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Faust · 01-02-2007, 09:14 AM

On this date in history

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2007, with 363 to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include (bltimami-ts4ms.com); (Judy999-ts5ms.com); Virginia patriot Nathaniel Bacon in 1647; British Gen. James Wolfe, hero of the battle of Quebec in 1727; fan dancer Sally Rand in 1904; author Isaac Asimov in 1920; singer Julius La Rosa in 1930 (age 77) and singer/songwriter Roger Miller in 1936; former televangelist Jim Bakker in 1939 (age 68); actors Tia Carrere in 1967 (age 40) and Cuba Gooding Jr. in 1968 (age 39); and model Christy Turlington in 1969 (age 38).

On this date in history:

In 1788, Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution, the fourth of the original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the union.

In 1811, Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first U.S. senator to be censured after being accused of violating congressional law by publicly revealing secret documents communicated by the president to the Senate.

In 1942, Japanese forces occupied Manila, forcing U.S. and Philippine forces under U.S. Army Gen. Douglas MacArthur to withdraw to the Bataan peninsula.

In 1959, the Soviet Union launched Lunik-1, the first unmanned spacecraft to travel to the moon.

In 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a bill requiring states to limit highway speeds to 55 mph or lose federal highway funds.

In 1990, elite Soviet interior ministry troops seized buildings in the Baltic republics of Latvia and Lithuania.

Also in 1990, Britain's most wanted terrorist suspect, Patrick Sheehy, was found dead in the Republic of Ireland.

In 2004, more than 200 people in northern India died because of a prolonged cold spell.

Also in 2004, officials in Yakima, Wash., said a third U.S. cowherd was quarantined for fears of spreading mad cow disease.

In 2005, U.S. helicopters began dropping supplies on remote sections of Aceh province in Indonesia, devastated by Southeast Asia's earthquake and tsunami. Airdrops also were under way in parts of India.

Also in 2005, a suicide car bomb killed 18 members of the Iraqi National Guard and a civilian in Baghdad.

In 2006, 12 men were killed in a methane gas explosion in a West Virginia coalmine. One man was found alive after 41 hours trapped underground.

Also in 2006, at least 11 people were killed when the roof of a German skating rink at Bad Reichenhall collapsed.

A thought for the day: an anonymous saying is, "He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still dead."

Faust · 01-03-2007, 09:51 AM

On this date in history

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 3, the third day of 2007, with 362 to follow.

The moon is full. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date were under the sign of Capricorn. They include feminist and abolitionist Lucretia Mott in 1793; British Prime Minister Clement Attlee in 1883; J.R.R. Tolkien, author of "The Lord of the Rings," in 1892; actor Ray Milland in 1905; entertainer Victor Borge in 1909; Maxine Andrews of the Andrews Sisters singing trio in 1918; actors Robert Loggia in 1930 (age 77) and Dabney Coleman in 1932 (age 75); Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull in 1939 (age 68); actress Victoria Principal in 1950 (age 57); and actor/director Mel Gibson in 1956 (age 51).

On this date in history:

In 1777, the Continental Army commanded by Gen. George Washington defeated the British at Princeton, N.J.

In 1938, the first March of Dimes campaign to fight polio was organized.

In 1939, Gene Cox, 13, became the first female U.S. congressional page.

In 1959, Alaska became the 49th state of the union.

In 1961, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba after Fidel Castro announced he was a communist.

In 1967, Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the assumed assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, died of cancer in Dallas.

In 1969, police at Newark, N.J., confiscated a shipment of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono albums "Two Virgins" because the cover photo, featuring full frontal nudity, violated pornography laws.

In 1990, deposed Panamanian dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega left his refuge in the Vatican Embassy in Panama City and surrendered to U.S. troops. He was whisked to Florida to face narcotics trafficking charges.

In 1991, AIDS was removed from the list of diseases that would automatically bar an infected person from entering the United States.

In 1993, U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the START II treaty reducing strategic nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.

In 2000, peace talks between Israeli and Syrian leaders opened in Shepherdstown, W.Va.

In 2001, the 107th Congress convened for the first time with the Senate equally divided 50-50 between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans had a 10-member advantage in the House.

Also in 2001, the Federal Reserve cut interest rates by half a percent to stem an economic slowdown.

In 2002, Miami won the national collegiate football championship by defeating Nebraska, 37-14.

Miami returned to the football championship game in 2003 but lost to Ohio State, 31-24, in two overtimes.

In 2003, Democrats John Kerry, John Edwards, Howard Dean and Al Sharpton announced for their party's 2004 presidential nomination.

In 2004, a Flash Airline Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Sharm el-Sheik in Egypt, killing 148 people.

Also in 2004, a NASA robotic explorer called Spirit touched down on Mars, sending a signal home to California that it survived the descent through the Martian atmosphere.

In 2005, Indonesia's Ministry of Health announced another 14,000 deaths, bringing the total of lives lost in Asia's earthquake and tsunami disaster to 155,000.

In 2006, Jack Abramoff, a powerful Washington lobbyist, agreed to plead guilty to fraud, public corruption and tax evasion charges and to testify against politicians and former colleagues.

Also in 2006, Iran advised the International Atomic Energy Agency it planned to restart work on what it called its "peaceful nuclear energy program."

A thought for the day: Henry David Thoreau said, "Be true to your work, your word and your friend."

