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TODAY'S ALMANAC- Friday Dec 22, 2006
"The History, Days and Events that Shape Your Life"
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James Dewar has been quoted as saying, "Minds
are like parachutes. They only function when
they are open."
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Today is Friday, Dec. 22, the 356th day of 2006 with nine to
follow. And only a couple till Christmas. Which reminds me
there will be no issue on Mon 12/25. But I will send you
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Hope you all have a safe and Happy Holiday.
The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Mercury, Mars,
Pluto, Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus,
Uranus and Neptune.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn are:
opera composer Giacomo Puccini in 1858;
Philadelphia A's Manager Connie Mack, the "Dean of Baseball,"
in 1862;
former first lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson in 1912 (age 94);
TV game show host Gene Rayburn in 1917;
actress Barbara Billingsley in 1922 (age 84);
actor Hector Elizondo in 1936 (age 70);
TV journalist Diane Sawyer in 1945 (age 61);
Robin Gibb (age 57) and twin brother Maurice Gibb in 1949,
members of the Bee Gees pop group;
and actor Ralph Fiennes in 1962 (age 44)
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On this date in history:
In 1785, the American Continental Navy fleet was organized,
consisting of two frigates, two brigs and three schooners.
Sailors were paid $8 a month.
In 1864, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln this message: "I beg to present you as a
Christmas present the city of Savannah."
In 1894, French Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason
by a military court-martial on flimsy evidence in a highly
irregular trial and sentenced to life in prison for his
alleged crime of passing military secrets to the Germans.
In 1944, ordered to surrender by Nazi troops who had his
unit trapped during the Battle of the Bulge, Gen. Anthony
McAuliffe of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division replied with
one word: "Nuts!"
In 1956, the first gorilla to be born in captivity arrived
into the world at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio.
In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly chose Austrian diplomat
Kurt Waldheim to lead the United Nations.
In 1972, 5,000 people died when a series of earthquakes
left the Nicaraguan capital of Managua in ruins.
In 1984, "subway vigilante" Bernard Goetz shot and wounded
four would-be hold-up men on a New York City subway. He
ended up serving eight months in prison for carrying an
illegal weapon but was cleared of assault and attempted
murder charges.
In 1986, political dissident and Nobel laureate Andrei
Sakharov and his wife, Yelena Bonner, were allowed to
return to Moscow after seven years of internal exile.
In 1989, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu, the last
hard-line communist holdout against East Bloc reforms,
fell from power in the face of continuing massive
demonstrations.
In 1992, all 158 people aboard a Libyan Boeing 727 died
when the jetliner crashed, apparently following an in-air
collision with a military plane.
In 1993, the daughter of Cuban President Fidel Castro was
granted political asylum in the United States.
Also in 1993, South Africa's Parliament gave a strong
endorsement to an interim constitution that ended
centuries of white-minority rule.
In 1994, North Korea released the body of the slain U.S.
helicopter pilot it had shot down five days earlier.
Also in 1994, Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
resigned after seven months in office, following
corruption charges against him.
In 1996, the hostage standoff at the Japanese Embassy
in Lima, Peru, continued, although 200 hostages were
released.
In 1997, members of a pro-government militia attacked
the village of Chenalh, Mexico, killing 45 people,
including a number of children.
In 2001, American Airlines passengers and attendants
overpowered a man trying to light a match to detonate
powerful explosives hidden in his sneakers on a flight
from Paris to Miami.
In 2003, the White House urged Americans to be vigilant
over the holidays but not to curtail travel or other
plans because of the high-risk terrorist threat.
In 2004, 13 U.S. soldiers and nine others were killed
in a suicide bomber attack on a U.S. military dining
hall near Mosul, Iraq.
Also in 2004, the White House was reported to be
seeking an investigation into allegations of widespread
abuse of prisoners by the U.S. military.
In 2005, Wal-Mart was ordered to pay more than 100,000
California employees $172 million for depriving them
of breaks to eat.
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