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Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - Dec. 4th
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2000 15:39:00 EST
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Today is Monday, December fourth, the 339th day of 2000.
There are 27 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On December fourth, 1996, the Mars Pathfinder lifted off
from Cape Canaveral and began speeding toward Mars on a
successful 310 million-mile odyssey to explore the Red
Planet's surface.
On this date:
In 1783, General George Washington bade farewell to his
officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
In 1816, James Monroe of Virginia was elected the fifth
president of the United States.
In 1839, the Whig Party opened a national convention in
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, during which delegates nominated
William Henry Harrison for president.
In 1918, President Wilson set sail for France to attend the
Versailles Peace Conference.
In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered the dismantling of the
Works Progress Administration, which had been created to
provide jobs during the Depression.
In 1942, US bombers struck the Italian mainland for the
first time in World War Two.
In 1945, the Senate approved US participation in the United
Nations.
In 1965, the United States launched "Gemini Seven" with Air
Force Lieutenant Colonel Frank Borman and Navy Commander
James A. Lovell aboard.
In 1978, San Francisco got its first female mayor as City
Supervisor Dianne Feinstein was named to replace the
assassinated George Moscone.
In 1980, the bodies of four American churchwomen slain in El
Salvador two days earlier were unearthed. (Five national
guardsmen were later convicted of murdering nuns Ita Ford,
Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and lay worker Jean
Donovan.)
Ten years ago: Iraq promised to release 3300 Soviet citizens
it was holding. President Bush, on a five-nation South
American tour, said in Uruguay he was not convinced that
"sanctions alone" would bring Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
"to his senses" about invading Kuwait.
Five years ago: In a near-freezing drizzle, the first NATO
troops landed in the Balkans to begin setting up a peace
mission that brought American soldiers into the middle of
the Bosnian conflict.
One year ago: NASA scientists continued to wait in vain for
a signal from the Mars Polar Lander, raising questions about
the whereabouts of NASA's $165 million probe. (It's believed
the spacecraft was destroyed after it plunged toward the Red
Planet.)
Today's Birthdays:
Actress-singer Deanna Durbin is 79.
Game show host Wink Martindale is 66.
Actor-producer Max Baer Junior is 63.
Singer-musician Chris Hillman is 58.
Rock musician Bob Mosley (Moby Grape) is 58.
Rock singer Southside Johnny Lyon is 52.
Actor Jeff Bridges is 51.
Rock musician Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd; the
Rossington Collins Band) is 49.
Actress Patricia Wettig is 49.
Jazz singer Cassandra Wilson is 45.
Country musician Brian Prout (Diamond Rio) is 45.
Rock musician Bob Griffin (The BoDeans) is 41.
Rock singer Vinnie Dombroski (Sponge) is 38.
Actress Marisa Tomei is 36.
Actress Chelsea Noble is 36.
Actress-model Tyra Banks is 27.
Country singer Lila McCann is 19.
Actor Orlando Brown is 13.
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