Faust · 01-04-2007, 10:05 AM

On this date in history

Today is Thursday, Jan. 4, the fourth day of 2007, with 361 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date were under the sign of Capricorn. They include folklore and fairy tale collector Jakob Grimm in 1785; teacher of the blind Louis Braille in 1809; shorthand writing system inventor Isaac Pitman in 1813; Charles Stratton, the midget known as Gen. Tom Thumb, in 1838; U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen, R-Ill., in 1896; actress Jane Wyman in 1914 (age 93); Pro Football Hall of Fame coach and player Don Shula in 1930 (age 77); former heavyweight boxing champion Floyd Patterson in 1935; actress Dyan Cannon in 1937 (age 70); R.E.M. lead singer Michael Stipe in 1960 (age 47); and actors Dave Foley in 1963 (age 44) and Julia Ormond in 1965 (age 42).

On this date in history:

In 1885, Dr. William Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed the first successful appendectomy.

In 1893, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison granted amnesty to all people who since Nov. 1, 1890, had abstained from practicing polygamy. It was part of a deal for Utah to achieve statehood.

In 1935, Bob Hope made his network radio debut in the cast of "The Intimate Revue."

In 1936, Billboard magazine published the first pop music chart.

In 1951, Chinese and North Korean forces captured the South Korean capital of Seoul.

In 1954, a struggling young musician who worked in a machine shop paid $4 to record two songs for his mother. His name: Elvis Presley.

In 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon refused to release any more of the 500 documents subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.

In 1985, Israel confirmed that 10,000 Ethiopian Jews had been flown to Israel. Ethiopia termed the operation "a gross interference" in its affairs.

In 1987, Spanish guitar great Andrés Segovia arrived in the United States for his final U.S. tour. He died four months later in Madrid at the age of 94.

In 1993, 25 people, including 18 Americans, were killed when their tour bus traveling on a rain-slick highway near Cancun, Mexico, crashed into a utility pole and burned.

In 1994, Mexican government troops were sent into the southeastern state of Chiapas to quell a rebellion by the previously unknown Zapatista National Liberation Army.

Also in 1994, several Eastern European nations asked to join NATO.

In 1995, the 104th U.S. Congress convened with Republicans in control in both houses for the first time since 1953.

In 2000, U.S. President Bill Clinton nominated Alan Greenspan to a fourth 4-year term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

In 2004, the unmanned Mars spacecraft began relaying pictures of a rock-strewn plain to Earth as scientists looked for signs the planet once had water.

Also in 2004, a new recording attributed to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden called for or a council of Muslim wise men to rule Arab states.

In 2005, gunmen assassinated the governor of Baghdad, Ali al-Haidri.

In 2006, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon suffered a major stroke and underwent emergency surgery to stop bleeding on the brain. Sharon, 77, had a mild stroke about two weeks earlier. Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert assumed his duties.

A thought for the day: it was Frederick Douglass who wrote, "Without a struggle, there can be no progress."

Faust · 01-05-2007, 10:10 AM

On this date in history

Today is Friday, Jan. 5, the fifth day of 2007 with 360 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date were under the sign of Capricorn. They include Zebulon Pike, discoverer of Pike's Peak in Colorado, and Navy Capt. Stephen Decatur, both in 1779; King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, in 1855; German statesman Konrad Adenauer in 1876; astrologer Jeane Dixon in 1904; Walter Mondale, former vice president and 1984 Democratic presidential candidate, in 1928 (age 79); actor Robert Duvall in 1931 (age 76); and actresses Diane Keaton in 1946 (age 61), Pamela Sue Martin in 1953 (age 54) and Suzy Amis in 1962 (age 45).

On this date in history:

In 1643, in the first record of a legal divorce in the American colonies, Anne Clarke of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was granted a divorce from her absent and adulterous husband, Denis Clarke.

In 1914, Ford Motor Co. increased its daily wage from $2.34 for a 9-hour day to $5.00 for eight hours of work.

In 1919, the National Socialist (Nazi) Party was formed in Germany.

In 1925, Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming was sworn in as the first woman governor in the United States.

In 1948, the first color newsreel, filmed at the Tournament of Roses in Pasadena, Calif., was released on this date by Warner Brothers-Pathe.

In 1964, Pope Paul VI and Greek Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras met in Jerusalem, the first meeting of a pope and a patriarch in more than five centuries.

In 1993, the state of Washington executed multiple child-killer Westley Allan Dodd by hanging in the nation's first gallows execution in 28 years.

In 1994, the United States and North Korea agreed, in principle, that the latter would allow inspections of its declared nuclear facilities.

Also in 1994, the White House announced the U.S. Justice Department had subpoenaed documents belonging to U.S. President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in connection with the Whitewater investigation.

In 1995, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill requiring Congress to comply with its own civil rights and labor laws. The Senate followed suit six days later.

In 1996, the longest government shutdown ended after 21 days when the U.S. Congress passed a stopgap spending measure that would allow federal employees to return to work. U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the bill the next day.

In 1998, U.S. Rep. Sonny Bono, R-Calif., of Sonny and Cher fame, was killed when he ran into a tree while skiing at South Lake Tahoe, Calif.

In 2000, the Clinton administration decided that Elian Gonzalez, a 6-year-old Cuban refugee whose mother drowned while trying to enter the United States, should be returned to his father in Cuba. The next day, hundreds of Cuban-Americans marched in protest in Miami.

