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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] Today in History - Feb. 4th
Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 11:02:38 -0500


Today is Sunday, February fourth, the 35th day of 2001.
There are 330 days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On February fourth, 2000, Former House Speaker Carl Albert died in
McAlester, Oklahoma, at age 91.

On this date:
In 1783, Britain declared a formal cessation of hostilities with its former
colonies, the United States of America.

In 1789, electors unanimously chose George Washington to be the first
president of the United States.

1801, John Marshall was sworn in as chief justice of the United States.

In 1861, delegates from six southern states met in Montgomery, Alabama, to
form the Confederate States of America.

In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) came into existence.

In 1945, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and
Soviet leader Josef Stalin began a wartime conference at Yalta.

In 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was kidnapped in Berkeley,
California, by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

In 1976, more than 22,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck
Guatemala and Honduras.

In 1980, Abolhassan Bani-Sadr was installed as president of Iran by
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

In 1997, a civil jury in Santa Monica, California, found O.J. Simpson liable
for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald
Goldman.

In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and
killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police
officers.

Ten years ago: Iranian President Hashemi Rafsanjani offered to hold talks
with Iraq and the United States in an attempt to mediate an end to the Gulf
War.
President Bush sent Congress a $1.45 trillion budget for fiscal 1992
containing a deficit of $280.9 billion.

Five years ago: Twenty-four people were killed when a Colombian cargo plane
in Paraguay caught fire shortly after takeoff and crashed into a suburban
neighborhood.
Secretary of State Warren Christopher concluded a three-nation visit to the
Balkans as he met in Belgrade with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.

One year ago: Austrian President Thomas Klestil swore in a coalition
government that included Joerg Haider's far-right Freedom Party, a
development which triggered European Union sanctions.
Singer Doris Kenner-Jackson of the Shirelles died in Goldsboro, North
Carolina, at age 58.

Today's Birthdays:
Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks is 88.
Feminist author Betty Friedan is 80.
Actor Conrad Bain is 78.
Actor Gary Conway is 65.
Movie director George Romero is 61.
Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 57.
Comedian David Brenner is 56.
Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 54.
Rock singer Alice Cooper is 53.
Actor Michael Beck is 52.
Actress Pamela Franklin is 51.
Actress Lisa Eichorn is 49.
Rock musician Henry Bogdan (Helmet) is 40.
Country singer Clint Black is 39.
Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 35.
Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 31.
Singer Natalie Imbruglia is 26.



"La vida es duda, y la fe sin la duda es solo muerte." (Life is doubt, and
faith without doubt is nothing but death.)

-- Miguel de Unamuno, Spanish philosopher (1864-1936).


(Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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