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08-05-2005 09:02 AM |
Okay which one of you just kicked me? :D
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1861 The federal government levied an income tax for the first time.
1864 Union Adm. David G. Farragut is said to have given his famous order, ''Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!'' as he led his fleet against Mobile Bay, Ala., during the Civil War.
1884 The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
1914 The first electric traffic lights were installed, in Cleveland.
1924 The comic strip ''Little Orphan Annie'' by Harold Gray made its debut.
1957 ''American Bandstand,'' hosted by Dick Clark, made its network debut on ABC.
1962 Actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. Her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills.
On August 5, 1963, the United States, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, space and underwater.
1966 The album ''Revolver'' by the Beatles was released.
1969 The U.S. space probe Mariner 7 flew by Mars, sending back photographs and scientific data.
1981 The federal government began firing air traffic controllers who had gone on strike.
1992 Federal civil rights charges were filed against four Los Angeles police officers acquitted of state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King; two were later convicted.
1994 A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington chose Kenneth W. Starr to take over the Whitewater investigation from Robert Fiske.
1998 Marie Noe of Philadelphia was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, accused of smothering eight of her children to death between 1949 and 1968.
2000 Actor Alec Guinness died at age 86.
2001 Afghanistan's ruling Taliban jailed eight foreign aid workers, including two Americans, for allegedly preaching Christianity.
2002 The coral-encrusted gun turret of the Civil War ironclad USS Monitor was raised from the floor of the Atlantic.
Tampa Bay Devil Rays left fielder Carl Crawford turns 24 years old today.
75 Neil Armstrong
Astronaut
59 Loni Anderson
Actress
58 Rick Derringer
Rock singer
49 Maureen McCormick
Actress (''The Brady Bunch'')
46 Pat Smear
Rock musician (Foo Fighters)
Have a great day and a good weekend everyone.
TOUGH TRIVIA in about15-20 mins :D
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