 60. Actress Carol Potter is 60. Comedian/radio talk show host Al Franken is 57. Actor Mr. T is 56. Music producer Stan Lynch is 53. Actor Judge Reinhold is 51. Actor-director Nick Cassavetes is 49. Actor Brent Briscoe is 47. Actress Lisa Edelstein is 40. Actress Fairuza Balk is 34. Rapper Havoc (Mobb Deep) is 34. Actress Ashlie Brillault is 21. Actor Scott Leavenworth is 18. Actress Sarah Ramos is 17.

Thought for Today: "Being frustrated is disagreeable, but the real disasters of life begin when you get what you want." — Irving Kristol, American editor.

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 22 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Thu May 22, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Thursday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2008. There are 223 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 22, 1968, the nuclear-powered U.S. submarine Scorpion, with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were later found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)
[B]
On this date:[/B]

In 1813, composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.

In 1868, a major train robbery took place near Marshfield, Ind., as members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in loot.

In 1907, actor-director Laurence Olivier was born in Dorking, Surrey, England.

In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a "Pact of Steel" committing the two countries to a military alliance.

In 1947, the Truman Doctrine was enacted as Congress appropriated military and economic aid for Greece and Turkey.

In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10 flew to within nine miles of the moon's surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

In 1972, President Nixon began a visit to the Soviet Union, during which he and Kremlin leaders signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

In 1972, the island nation of Ceylon became the republic of Sri Lanka.

In 1979, Canadians voted in parliamentary elections that put the Progressive Conservatives in power, ending the 11-year tenure of Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau.

In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for the last time.

Ten years ago: Federal Judge Norma Holloway Johnson ruled that Secret Service agents could be compelled to testify before the grand jury in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Voters in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland turned out in force to cast ballots giving resounding approval to a Northern Ireland peace accord.

Five years ago: The U.N. Security Council gave the U.S. and Britain a mandate to rule Iraq, ending 13 years of economic sanctions. Annika Sorenstam became the first woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 to tee off against the men on the pro tour, playing in the first round of the Colonial golf tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. (Sorenstam missed the cut the next day by four shots.)

One year ago: British prosecutors accused former KGB agent Andrei Lugovoi of murder in the radioactive poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko. (Russia, however, has refused to extradite Lugovoi.) Two-time Olympic gold medalist speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno and his professional dance partner, Julianne Hough, won ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Today's Birthdays: Movie reviewer Judith Crist is 86. Singer Charles Aznavour is 84. Actor Michael Constantine is 81. Conductor Peter Nero is 74. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 70. Actor Frank Converse is 70. Actor Michael Sarrazin is 68. Former CNN anchor Bernard Shaw is 68. Actress Barbara Parkins is 66. Songwriter Bernie Taupin is 58. Actor-producer Al Corley is 52. Singer Morrissey is 49. Actress Ann Cusack is 47. Country musician Dana Williams (Diamond Rio) is 47. Rock musician Jesse Valenzuela is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Johnny Gill (New Edition) is 42. Rock musician Dan Roberts (Crash Test Dummies) is 41. Model Naomi Campbell is 38. Actress Anna Belknap is 36. Actress Alison Eastwood is 36. Singer Donell Jones is 35. Actress A.J. Langer is 34. Olympic gold-medal speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno is 26.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Freedom is the right to do what you ought to do." — Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, American religious leader (1895-1979).


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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 23[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
The Associated Press

Friday, May 23, 2008; 12: 01 AM


-- Today is Friday, May 23, the 144th day of 2008. There are 222 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, La.

On this date:

In 1430, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians, who sold her to the English.

In 1533, the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.

In 1701, Captain William Kidd was hanged in London after he was convicted of piracy and murder.

In 1788, South Carolina became the eighth state to ratify the United States Constitution.

In 1940, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, the Pied Pipers and featured soloist Frank Sinatra recorded "I'll Never Smile Again" in New York for RCA.

In 1944, during World War II, Allied forces bogged down in Anzio, Italy, began a major breakout offensive.

In 1945, Nazi official Heinrich Himmler committed suicide while imprisoned in Luneburg, Germany.

In 1960, Israel announced it had captured former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann in Argentina. (Eichmann was tried in Israel, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and hanged in 1962.)

In 1977, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeals of former Nixon White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell in connection with their Watergate convictions.

In 1993, a jury in Baton Rouge, La., acquitted Rodney Peairs of manslaughter in the shooting death of Yoshi Hattori, a Japanese exchange student he'd mistaken for an intruder. (Peairs was later found liable in a civil suit brought by Hattori's parents.)

Ten years ago: Official returns showed two convincing "yes" votes for the Northern Ireland peace accord: a surprisingly strong 71.1 percent in British-linked Northern Ireland, and 94.4 percent in the Republic of Ireland.

Five years ago: By the narrowest of margins, Congress sent President Bush the third tax cut of his presidency _ a $330 billion package of rebates and lower rates for families and new breaks for businesses and investors. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed to submit the U.S.-backed "road map" for peace to the Israeli Cabinet. Annika Sorenstam ended her historic appearance on the PGA tour in the Colonial with a 15-foot par putt, missing the cut by four strokes.

One year ago: President Bush, speaking at the U.S. Coast Guard commencement, portrayed the Iraq war as a battle between the U.S. and al-Qaida and contended that Osama bin Laden was setting up a terrorist cell in Iraq to strike targets in America. Iraqi police dragged from the Euphrates River a body identified as that of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., who had disappeared during a May 12 ambush. Jordin Sparks was crowned the latest "American Idol" on the Fox reality show.

Today's Birthdays: Actress Betty Garrett is 89. Pianist Alicia de Larrocha is 85. Bluegrass singer Mac Wiseman is 83. Actor Nigel Davenport is 80. Actress Barbara Barrie is 77. Actress Joan Collins is 75. Actor Charles Kimbrough is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer General Johnson (Chairmen of the Board) is 65. Actress Lauren Chapin is 63. Country singer Misty Morgan is 63. Country singer Judy Rodman is 57. Singer Luka Bloom is 53. Actor-comedian Drew Carey is 50. Country singer Shelly West is 50. Actor Linden Ashby is 48. Actress-model Karen Duffy is 47. Rock musician Phil Selway (Radiohead) is 41. Actress Laurel Holloman is 40. Rock musician Matt Flynn (Maroon 5) is 38. Singer Lorenzo is 36. Country singer Brian McComas is 36. Singer Maxwell is 35. Singer Jewel is 34. Actor Lane Garrison is 28. Actor Adam Wylie is 24.

Thought for Today: "When you shut one eye, you do not hear everything." _ Swiss proverb.


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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 24 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Sat May 24, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Saturday, May 24, the 145th day of 2008. There are 221 days left in the year.

[B][FONT="Georgia"]Today's Highlight in History:[/FONT][/B]

On May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was dedicated by President Chester Arthur and New York Gov. Grover Cleveland, and opened to traffic.

On this date:

In 1819, Queen Victoria was born in London.

In 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse transmitted the message, "What hath God wrought" from Washington to Baltimore as he formally opened America's first telegraph line.

In 1935, the first major league baseball game to be played at night took place at Cincinnati's Crosley Field as the Reds beat the Philadelphia Phillies, 2-1.

In 1941, the German battleship Bismarck sank the British dreadnought Hood in the North Atlantic.

In 1958, United Press International was formed through a merger of the United Press and the International News Service.

In 1962, astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the Earth as he flew aboard Aurora 7.

