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From: Debbie Cornejo <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE-L] Re: Today in History - Aug. 8th
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 04:25:04 -0700


HAPPY BIRTHDAY DIXS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PARTY TIME!!!!!!!!YAHOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
debs...

Mary Minnich wrote:

> 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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