In 2002, a 15-year-old student pilot, flying alone, was killed when he crashed his single-engine Cessna into the 28th floor of the Bank of America building in Tampa, Fla. No one else was hurt.

In 2004, North Korea's insistence on preconditions delayed the second round of talks with the United States on the nuclear stalemate.

Also in 2004, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said he expected British forces would stay in Iraq for several years.

In 2004 sports, Pete Rose, one of major league baseball's greatest stars but barred from the sport for gambling, admitted he had bet on games involving his own team.

In 2005, at least 24 people, including policemen, were killed in two car bomb explosions in Iraq in mounting violence ahead of upcoming elections.

Also in 2005, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan launched a $977 million emergency appeal to cover six months of aid for 5 million victims of the Southeast Asia tsunami.

In 2006, at least 134 people were killed in two car bombings in Iraq and more than 120 others were wounded in a second day of heavy violence.

A thought for the day: Maya Angelou said, "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

Faust · 01-06-2007, 11:17 AM

On this date in history

Today is Saturday, Jan. 6, the sixth day of 2007 with 359 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date were under the sign of Capricorn. They include Joan of Arc in 1412; archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann, who discovered the ruins of ancient Troy, in 1822; poet Carl Sandburg in 1878; silent movie cowboy star Tom Mix in 1880; former Speaker of the House of Representatives Sam Rayburn, D-Texas, in 1882; actress Loretta Young in 1913, actor Danny Thomas in 1914; pollster Louis Harris in 1921 (age 86); bluegrass musician Earl Scruggs in 1924 (age 83); auto executive John DeLorean in 1925; author E.L. Doctorow in 1931 (age 76); actress Bonnie Franklin in 1944 (age 63); actor Rowan Atkinson ("Mr. Bean") in 1955 (age 52), and filmmaker John Singleton in 1968 (age 39).

On this date in history:

In 1759, George Washington married widow Martha Dandridge Custis.

In 1838, in Morristown, N.J., Samuel F.B. Morse and his partner, Alfred Vail, publicly demonstrated their new invention, the telegraph, for the first time.

In 1912, New Mexico joined the United States as the 47th state.

In 1919, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, died at the age of 60.

In 1925, Paavo Nurmi, known as the "Flying Finn" and regarded as the greatest runner of his day, set world records in the mile and 5,000-meter run within the space of one hour in his first U.S. appearance, an indoor meet at New York City's new Madison Square Garden.

In 1942, a Pan American Airways plane arrived in New York to complete the first around-the-world flight by a commercial airliner.

In 1950, Britain formally recognized the communist government of China.

In 1984, the first test-tube quadruplets, all boys, were born in Melbourne, Australia.

Also in 1984, the 100th U.S. Congress convened with Democrats controlling both Senate and House for the first time under the Reagan administration.

In 1993, dancer and choreographer Rudolf Nureyev died at age 54 of cardiac complications; his doctor later confirmed Nureyev had AIDS.

Also in 1993, jazz trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie died of cancer at age 75.

And in 1993, it was announced that Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito would marry a 29-year-old Foreign Ministry official, a commoner, in June.

In 1994, U.S. figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right knee by a man who then fled. The attack, which forced Kerrigan to withdraw from the U.S. Figure Skating Championship, was traced to four men with links to her leading rival, Tonya Harding.

In 1998, some 300 people were reported to have been massacred in the past several days in Algeria's bloody civil war.

In 1999, an agreement ended the 6-month player lockout by owners of National Basketball Association teams. The labor dispute had threatened to wipe out the 1998-99 season.

In 2004, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell admitted mistakes were made in the war on terror but he said actions were taken for the right reasons -- to ensure the spread of freedom and democracy.

Also in 2004, a London newspaper said Princess Diana claimed in a letter written 10 months before her 1997 death that Prince Charles was plotting to kill her.

In 2005, allegations of prisoner abuse at the Guantanamo Bay detention center topped the agenda of a new investigation announced by the Pentagon.

In 2006, rescuers worked through the night in an effort to reach Muslim pilgrims trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. At least 53 people were reported dead and 64 injured.

A thought for the day: "Problems are only opportunities in work clothes," Henry Kaiser once said.

Faust · 01-07-2007, 11:37 AM

On this date in history

Today is Sunday Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2007, with 358 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Frenchman Jacques Montgolfier, who, with his brother, invented the hot air balloon, in 1745; Millard Fillmore, 13th president of the United States, in 1800; Bernadette Soubirous, who became St. Bernadette and whose visions led to the foundation of the shrine at Lourdes, France, in 1844; film executive Adolph Zukor in 1873; cartoonist Charles Addams in 1912; actor Vincent Gardenia in 1922; author William Blatty ("The Exorcist") in 1928 (age 79); singers Paul Revere in 1938 (age 69) and Kenny Loggins in 1948 (age 59); Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner in 1946 (age 61); CBS news anchor Katie Couric in 1957 (age 50); and actor Nicholas Cage in 1964 (age 43).

On this date in history:

In 1610, Galileo, using his primitive telescope, discovered the four major moons of Jupiter: Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto.

In 1789, the first nationwide U.S. presidential election was held. The electors chosen by the voters unanimously picked George Washington as president and John Adams as vice president.

In 1927, commercial trans-Atlantic telephone service between New York and London was inaugurated.

