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Marine Youth Foundation

What begun as an experimental competition in one New York high school, the National Youth Physical Fitness Program is now national in scope. In fact, young Americans are taking part in this program from all across the United States, Great Britian and more fitness teams are forming in Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and other parts of the World

Marine of the Year Society

The National Marine of the Year Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a regular member of the Marine Corps League. The candidates for this award are nominated by the people who know them best; the Marines of their own detachment. The recommendations are screened by a panel of judges made up entirely of past National Marines of the Year. The new Marine of the Year is introduced and honored at the National Convention Grand Banquet.

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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on January 11:
1403 Jan IV Duke of Brabant/Limburg
1449 Domenico Ghirlandajo Italy, renaissance painter
1503 Francesco Parmigianino Italian artist (Madonna with the Long Neck)
1703 Columban Praelisauer composer
1720 Gijsbert John van Hardenbroeck Utrechts regent
1727 Franz Sebastian Haindl composer
1732 Pehr Forskåhl Finish botanist
1746 Frantisek Adam Mica composer
1746 William Curtis English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
1750 Johann Jakob Walder composer
1757 Alexander Hamilton West Indies, 1st US Secretary of Treasury ($10 face)
1801 John Lodge Ellerton composer
1807 Ezra Cornell founder (Western Union Telegraph, Cornell University)
1807 Alfred Eugene "Mudwall" Jackson Brigadier General (Confederate Army)
1808 Antoine GB Schayes Belgian historian/archaeologist
1814 James Paget English surgeon (disease of Paget)
1814 Richard Griffith Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1862
1815 Sir John A MacDonald (C) 1st PM of Canada (1867-73)
1816 Fitz-Henry Warren Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1818 John Reese Kenly Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
1831 James Ronald Chalmers Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
1839 Eugenio Maria de Hostos Puerto Rico, patriot/scholar
1842 William James US, psychologist/philosopher
1849 Oskar Lassar German dermatologist (bath house)
1850 J C Arthur Lowville NY, botanist (studied rusts)
1850 Philipp la Renotiere von Ferrary famous philatelist
1852 Konstantin Fehrenbach German chancellor (1920-21)
1853 Gustav Falke German author/poet (Der Mann im Nebel)
1856 Christian August Sinding Kongsberg Norway, composer
1857 Fred[erick J] Archer English jockey (won 5 Derbys)
1859 [Gerard] Jan Ligthart Dutch educator (Nog bij mother, Ot & Sien)
1860 Marie Bashkirtseff Russian/French painter/author (Journal)
1864 Thomas Dixon US attorney/playwright (Flaming Sword)
1872 Paul Graener composer
1873 Joaquín Alvarez Quintéro Spanish dramatist/playwright (Los Galeotes)
1875 Reinhold Gliere Kiev Ukraine, composer
1878 Theodorus Pangalos Greek General /dictator (1926)
1879 Antonio Beltramelli writer
1880 Rudolf T Palm Curaçao, pianist/composer
1885 Alice Paul ERA advocate/founder (National Woman's Party)
1886 George Zucco England, actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Captain Fury)
1887 Aldo Leopold founder (Wilderness Society)
1888 Chester Conklin Oskaloosa IA, actor (Every Day's a Holiday, Greed)
1890 Monte Blue Indianapolis IN, silent film actor (Montana, Oh Boy)
1894 Jaroslav Vogel composer
1896 Paddy Driscoll NFL QB/coach (Chicago Cardinals, Bears)
