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GOOOOoooD Morninggggg TALA :D
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1792 Kentucky became the 15th state of the union.
1796 Tennessee became the 16th state.
1801 Mormon leader Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Vt.
1813 The Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, ''Don't give up the ship'' during a losing battle with a British frigate.
1868 James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pa., at age 77.
1925 Baseball hall-of-famer Lou Gehrig's streak of playing in 2,130 consecutive games began when he pinch hit for shortstop Pee Wee Wanniger.
1926 Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
1958 Charles de Gaulle became premier of France.
1967 The album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' by the Beatles was released.
1977 The Soviet Union charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason.
1980 Cable News Network made its debut.
1997 Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, was fatally burned in a fire set by her 12-year-old grandson in her Yonkers, N.Y., apartment.
2001 A suicide bomber attacked a Tel Aviv nightclub, killing 21 Israelis.
2001 The king, queen and seven other members of Nepal's royal family were slain by Crown Prince Dipendra, who then mortally wounded himself.
2004 A federal judge declared the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act unconstitutional, saying the measure infringed on women's right to choose.
Alanis Morissette turns 31 today
Heidi Klum turns 32 today
Morgan Freeman turns 68 today
And me, I'm a day older today. Cheers all :D
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