In 1976, Britain and France opened trans-Atlantic Concorde supersonic transport service to Washington.

In 1977, in a surprise move, the Kremlin ousted Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny from the Communist Party's ruling Politburo.

In 1980, Iran rejected a call by the World Court in The Hague to release the American hostages.

In 2001, 23 people died when the floor of a Jerusalem wedding hall collapsed beneath dancing guests in a horrifying scene captured on video.

Ten years ago: A Greek film, "Eternity and a Day," won the Golden Palm at the 51st Cannes Film Festival, while the runner-up Grand Prize went to "Life is Beautiful," directed by and starring Italy's Roberto Benigni.

Five years ago: Furious crowds hurled debris and insults at Algeria President Abdelaziz Bouteflika when he visited a town devastated by a deadly earthquake. The U.S.-led coalition ordered Iraqis to give up their weapons by mid-June. British actress Rachel Kempson, matriarch of the Redgrave acting dynasty, died in Millbrook, N.Y., four days short of her 93rd birthday.

One year ago: Bowing to President Bush, Congress passed an emergency war spending bill that did not include a provision ordering troops home from Iraq beginning in the fall of 2007. Ohio death row inmate Christopher Newton was executed by injection; it took him 16 minutes to die, more than twice the usual amount of time, once chemicals began flowing into his veins, which the execution team had had trouble locating.

Today's Birthdays: Comedian Tommy Chong is 70. Singer Bob Dylan is 67. Singer Patti LaBelle is 64. Actress Priscilla Presley is 63. Country singer Mike Reid is 61. Actor Jim Broadbent is 58. Actor Alfred Molina is 55. Singer Rosanne Cash is 53. Actress Kristin Scott Thomas is 48. Rock musician Jimmy Ashhurst (Buckcherry) is 45. Rock musician Vivian Trimble is 45. Actor John C. Reilly is 43. Actor Eric Close is 41. Rapper-recording executive Heavy D is 41. Rock musician Rich Robinson is 39. Actor Billy L. Sullivan is 28. Actor-rapper Big Tyme is 25. Country singer Billy Gilman is 20. Actor Cayden Boyd is 14.

[B]Thought for Today: [/B]"Responsibility educates." — Wendell Phillips, American abolitionist (1811-1884).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Today in History - May 25[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]




By The Associated Press
Sun May 25, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Sunday, May 25, the 146th day of 2008. There are 220 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 25, 1968, the Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, was dedicated by Vice President Hubert Humphrey and Interior Secretary Stewart Udall.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began meeting in Philadelphia after enough delegates had shown up for a quorum.

In 1810, Argentina began its revolt against Spanish rule.

In 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to two years in prison.

In 1908, American poet Theodore Roethke was born in Saginaw, Mich.

In 1935, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

In 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, Abdullah I.

In 1961, President Kennedy, addressing Congress, called on the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

In 1976, U.S. Rep. Wayne L. Hays of Ohio admitted to a "personal relationship" with Elizabeth Ray, a staff member who claimed she'd received her secretarial job in order to be Hays' mistress.

In 1979, 273 people died when an American Airlines DC-10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport.

In 1986, an estimated 7 million Americans participated in "Hands Across America," forming a line across the country to raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Indonesia's new president, B.J. Habibie, promised to hold elections. Leaders in the former Soviet republic of Georgia and its breakaway province of Abkhazia agreed to a cease-fire after a week of fighting.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] In a historic vote cast under intense U.S. pressure, Israel's government conditionally approved by a narrow margin an internationally backed "road map" to peace. Nestor Kirchner was sworn in as Argentina's first popularly elected president since the country's financial meltdown in December 2001. Director Gus Van Sant's "Elephant," a disturbing film loosely based on the Columbine school shooting, won top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. Gil de Ferran won the Indianapolis 500.

[B]One year ago:[/B] President Bush signed a bill to pay for military operations in Iraq that did not contain a timetable for troop withdrawals. Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr resurfaced after nearly four months in hiding and demanded U.S. troops leave Iraq. Atlanta attorney Andrew Speaker, infected with drug-resistant tuberculosis, was quarantined by the federal government after returning from his European wedding and honeymoon. Tony Award-winning actor Charles Nelson Reilly died in Los Angeles at age 76.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Lyricist Hal David is 87. Former White House news secretary Ron Nessen is 74. Country singer-songwriter Tom T. Hall is 72. Actor Sir Ian McKellen is 69. Actress Dixie Carter is 69. Country singer Jessi Colter is 65. Actress-singer Leslie Uggams is 65. Movie director and Muppeteer Frank Oz is 64. Actress Karen Valentine is 61. Rock singer Klaus Meine (The Scorpions) is 60. Actress Patti D'Arbanville is 57. Actress Connie Sellecca is 53. Rock singer-musician Paul Weller is 50. Actor-comedian Mike Myers is 45. Actor Matt Borlenghi is 41. Actor Joseph Reitman is 40. Rock musician Glen Drover is 39. Actress Anne Heche is 39. Actresses Sidney and Lindsay Greenbush ("Little House on the Prairie") are 38. Actor-comedian Jamie Kennedy is 38. Actor Justin Henry is 37. Rapper Daz Dillinger is 35. Actress Molly Sims is 35. Singer Lauryn Hill is 33. Actor Cillian Murphy is 32. Actor Ethan Suplee is 32. Rock musician Todd Whitener is 30. Actor Corbin Allred is 29. Actress-singer Lauren Frost is 23.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else." — Sir James Barrie, Scottish dramatist (1860-1937).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 26[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press
Mon May 26, 12: 02 AM ET


Today is Monday, May 26, the 147th day of 2008. There are 219 days left in the year. This is the Memorial Day observance.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

One hundred years ago, on May 26, 1908, the first major oil strike in the Middle East took place as engineers working for British entrepreneur William Knox D'Arcy and led by George B. Reynolds hit a gusher more than 1,100 feet below ground in Masjid-i-Suleiman, Persia (Iran).

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1521, Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.

In 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on the remaining charges.

In 1908, British character actor Robert Morley was born in Semley, England.

In 1913, Actors' Equity Association was organized in New York.

In 1938, the House Un-American Activities Committee was established by Congress.

In 1940, the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.

In 1960, U.N. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge accused the Soviets of hiding a microphone inside a wood carving of the Great Seal of the United States that had been presented to the U.S. embassy in Moscow.

In 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth after a successful eight-day dress rehearsal for the first manned moon landing.

In 1972, President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev signed the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in Moscow. (The U.S. withdrew from the treaty in 2002.)

In 1981, 14 people were killed when a Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] The Supreme Court made it far more difficult for police to be sued by people hurt during high-speed chases. The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island — historic gateway for millions of immigrants — is mainly in New Jersey, not New York.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Angering hard-liners, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared in a speech to his Likud Party that he was determined to reach a peace deal and end 36 years of rule over the Palestinians. An airplane carrying Spanish peacekeepers returning from Afghanistan crashed in Turkey, killing all 75 people aboard.