In 1931, as the Great Depression was getting under way, a report to U.S. President Herbert Hoover estimated that 4 million to 5 million Americans were out of work.

In 1979, the Cambodian government of Pol Pot was overthrown.

In 1989, Japan's Emperor Hirohito died.

In 1990, Jeffrey Lundgren, a self-proclaimed prophet and leader of a breakaway religious sect wanted for the slayings of five Ohio followers, was arrested in California near the Mexican border.

In 1991, loyalist troops attacked Haiti's presidential palace, rescuing President Ertha Pascal-Trouillot and capturing the coup plotters.

In 1993, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a long-awaited report that classified environmental tobacco smoke as a carcinogen.

In 1997, U.S. Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., was re-elected Speaker of the House and then reprimanded for violating House rules and misleading the House ethics committee in its inquiry into possible political use of tax-exempt donations.

In 1998, at a time when her association with U.S. President Bill Clinton was not yet public, former White House intern Monica Lewinsky reportedly denied in an affidavit filed in the Paula Jones case that she had had an affair with him.

Also in 1998, a federal jury in Denver was unable to agree on a penalty for Terry Nichols, convicted in December 1997 in the 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building. That meant he would not face the death penalty.

In 1999, U.S. President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial opened in the U.S. Senate. He was acquitted.

In 2003, U.S. President George Bush proposed a tax-cut package of $670 billion over 10 years, a major feature being the elimination of the tax on stock dividends.

In 2004, U.S. President George Bush unveiled an immigration reform program that would allow millions of undocumented workers the opportunity to obtain temporary guest worker status.

In 2005, Mississippi authorities arrested an 80-year-old man for the 1964 killings of three civil rights workers.

In 2006, doctors in Jerusalem were uncertain when they would bring Prime Minister Ariel Sharon out of his induced coma. Sharon, who suffered a major stroke two days earlier, underwent his third brain surgery.

Also in 2006, former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay of Texas said he would not seek to reclaim his congressional post after he was indicted on money laundering charges.

And. Jill Carroll, a freelance journalist on assignment for the Christian Science Monitor, was abducted in Baghdad. Her interpreter was killed.

A thought for the day: an anonymous author wrote, "Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."

Faust · 01-08-2007, 09:48 AM

On this date in history

Today is Monday, Jan. 8, the eighth day of 2007 with 357 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include (wanderer8844-ts4ms); (PAJim-ts4ms); financier Nicholas Biddle in 1786; educator and hymn writer Lowell Mason ("Nearer My God To Thee") in 1792; James Longstreet, Confederate general in the Civil War, in 1821; publisher Frank Doubleday in 1862; reading teacher Evelyn Wood in 1909; actor Jose Ferrer in 1912; comic actor Larry Storch in 1923 (age 84); comedian Soupy Sales in 1926 (age 81); newsman Charles Osgood in 1933 (age 74); rock 'n' roll legend Elvis Presley in 1935; singer Shirley Bassey in 1937 (age 70); Bob Eubanks in 1938 (age 69); actress Yvette Mimieux in 1942 (age 65); physicist and author Stephen Hawking in 1942 (age 65), and singer David Bowie in 1947 (age 60).

On this date in history:

In 1815, the forces of U.S Gen. Andrew Jackson decisively defeated the British in the Battle of New Orleans, the closing engagement of the War of 1812.

In 1867, the U.S. Congress approved legislation that, for the first time, allowed blacks to vote in the District of Columbia.

In 1916, Allied forces staged a full retreat from the shores of the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey, ending a disastrous invasion of the Ottoman Empire that resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties.

In 1973, the trial of the "Watergate Seven" began in Washington. The defendants were charged with breaking into Democratic Party national headquarters, a furor that eventually led to the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon.

In 1976, Chinese Premier Chou En-lai died in Beijing.

In 1987, Kay Orr was inaugurated in Lincoln, Neb., as the nation's first woman Republican governor.

Also in 1987, the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 2,000 for the first time.

In 1991, one person was killed and 248 injured when a London commuter train crashed into the buffers at a station.

Also in 1991, Pan American World Airways filed for bankruptcy.

In 1993, thousands gathered at Elvis Presley's Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tenn., to purchase the first issue of a stamp honoring the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" on what would have been his 58th birthday.

In 1997, a report by University of Texas scientists concluded that exposure to a combination of chemicals was somehow linked to Gulf War Syndrome, responsible for the various ailments reported by veterans of the 1991 conflict.

In 2001, former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being convicted of extorting money from applicants seeking riverboat casino licenses.

In 2002, U.S. President George Bush signed a major education bill that, among other things, mandated annual testing for students in grades 3-8 and called for tutors for poor schools.

In 2004, the U.S. Defense Department announced it had designated former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein a prisoner of war.

In 2005, the U.S. military said an air strike in Mosul, Iraq, hit the wrong target, demolishing a civilian home and killing 14 people.

In 2006, a fire swept through a one-story wooden orphanage in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, and killed 13 disabled children. Seventy-one others were reported evacuated.

Also in 2006, a reported 12 U.S. military personnel were killed when a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Iraq.

A thought for the day: William Feather said, "Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."

