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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - Jan 23rd.
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 05:25:42 -0500


Today is Sunday, January 23rd, the 23rd day of 2000.
There are 343 days left in the year.

Today is Lois Guffy's Birthday (don't think she is subscribed anymore
tho.)

Today's Highlight in History:
On January 23rd, 1968, North Korea seized the US Navy ship "Pueblo"
charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was
released eleven months later.)

On this date:
In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day
Washington DC.

In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.

In 1849, English-born Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in
America to receive a Doctor of Medicine degree, from the Medical
Institution of Geneva, New York.

In 1920, the Dutch government refused demands from the victorious
Allies to hand over the ex-kaiser of Germany.

In 1932, New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his
candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.

In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution proclaiming
Jerusalem the capital of Israel.

In 1964, the 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll
tax in federal elections, was ratified.

In 1973, President Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end
the Vietnam War.

In 1985, debate in Britain's House of Lords was carried on live
television for the first time.

In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in his native Spain at
age 84.

Ten years ago: The 101st Congress convened its second session, facing
an agenda that included clean air legislation and deficit reduction.

Five years ago: The Supreme Court ruled that companies accused of
illegally firing employees could not escape liability by later finding
a lawful reason to justify the dismissal.

One year ago: A federal judge ordered Monica Lewinsky to submit to an
interview sought by House prosecutors in President Clinton's
impeachment trial. During his visit to Mexico, Pope John Paul the
Second urged his flock in the Americas to make the region a "continent
of life."

Today's Birthdays:
Historian Joseph Nathan Kane is 101.
Actress Jeanne Moreau is 72.
Actress Chita Rivera is 67.
Actor-director Lou Antonio is 66.
Country singer Johnny Russell is 60.
Actor Gil Gerard is 57.
Actor Rutger Hauer is 56.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 56.
Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper is 53.
Singer Anita Pointer is 52.
Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 50.
Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 50.
Rock singer-musician Patrick Simmons (The Doobie Brothers) is 50.
Rock musician Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band)
is 50.
Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 47.
Princess Caroline of Monaco is 43.
Singer Anita Baker is 42.
Actress Mariska Hargitay ("Law & Order: Special Victims Unit") is 36.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 29.
Actress Tiffani-Amber Thiessen is 26.

Thought for Today:

"Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you
remember."
-- Oscar Levant, pianist-composer-actor (1906-1972).

(Copyright 2000 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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