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Have a great birthday! Since I would ordinarily send you a birthday wish for the Giants to win today, I am only able to wish you a rainout since they are playing the Mets today
The weather is really looking bad, so there's a good chance so far....
Happy Birthday Ken, hope your day is great. Take the day off from finding Exchange Opportunities, we'll try to cover for you.
ken H.,Ballston Lake, NY
My photo website: www.kenharperphotos.com
Wyndham Atlantic City, NJ 8/7-8/14/14
Australia-New Zealand 10/15-11/2/14 (some TS some hotels)
Those born today are born under the sign of Gemini. Notable births are Faust who was born in the maternity ward as he wanted to be close to his Mother.
Born on This Day
Allen Ginsberg, poet (1926)
Richard Cobden, economist and statesman (1804)
Charles Drew, physician (1904)
Jefferson Davis, Confederate president (1808)
Larry McMurtry, novelist (1936)
Alain Resnais, film director (1922)
Gemini is symbolized by twins and ruled by the planet Mercury. Geminis are thought to be quick-witted, intellectual, talkative, and mischievous. They value learning and may bore easily.
Among other notable events are: (wow, what a busy day):
June 3 Events in History
This Day in History
1937: American divorcee Wallis Simpson weds the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII, who had abdicated the British throne to marry her.
Learn more about Abdication.
1948: The Hale telescope, the largest telescope in the world at the time, is dedicated at Mount Palomar Observatory in California.
1959: Singapore gains its independence from Britain, becoming a self-governing state in the Commonwealth of Nations.
Learn more about Singapore.
1968: Valerie Solanas, an actor and author of the SCUM Manifesto, a pamphlet denouncing men, shoots and wounds artist Andy Warhol at his New York studio.
Learn more about Andy Warhol.
1989: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of Iran's Islamic revolution, dies, sending millions of Iranians into the streets in mourning.
Learn more about Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
1999: Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic agrees with NATO leaders on a peace plan that calls for the withdrawal of Yugoslav troops from Kosovo.
Learn more about Kosovo.
Today's Web Pick
American Love Stories
On June 3rd, 1937, the former King Edward VIII of the U.K. married Mrs. Wallis Simpson, a divorced American for whom he had given up the throne. This site offers first-hand stories about how other couples have bridged differences in their relationships.
Mystery Person of the Day
Who am I? I was born on this day in 1906. I danced in Paris and served in the French Resistance.
"If a Nation expects to be ignorant and free in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.... If we are to guard against ignorance and remain free, it is the responsibility of every American to be informed." -- Thomas Jefferson to Col. Yancey, 1816
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