1898 Hans Rudolf Krik Danish writer/critic (Fiskerne, Slaven)
1899 Eva LeGallienne actress/director (Resurrection)
19-- Christian Jacobs Rexburg ID, actor (Maggie, Gloria, Exile)
19-- Stan Ivar Brooklyn NY, actor (Daniel Scott-Days of Our Lives, John-Little House on the Prairie)
1901 Andries D Copier Dutch glass manufacturer (Gildeglass)
1902 Maurice Durufle French organist/composer
1903 Alan Paton South Africa, writer (Cry, the Beloved Country)
1904 Frederick Boland Irish diplomat/President (UN General Assembly)
1905 John Henry Jacques co-operative retailer
1905 Manfred Bonnington Lee detective writer (½ of Ellery Queen)
1905 Pierre Mendes-France French Premier (1954-55)
1906 Albert Hofmann Switzerland, chemist (discovered LSD)
1906 Johannes Paul Thilman composer
1906 Robert Nesbitt impresario
1908 Lionel Stander New York City NY, actor (Max-Hart to Hart, Unfaithfully Yours)
1909 Gunnar Johnsen Berg composer
1909 Marguerite Kelsey English model/painter (Haunting)
1910 Izler Solomon St Paul MN, conductor
1910 Trygve Martin Bratteli Norwegian PM (Labour) (1971-72, 1973-76)
1912 Donald Barry Houston TX, actor (Mr Gallo-Mr Novak)
1912 Roger Lewis aviation exec (Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am)
1912 Thomas "Schoolboy" Rowe Waco TX, pitcher (Detroit Tigers)
1914 Dorothy Jeakins costume designer
1916 Bernard Blier Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables)
1916 James H [Jimmy] Quillen (Representative-R-TN, 1963- )
1918 Albert Weisser composer
1919 Veda Ann Borg Boston MA, actress (Avalanche, Accomplice)
1920 John Powell campaigner
1922 Tony Charmoli Minnesota, choreographer (Cher, Julie Andrew)
1922 Kathleen Byron London England, actress (Abdication, Profile, 4 Days)
1922 Neville Duke English test pilot
1924 Don Cherry Wichita Texas, singer (Dean Martin Summer Show)
1924 Slim Harpo musician
1926 Grant Tinker broadcasting executive (NBC-TV)
1926 Alexander Gibson conductor
1926 Elisabeth M J "Elly" Bakker Dutch actress (The Miser)
1926 Lev Stepanovich Demin Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 15)
1926 Phil Sidey broadcaster
1927 John Hayes cricketer (New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58)
1927 Wilton "Bogey" Gaynair saxophonist
1928 David L Wolper producer (Devil's Brigade)
1928 Mitchell Ryan Cincinnati OH, actor (Chase, Executive Suite)
1929 Rod Taylor Sydney Australia, actor (Bearcats, Time Machine)
1929 Wanda Wilkomirska Warsaw, Poland, violinist
1929 Nicoletta Orsomando
1931 Ed Hall Roxbury MA, actor (Dr Bicker-Medical Center)
1933 Goldie Hill Karnes County TX, country singer (Grand Ole Opry)
1934 Jean Chrétien Canada PM (Liberal, 1993- )
1935 Chuck Barksdale US singer (Dells-I Can Sing a Rainbow)
1936 Linda Lawson Ann Arbor MI, actress (Don't Call Me Charlie)
1936 Meindert Leerling Dutch TV director/MP (RPF)
1938 Fischer S Black Jr financial theorist
1938 Michael Fenn docker/socialist
1938 Narvel Felts country singer
1939 Anne Heggtveigt Canada, slalom (Olympics-gold-1960)
1940 Mark DeVoto composer
1942 Clarence Clemons rock saxophonist (Bruce Springsteen's E St Band)
1943 William Albert Penn composer
1944 Henry Cecil British organizer
1944 York Georg Holler composer
1945 Christine Kaufmann Austria, actress (Town Without Pity, Red Lips)
1946 Ludmila Poradnik USSR, team handball (Olympics-gold-1976, 80)
1946 Naomi Judd [Diana Ellen], Ashland KY, singer (Judds-Why Not Me)
1946 Tony Kaye rocker (Yes)
1947 Anna Calder-Marshall Kensington England, actress (Zulu Dawn)
1948 Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms US 800m runner (Olympics-gold-1968)