[B]One year ago:[/B] Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and American Cmdr. Gen. David Petraeus flew to Iraq's blistering western desert in a rare joint outing to highlight gains there in the fight against insurgents.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor James Arness is 85. Actor Alec McCowen is 83. Sportscaster Brent Musberger is 69. Rock singer-musician Levon Helm (The Band) is 68. Country musician Gates Nichols (Confederate Railroad) is 64. Rock musician Garry Peterson (Guess Who) is 63. Singer Stevie Nicks is 60. Actress Pam Grier is 59. Actor Philip Michael Thomas is 59. Country singer Hank Williams Jr. is 59. Former astronaut Sally K. Ride is 57. Actress Margaret Colin is 51. Country singer-songwriter Dave Robbins (BlackHawk) is 49. Actor Doug Hutchison is 48. Actress Genie Francis is 46. Comedian Bobcat Goldthwait is 46. Singer Lenny Kravitz is 44. Actress Helena Bonham Carter is 42. Rock musician Phillip Rhodes is 40. Actor Joseph Fiennes is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Joey Kibble (Take 6) is 37. Actor-producer-writer Matt Stone is 37. Contemporary Christian musician Nathan Cochran is 30.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Show me the man who has enjoyed his school days and I will show you a bully and a bore." — Robert Morley, British actor (1908-1992).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 27[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press
Tue May 27, 12: 02 AM ET


Today is Tuesday, May 27, the 148th day of 2008. There are 218 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, Calif., was opened to pedestrian traffic. (Vehicular traffic began crossing the bridge the next day.)

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1818, American reformer Amelia Jenks Bloomer, who popularized the garment that bears her name — "bloomers" — was born in Homer, N.Y.

In 1896, 255 people were killed when a tornado struck St. Louis and East St. Louis, Ill.

In 1933, Walt Disney's Academy Award-winning animated short "The Three Little Pigs" was first released.

In 1935, the Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States, struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act.

In 1936, the Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary left England on its maiden voyage to New York.

In 1941, amid rising world tensions, President Roosevelt proclaimed an "unlimited national emergency."

In 1941, the British navy sank the German battleship Bismarck off France, with a loss of more than 2,100 lives.

In 1964, independent India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, died.

In 1985, in Beijing, representatives of Britain and China exchanged instruments of ratification on the pact returning Hong Kong to the Chinese in 1997.

In 1993, five people were killed in a bombing at the Uffizi museum of art in Florence, Italy.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case, was sentenced to 12 years in prison after apologizing for not warning anyone about the deadly plot.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Two Iraqis shot and killed two American soldiers in Fallujah, a hotbed of support for Saddam Hussein. Derrick Todd Lee, a suspected serial killer of women in Louisiana, was arrested in Atlanta. A study was released that showed women who took hormones for years ran a higher risk of Alzheimer's or other types of dementia.

[B]One year ago:[/B] American forces freed 42 kidnapped Iraqis in a raid on an al-Qaida hideout north of Baghdad. Dario Franchitti won a rain-abbreviated Indy 500. Broadway actress Gretchen Wyler died in Camarillo, Calif., at age 75.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Novelist Herman Wouk is 93. Actor Christopher Lee is 86. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger is 85. Actress Lee Meriwether is 73. Musician Ramsey Lewis is 73. Actor Louis Gossett Jr. is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer Raymond Sanders (The Persuasions) is 69. Country singer Don Williams is 69. Actor Bruce Weitz is 65. Singer Cilla Black is 65. Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn. is 64. Singer Bruce Cockburn is 63. Singer-actress Dee Dee Bridgewater is 58. Actor Richard Schiff is 53. Singer Siouxsie Sioux (The Creatures, Siouxsie and the Banshees) is 51. Rock singer-musician Neil Finn (The Finn Brothers) is 50. Actress Peri Gilpin is 47. Actress Cathy Silvers is 47. Comedian Adam Carolla is 44. Actor Todd Bridges is 43. Rock musician Sean Kinney (Alice In Chains) is 42. Actor Dondre Whitfield is 39. Actor Paul Bettany is 37. Rock singer-musician Brian Desveaux (Nine Days) is 37. Country singer Jace Everett is 36. Rapper Andre 3000 (Outkast) is 33. Rapper Jadakiss is 33. TV chef Jamie Oliver is 33. Actor Ethan Dampf is 14.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous." — Chuang-Tzu, Chinese essayist (c.369 B.C.-c.286 B.C.).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"]Today in History - May 28[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press


Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2008. There are 217 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 28, 1918, the Battle of Cantigny began during World War I as American troops captured the French town from the Germans; the Americans were able to resist German counterattacks in the days that followed.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1533, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, declared the marriage of England's King Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn valid.

In 1863, the first black regiment from the North left Boston to fight in the Civil War.

In 1892, the Sierra Club was organized in San Francisco.

In 1908, British author Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond as well as "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," was born in London.

In 1934, the Dionne quintuplets — Annette, Cecile, Emilie, Marie and Yvonne — were born to Elzire Dionne at the family farm in Ontario, Canada.

In 1937, President Roosevelt pushed a button in Washington signaling that vehicular traffic could begin crossing the just-opened Golden Gate Bridge in California.

In 1937, Neville Chamberlain became prime minister of Britain.

In 1972, Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the English throne to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, died in Paris at age 77.

In 1977, 165 people were killed when fire raced through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Ky.

In 1987, Mathias Rust, a 19-year-old West German pilot, landed a private plane in Moscow's Red Square.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Pakistan matched India with five nuclear test blasts of its own, raising fears of a nuclear arms race. Comic actor Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live" and "NewsRadio" fame was shot to death at his home in Encino, Calif., by his wife, Brynn, who then killed herself. California astronomer Susan Terebey announced she had photographed what may be a planet some 450 light years from Earth.
[B]
Five years ago: [/B]President Bush signed a 10-year, $350 billion package of tax cuts, saying they already were "adding fuel to an economic recovery." Amnesty International released a report saying the U.S.-led war on terror had made the world a more dangerous and repressive place, a finding dismissed by Washington as "without merit." Actress Martha Scott died in Southern California at age 90.

[B]One year ago:[/B] The United States and Iran broke a 27-year diplomatic freeze with a four-hour meeting in Baghdad about Iraqi security. President Bush, during a Memorial Day visit to Arlington National Cemetery, honored U.S. troops who had fought and died for freedom and expressed his steely resolve to succeed in the war in Iraq. Miss Japan Rita Mori was crowned Miss Universe 2007 at the pageant in Mexico City.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actress Carroll Baker is 77. Rockabilly singer-musician Sonny Burgess is 77. Producer-director Irwin Winkler is 77. Actor John Karlen is 75. Basketball Hall-of-Famer Jerry West is 70. Actress Beth Howland is 67. Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is 64. Singer Gladys Knight is 64. Singer Billy Vera is 64. Singer John Fogerty is 63. Actress-director Sondra Locke is 61. Country musician Jerry Douglas (Alison Krauss and Union Station) is 52. Actor Brandon Cruz (TV: "The Courtship of Eddie's Father") is 46. Country singer Phil Vassar is 46. Actress Christa Miller is 44. Singer-musician Chris Ballew (Presidents of the USA) is 43. Rapper Chubb Rock is 40. Singer Kylie Minogue is 40. Actor Justin Kirk is 39. Television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck ("The View") is 31. Actor Jesse Bradford is 29. Actress Monica Keena is 29. Pop singer Colbie Caillat is 23. Actor Joseph Cross is 22.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Like other spurious things, fastidiousness is often inconsistent with itself, the coarsest things are done, and the cruelest things said by the most fastidious people." — Caroline Matilda Stansbury Kirkland, American author (1801-1864).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"] Today in History - May 29[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press
Thu May 29, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Thursday, May 29, the 150th day of 2008. There are 216 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 29, 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses. (It was during this speech that Henry supposedly responded to cries of "Treason!" by declaring, "If this be treason, make the most of it," according to an 1817 biography of Henry by William Wirt, who wrote that he had confirmed the quote with former President Thomas Jefferson.)

