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ArcaMax History and Quotes for Charles
Friday January 2,
2004
Today is Friday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2004,
with 364 to follow.
Those born on this date
include Virginia patriot Nathaniel Bacon in 1647;
British Gen. James Wolfe, hero of the battle of Quebec
in 1727; fan dancer Sally Rand in 1904; author Isaac
Asimov in 1920; singer Julius La Rosa in 1930 (age 74)
and singer/songwriter Roger Miller in 1936; former
televangelist Jim Bakker in 1939 (age 65); actors Tia
Carrere in 1967 (age 37) and Cuba Gooding Jr. in 1968
(age 36; and model Christy Turlington in 1969 (age
35).
On this date in history:
In 1788,
Georgia ratified the Constitution, the fourth of the
original 13 colonies to do so, and was admitted to the
union.
In 1811, Sen. Timothy Pickering, a
Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first senator
to be censured after being accused of violating
congressional law by publicly revealing secret documents
communicated by the president to the Senate.
In
1942, Japanese forces occupied Manila, forcing U.S. and
Philippine forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to
withdraw to the Bataan peninsula.
In 1959, the
Soviet Union launched Lunik-1, the first unmanned
spacecraft to travel to the moon.
In 1974,
President Nixon signed a bill requiring states to limit
highway speeds to 55 mph or lose federal highway
funds.
In 1990, elite Soviet interior ministry
troops seized buildings in the Baltic republics of
Latvia and Lithuania.
Also in 1990, Britain's
most wanted terrorist suspect, Patrick Sheehy, was found
dead in the Republic of Ireland.
In 2001,
President George W. Bush nominated a Democrat to his
Cabinet, picking Norman Mineta, President Clinton's
commerce secretary, to head the Department of
Transportation.
In 2003, a general strike
crippled Venezuela and led to violence that claimed two
lives and wounded dozens in a Jan. 3 clash.
A
thought for the day: an anonymous saying is, "He who
dies with the most toys is, nonetheless, still
dead."
(c) Copyright 2004 by United Press
International. All rights
reserved.
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Classic
Quotes by Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719) English essayist,
poet, &
politician
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"A misery
is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but
from the temper of the
sufferer."
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"An
ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an
absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from
talking of his own dear
person."
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"If men
would consider not so much wherein they differ, as
wherein they agree, there would be far less of
uncharitableness and angry
feeling."
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"If you
wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom
friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your
elder brother and hope your guardian
genius."
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"Self
discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and
essentially raises one man above
another."
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