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TODAY'S ALMANAC-Thursday Sep 14, 2006
"The History, Days and Events that Shape Your Life"
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*------------ Thought of the Day ---------------*
John Kenneth Galbraith wrote that when a big
corporation pays a big salary to a big boss, it's
"not a market award for achievement. It is
frequently in the nature of a warm personal
gesture by the individual to himself."
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Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2006 with 108
to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn
and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo include:
include Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov in 1849;
artist and illustrator Charles Dana Gibson, "Gibson Girl"
creator, in 1867;
Margaret Sanger, American pioneer leader in the birth control
movement, in 1879;
film director/producer Hal Wallis in 1899;
actor Clayton Moore, serial action star of the 1940s
who later played the Lone Ranger on television, in 1914,
Walter Koenig ("Star Trek") in 1936 (age 70),
Joey Heatherton in 1944 (age 62),
Sam Neill in 1947 (age 59),
Mary Crosby in 1959 (age 47)
and Faith Ford in 1964 (age 42).
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On this date in history:
In 1628, Salem, Mass., was founded.
In 1776, the British army entered New York City after
defeating the Americans, under Gen. George Washington, at
the Battle of Long Island.
In 1847, Mexico City was occupied by the U.S. Army.
In 1901, U.S. President William McKinley died of wounds
inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier. He was succeeded
by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.
In 1920, the first live radio dance music was broadcast,
carried by a Detroit station and featuring Paul Specht and
his orchestra. The idea caught on fast.
In 1959, the Soviet probe Lunik-2 became the first Earth-
launched space vehicle to land on the moon.
In 1963, the first surviving U.S. quintuplets were born in
Aberdeen, S.D., to Maryann and Andrew Fischer.
In 1962, Princess Grace of Monaco -- American film actress
Grace Kelly -- was killed when her car plunged off a
mountain road by the Cote D'Azur. She was 52.
In 1984, Joe Kittinger, 56, left Caribou, Maine, in a
10-story-tall helium balloon to make the first solo
trans-Atlantic balloon crossing. He reached the French
coast on the 17th and landed in Italy the next day.
In 1990, Iraqi soldiers stormed the French, Belgian and
Canadian diplomatic buildings in Kuwait and briefly detained
five diplomats, including a U.S. consul.
In 1991, the South African government, ANC, Inkatha Freedom
Party and 20 other anti-apartheid groups signed a peace
accord to end black factional violence.
In 1992, the U.S. Senate voted to repeal the so-called
"gag" rule prohibiting healthcare workers at federally
financed clinics from telling pregnant patients that
abortion is an option.
In 1996, the Bosnians elected a three-person collective
presidency: one Muslim, one Serb and one Croat.
In 1998, WorldCom purchased MCI in the third-largest
telecommunications merger in U.S. history.
In 2001, U.S. President George Bush proclaimed this to
be a day of national mourning and remembrance for those
killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. The FBI
meanwhile identified the hijackers and learned that
several had taken flying lessons in Florida.
In 2003, an estimated 124 people were reported dead or
missing after South Korea was struck by the most powerful
typhoon to hit the nation in a century.
Also in 2003, Swedish voters turned thumbs down on a
proposal to make the euro the national currency.
In 2004, a massive car bomb killed 47 people and injured
more than 100 others in Baghdad, catching mostly conscripts
seeking a job in the Iraqi police force. The many wounded
were reported gravely injured.
In 2005, 12 suicide bombings in Baghdad, aimed at Shiites
and believed to be carried out by Sunnis, killed 167
people and injured 600.
Also in 2005, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines,
the third and fourth largest U.S. air carriers, filed for
bankruptcy as the industry continued to reel under record
high jet fuel costs.
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