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TODAY'S ALMANAC- Wednesday Jan 17, 2007
"The History, Days and Events that Shape Your Life"
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*------------ Thought of the Day ---------------*
St. Augustine asked, "What, then, is time?
I know well enough what it is, provided that
nobody asks me; but if I am asked what it is
and try to explain, I am baffled."
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Today is Wednesday, Jan. 17, the 17th day of 2007 with 348
to follow. 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:
American statesman, scientist and author Benjamin Franklin in 1706;
British statesman David Lloyd George in 1863;
Mack Sennett, director of slapstick silent films, in 1880;
gangster Al Capone in 1899;
English novelist Nevil Shute in 1899;
actors Betty White in 1922 (age 85);
singer Eartha Kitt in 1927 (age 80);
actors James Earl Jones in 1931 (age 76)
and Sheree North in 1933;
puppeteer Shari Lewis in 1933;
talk show host Maury Povich in 1939 (age 68);
champion heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali in 1942 (age 65);
comedian Andy Kaufman in 1949;
and comic actor Jim Carrey in 1962 (age 45).
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On this date in history:
In 1806, the first baby was born in the White House, the
grandson of President Thomas Jefferson.
In 1871, Andrew Hallikie received a patent for a cable car
system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873.
In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was deposed in a
bloodless revolution and a provisional government established,
with annexation by the United States as its aim.
In 1917, the United States bought 50 of the Virgin Islands
in the West Indies from Denmark for $25 million.
In 1950, nine bandits staged a $1.5 million robbery of a
Brink's armored car in Boston.
In 1966, a U.S. B52 bomber carrying four hydrogen bombs
collided with its refueling plane over Palomares, Spain,
scattering radioactive plutonium over the area.
In 1977, convicted killer Gary Gilmore was executed by
firing squad in Utah, the first execution since the U.S.
Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty the previous year.
In 1987, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a secret order
permitting the covert sale of arms to Iran.
In 1990, a study concluded it is not oat bran itself but
the substitution of oat bran or other foods for high-fat
foods that cuts blood cholesterol.
In 1991, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 114.60,
the second highest one-day point-gain to that point.
Also in 1991, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported
that Florida dentist David Acer had infected three patients
with the AIDS virus.
In 1993, U.S. missiles attacked an Iraqi nuclear weapons
facility outside Baghdad in an effort to destroy Saddam
Hussein's ability to build weapons of mass destruction.
In 1994, a pre-dawn earthquake struck the Los Angeles
area, claiming 61 lives and causing widespread damage.
In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and
the surrounding area, killing more than 5,000 people.
In 1996, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life
in prison and 16 others were also sentenced to jail for
plotting to bomb the United Nations.
In 1998, U.S. President Bill Clinton denied in a sworn
deposition that he had an affair with former White House
intern Monica Lewinsky.
In 2000, almost 50,000 people marched in Columbia, S.C.,
to protest the flying of the Confederate battle flag
over the state Capitol.
In 2001, parts of California were plunged into darkness
after utility companies failed to deliver enough
electrical power. The rolling blackouts affected as
many as 2 million people.
In 2002, the U.S. Justice Department began an
international manhunt for five suspected al-Qaida
members believed to be plotting a new suicide attack.
Also in 2002, the volcano on Mount Nyiragongo, near
the town of Goma in the eastern part of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, erupted, causing at least 45 deaths
and leaving an estimated 55,000 people homeless.
In 2004, authorities placed the U.S. military death
toll in Iraq at 500, including 346 in combat.
In 2005, Chinese state-run media confirmed that Zhao
Ziyang, the former premier who fell from power during
the 1989 Democracy Movement that resulted in the
Tiananmen massacre, had died at 85.
Also in 2005, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and
the Palestine Liberation Organization ordered
militants to stop launching attacks on Israel.
In 2006, Baghdad kidnappers of U.S. journalist Jill
Carroll threatened to kill her unless the United
States freed all Iraqi women prisoners within 72 hours.
Also in 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Oregon's
assisted suicide law by a 6-3 vote. It allows doctors
to help mentally competent terminally ill patients end
their lives.
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