1949 Caskey Swaim Lexington NC, actor (Sergeant Fitz-Project UFO, Friday the 13th Part V)
1949 Tom Netherton Munich Germany, singer (Lawrence Welk Show)
1949 [Frederick] Dennis Greene rocker (Sha Na Na-Shannon)
1952 Ben Daniel Crenshaw Austin TX, PGA golfer (1974 Rookie of Year, 1976 Bing Crosby)
1952 Lee Ritenour Los Angeles CA, jazz musician
1952 Massimo Lopez Italian comedian
1953 Anna Marchesini Italian entertainer
1954 Saskia ten Batenburg Dutch actress (Factory, Hunk)
1956 Kuniaki Kobayashi wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1957 Bryan Robson English international soccer star
1957 Darryl Dawkins NBA center (Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets)
1958 Lourdes Ann Kananimanu Estores Honolulu HI, playmate (June 1982)
1958 Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rock guitarist/vocalist (Bangles)
1959 Brett Bodine auto racer
1960 Vicki Peterson Los Angeles CA, rocker (Bangles-Walk Like an Egyptian)
1961 Paul Skansi NFL wide receiver (Seattle Seahawks)
1962 Donn Pall Evergreen Park IL, pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, Florida Marlins)
1962 Julie Moran TV hostess (Entertainment Tonight, Independence Day)
1962 Kim Coles Brooklyn NY, actress (Synclaire-Living Single)
1963 Jason Connery London England, actor (Robin Hood)
1963 Kate Gompert Ames IA, tennis star
1963 Petra Schneider E German swimming star (world record 400m)
1963 Tracy Caulkins Winona MN, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold-1984)
1965 Olivia Barash Miami FL, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue)
1965 Barbara Belding San Diego CA, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-17th-1994)
1965 Joely Richardson London England, actress (Body Contact, Wetherby)
1965 Karl Van Calcar Torrance CA, 3k steeplechase
1965 Loredana Romito Benevento Italy, model/actress (Fatal Temptation)
1965 Steve Vancil Oregon City Ore, golfer (1989 City of Portland)
1966 Christian Pouget hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1967 Jeff Bankett Pittsburgh PA, actor (Tyler-1 Life to Live)
1967 Richmond Webb NFL tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1967 Ronnie Stern St-Agathe, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames)
1968 Sharon Brown New York City NY, actress (Chantal-Generations)
1968 Ben Rivera Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
1969 Darren Anderson NFL cornerback (Kansas City Chiefs)
1969 Dave Cruikshank Northbrook IL, speed skater (Olympics-1994)
1969 Frank Robinson WLAF defensive back (Scottish Claymores)
1969 Reemt Pyka hockey forward (Team Germany 1998)
1970 Franco Davin Argentina, tennis star
1971 Alexander Delgado Palmerejo Venezuela, catcher (Boston Red Sox)
1971 Karmeeleyah McGill WLAF linebacker (Scottish Claymores)
1971 Mary J Blige singer
1971 Noah Cantor CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
1971 Stephen Smith Indianapolis IN, high jumper
1972 Amber Medlin Virginia Beach VA, Miss Virginia-America (1995)
1972 Dexter Seigler NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
1972 Huub Loeffen Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1972 Rey Ordonez Havana Cuba, infielder (New York Mets)
1972 Yang Wenyi Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle)
1973 Dave Dickenson CFL quarterback (Calgary Stampeders)
1973 Rahul Dravid cricket batter (prolific Karnataka, Tests for India 96)
1974 Rosenkowitz sextuplets Cape Town South Africa (1st known to survive infancy)
1974 Echo Leta Johnson Austin TX, playmate (Jan, 1993)
1974 Goran Lozanovski Australian soccer midfielder (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