Faust · 01-16-2007, 10:25 AM

On this date in history

Today is Tuesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2007 with 349 to go.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include German philosopher Franz Brentano in 1838; Andre Michelin, the French industrialist who first mass-produced rubber automobile tires, in 1853; Canadian poet Robert Service in 1874; Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1901; singer Ethel Merman in 1909; baseball pitcher Jay "Dizzy" Dean in 1910; opera singer Marilyn Horne in 1934 (age 73); race car driver A.J. Foyt in 1935 (age 72); country singer Ronnie Milsap in 1944 (age 63); director John Carpenter in 1948 (age 59); choreographer, actress and director Debbie Allen in 1950 (age 57); and actor David Chokachi ("Baywatch") in 1968 (age 39).

On this date in history:

In 1883, the U.S. Congress passed a bill creating the civil service.

In 1919, the United States went legally "dry" as prohibition of alcoholic beverages took effect under the 18th amendment to the Constitution. The amendment was repealed in 1933.

In 1925, Leon Trotsky was dismissed as chairman of the Russian Revolution Military Council.

In 1942, screen star Carole Lombard, her mother and 20 other people were killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas. Lombard was the wife of actor Clark Gable.

In 1944, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived in London to assume command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe.

In 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan called for "peaceful competition" with Moscow. He authorized research and development on space-age weapons capable of destroying incoming nuclear missiles, the program known as "Star Wars."

In 1986, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Libya would train, arm and protect Arab guerrillas for Palestinian "suicide and terrorist missions," his first explicit endorsement of terrorism.

In 1987, China's No. 2 leader, Hu Yaobang, 71, was forced to resign as Communist Party chief for failing to curb student demonstrations for more democracy.

In 1990, Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell ethnic violence.

In 1991, the Persian Gulf War began with the allied bombing of Baghdad.

In 1993, Windsor Castle was reopened just two months after a fire swept through the British landmark.

In 1994, at a Geneva news conference with U.S. President Bill Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.

In 1997, a bomb exploded at an Atlanta building housing an abortion clinic. An hour later, after investigators and others had come to the scene, a second bomb went off, injuring six people.

Also in 1997, Ennis Cosby, the son of entertainer Bill Cosby, was shot to death while changing a tire on a freeway exit ramp in Los Angeles.

In 1998, investigators for special counsel Kenneth Starr questioned former White House intern Monica Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair with U.S. President Bill Clinton.

In 2000, British drug maker Glaxo Wellcome agreed to buy SmithKline Beecham for $76 billion, creating the world's largest pharmaceutical company.

In 2001, President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was shot to death, reportedly by one of his bodyguards, who in turn was killed by other bodyguards.

In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush said his re-election was a ratification of what he did in Iraq and there was no reason to hold any administration official accountable.

In 2006, International Atomic Energy Agency officials said Iran's newly restarted nuclear program could enable the country to have nuclear weapons within three years.

Also in 2006, a suicide attack at a Kandahar wrestling match killed 22 civilians, reportedly the highest toll so far in the Afghan conflict.

And, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore called for an independent counsel to investigate what he called U.S. President George Bush's illegal domestic surveillance program.

A thought for the day: In the film "Tomorrow Never Dies," James Bond said, "The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

Faust · 01-17-2007, 09:58 AM

On this date in history

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2007 with 348 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include American statesman, scientist and author Benjamin Franklin in 1706; British statesman David Lloyd George in 1863; Mack Sennett, director of slapstick silent films, in 1880; gangster Al Capone in 1899; English novelist Nevil Shute in 1899; actors Betty White in 1922 (age 85); singer Eartha Kitt in 1927 (age 80); actors James Earl Jones in 1931 (age 76) and Sheree North in 1933; puppeteer Shari Lewis in 1933; talk show host Maury Povich in 1939 (age 68); champion heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali in 1942 (age 65); comedian Andy Kaufman in 1949; and comic actor Jim Carrey in 1962 (age 45).

On this date in history:

In 1806, the first baby was born in the White House, the grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.

In 1871, Andrew Hallikie received a patent for a cable car system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873.

In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was deposed in a bloodless revolution and a provisional government established, with annexation by the United States as its aim.

In 1917, the United States bought 50 of the Virgin Islands in the West Indies from Denmark for $25 million.

In 1950, nine bandits staged a $1.5 million robbery of a Brink's armored car in Boston.

In 1966, a U.S. B52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs collided with its refueling plane over Palomares, Spain, scattering radioactive plutonium over the area.

In 1977, convicted killer Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in Utah, the first execution since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty the previous year.

In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a secret order permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran.

In 1990, a study concluded it is not oat bran itself but the substitution of oat bran or other foods for high-fat foods that cuts blood cholesterol.

In 1991, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 114.60, the second highest one-day point-gain to that point.

Also in 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported that Florida dentist David Acer had infected three patients with the AIDS virus.

In 1993, U.S. missiles attacked an Iraqi nuclear weapons facility outside Baghdad in an effort to destroy Saddam Hussein's ability to build weapons of mass destruction.

In 1994, a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage.

In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people.

In 1996, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life in prison and 16 others were also sentenced to jail for plotting to bomb the United Nations.

In 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton denied in a sworn deposition that he had an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky.

In 2000, almost 50,000 people marched in Columbia, S.C., to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag over the state Capitol.

In 2001, parts of California were plunged into darkness after utility companies failed to deliver enough electrical power. The rolling blackouts affected as many as 2 million people.

In 2002, the U.S. Justice Department began an international manhunt for five suspected al-Qaida members believed to be plotting a new suicide attack.

