Posted on 12/19/2003 8:30:58 AM PST by presidio9
Today is Friday, Dec. 19, the 353rd day of 2003. There are 12 days left in the year. The Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, begins at sunset.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 19, 1843, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens, was first published in England.
On this date:
In 1732, Benjamin Franklin began publishing "Poor Richard's Almanac."
In 1776, Thomas Paine published his first "American Crisis" essay.
In 1777, Gen. George Washington led his army of about 11,000 men to Valley Forge, Pa., to camp for the winter.
In 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion in Jacobs Creek, Pa.
In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corporation began transmitting overseas with its Empire Service to Australia.
In 1957, Meredith Willson's musical play "The Music Man" opened on Broadway.
In 1972, Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, winding up the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
In 1974, Nelson A. Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States.
In 1978, jury selection began in Salem, Ore., in the case of John J. Rideout, accused of raping his wife, Greta. (Rideout was acquitted; the couple divorced after the trial.)
In 1986, the Soviet Union announced it had freed dissident Andrei Sakharov from internal exile, and pardoned his wife, Yelena Bonner.
Ten years ago: Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and senior PLO officials ended two days of closed-door talks in Oslo, Norway, in which they sought to break a deadlock over Palestinian self-rule in the occupied territories.
Five years ago: President Clinton (news - web sites) was impeached by the Republican-controlled House for perjury and obstruction of justice (he was later acquitted by the Senate). Two days after his confession of marital infidelity, Bob Livingston told the House he wouldn't serve as its next speaker. President Clinton halted airstrikes against Iraq (news - web sites) after a fourth day of attacks.
One year ago: Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) declared Iraq in "material breach" of a U.N. disarmament resolution. After a prosecutor cited new DNA evidence, a judge in New York threw out the convictions of five young men in a 1989 attack on a Central Park jogger who had been raped and left for dead. Roh Moo-hyun won South Korea (news - web sites)'s presidential election.
Today's Birthdays: Singer-songwriter Charlie Ryan is 88. Country singer Little Jimmy Dickens is 83. Actor James Booth is 73. Actress Cicely Tyson is 70. Rhythm-and-blues singer-musician Maurice White (Earth, Wind and Fire) is 62. Actor Tim Reid is 59. Paleontologist Richard E. Leakey is 59. Rock singer Alvin Lee (Ten Years After) is 59. Actress Elaine Joyce is 58. Musician John McEuen is 58. Singer Janie Fricke is 56. Actor Mike Lookinland is 43. Actress Jennifer Beals is 40. Actor Robert McNaughton is 37. Rock musician Kevin Shepard is 35. Actress Kristy Swanson is 34. Actress Amy Locane is 32. Actress Rosa Blasi is 31. Actress Alyssa Milano is 31. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is 23. Actress Marla Sokoloff is 23.
Thought for Today: "He who knows nothing, doubts nothing." — Italian proverb.
OMG. History got it right! Democrats still claim it was something about having sex. LOL.
Leave it to AP to point out Livingston's immorality without mentioning the fact that the President was guilty of the exact same behavior. Clinton was the second President to be impeached. Ever. Is this next sentence even appropriate?
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Of course. They can't be totally honest. There has to be a right wing bash in there somewhere.
So do I! In fact, I wished certain people a "Happy Impeachment Day" this morning. And five years ago, just about everyone who knew me was laughing at how I got my birthday present a few days early! :)
...but we nearly got the SOB, and impeachment will stain his "legacy" just as he stained America for eight sorry years at the helm.
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