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution.

In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.

In 1903, comedian Bob Hope was born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London.

In 1913, the ballet "The Rite of Spring," with music by Igor Stravinsky and choreography by Vaslav Nijinsky, had its chaotic world premiere in Paris.

In 1917, the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Mass.

In 1932, World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945.

In 1943, Norman Rockwell's portrait of "Rosie the Riveter" appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.

In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

In 1985, 39 people were killed at the European Champions Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.

In 1995, Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate, died in Skowhegan, Maine, at age 97.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Republican elder statesman Barry Goldwater died in Paradise Valley, Ariz., at age 89.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] President Bush, in a wide-ranging interview with reporters at the White House, repeated his defense of the U.S.-led war in Iraq, and hinted that relations with France remained scarred over its opposition to the war. AOL Time Warner and Microsoft announced a settlement in their battle over Internet browsers, with the software giant paying AOL $750 million.

[B]One year ago: [/B]President Bush ordered new U.S. economic sanctions to pressure Sudan's government to halt the bloodshed in Darfur. Cindy Sheehan, the soldier's mother who had galvanized an anti-war movement with her monthlong protest outside President Bush's ranch, announced her "resignation" as the public face of the movement. In Hudson Oaks, Texas, Gilberta Estrada, 25, hanged three of her small daughters and herself in a closet using pieces of clothing and sashes; a fourth daughter, 8 months old, survived.
[B]
Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor Clifton James is 87. Country bandleader Danny Davis (Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass) is 83. Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 70. Race car driver Al Unser is 69. CBS News Correspondent Bob Simon is 67. Actor Kevin Conway is 66. Actor Helmut Berger is 64. Rock singer Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is 63. Actor Anthony Geary is 61. Singer Rebbie Jackson is 58. Movie composer Danny Elfman is 55. Rock musician Michael Porcaro (Toto) is 53. Singer LaToya Jackson is 52. Actor Ted Levine is 51. Actress Annette Bening is 50. Actor Rupert Everett is 49. Actor Adrian Paul is 49. Singer Melissa Etheridge is 47. Actress Lisa Whelchel is 45. Actress Tracey Bregman is 45. Rock musician Noel Gallagher (Oasis) is 41. Singer Jayski McGowan (Quad City DJ's) is 41. Rock musician Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 39. Rock musician Mark Lee (Third Day) is 35. Cartoonist Aaron McGruder ("The Boondocks") is 34. Singer Melanie Brown (Spice Girls) is 33. Rapper Playa Poncho is 33.
[B]
Thought for Today:[/B] "What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others." — Anonymous.

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Times New Roman"][SIZE="6"]Today in History - May 30[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press
Fri May 30, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Friday, May 30, the 151st day of 2008. There are 215 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 30, 1958, unidentified American service members killed in World War II and the Korean War were interred in the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1431, Joan of Arc, condemned as a heretic, was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

In 1854, the territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.

In 1883, 12 people were trampled to death when a rumor that the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge was in imminent danger of collapsing triggered a stampede.

In 1908, "the man of a thousand voices," Mel Blanc, was born in San Francisco.

In 1911, Indianapolis saw its first long-distance auto race; Ray Harroun was the winner.

In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington by President Harding, Chief Justice William Howard Taft and Robert Todd Lincoln.

In 1937, 10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.

In 1943, American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.

In 1971, the American space probe Mariner 9 blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on a journey to Mars.

In 1986, 21 elderly passengers were killed when a tour bus went out of control on a mountain road and plunged into the Walker River near the California-Nevada border.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Northern Afghanistan was rocked by a powerful earthquake believed to have killed up to 5,000 people. A tornado tore through Spencer, S.D., killing six people. Pakistan set off another nuclear blast.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] President Bush left for a weeklong tour of Europe and the Middle East. The U.N. Security Council unanimously authorized the deployment of a French-led international force in northeastern Congo, the scene of ethnic fighting.

[B]One year ago:[/B] The Taliban claimed responsibility for shooting down a Chinook helicopter over southern Afghanistan, killing five U.S. soldiers, a Canadian and a Briton. A Saudi being held at the Guantanamo Bay prison since 2002 was found dead, an apparent suicide.
[B]
Today's Birthdays:[/B] Country musician Johnny Gimble is 82. Actor Clint Walker is 81. Actor Keir Dullea is 72. Actress Ruta Lee is 72. Actor Michael J. Pollard is 69. Rock musician Lenny Davidson (The Dave Clark Five) is 64. Actor Stephen Tobolowsky is 57. Actor Colm Meaney is 55. Actor Ted McGinley is 50. Actor Ralph Carter is 47. Actress Tonya Pinkins is 46. Country singer Wynonna Judd is 44. Rock musician Tom Morello (Audioslave; Rage Against The Machine) is 44. Movie director Antoine Fuqua is 43. Rock musician Patrick Dahlheimer (Live) is 37. Actress Idina Menzel is 37. Actor Trey Parker is 36. Rapper Cee-Lo is 34. Rapper Remy Ma is 28. Actor Blake Bashoff is 27.
[B]
Thought for Today:[/B] "There are two statements about human beings that are true: that all human beings are alike, and that all are different. On those two facts all human wisdom is founded." — Mark Van Doren, American poet (1894-1972).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - May 31[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press –

Today is Saturday, May 31, the 152nd day of 2008. There are 214 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On May 31, 1889, more than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1809, composer Franz Joseph Haydn died in Vienna, Austria.

In 1819, poet Walt Whitman was born in West Hill, N.Y.

In 1908, actor Don Ameche was born in Kenosha, Wis.

In 1910, the Union of South Africa was founded.

In 1916, during World War I, British and German fleets fought the naval Battle of Jutland off Denmark; there was no clear-cut victor, although the British suffered heavier losses.

In 1961, South Africa became an independent republic.

In 1970, tens of thousands of people died in an earthquake in Peru.

In 1976, Martha Mitchell, the estranged wife of former Attorney General John N. Mitchell, died in New York.

In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, three years in the making, was completed.

In 1994, the United States announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] Storms tore from Pennsylvania through New England, killing several people and knocking out power for nearly one million customers. Singer Geri Halliwell, also known as "Ginger Spice" of the Spice Girls, confirmed she was leaving the group.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] President Bush visited the site of the Nazi death camps of Auschwitz and Birkenau in Poland as he challenged allies to overcome their bitterness and mistrust over the Iraq war and unite in the struggle against terrorism. Anti-government extremist and bomber Eric Rudolph was arrested outside a grocery store in Murphy, N.C. Air France's Concorde returned to Paris in a final commercial flight.

[B]One year ago:[/B] President Bush, under international pressure to take tough action against global warming, called for a world summit to set a long-term global strategy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In a breach of security, detailed plans for the new U.S. Embassy under construction in Baghdad appeared on the Web site of the architectural firm that was contracted to design the massive facility. Former Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush attended the dedication of the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actress Elaine Stewart is 79. Actor-director Clint Eastwood is 78. Singer Peter Yarrow is 70. Former Anglican Church envoy Terry Waite is 69. Singer-musician Augie Meyers is 68. Actress Sharon Gless is 65. Football Hall-of-Famer Joe Namath is 65. Actor Tom Berenger is 58. Actor Gregory Harrison is 58. Actress Roma Maffia is 50. Comedian Chris Elliott is 48. Actor Kyle Secor is 48. Actress Lea Thompson is 47. Singer Corey Hart is 46. Rapper DMC is 44. Rapper Kid Frost is 44. Actress Brooke Shields is 43. Country musician Ed Adkins (The Derailers) is 41. Jazz musician Christian McBride is 36. Actor Colin Farrell is 32. Rock musician Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish) is 31. Actor Eric Christian Olsen is 31. Rock musician Andy Hurley (Fall Out Boy) is 28. Actor Jonathan Tucker is 26. Actor Curtis Williams Jr. is 21.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "In the faces of men and women I see God." — Walt Whitman (1819-1892).


