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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - July 11th
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 05:24:45 -0400


Today is Sunday, July eleventh, the 192nd day of 1999.
There are 173 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History:
On July eleventh, 1798, the US Marine Corps was formally re-established by a
congressional act that also created the US Marine Band.

On this date:
In 1533, Pope Clement the Seventh excommunicated England's King Henry the
Eighth.

In 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was
born in Braintree, Massachusetts.

In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury
Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, New Jersey.

In 1864, Confederate forces led by General Jubal Early began an abortive
invasion of Washington DC, turning back the next day.

In 1934, President Roosevelt became the first chief executive to travel
through the Panama Canal.

In 1955, the US Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in
Colorado.

In 1974, the House Judiciary Committee released volumes of evidence it had
gathered in its Watergate inquiry.

In 1977, the Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Reverend
Martin Luther King Junior.

In 1978, 216 people were killed when a tanker truck overfilled with
propylene gas exploded on a coastal highway south of Tarragona, Spain.

In 1979, the abandoned US space station "Skylab" made a spectacular return
to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian
Ocean and Australia.

Ten years ago: Actor Laurence Olivier died at age 82. The American League
won the 60th All-Star Game, defeating the hational League 5-to-3 in Anaheim,
California.

Five years ago: Haiti's army-backed regime ordered the expulsion of
international human rights observers. President Clinton, on his first
official visit to Germany, urged his hosts to take on a stronger leadership
role in global affairs. Shawn Eckardt was sentenced in Portland, Oregon, to
one and a-half years in prison for his role in the attack on figure skater
Nancy Kerrigan.

One year ago: Air Force Lieutenant Michael Blassie, a casualty of the
Vietnam War, was laid to rest near his Missouri home, after the positive
identification of his remains, which had been enshrined at the Tomb of the
Unknowns in Arlington, Virginia.

Today's Birthdays:
Actress Brett Somers is 72.
Actor Tab Hunter is 68.
Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 52.
Singer Bonnie Pointer is 48.
Actor Stephen Lang is 47.
Boxer Leon Spinks is 46.
Actress Mindy Sterling is 46.
Actress Sela Ward is 43.
Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 42.
Singer Peter Murphy is 42.
Actor Mark Lester is 41.
Singer Suzanne Vega is 40.
Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 40.
Actress Debbe (correct) Dunning is 33.
Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 27.
Rapper Lil Kim is 24.

Thought for Today:

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your
temper or your self-confidence."

-- Robert Frost, American poet (1874-1963).

(Copyright 1999 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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