Also in 2002, the volcano on Mount Nyiragongo, near the town of Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, erupted, causing at least 45 deaths and leaving an estimated 55,000 people homeless.

In 2004, authorities placed the U.S. military death toll in Iraq at 500, including 346 in combat.

In 2005, Chinese state-run media confirmed that Zhao Ziyang, the former premier who fell from power during the 1989 Democracy Movement that resulted in the Tiananmen massacre, had died at 85.

Also in 2005, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestine Liberation Organization ordered militants to stop launching attacks on Israel.

In 2006, Baghdad kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill Carroll threatened to kill her unless the United States freed all Iraqi women prisoners within 72 hours.

Also in 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon's assisted suicide law by a 6-3 vote. It allows doctors to help mentally competent terminally ill patients end their lives.

A thought for the day: St. Augustine asked, "What, then, is time? I know well enough what it is, provided that nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is and try to explain, I am baffled."

Faust · 01-18-2007, 10:06 AM

On this date in history

Today is Thursday. Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2007 with 347 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include English physician Peter Roget, who compiled "Roget's Thesaurus," in 1779; American orator and statesman Daniel Webster in 1782; English author A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne, who wrote "Winnie the Pooh," in 1882; comedian Oliver Hardy of the legendary Laurel and Hardy team, in 1892; actors Cary Grant in 1904 and Danny Kaye in 1913; filmmaker John Boorman in 1933 (age 74); Temptations singer David Ruffin in 1941; and actor Kevin Costner in 1955 (age 52).

On this date in history:

In 1871, William of Prussia was declared the first German emperor.

In 1943, Moscow announced the 16-month Nazi siege of Leningrad was lifted.

In 1966, Indira Gandhi, daughter of the late Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, became prime minister of India.

In 1968, the United States and Soviet Union agreed on a draft of a nuclear non-proliferation treaty.

In 1990, a Los Angeles jury in the nation's longest criminal trial acquitted Raymond Buckey, 31, and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 63, on 52 charges of molestation of students at the McMartin Pre-School.

Also in 1990, Washington Mayor Marion Barry was arrested in an FBI sting at a downtown hotel and charged with buying and smoking crack cocaine.

In 1991, Eastern Airlines stopped flying and said it would liquidate its assets. The announcement followed a two-year effort to escape bankruptcy.

In 1993, seven people were killed and nearly 70 more injured when two commuter trains collided on a bridge in Gary, Ind.

In 1994, Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh issued his final report on the scandal. He blasted former U.S. President George H.W. Bush for his Christmas Eve 1992 pardons of six Iran-Contra defendants.

In 1995, officials in Paris announced the discovery of a magnificent display of Paleolithic cave art in southern France.

In 1996, Lisa Marie Presley, the daughter of Elvis Presley, filed for divorce from Michael Jackson after 20 months of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences.

In 1997, Norwegian Borge Ousland completed a 1,675-mile trek across Antarctica, the first time anyone traversed the continent alone.

In 2002, in another anti-terrorist step ordered by Congress, U.S. airlines began inspecting every piece of luggage checked by passengers.

In 2003, protesters nationwide demonstrated in opposition to possible war in Iraq.

In 2004, at least 23 people were reported killed when a car bomb exploded in Baghdad.

In 2005, a man who threatened to blow up his van one block from the White House surrendered without incident after a lengthy standoff with police in what turned out to be a child-custody dispute.

In 2006, bodies of 36 Iraqis were found in mass graves in two towns north of Baghdad. Officials said many of the victims were police recruits.

A thought for the day: it was Jeff Pesis who defined hardware as "the parts of a computer that can be kicked."

Faust · 01-19-2007, 09:30 AM

On this date in history

Today is Friday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2007 with 346 to follow.

The moon is new. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. They include Scottish engineer James Watt, inventor of the steam engine, in 1736; Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1807; American short story writer and poet Edgar Allan Poe in 1809; English metallurgist Henry Bessemer in 1813; French post-Impressionist painter Paul Cezanne in 1839; Ebony magazine founder John H. Johnson in 1918; former U.N. Secretary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar in 1920 (age 87); actress Jean Stapleton in 1923 (age 84); actor Fritz Weaver in 1926 (age 81); television newscaster Robert MacNeil in 1931 (age 76); singer Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers in 1939 (age 68); actress Shelley Fabares in 1944 (age 63): singers Janis Joplin in 1943 and Dolly Parton in 1946 (age 61); and singer/actors Michael Crawford in 1942 (age 65) and Desi Arnaz Jr. in 1953 (age 54).

On this date in history:

In 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union.

In 1938, the Spanish Nationalist air force bombed Barcelona and Valencia, killing 700 civilians and wounding hundreds more.

In 1975, China published a new constitution that adopted the precepts and policies of Mao Zedong.

In 1977, U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who had been convicted of treason for her World War II Japanese propaganda broadcasts as Tokyo Rose.

Also in 1993, as a TV crew filmed a graveside interview in North Lauderdale, Fla., the father of a teenage suicide victim suddenly shot and killed his ex-wife, whom he blamed for their daughter's death.

In 1994, ice skater Tonya Harding's former husband, Jeff Gillooly, was arrested and charged with conspiracy in the attack two weeks earlier on Harding rival Nancy Kerrigan.

In 1995, Russian forces captured the presidential palace in the rebel republic of Chechnya.

