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November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 2
1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, former Democratic governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in . . . more
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more
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October 04, 2006 06:10 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1957: Sputnik 1 launched by U.S.S.R.
On this day in 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which orbited the Earth until 1958, inaugurated . . . more
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October 23, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Pelé
Born this day in Brazil in 1940, Pelé became the most famous football(soccer) player in the sport's history, and, by the time of his retirement in 1977, he . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Berio
Italian musician Luciano Berio, born this day in 1925, combined lyric and expressive qualities with advanced techniques of electronicand aleatoricmusic and ranked . . . more
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more
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October 20, 2006 11:00 AM EDT --
This Day in History – October 20
1973: During the ongoing Watergate investigation, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox, prompting the resignations . . . more
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December 19, 2006 11:16 AM EST --
This Day in History –- December 19
1998: Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton
On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President . . . more
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October 17, 2006 01:52 PM EDT --
This Day in History – October 17
1979: Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Prize
On this day in 1979, Mother Teresa, founder of a Roman Catholic order of women dedicated to the poor and particularly to . . . more
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November 16, 2006 01:20 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 16
1988: Election of Bhutto as Pakistan's prime minister
Benazir Bhutto, elected prime minister of Pakistan on this day in 1988, became the first woman . . . more
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October 13, 2006 12:12 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Margaret Thatcher
British Conservativepolitician Margaret Thatcher, born this day in 1925, was Europe's first woman prime ministerand Britain's only prime minister in the . . . more
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October 30, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
This Day in History –- October 30
1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle," regaining the world heavyweight boxing title.
1938: Orson . . . more
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November 22, 2006 10:54 AM EST --
This Day in History -- November 22
1963: U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated
The most notorious political murder in recent American history occurred this day in 1963, when John F. Kennedy, the . . . more
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November 28, 2006 06:38 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 28
1943: Opening of Tehran Conference
The Tehran Conference, attended by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:56 PM EST --
This Day in History –- December 4
1996: The unmanned space vehicle Mars Pathfinder was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in order to explore the surface of Mars.
1918: U.S. . . . more
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August 28, 2006 04:48 PM EDT --
"It is the dull man who is always sure, and the sure man who is always dull."
H.L. Mencken, Prejudices
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August 31, 2006 12:04 AM EDT --
"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it."
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays
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August 29, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."
William Congreve, The Mourning Bride
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August 31, 2006 05:21 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
"Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd."
William Cowper, Retirement
Biography of the Day
On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in . . . more
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September 19, 2006 06:42 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day - Sir William Golding
English novelist Sir William Golding, born this day in 1911, won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983 for his parables of the human condition, most notably . . . more
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