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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"] Today in History - June 1[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]


By The Associated Press
Sun Jun 1, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Sunday, June 1, the 153rd day of 2008. There are 213 days left in the year.

[B]
Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On June 1, 1813, the mortally wounded commander of the U.S. frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, "Don't give up the ship" during a losing battle with a British frigate.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1533, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, was crowned as Queen Consort of England.

In 1792, Kentucky became the 15th state of the Union.

In 1796, Tennessee became the 16th state.

In 1868, James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pa.

In 1926, actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortenson in Los Angeles.

In 1943, a civilian flight from Portugal to England was shot down by the Germans during World War II, killing all aboard, including actor Leslie Howard.

In 1958, Charles de Gaulle became premier of France, marking the beginning of the end of the Fourth Republic.

In 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf almost all of her life, died in Westport, Conn., at age 87.

In 1968, the British television series "The Prisoner," starring Patrick McGoohan, had its American premiere on CBS.

In 1980, Cable News Network made its debut.

Ten years ago: President Clinton abruptly abandoned his claim of executive privilege in the Monica Lewinsky investigation. Thousands of refugees from Serbia's Kosovo province streamed into neighboring Albania to escape deadly fighting.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] Leaders of the world's seven wealthiest nations and Russia pledged billions of dollars to fight AIDS and hunger on the opening day of their summit in Evian, France.

[B]One year ago: [/B]The FDA warned consumers to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it might contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze. Kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston appeared in a videotape posted on an Islamic Web, the first time he was seen since being abducted nearly three months earlier in Gaza. (Johnston was freed July 4.) Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian walked out of a Michigan prison, where he'd spent eight years for ending the life of a man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor Richard Erdman is 83. Actor Andy Griffith is 82. Actor Edward Woodward is 78. Singer Pat Boone is 74. Actor-writer-director Peter Masterson is 74. Actor Morgan Freeman is 71. Actor Rene Auberjonois is 68. Opera singer Frederica von Stade is 63. Actor Brian Cox is 62. Rock musician Ronnie Wood is 61. Actor Jonathan Pryce is 61. Actor Powers Boothe is 60. Actress Gemma Craven is 58. Country singer Ronnie Dunn (Brooks and Dunn) is 55. Actress Lisa Hartman Black is 52. Singer-musician Alan Wilder is 49. Rock musician Simon Gallup (The Cure) is 48. Country musician Richard Comeaux (River Road) is 47. Actor-singer Jason Donovan is 40. Actress Teri Polo is 39. Model-actress Heidi Klum is 35. Singer Alanis Morissette is 34. TV personality Damien Fahey is 28. Actor Taylor Handley is 24.
[B]
Thought for Today: [/B]"Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last." — Charlotte Bronte, English novelist (1816-1855).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"]Today in History - June 2[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]



By The Associated Press
Mon Jun 2, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Monday, June 2, the 154th day of 2008. There are 212 days left in the year.

[B]
Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II of Britain was crowned in Westminster Abbey, 16 months after the death of her father, King George VI.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1857, English composer Edward Elgar was born near Worcester, England.

In 1886, President Grover Cleveland married Frances Folsom in a White House ceremony.

In 1897, Mark Twain, 61, was quoted by the New York Journal as saying from London that "the report of my death was an exaggeration."

In 1924, Congress passed a measure that was then signed by President Coolidge granting American citizenship to all U.S.-born American Indians.

In 1941, baseball's "Iron Horse," Lou Gehrig, died in New York of a degenerative disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; he was 37.

In 1946, Italy held a referendum which resulted in the Italian monarchy being abolished in favor of a republic.

In 1966, the U.S. space probe Surveyor 1 landed on the moon and began transmitting detailed photographs of the lunar surface.

In 1975, Vice President Nelson Rockefeller said his commission had found no widespread pattern of illegal activities at the Central Intelligence Agency.

In 1979, Pope John Paul II arrived in his native Poland on the first visit by a pope to a Communist country.

In 1986, for the first time, the public could watch the proceedings of the U.S. Senate on television as a six-week experiment of televised sessions began.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]Voters in California passed Proposition 227, which effectively abolished the state's 30-year-old bilingual education program by requiring that all children be taught in English. Monica Lewinsky hired a new defense team, Jacob Stein and Plato Cacheris, replacing William H. Ginsburg as her lead attorney.

[B]Five years ago: [/B]President Bush, visiting the Middle East, pledged to work unstintingly for the goal of Israel and a Palestinian state living side by side without bloodshed. The Federal Communications Commission eased limits on media ownership.

[B]One year ago:[/B] U.S. authorities said four Muslim men had been foiled from carrying out a plot to destroy John F. Kennedy International Airport, kill thousands of people and trigger an economic catastrophe by blowing up a jet fuel artery running through populous New York residential neighborhoods.

[B]Today's Birthdays: [/B]Actor Milo O'Shea is 83. Actress-singer Sally Kellerman is 71. Actor Ron Ely is 70. Actor Stacy Keach is 67. Rock musician Charlie Watts is 67. Singer William Guest (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 67. Actor Charles Haid is 65. Composer Marvin Hamlisch is 64. Movie director Lasse Hallstrom is 62. Actor Jerry Mathers is 60. Actress Joanna Gleason is 58. Actor Dennis Haysbert is 54. Comedian Dana Carvey is 53. Actor Gary Grimes is 53. Rock singer Tony Hadley (Spandau Ballet) is 48. Singer Merril Bainbridge is 40. Rapper B-Real (Cypress Hill) is 38. Actress Paula Cale is 38. Actor-comedian Wayne Brady is 36. Actor Wentworth Miller is 36. Rock musician Tim Rice-Oxley (Keane) is 32. Actor Zachary Quinto is 31. Actress Nikki Cox is 30. Actor Justin Long is 30. Actor Deon Richmond is 30. Rhythm-and-blues singer Irish Grinstead (702) is 28. Rock musician Fabrizio Moretti (The Strokes) is 28. Country singer Dan Cahoon (Marshall Dyllon) is 25.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Experience isn't interesting till it begins to repeat itself — in fact, till it does that, it hardly is experience." — Elizabeth Bowen, Irish-born author (1899-1973).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"] Today in History - June 3[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]


By The Associated Press
Tue Jun 3, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Tuesday, June 3, the 155th day of 2008. There are 211 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

Two hundred years ago, on June 3, 1808, Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, was born in Christian County, Ky.

In 1621, the Dutch West India Company received its charter for a trade monopoly in parts of the Americas and Africa.

In 1888, the poem "Casey at the Bat," by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, was first published, in the San Francisco Daily Examiner.

In 1935, the French liner Normandie set a record on its maiden voyage, arriving in New York after crossing the Atlantic in just four days.

In 1937, the Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson in Monts, France.

In 1948, the 200-inch reflecting Hale Telescope at the Palomar Mountain Observatory in California was dedicated.

In 1963, Pope John XXIII died at age 81; he was succeeded by Pope Paul VI.

In 1965, astronaut Edward White became the first American to "walk" in space, during the flight of Gemini 4.

