that day again?
Nov. 21st, 2002 12:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katsterToday is Thursday, Nov. 21, the 325th day of 2002. There are 40 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 21, 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. (Felton, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Thomas Hardwick to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson, served only a day before Watson's elected successor, Walter F. George, took office.)
On this date:
In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.
In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada was formally opened.
In 1964, New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened.
In 1969, the Senate voted down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, the first such rejection since 1930.
In 1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18-and-a-half-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.
In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
In 1982, a record number of televisions tuned into "Dallas" to find out the shocking truth of "Who Shot JR?"
In 1991, the UN Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the new Secretary-General.
Today's Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial is 82. Country singer Jean Shepard is 69. Actor Laurence Luckinbill is 68. Actress Marlo Thomas is 65. Actor Rick Lenz is 63. Ballet dancer Natalia Makarova is 62. Singer Dr. John is 62. Actress Juliet Mills is 61. Comedian-director Harold Ramis is 58. Television producer Marcy Carsey is 58. Actress Goldie Hawn is 57. Rock musician Lonnie Jordan (War) is 54. Singer Livingston Taylor is 52. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 50. Actress Cherry Jones is 46. Rock musician Brian Ritchie (The Violent Femmes) is 42. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 40. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 39. Singer-actress Bjork is 37. Football player Troy Aikman is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is 34. Rock musician Alex James (Blur) is 34. Baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. is 33. Rapper Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) is 31. Country singer Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 28. Actress Jena Malone is 18.
And in the short news, my better half (hi![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
zibblsnrt) claims that today is the world became a better place.
I think he's biased. Because all that Today in History stuff neglects a piece:
At 4:44 AM Tuesday November 21st, 1978, a child, born to James and Tresa Templeton of Redding, California, their first, a girl.
...they're still trying to figure out how twenty four years passed so fast, and how exactly that first born child got to be a graduate student at Cal. And there's something to be said for that first born still being here.
Happy birthday to me. :)
Today's Highlight in History:
On Nov. 21, 1922, Rebecca L. Felton of Georgia was sworn in as the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. (Felton, a Democrat appointed by Gov. Thomas Hardwick to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Thomas E. Watson, served only a day before Watson's elected successor, Walter F. George, took office.)
On this date:
In 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1877, inventor Thomas A. Edison announced the invention of his phonograph.
In 1942, the Alaska highway across Canada was formally opened.
In 1964, New York's Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened.
In 1969, the Senate voted down the Supreme Court nomination of Clement F. Haynsworth, the first such rejection since 1930.
In 1973, President Nixon's attorney, J. Fred Buzhardt, revealed the existence of an 18-and-a-half-minute gap in one of the White House tape recordings related to Watergate.
In 1980, 87 people died in a fire at the MGM Grand Hotel-Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
In 1982, a record number of televisions tuned into "Dallas" to find out the shocking truth of "Who Shot JR?"
In 1991, the UN Security Council chose Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt to be the new Secretary-General.
Today's Birthdays: Baseball Hall-of-Famer Stan Musial is 82. Country singer Jean Shepard is 69. Actor Laurence Luckinbill is 68. Actress Marlo Thomas is 65. Actor Rick Lenz is 63. Ballet dancer Natalia Makarova is 62. Singer Dr. John is 62. Actress Juliet Mills is 61. Comedian-director Harold Ramis is 58. Television producer Marcy Carsey is 58. Actress Goldie Hawn is 57. Rock musician Lonnie Jordan (War) is 54. Singer Livingston Taylor is 52. Actress-singer Lorna Luft is 50. Actress Cherry Jones is 46. Rock musician Brian Ritchie (The Violent Femmes) is 42. Gospel singer Steven Curtis Chapman is 40. Actress Nicollette Sheridan is 39. Singer-actress Bjork is 37. Football player Troy Aikman is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer Chauncey Hannibal (BLACKstreet) is 34. Rock musician Alex James (Blur) is 34. Baseball player Ken Griffey Jr. is 33. Rapper Pretty Lou (Lost Boyz) is 31. Country singer Kelsi Osborn (SHeDAISY) is 28. Actress Jena Malone is 18.
And in the short news, my better half (hi
zibblsnrt) claims that today is the world became a better place.I think he's biased. Because all that Today in History stuff neglects a piece:
At 4:44 AM Tuesday November 21st, 1978, a child, born to James and Tresa Templeton of Redding, California, their first, a girl.
...they're still trying to figure out how twenty four years passed so fast, and how exactly that first born child got to be a graduate student at Cal. And there's something to be said for that first born still being here.
Happy birthday to me. :)
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Date: 2002-11-21 03:07 am (UTC)Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday dear Katster
Happy birthday to you
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Date: 2002-11-21 06:35 am (UTC)Regardless, have a happy birthday kat. I hope its a fun one.
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Date: 2002-11-21 10:54 am (UTC)Bias?
Pah! T'is but an objective, scientifically-verifiable truth - nay, Truth!
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Date: 2002-11-21 06:46 am (UTC)Joy!
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Date: 2002-11-21 11:52 am (UTC)What else to say but..
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Date: 2002-11-22 06:03 am (UTC)sorry I missed it