In 1999, NATO warned Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic that he must honor the 1998 cease-fire negotiated with the rebels in Kosovo or face airstrikes.

In 2001, U.S. President Bill Clinton announced he had made a deal with the independent prosecutor that would prevent him from being indicted after he left office.

In 2003, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said the Bush administration might allow Saddam Hussein to seek safe haven in another country as a way to avoid war.

In 2004, U.S. military authorities denied Afghan claims that a U.S. helicopter attack killed 11 civilians, including four children, saying instead that five Taliban fighters were the only fatalities.

In 2005, the Southeast Asian tsunami death toll was raised to 220,000, including more than 166,000 killed in Indonesia.

Also in 2005, the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 16-2 to approve the nomination of Condoleezza Rice as secretary of State.

And, five suicide car bomb attacks killed 26 people in and around Baghdad, targeting local and foreign security forces.

In 2006, monitors for the Dec. 15 Iraq parliamentary elections validated the vote despite reports of "irregularities."

Also in 2006, a broadcast message, ostensibly from Osama bin Laden, issued another warning of future attacks on the United States but this time offered a possible "truce."

A thought for the day: In "As You Like It," William Shakespeare wrote:

"All the world's a stage,

"And all the men and women merely players.

"They have their exits and their entrances,

"And one man in his time plays many parts,

"His acts being seven ages."

Faust · 01-20-2007, 11:20 AM

On this date in history

Today is Saturday, Jan. 20, the 20th day of 2007 with 345 to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Ken ( AKA Quarterbore) Administrator, ts4ms ; Karen G- ts4ms ; linzell - ts3ms
Harold Gray, creator of the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie," in 1894; comedian George Burns in 1896; Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1906; Italian film director Federico Fellini and actor DeForest Kelley, both in 1920; country singer Otis "Slim" Whitman in 1924 (age 83); actress Patricia Neal in 1926 (age 81); astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the moon, in 1930 (age 77); comic Arte Johnson in 1929 (age 78); director David Lynch in 1946 (age 61); TV host Bill Maher ("Politically Incorrect") in 1956 (age 51); and actor Lorenzo Lamas in 1958 (age 49).

On this date in history:

In 1265, Britain's House of Commons, which became a model for parliamentary bodies, met for the first time.

In 1783, U.S. and British representatives signed a preliminary "Cessation of Hostilities," which ended the fighting in the Revolutionary War.

In 1892, the first officially recognized basketball game was played at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Mass.

In 1945, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the only president to be elected to four terms in office, was inaugurated to his final term. He died three months later and was succeeded by his vice president, Harry Truman.

In 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy began his presidency with inauguration ceremonies on the newly renovated east front of the Capitol.

In 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States. That same day, 52 American hostages were released by Iran after 444 days in captivity.

In 1990, at least 62 civilians were killed and more than 200 wounded when the Soviet army stormed into Baku to end what Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev called fratricidal killing between Muslim Azerbaijanis and Christian Armenians.

In 1993, Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd president of the United States.

Also in 1993, Oscar-winning actress Audrey Hepburn died of cancer at her home in Switzerland. She was 63.

In 1995, the United States announced it was easing the trade embargo in effect against North Korea since the Korean War.

Also in 1995, a strike-shortened National Hockey League season opened with teams playing a 48-game schedule instead of the usual 84.

In 1996, Yasser Arafat was elected president of the Palestinian Authority with 88 percent of the vote.

In 1997, U.S. President Bill Clinton was inaugurated for his second term in office.

Also in 1997, millionaire Steve Fossett landed in northern India after a record-setting bid to become the first person to circle the globe in a hot-air balloon.

In 2000, U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., warned the U.N. Security Council that the United States would withdraw from the world body if it failed to respect U.S. sovereignty.

In 2001, George W. Bush was inaugurated as the 43rd president of the United States.

Also in 2001, just hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton issued 176 pardons -- a number of them controversial.

In 2003, Britain said it was sending 26,000 troops to the Persian Gulf for possible deployment to Iraq but France said it would not support a U.N. resolution for military action.

In 2004, U.S. President George W. Bush, in his State of the Union address, warned that the threat of more terrorist attacks was still very real.

In 2005, George W. Bush was sworn in for his second term as U.S. president.

In 2006, official results gave Muslim Shiites 128 seats in Iraq's parliamentary elections to lead all parties but fell 10 seats short of a majority.

Also in 2006, Lawrence Franklin, a former U.S. State Department analyst and Iran expert, was sentenced to 12 years for passing classified information to Israel and two pro-Israeli lobbyists.

A thought for the day: Henry David Thoreau wrote, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."

Faust · 01-21-2007, 10:41 AM

On this date in history

Today is Sunday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2007 with 344 to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include (deede – ts4ms); soldier and Vermont folk hero Ethan Allen in 1738; explorer and historian John Fremont in 1813; Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson in 1824; firearms designer John Browning in 1855; Roger Nash Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, in 1884; fashion designer Christian Dior in 1905; actors Paul Scofield in 1922 (age 85) and Telly Savalas in 1924; comedian Benny Hill in 1924; famed DJ Robert "Wolfman Jack" Smith in 1938; golfer Jack Nicklaus in 1940 (age 67); opera star Placido Domingo in 1941 (age 66); singers Mac Davis in 1942 (age 65) and Billy Ocean in 1950 (age 57); and actors Jill Eikenberry in 1947 (age 60), Robby Benson in 1955 (age 52) and Geena Davis in 1957 (age 50).