In 1968, pop artist Andy Warhol was shot and critically wounded in his New York film studio, known as "The Factory," by Valerie Solanas, an actress and self-styled militant feminist.

In 1983, Gordon Kahl, a militant tax protester wanted in the slayings of two U.S. marshals in North Dakota, was killed in a gun battle with law enforcement officials near Smithville, Ark.

In 1989, Iran's spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, died.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]President Clinton urged Congress to renew normal trade benefits for China, saying good relations with Beijing were crucial amid fears of a nuclear arms race in South Asia. A high-speed train derailed in Eschede, Germany, killing 101 people.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] World leaders closed out a summit in Evian, France, by pledging to rebuild Iraq and combat the threat of nuclear weapons in Iran and North Korea. Arab leaders pledged to renounce terror and help end violence against Israel, standing in solidarity with President Bush at a summit in Egypt. Sammy Sosa was ejected in the first inning of Chicago's 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Devil Rays after umpires found cork in his shattered bat.
[B]
One year ago:[/B] After attending the MTV Movie Awards, Paris Hilton reported to jail to serve a 45-day sentence for a probation violation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (Hilton was released after three days behind bars for an unspecified medical condition, but a Los Angeles County judge ordered her back to jail.)

[B]Today's Birthdays: [/B]Actor Tony Curtis is 83. TV producer Chuck Barris is 79. Actress Irma P. Hall is 73. Author Larry McMurtry is 72. Rock singer Ian Hunter (Mott The Hoople) is 69. Singer Eddie Holman is 62. Musician Too Slim (Riders in the Sky) is 60. Rock musician Richard Moore is 59. Singer Suzi Quatro is 58. Singer Deneice Williams is 57. Rock musician Billy Powell (Lynyrd Skynyrd) is 56. Singer Dan Hill is 54. Actor Scott Valentine is 50. Rock musician Kerry King (Slayer) is 44. CNN host Anderson Cooper is 41. Country singer Jamie O'Neal is 40. Singers Gabriel and Ariel Hernandez (No Mercy) are 37. Actress-singer Lalaine ("Lizzie McGuire") is 21.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Never be haughty to the humble; never be humble to the haughty." — Jefferson Davis, Confederate president (1808-1889).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"] Today in History - June 4[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Wed Jun 4, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Wednesday, June 4, the 156th day of 2008. There are 210 days left in the year.

[B]
Today's highlight in history:[/B]

On June 4, 1942, the Pacific Battle of Midway began during World War II; three days later, American naval forces claimed a decisive victory over the Japanese.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1783, the Montgolfier brothers first publicly demonstrated their hot-air balloon, which did not carry any passengers, over Annonay, France.

In 1784, opera singer Elizabeth Thible became the first woman to fly aboard a Montgolfier hot-air balloon, over Lyon, France.

In 1878, the Ottoman Empire turned over control of Cyprus to the British.

In 1892, the Sierra Club was incorporated in San Francisco.

In 1896, Henry Ford made a successful pre-dawn test run of his horseless carriage, called a "quadricycle," through the streets of Detroit.

In 1939, the German ocean liner St. Louis, carrying more than 900 Jewish refugees from Germany, was turned away from the Florida coast by U.S. officials.

In 1940, the Allied military evacuation from Dunkirk, France, ended.

In 1954, French Premier Joseph Laniel and Vietnamese Premier Buu Loc signed treaties in Paris according "complete independence" to Vietnam.

In 1979, Joe Clark of the Progressive Conservatives became the 16th prime minister of Canada.

In 1989, Chinese army troops stormed Beijing to crush a pro-democracy movement, killing hundreds, possibly thousands, of people.

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] A federal judge sentenced Terry Nichols to life in prison for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Americans aboard the shuttle Discovery arrived at the Russian space station Mir to pick up U.S. astronaut Andrew Thomas, who'd spent four months in orbit.

[B]Five years ago: [/B]President Bush held landmark meetings with the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers, hoping to advance a Middle East peace plan after winning new support from top Arab leaders. Martha Stewart stepped down as head of her media empire, hours after federal prosecutors in New York charged her with obstruction of justice, conspiracy, securities fraud and lying to investigators. (Stewart was later convicted of lying about why she'd sold her shares of ImClone Systems stock in 2001, just before the stock price plunged.)
[B]
One year ago:[/B] President Bush left on an eight-day European trip that included a Group of Eight summit in Germany. Military judges dismissed charges against a Guantanamo detainee accused of chauffeuring Osama bin Laden and another who allegedly killed a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Insurgents linked to al-Qaida issued a video in which they claimed to have killed all three U.S. soldiers captured in an ambush on May 12. (The body of Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr. has been recovered; Spc. Alex Jimenez and Pvt. Byron Fouty remain missing.) A federal indictment accused Lousiana Democratic Congressman William Jefferson of receiving more than $500,000 in bribes (Jefferson has maintained his innocence).

[B]Today's Birthdays: [/B]Actor Bruce Dern is 72. Musician Roger Ball is 64. Actress-singer Michelle Phillips is 64. Jazz musician Anthony Braxton is 63. Singer Gordon Waller (Peter and Gordon) is 63. Rock musician Danny Brown (The Fixx) is 57. Actor Parker Stevenson is 56. Actor Keith David is 52. Actress Julie Gholson is 50. Actor Eddie Velez is 50. Singer-musician El DeBarge is 47. Actress Julie White is 47. Tennis player Andrea Jaeger is 43. Actor Scott Wolf is 40. Comedian Horatio Sanz is 39. Actor Noah Wyle is 37. Rock musician Stefan Lessard (The Dave Matthews Band) is 34. Actor-comedian Russell Brand is 33. Actress Angelina Jolie is 33. Rock musician JoJo Garza (Los Lonely Boys) is 28. Rock musician Zac Farro is 18.
[B]
Thought for Today:[/B] "If America forgets where she came from, if the people lose sight of what brought them along, if she listens to the deniers and mockers, then will begin the rot and dissolution." — Carl Sandburg, American writer (1878-1967).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"] Today in History - June 5[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Thu Jun 5, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Thursday, June 5, the 157th day of 2008. There are 209 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles' Ambassador Hotel after claiming victory in California's Democratic presidential primary. Gunman Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was immediately arrested.

[B]On this date:[/B]

In 1884, Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused the Republican presidential nomination, saying, "I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected."

In 1917, about 10 million American men began registering for the draft in World War I.

In 1933, the United States went off the gold standard.

In 1940, during the World War II Battle of France, Germany attacked French forces along the Somme line.

In 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall gave a speech at Harvard University in which he outlined an aid program for Europe that came to be known as "The Marshall Plan."

In 1967, war erupted in the Mideast as Israel raided military aircraft parked on the ground in Egypt; Syria, Jordan and Iraq entered the conflict.

In 1976, 14 people were killed when the Teton Dam in Idaho burst.

In 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five homosexuals in Los Angeles had come down with a rare kind of pneumonia; they were the first recognized cases of what later became known as AIDS.

In 1993, country star Conway Twitty died in Springfield, Mo., at age 59.

In 2004, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, died in Los Angeles at age 93 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease.

[B]Ten years ago: [/B]A strike at a General Motors parts factory near Detroit closed five assembly plants and idled workers nationwide; the walkout lasted seven weeks. Volkswagen AG won approval to buy Rolls-Royce Motor Cars for $700 million. (However, BMW later got to purchase the Rolls-Royce brand name and logo.)
[B]
Five years ago: [/B]Speaking to American soldiers in Qatar, President Bush argued the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was justified and pledged that "we'll reveal the truth" on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. The United States agreed to pull its ground troops away from the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. The New York Times' top two editors resigned in the wake of the Jayson Blair scandal.

