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From: Mary Minnich< >
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - Aug. 9th
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 1999 08:16:24 -0400


Today is Monday, August ninth, the 221st day of 1999.
There are 144 days left in the year.

TODAY IS FRED McINTYRE's BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRED!

Today's Highlight in History:
On August ninth, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima,
Japan, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki, killing an
estimated 74,000 people.

On this date:
In 1790, the "Columbia" returned to Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage,
becoming the first ship to carry the American flag around the world.

In 1842, the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing
the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

In 1848, the Free-Soil Party nominated Martin Van Buren for president at its
convention in Buffalo, New York.

In 1854, Henry David Thoreau published "Walden," which described his
experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts.

In 1902, Edward the Seventh was crowned king of England following the death
of his mother, Queen Victoria.

In 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the
United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.

In 1965, Singapore proclaimed its independence from the Malaysian
Federation.

In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally
murdered in Tate's Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group
of his disciples were later convicted of the crime.

In 1974, President Nixon resigned, following damaging revelations in the
Watergate scandal.

In 1988, President Reagan nominated Lauro Cavazos (kah-VAH'-zohs) to be
secretary of education; Cavazos became the first Hispanic to serve in the
Cabinet.

In 1995, Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, died in San
Francisco at age 53.

Ten years ago: Toshiki Kaifu was elected prime minister of Japan, succeeding
Sousuke Uno. In Mexico, a train fell into the San Rafael River after a
bridge collapsed, killing 112 people.

Five years ago: A divided Senate opened formal debate on legislation to
provide health insurance for millions of Americans without it.

One year ago: Americans, Kenyans and Tanzanians held church and memorial
services to mourn those killed in a pair of US embassy bombing attacks. In
China, engineers dynamited levees along the Yangtze River to ease the worst
floods in 44 years.

Today's Birthdays:
Former Georgia Senator Herman Talmadge is 86.
Former baseball manager Ralph Houk is 80.
Country singer-songwriter Merle Kilgore is 65.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Billy Henderson (The Spinners) is 60.
Jazz musician Jack DeJohnette is 57.
Comedian-director David Steinberg is 57.
Actor Sam Elliott is 55.
Boxing Hall-of-Famer Ken Norton is 54.
Singer Barbara Mason is 52.
Rock singer Benjamin Orr (The Cars) is 44.
Actress Melanie Griffith is 42.
Actress Amanda Bearse is 41.
Rapper Kurtis Blow is 40.
Singer Aimee Mann is 39.
Singer Whitney Houston is 36.
Actor Pat Petersen is 33.
Football player Deion Sanders is 32.
Actress Gillian Anderson is 31.
Rapper Mack 10 is 28.
Actress Liz Vassey is 27.

Thought for Today:

"The human heart dares not stay away too long from that which hurt it most.
There is a return journey to anguish that few of us are released from
making."
-- Lillian Smith, American writer-social critic (1897-1966).






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

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