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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Today in History - Aug. 8th
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 1999 05:28:13 -0400


Today is Sunday, August eighth, the 220th day of 1999.
There are 145 days left in the year.

TODAY IS DIX's BIRTHDAY!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIX!

Today's Highlight in History:
On August eighth, 1974, President Nixon announced he would resign following
new damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.

On this date:
In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for St. Helena to spend the remainder
of his days in exile.

In 1876, Thomas A. Edison received a patent for his mimeograph.

In 1942, six convicted Nazi saboteurs who'd landed in the US were executed
in Washington DC; two others received life imprisonment.

In 1945, President Truman signed the United Nations Charter.

In 1945, the Soviet Union declared war against Japan during World War Two.

In 1953, the United States and South Korea initialed a mutual security pact.

In 1963, Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with
2.6 million pounds in banknotes.

In 1968, Richard M. Nixon was nominated for president at the Republican
national convention in Miami Beach.

In 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew branded as "damned lies" reports he
had taken kickbacks from government contracts in Maryland, and vowed not to
resign -- which he eventually did.

In 1978, the US launched "Pioneer Venus Two," which carried scientific
probes to study the atmosphere of Venus.

Ten years ago: The space shuttle "Columbia" blasted off from Cape Canaveral,
Florida, on a secret, five-day military mission.

Five years ago: Israel and Jordan opened the first road link between the two
once-warring countries.

One year ago: President Clinton, in his Saturday radio address, vowed the
bombers of two US embassies in Africa would be brought to justice, "no
matter how long it takes or where it takes us."

Today's Birthdays:
Jazz musician Benny Carter is 92.
Actress Rosetta LeNoire is 88.
Producer Dino DeLaurentiis is 80.
Actress Esther Williams is 76.
Actor Richard Anderson is 73.
Joan Mondale (wife of former Vice Pres. Walter F. Mondale) is 69.
Actress Nita Talbot is 69.
Singer Mel Tillis is 67.
Actor Dustin Hoffman is 62.
Actress Connie Stevens is 61.
Country singer Phil Balsley (The Statler Brothers) is 60.
Movie director Peter Weir is 55.
North Dakota Governor Edward T. Schafer is 53.
Actor Larry Wilcox is 52.
Actor Keith Carradine is 50.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Airrion Love (The Stylistics) is 50.
Country singer Jamie O'Hara is 49.
Movie director Martin Brest is 48.
Actor Donny Most is 46.
Rock musician Dennis Drew (10,000 Maniacs) is 42.
TV personality Deborah Norville is 41.
Actor-singer Harry Crosby is 41.
Rock musician The Edge (U2) is 38.
Rock musician Rikki Rockett (Poison) is 38.
Rapper Kool Moe Dee is 37.
Country singer Mark Wills is 26.
Singer JC Chasez ('N Sync) is 23.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Drew Lachey (98 Degrees) is 23.
Britain's Princess Beatrice Elizabeth Mary is eleven.

Thought for Today:

"Man adjusts to what he should not; he is unable to adjust to what he
should."
-- Jean Toomer, African-American author-poet (1894-1967).

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

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