Today is Monday, Nov. 24, the 328th day of 2003
with 37 to follow.
Those born on this date include Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza in 1632; British novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne in 1718; Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, in 1784; gambler, frontier lawman and sports writer William "Bat" Masterson in 1853; painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in 1864; ragtime composer Scott Joplin in 1868; lecturer and author Dale Carnegie in 1888; pianist Teddy Wilson in 1912; actress Geraldine Fitzgerald in 1913 (age 89); columnist William F. Buckley, in 1925 (age 78); former Bush administration spokesman Marlin Fitzwater in 1942 (age 61); and actors Dwight Schultz in 1947 (age 56) and Stanley Livingston in 1950 (age 53).
On this date in history:
In 1863, Union Gen. U.S. Grant launched the Battle of Chattanooga in Tennessee.
In 1869, women from 21 states met in Cleveland to organize the American Women Suffrage Association.
In 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which made the farming of the Great Plains possible.
In 1963, accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was fatally shot by Jack Ruby in a Dallas jail.
In 1971, a middle-aged man whose ticket was made out to "D.B. Cooper" hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle. Somewhere south of Seattle, he parachuted from the plane with the $200,000 in ransom he'd collected from the airline and was never heard from again.
In 1985, Arab commandos forced an Egypt Air jetliner to Malta and began shooting passengers, fatally wounding two. Fifty-seven other people died when Egyptian commandos stormed the jet.
In 1989, Czech reform politician Alexander Dubcek made his first public appearance in Prague since the Soviet invasion of 1968.
In 1993, the Brady bill handgun-control legislation cleared Congress. President Clinton signed it into law on Nov. 30, 1993.
In 1995, Irish voters passed a referendum removing the constitutional ban on divorce.
On this date in 2001, the successful cloning of 24 cows was reported by a team of scientists in Worcester, Mass.
In 2002, suspected Islamic terrorists stormed a famous Hindu temple in Kashmir, India, killing seven people and wounding 30 others.
A thought for the day: Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza said, "Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
(c) Copyright 2003 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
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Classic Quotes
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"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech, April 2, 1957
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"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'"
Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993)
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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there."
Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), 1958
Those born on this date include Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza in 1632; British novelist and clergyman Laurence Sterne in 1718; Zachary Taylor, 12th president of the United States, in 1784; gambler, frontier lawman and sports writer William "Bat" Masterson in 1853; painter Henri Toulouse-Lautrec in 1864; ragtime composer Scott Joplin in 1868; lecturer and author Dale Carnegie in 1888; pianist Teddy Wilson in 1912; actress Geraldine Fitzgerald in 1913 (age 89); columnist William F. Buckley, in 1925 (age 78); former Bush administration spokesman Marlin Fitzwater in 1942 (age 61); and actors Dwight Schultz in 1947 (age 56) and Stanley Livingston in 1950 (age 53).
On this date in history:
In 1863, Union Gen. U.S. Grant launched the Battle of Chattanooga in Tennessee.
In 1869, women from 21 states met in Cleveland to organize the American Women Suffrage Association.
In 1874, Joseph Glidden received a patent for barbed wire, which made the farming of the Great Plains possible.
In 1963, accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald was fatally shot by Jack Ruby in a Dallas jail.
In 1971, a middle-aged man whose ticket was made out to "D.B. Cooper" hijacked a Northwest Airlines flight from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle. Somewhere south of Seattle, he parachuted from the plane with the $200,000 in ransom he'd collected from the airline and was never heard from again.
In 1985, Arab commandos forced an Egypt Air jetliner to Malta and began shooting passengers, fatally wounding two. Fifty-seven other people died when Egyptian commandos stormed the jet.
In 1989, Czech reform politician Alexander Dubcek made his first public appearance in Prague since the Soviet invasion of 1968.
In 1993, the Brady bill handgun-control legislation cleared Congress. President Clinton signed it into law on Nov. 30, 1993.
In 1995, Irish voters passed a referendum removing the constitutional ban on divorce.
On this date in 2001, the successful cloning of 24 cows was reported by a team of scientists in Worcester, Mass.
In 2002, suspected Islamic terrorists stormed a famous Hindu temple in Kashmir, India, killing seven people and wounding 30 others.
A thought for the day: Dutch philosopher Benedictus de Spinoza said, "Peace is not an absence of war. It is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice."
(c) Copyright 2003 by United Press International. All rights reserved.
--------------------
Classic Quotes
--------------------
"We succeed only as we identify in life, or in war, or in anything else, a single overriding objective, and make all other considerations bend to that one objective."
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969), speech, April 2, 1957
--------------------
"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."
G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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"My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'"
Helen Hayes (1900 - 1993)
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"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it."
Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there."
Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989), 1958
Charles Mims
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