1974 Rod Jones NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals)
1974 Toderick Malone WLAF wide receiver (London Monarchs)
1974 Warren Morris Alexandria LA, baseball infielder (Olympics-bronze-96)
1975 Brad Badger guard (Washington Redskins)
1975 Jacky Verbeek Dutch soccer player (RKC)
1975 Rory Fitzpatrick Rochester, NHL defenseman (Montréal Canadiens)
1988 Alexandria L'Esperance quintuplet
1988 Danielle L'Esperance quintuplet
1988 Erica L'Esperance quintuplet
1988 Raymond L'Esperance quintuplet
1988 Veronica L'Esperance quintuplet

Deaths which occurred on January 11:
0705 John VI Catholic Pope (701-05), dies
1055 Constantine IX Monomachos emperor of Byzantium, dies
1552 Johannes Cochlaeus [Dobeneck], German humanist/theologist, dies
1641 Franciscus Gomarus [François Gomaer], French theologist, dies
1650 Paul Hallman composer, dies at 49
1674 Jan Zoet actor/playwright/poet (Brutal-Roffel), dies at 58
1753 Hans Sloane English physician (British Museum), dies at 92
1771 Jean-Baptiste de Boyer marquis d'Argens, French author, dies at 66
1775 Yemelyan Pugachov Don Cossack rebel, executed by tsarist Russia
1784 Ferdinand Philipp Joseph Lobkowitz composer, dies at 59
1797 Francis Lightfoot Lee US farmer (signer Declaration of Independence), dies at 62
1801 Domenico Cimarosa Italian composer (Matrimonio segreto), dies at 51
1837 François Gérard French baron/painter, dies at 66
1837 John Field Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54
1843 Francis Scott Key composer (Star Spangled Banner), dies at 63
1847 Caroline von Wolzogen [von Lengefeld] German author, dies at 83
1856 Nikolai I Nadezjdin Russian archaeologist, dies
1870 Adolf Ganz composer, dies at 73
1877 Pietro Romani composer, dies at 85
1891 Georges-Eugène Haussmann French senator/baron, dies at 81
1893 Benjamin F Butler US General /presidential candidate (anti-monopoly), dies at 74
1898 Gaetano Capocci composer, dies at 86
1901 Vasily Sergeyevich Kalinnikov composer, dies at 34
1902 Johnny Briggs cricketer (118 wickets for England), dies in an asylum
1914 Ambrose Bierce writer, dies at 71
1923 Constantine I king of Greece (1913-17, 20-22), dies at 54
1928 Thomas Hardy novelist (Maddening Crowd), dies at his home near Dorchester at 87
1929 Julio Antonio Mella Cuban revolutionary, murdered at about 28
1931 Oscar Fetras composer, dies at 76
1943 Carlo Tresca NY's Italian newspaper editor/anti-fascist, murdered
1944 Galeazzo count of Cortellazzo Ciano Italian politician, dies
1945 Ada Negri Italian poet/author (Fatalità), dies at 74
1950 Karin Michaelis writer, dies at 77
1952 Jean de Lattre de Tassigny General (North-Africa/Indo-China), dies at 61
1953 Ernst H Ridder Rappard Dutch Nazi founder (NSNAP), dies at 53
1953 Marcel Canneel Flemish painter, dies at 58
1953 Noach Zjordanija Georgian Premier (1918-21), dies at 84
1954 Edgar Tytgat Flemish painter/etcher/drawer, dies at 77
1954 Emmy Arbous Dutch actress/cabaret performer (Boefje), dies at 56
1954 Oscar Straus Austrian composer (Brave Soldier), dies at 83
1955 Rodolfo Graziani Italian East-Africa Minister of Defense, dies at 72
1958 Alec Rowley composer, dies at 65
1959 Dr Mohammed Zakaria Ghonein discoverer of 6,000 year old pyramid, dies
1960 Johan E Elias Dutch historian (Elias Family), dies at 84
1963 Arthur D Nock English/Americans historian (St Paul), dies at 60
1966 Albert Giacometti Swiss/French painter/sculptor, dies at 64
1966 Lal Bahadur Shastri Indian premier (1964-66), dies at 61
1973 Isabel Randolph actress (Missing Corpse), dies at 83
1973 Rudolf Kubin composer, dies a day after 64th birthday