[B]One year ago: [/B]Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for lying and obstructing the CIA leak investigation. (President Bush later commuted the prison sentence.) A fourth suspect in an alleged plot to destroy New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport surrendered to police in Trinidad.

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actor-singer Bill Hayes is 83. Broadcast journalist Bill Moyers is 74. Rhythm-and-blues singer Floyd Butler (Friends of Distinction) is 67. Country singer Don Reid (The Statler Brothers) is 63. Rock musician Fred Stone (Sly and the Family Stone) is 62. Performance artist Laurie Anderson is 61. Country singer Gail Davies is 60. Author Ken Follett is 59. Rock musician Nicko McBrain (Iron Maiden) is 56. Jazz musician Kenny G is 52. Rock singer Richard Butler (Psychedelic Furs) is 52. Actor Jeff Garlin is 46. Actress Karen Sillas is 45. Actor Ron Livingston is 41. Singer Brian McKnight is 39. Rock musician Claus Norreen (Aqua) is 38. Actor Mark Wahlberg is 37. Actor Chad Allen is 34. Rock musician P-Nut (311) is 34. Actress Navi Rawat is 31. Actress Liza Weil is 31. Rock musician Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy) is 29. Rock musician Seb Lefebvre (Simple Plan) is 27.
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Thought for Today: [/B]"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents." — Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. senator (1925-1968).

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[B][CENTER][SIZE="6"][FONT="Times New Roman"] Today in History - June 6[/FONT][/SIZE][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Fri Jun 6, 12: 01 AM ET


Today is Friday, June 6, the 158th day of 2008. There are 208 days left in the year.


[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On June 6, 1944, the "D-Day" invasion of Europe took place during World War II as Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

On this date:

In 1799, American politician and orator Patrick Henry died at Red Hill Plantation, Va.

In 1844, the Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London.

In 1918, American Marines suffered heavy casualties as they launched their eventually successful counteroffensive against German troops in the World War I Battle of Belleau Wood in France.

In 1925, Walter Percy Chrysler founded the Chrysler Corporation.

In 1933, the first drive-in movie theater was opened by Richard Hollingshead in Camden County, N.J. (The movie shown was "Wives Beware," an Adolphe Menjou comedy previously released under the title "Two White Arms.")

In 1934, the Securities and Exchange Commission was established.

In 1966, black activist James Meredith was shot and wounded as he walked along a Mississippi highway to encourage black voter registration.

In 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, a day after he was shot by Sirhan Bishara Sirhan.

In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 13, a primary ballot initiative calling for major cuts in property taxes.

In 1982, Israeli forces invaded Lebanon to drive Palestine Liberation Organization fighters out of the country. (The Israelis withdrew in June 1985.)

[B]Ten years ago:[/B] The U.N. Security Council demanded in a unanimous vote that India and Pakistan refrain from further nuclear tests and sign nuclear control agreements. Real Quiet was denied horse racing's Triple Crown as Victory Gallop won the Belmont Stakes by a nose.

[B]Five years ago:[/B] The government reported the U.S. unemployment rate had hit a nine-year high of 6.1 percent the previous month. Already the holder of U.S. rights to the Olympics through 2008, NBC secured the contracts for the 2010 and 2012 games for $2.2 billion.

[B]One year ago:[/B] The Group of Eight summit opened in Heiligendamm, Germany. Police arrested a man in the abduction and death of 18-year-old Kelsey Smith, whose body was found in a Missouri park four days after she'd disappeared from a Kansas store's parking lot. Police in Connecticut looking for clues in the yearlong disappearance of a 15-year-old Bloomfield girl reported finding her locked in a hidden room in a West Hartford home owned by an acquaintance of her parents. (Adam Gault later pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexually assaulting the girl.) The Anaheim Ducks captured the Stanley Cup with a 6-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Bob Barker taped his last episode of CBS' "The Price Is Right."

[B]Today's Birthdays:[/B] Actress Billie Whitelaw is 76. Civil rights activist Roy Innis is 74. Singer Levi Stubbs is 72. Singer-songwriter Gary "U.S." Bonds is 69. Country singer Joe Stampley is 65. Actor Robert Englund is 59. Folk singer Holly Near is 59. Singer Dwight Twilley is 57. Playwright-actor Harvey Fierstein is 54. Comedian Sandra Bernhard is 53. Tennis player Bjorn Borg is 52. Actress Amanda Pays is 49. Comedian Colin Quinn is 49. Record producer Jimmy Jam is 49. Rock musician Steve Vai is 48. Rock singer-musician Tom Araya (Slayer) is 47. Actor Jason Isaacs is 45. Rock musician Sean Yseult (White Zombie) is 42. Actor Max Casella is 41. Actor Paul Giamatti is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Damion Hall (Guy) is 40. Rock musician Bardi Martin is 39. Rock musician James "Munky" Shaffer (Korn) is 38. TV correspondent Natalie Morales is 36. Country singer Lisa Brokop is 35. Rapper-rocker Uncle Kracker is 34. Actress Staci Keanan is 33.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder." — Paul Valery, French poet (1871-1945).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - June 7 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press


Today is Saturday, June 7, the 159th day of 2008. There are 207 days left in the year.

[B]Today's Highlight in History:[/B]

On June 7, 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for American independence from Britain.

On this date:

In 1753, Britain's King George II gave his assent to an Act of Parliament establishing the British Museum.

In 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore present-day Kentucky.

In 1848, French Postimpressionist painter Paul Gauguin was born in Paris.

In 1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.

In 1937, actress Jean Harlow died in Los Angeles at age 26.

In 1948, the Communists completed their takeover of Czechoslovakia with the resignation of President Edvard Benes.

In 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco.

In 1967, author-critic Dorothy Parker, famed for her caustic wit, died in New York at age 73.

In 1972, the musical "Grease" opened on Broadway, having already been performed in lower Manhattan.

In 1981, Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.

Ten years ago: In a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man, was chained to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death for the crime; a third received life in prison.) At the Tony Awards, "The Lion King" won best musical and "Art" was named best play.

Five years ago: In a national first, New Hampshire Episcopalians elected the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man, their next bishop. A suicide bomber in Afghanistan killed four German peacekeepers; the blast also killed a teenage Afghan bystander. Justine Henin-Hardenne beat Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-4 at the French Open, in the first all-Belgian Grand Slam final. Empire Maker beat Kentucky Derby-Preakness winner Funny Cide in the Belmont Stakes.

One year ago: At the G-8 summit in Germany, Russian President Vladimir Putin, bitterly opposed to a U.S. missile shield in Europe, presented President Bush with a surprise counterproposal built around a Soviet-era radar system in Azerbaijan; Bush promised to consider the idea. After three days in jail for a reckless-driving probation violation, Paris Hilton was released by Los Angeles County sheriff's officials because of an undisclosed medical condition to be sent home under house arrest. (The next day, a judge ordered Hilton back to jail.)