On this date in history:

In 1792, French King Louis XVI was executed in Paris.

In 1861, Mississippi Sen. Jefferson Davis resigned from the U.S. Senate, 12 days before Mississippi seceded from the Union. He was later president of the Confederate State of America.

In 1924, Vladimir Lenin, architect of the Bolshevik Revolution and the first leader of the Soviet Union, died of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 54.

In 1954, the world's first atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, was launched at Groton, Conn.

In 1976, the supersonic Concorde airplane was put into service by Britain and France.

In 1977, U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardoned American Vietnam War-era draft evaders and ordered a case-by-case study of deserters.

In 1991, Iraq announced that it would use hostages as human shields against allied warplanes.

In 1997, the full U.S. House of Representatives voted 395-28 to reprimand Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., for violating House rules and misleading congressional investigators looking into his possible misuse of tax-exempt donations for political purposes.

Also in 1997, in the face of continuing reports of legally dubious fund-raising practices, the Democratic National Committee announced it would no longer take donations from foreign nationals or from U.S. subsidiaries of foreign companies.

In 1998, allegations of U.S. President Bill Clinton's affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky became public when newspapers reported the story.

Also in 1998, Pope John Paul II arrived in Havana for his first visit to Cuba.

In 1999, the brother of former Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was convicted of masterminding the 1994 shooting death of a ruling party official.

In 2000, a military junta seized power in Ecuador. The next day, following expressions of international concern, the junta leaders turned the government over to the country's vice president.

In 2003, the U.S. Census Bureau said Hispanics had moved past African-Americans as the largest minority group in the United States.

In 2004, a U.S. scientist who had toured North Korea nuclear facilities told the U.S. Congress there was evidence they could produce enriched plutonium.

Also in 2004, China ushered in the year of the monkey, a positive sign in Chinese astrology for business and growth.

In 2005, Iraq officials said $300 million was taken from Baghdad's central bank and flown to Lebanon. Its whereabouts was unknown.

Also in 2005, a Muslim holy day was marred by a series of bombings in Iraq that claimed as many as 30 lives. In one incident, an ambulance drove into a wedding party south of Baghdad and blew up, killing as many as 12 people.

In 2006, a Harris poll said the U.S. public was about equally split on the issue of wiretapping United States citizens without court authorization. The tally is 42 percent for it and 45 percent against the practice.

A thought for the day: Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

Faust · 01-22-2007, 10:16 AM

On this date in history

Today is Monday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2007 with 343 to follow.

The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Aquarius. They include Russian Czar Ivan III, known as Ivan the Great, in 1440; English philosopher and statesman Francis Bacon in 1561; French physicist Andre Ampere in 1775; British poet George Byron in 1788; D.W. Griffith, legendary silent film director ("Birth of a Nation"), in 1875; U.N. Secretary-General U Thant in 1909; actresses Ann Sothern in 1909 and Piper Laurie in 1932 (age 75); actor Bill Bixby in 1934; soul singer Sam Cooke in 1935; author Joseph Wambaugh in 1937 (age 70); actor John Hurt in 1940 (age 67); Journey lead singer Steve Perry in 1949 (age 58); and actors Linda Blair ("The Exorcist") in 1959 (age 48); Olivia D'Abo in 1969 (age 38) and Balthazar Getty in 1975 (age 32).

On this date in history:

In 1771, Spain ceded the Falkland Islands to Britain.

In 1901, Queen Victoria of Britain died at age 82 after a reign of 64 years.

In 1943, U.S. and Australian troops took New Guinea in the first land victory over the Japanese in World War II.

In 1944, U.S. troops invaded Italy, landing at Anzio beach in a move to outflank German defensive positions.

In 1973, in the Roe vs. Wade decision, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down state laws restricting abortions during the first six months of pregnancy.

In 1985, a cold wave damaged 90 percent of the Florida citrus crop.

In 1987, Glen Tremml, 27, pedaled the ultralight aircraft Eagle over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for a human-powered flight record of 37.2 miles.

In 1991, Iraq launched a Scud missile attack against Israel, injuring 98 people. Three others died of heart attacks.

In 1995, two Palestinians killed 18 Israeli soldiers, a civilian and themselves in a bombing outside a military camp in central Israel.

In 1996, Costas Simitis was chosen to be prime minister of Greece. His predecessor, Andreas Papandreou, had stepped down due to ill health.

In 1998, accused bomber Ted Kaczynski pleaded guilty to all counts against him in California and New Jersey. He was sentenced to life in prison on May 4.

In 2003, the U.S. Senate approved the nomination of former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to be the first secretary of Homeland Security by a 94-0 vote.

Also in 2003, snowboard pioneer Craig Kelly died in a British Columbia avalanche.

In 2004, Enron's former chief accounting officer pleaded innocent to charges of securities fraud and conspiracy.

In 2005, the Indian navy in New Delhi reported finding a tsunami victim 25 days after he had been sucked into the sea and tossed onto a small island where he survived on coconuts until rescued.

In 2006, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said his country was prepared to "defend itself" if Iran did not halt its nuclear research program.

Also in 2006, more than 100,000 passengers were reported stranded by heavy snow that paralyzed part of China's railway network for 24 hours.

A thought for the day: Linus Pauling said, "The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas."

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