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TODAY'S ALMANAC- Tuesday Jan 16, 2007
"The History, Days and Events that Shape Your Life"
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 16, the 16th day of 2007 with 349
to go. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars,
Jupiter and Saturn. The evening stars are Venus, Mercury,
Uranus and Neptune.
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Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn are:
German philosopher Franz Brentano in 1838;
Andre Michelin, the French industrialist who first
mass-produced rubber automobile tires, in 1853;
Canadian poet Robert Service in 1874;
Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1901;
singer Ethel Merman in 1909;
baseball pitcher Jay "Dizzy" Dean in 1910;
opera singer Marilyn Horne in 1934 (age 73);
race car driver A.J. Foyt in 1935 (age 72);
country singer Ronnie Milsap in 1944 (age 63);
director John Carpenter in 1948 (age 59);
choreographer, actress and director Debbie Allen in 1950 (57);
and actor David Chokachi ("Baywatch") in 1968 (age 39).
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On this date in history:
In 1883, the U.S. Congress passed a bill creating the civil
service.
In 1919, the United States went legally "dry" as prohibition
of alcoholic beverages took effect under the 18th amendment
to the Constitution. The amendment was repealed in 1933.
In 1925, Leon Trotsky was dismissed as chairman of the
Russian Revolution Military Council.
In 1942, screen star Carole Lombard, her mother and 20 other
people were killed in a plane crash near Las Vegas. Lombard
was the wife of actor Clark Gable.
In 1944, U.S. Army Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arrived in London
to assume command of the Supreme Headquarters Allied
Expeditionary Forces in Europe.
In 1984, U.S. President Ronald Reagan called for "peaceful
competition" with Moscow. He authorized research and
development on space-age weapons capable of destroying
incoming nuclear missiles, the program known as "Star Wars."
In 1986, Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi said Libya would
train, arm and protect Arab guerrillas for Palestinian
"suicide and terrorist missions," his first explicit
endorsement of terrorism.
In 1987, China's No. 2 leader, Hu Yaobang, 71, was forced
to resign as Communist Party chief for failing to curb
student demonstrations for more democracy.
In 1990, Moscow rushed 11,000 more troops to Azerbaijan
and Armenia to reinforce soldiers trying to quell ethnic
violence.
In 1991, the Persian Gulf War began with the allied
bombing of Baghdad.
In 1993, Windsor Castle was reopened just two months
after a fire swept through the British landmark.
In 1994, at a Geneva news conference with U.S. President
Bill Clinton, Syrian President Hafez Assad indicated a
willingness to negotiate a peace treaty with Israel.
In 1997, a bomb exploded at an Atlanta building housing
an abortion clinic. An hour later, after investigators
and others had come to the scene, a second bomb went off,
injuring six people.
Also in 1997, Ennis Cosby, the son of entertainer Bill
Cosby, was shot to death while changing a tire on a
freeway exit ramp in Los Angeles.
In 1998, investigators for special counsel Kenneth
Starr questioned former White House intern Monica
Lewinsky about allegations that she had an affair
with U.S. President Bill Clinton.
In 2000, British drug maker Glaxo Wellcome agreed to
buy SmithKline Beecham for $76 billion, creating the
world's largest pharmaceutical company.
In 2001, President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic
Republic of the Congo was shot to death, reportedly by
one of his bodyguards, who in turn was killed by other
bodyguards.
In 2005, U.S. President George W. Bush said his
re-election was a ratification of what he did in Iraq
and there was no reason to hold any administration
official accountable.
In 2006, International Atomic Energy Agency officials
said Iran's newly restarted nuclear program could
enable the country to have nuclear weapons within
three years.
Also in 2006, a suicide attack at a Kandahar wrestling
match killed 22 civilians, reportedly the highest toll
so far in the Afghan conflict.
And, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore called for an
independent counsel to investigate what he called U.S.
President George Bush's illegal domestic surveillance
program.
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