Today's Birthdays: Movie director James Ivory is 80. Actress Virginia McKenna is 77. Singer Tom Jones is 68. Poet Nikki Giovanni is 65. Actor Ken Osmond ("Leave It to Beaver") is 65. Former talk show host Jenny Jones is 62. Actress Anne Twomey is 57. Actor Liam Neeson is 56. Actress Colleen Camp is 55. Singer-songwriter Johnny Clegg is 55. Author Louise Erdrich is 54. Actor William Forsythe is 53. Record producer L.A. Reid is 52. Latin pop singer Juan Luis Guerra is 51. Singer-songwriter Prince is 50. Rock singer-musician Gordon Gano (The Violent Femmes) is 45. Rapper Ecstacy (Whodini) is 44. Rock musician Eric Kretz (Stone Temple Pilots) is 42. Rock musician David Navarro is 41. Actress Helen Baxendale is 38. Actor Karl Urban is 36. Rock musician Eric Johnson (The Shins) is 32. Actress Larisa Oleynik is 27. Tennis player Anna Kournikova is 27. Actor Michael Cera is 20. Actress Shelley Buckner is 19.

[B]Thought for Today:[/B] "Some seek bread; and some seek wealth and ease; and some seek fame, but all are seeking rest." — Frederick Langbridge, English clergyman and author (1849-1922).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - June 8[/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

The Associated Press

Today is Sunday, June 8, the 160th day of 2008. There are 206 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 8, A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina.

On this date:

In 1845, Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn.

In 1861, Tennessee seceded from the Union.

In 1864, Abraham Lincoln was nominated for another term as president during the National Union (Republican) Party's convention in Baltimore.

In 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt offered to act as a mediator in the Russo-Japanese War.

In 1915, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan resigned in a disagreement with President Wilson over U.S. handling of the sinking of the Lusitania.

In 1948, the "Texaco Star Theater" made its debut on NBC-TV with Milton Berle guest-hosting the first program. (Berle was later named the show's permanent host.)

In 1953, the Supreme Court, in District of Columbia v. Thompson Co., ruled that restaurants in the District of Columbia could not refuse to serve blacks.

In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to take effect in 1970.

In 1967, 34 U.S. servicemen were killed when Israeli forces raided the Liberty, a Navy ship stationed in the Mediterranean. (Israel called the attack a tragic mistake.)

In 1978, a jury in Clark County, Nev., ruled the so-called "Mormon will," purportedly written by the late billionaire Howard Hughes, was a forgery.

Ten years ago: The National Rifle Association elected Charlton Heston its president. The shuttle Discovery pulled away from Mir, ending America's three-year space partnership with Russia. Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha died at age 54.

Five years ago: Frustrated and angry over delays, a coalition of the nation's mayors meeting in Denver asked federal officials to bypass state governments and give them the money they needed to beef up homeland security. Poles voted to join the European Union in 2004. Annika Sorenstam won the LPGA Championship for her fifth major title. Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero won the French Open men's final with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Martin Verkerk. George Foreman was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. The Broadway show "Hairspray" won eight Tony Awards, including best musical; "Take Me Out," Richard Greenberg's play about a gay baseball player, was chosen best play.

One year ago: Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the Bush administration was replacing Gen. Peter Pace as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and recommending Adm. Mike Mullen for the job. Mary Winkler, who'd killed her preacher husband with a shotgun blast to the back as he lay in bed, was sentenced in Selmer, Tenn., to three years in prison. (She ended up serving 67 days in custody, 12 in jail and the rest in a mental health facility.) Paris Hilton was sent screaming and crying back to jail after a judge in Los Angeles ruled she had to serve out her sentence for a probation violation behind bars rather than under house arrest. The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to the international space station.

Today's Birthdays: Former first lady Barbara Bush is 83. Actor-comedian Jerry Stiller is 81. Comedian Joan Rivers is 75. Actress Millicent Martin is 74. Actor James Darren is 72. Actor Bernie Casey is 69. Singer Nancy Sinatra is 68. Singer Chuck Negron (Three Dog Night) is 66. Musician Boz Scaggs is 64. Actor Don Grady is 64. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 61. Author Sara Paretsky is 61. Actress Sonia Braga is 58. Actress Kathy Baker is 58. Country musician Tony Rice is 57. Singer Bonnie Tyler is 55. Actor Griffin Dunne is 53. "Dilbert" creator Scott Adams is 51. Actor-director Keenen Ivory Wayans is 50. Singer Mick Hucknall (Simply Red) is 48. Musician Nick Rhodes (Duran Duran) is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Doris Pearson (Five Star) is 42. Actress Julianna Margulies is 41. Actor Dan Futterman is 41. Actor David Sutcliffe is 39. Rhythm-and-blues singer Nicci Gilbert is 38. Actress Kelli Williams is 38. Actor Mark Feuerstein is 37. Contemporary Christian musician Mike Scheuchzer (MercyMe) is 33. Rapper Kanye West is 31. Folk-bluegrass singer-musician Sara Watkins (Nickel Creek) is 27.

Though for Today: "Love hath no physic for a grief too deep." _ Robert Nathan, American author and composer (1894-1985).

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[B][CENTER][FONT="Georgia"][SIZE="5"]Today in History - June 9 [/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER][/B]

By The Associated Press
Mon Jun 9, 12: 01 AM ET

Today is Monday, June 9, the 161st day of 2008. There are 205 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:

On June 9, A.D. 68, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide.

On this date:

In 1870, author Charles Dickens died in Gad's Hill Place, England.

In 1940, during World War II, Norway decided to surrender to the Nazis, effective at midnight.

In 1953, 94 people died when a tornado struck Worcester, Mass.

In 1954, during the Senate-Army Hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, asking: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"

In 1969, the U.S. Senate confirmed Warren Burger to be the new chief justice of the United States, succeeding Earl Warren.

In 1973, Secretariat became horse racing's first Triple Crown winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes.

In 1978, leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints struck down a 148-year-old policy of excluding black men from the Mormon priesthood.

In 1980, comedian Richard Pryor suffered almost fatal burns at his San Fernando Valley, Calif., home when a mixture of "free-base" cocaine exploded.

In 1985, American educator Thomas Sutherland was kidnapped in Lebanon; he was released in November 1991 along with fellow hostage Terry Waite.

In 1986, the Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.

Ten years ago: Three white men were charged in Jasper, Texas, with the brutal dragging death of James Byrd Jr., a black man. President Clinton unleashed a torrent of public works money, signing a $203 billion transportation bill.

Five years ago: As rebels bore down on the capital of Liberia, French helicopters rescued more than 500 Americans, Europeans and other foreigners. The New Jersey Devils won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Anaheim Mighty Ducks 3-0 in Game 7.

One year ago: President Bush, denounced by anti-American protesters on the streets of Rome, defended his humanitarian record as he met at the Vatican with Pope Benedict XVI, who expressed concern about "the worrisome situation in Iraq." A day after being ordered back to jail, Paris Hilton said she wouldn't appeal her sentence for a probation violation. Rags to Riches became the first filly to win the Belmont Stakes since 1905. Justine Henin claimed her third consecutive French Open title with a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Ana Ivanovic.

Today's Birthdays: Guitarist-inventor Les Paul is 93. Former World Bank president and former defense secretary Robert S. McNamara is 92. Actress Mona Freeman is 82. Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 78. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 69. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is 69. Rock musician Jon Lord is 67. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 52. Actor Michael J. Fox is 47. Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin is 47. Actor Johnny Depp is 45. Jazz musician Wayman Tisdale is 44. Actress Gloria Reuben is 44. Rock musician Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blowfish) is 41. Rock musician Dean Dinning is 41. Musician Ed Simons is 38. Country musician Shade Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 34. Actress Michaela Conlin (TV: "Bones") is 30. Actress Natalie Portman is 27. Actress Mae Whitman is 20.
[B]
Thought for Today[/B]: "History is a romance that is believed; romance, a history that is not believed." — Horace Walpole, English author (1717-1797).


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