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By the way, Happy Birthday bucket! We're exactly a year apart! I also share a birthday with model Bridget Hall. (No, I'm not Bridget Hall ;) )
Today In History for Thursday, Dec. 14
By The Associated Press,
Today is Thursday, Dec. 14, the 349th day of 2000. There are 17 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 14, 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Va., home at age 67.
On this date:
In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
In 1861, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, died in London.
In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, beating out an expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
In 1939, the Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
In 1946, the United Nations (news - web sites) General Assembly voted to establish U.N. headquarters in New York.
In 1962, the U.S. space probe Mariner 2 approached Venus, transmitting information about the planet.
In 1975, six South Moluccan extremists surrendered after holding 23 hostages for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen.
In 1980, fans around the world paid tribute to John Lennon, six days after he was shot to death in New York City.
In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.
In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma.
Ten years ago: President Bush prodded Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to agree to talks on the Persian Gulf crisis by Jan. 3. President Bush said he would nominate Lynn Martin to succeed Elizabeth H. Dole as labor secretary.
Five years ago: Presidents Alija Izetbegovic of Bosnia, Slobodan Milosevic (news - web sites) of Serbia and Franjo Tudjman of Croatia signed the Bosnian peace treaty in Paris. AIDS (news - web sites) patient Jeff Getty received the first-ever bone-marrow transplant from a baboon. The experimental procedure at a San Francisco hospital was criticized by animal rights activists.
One year ago: Ahmed Ressam, an Algerian national, was arrested after authorities allegedly found nitroglycerin in the trunk of his car as he arrived from Canada by ferry at Port Angeles, Wash. U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a $5.2 billion fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers. Charles M. Schulz announced he was retiring the ``Peanuts'' comic strip.
Today's Birthdays: Jazz musician Clark Terry is 80. ''60 Minutes'' executive producer Don Hewitt is 78. Actor-playwright George Furth is 68. Actor Hal Williams is 62. Actress Patty Duke is 54. Pop singer Joyce Vincent-Wilson (Tony Orlando and Dawn) is 54. Entertainment executive Michael Ovitz is 54. Actress Dee Wallace Stone is 52. Rock musician Cliff Williams (AC/DC) is 51. Rock singer-musician Mike Scott (The Waterboys) is 42. Singer-musician Peter ``Spider'' Stacy (The Pogues) is 42. Actress Cynthia Gibb is 37. Rhythm-and-blues singer Brian Dalyrimple (Soul For Real) is 25. Model Bridget Hall is 23.
Thought for Today: ``You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.'' - Stanislaw J. Lec, Polish author (1909-1966).
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