1976 Mervyn Grell cricketer (Test West Indies vs England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
1978 Michael Bates actor (Clockwork Orange, Salt & Pepper), dies at 57
1979 Jack Soo actor (Nick Yemana-Barney Miller, Green Berets), dies at 63
1981 Beulah Bondi actress (It's a Wonderful Life), dies at 91
1983 Nikolaj V Podgorny president USSR, dies at 79
1984 Jack La Rue TV narrator (Lights Out), dies at 84
1984 Fritz Geissler composer, dies at 62
1988 Gregory (Pappy) Boyington ace WWII pilot, dies at 75 of cancer
1988 Isidor Isaac Rabi nuclear physicist (Nobel Prize-1944), dies at 89
1990 Mary Jane Carr actress (Forbidden Trail, Second Wife), dies
1991 Jason Christmas dies of gunshot wound during robbery in New York at 49
1993 Lacey Fosburgh author (Closing Time), dies of breast cancer at 50
1994 John Bradley raised US flag at Iwo Jima, dies at 70
1994 Roger "Ram" Ramirez jazz piano player/composer, dies at 80
1995 Adrian J "Ad" Kaland Dutch MP (CDA 1977-93), dies at 72
1995 John AG Gere English art historian (Raphael & his Circle), dies at 73
1995 Onat Kutlar Turkish screenplay/producer (Hazal), murdered at 59
1995 Willem N "Pim" Koot pianist (Concert Building), dies at 76
1996 Eric Hebborn artist/faker, dies at 61
1996 Harold Walter Bailey philologist, dies at 96>>
1996 Hubert Nicholson poet/novelist, dies at 87
1996 Ike Isaacs guitarist, dies at 76
1997 Cavan O'Connor singer, dies at 97
1997 Duncan Wood television director/producer, dies at 71
1997 Helen Foster Snow writer, dies at 89
1997 Joshua William Steward polymath, dies at 83
1997 Sheldon Leonard producer/director (Dick Van Dyke), dies at 89
1998 Klaus Tennstedt conductor, dies at 71

On this day...
0314 St Militiades ends his reign as Catholic Pope
0532 Nika-revolt against Justianus & Theodora in Hippodrome Constantinople
0705 John VI ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1158 Vladislav II of Bohemia becomes king
1558 Westmunster Church in Middelburg destroyed by heavy storm
1569 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral
1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion
1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
1672 Isaac Newton is elected a member of Royal Society
1693 Mt Etna erupts, Sicily
1709 Colley Cibber's "Rival Fools" premieres in London
1753 Ferdinand VI of Spain & Pope Benedictus XIV sign concord
1758 Russian troops occupy Königsberg, East-Prussia
1759 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia
1765 Frisia bans Voltaires "Traité sur la tolérance"
1774 Messier adds M51 (spiral galaxy in Canes Venatici) to his catalog
1775 Francis Salvador becomes 1st Jew elected to office in America (SC)
1785 Continental Congress convenes in New York City NY
1787 Titania & Oberon, moons of Uranus, discovered by William Herschel
1790 Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1803 Monroe & Livingston sail for Paris to buy New Orleans; they buy Louisiana
1805 Michigan Territory is organized
1813 1st pineapples planted in Hawaii
1839 Earthquake at Martinique destroys half of Port Royal-700 die
1861 Alabama becomes 4th state to secede
1861 Mexico City captured by Juárez (Liberal) in War of the Reform
1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama & USS Hatteras
1863 Union forces capture Arkansas Post, or Fort Hindman AR
1864 Charing Cross Station opens in London
1865 Battle of Beverly WV
1866 Steamship London sinks in storm off Land's End England, kills 220
1873 1st livestock market newspaper published, Drover's Journal, Chicago
1879 Zulu war against British colonial rule in South Africa begins
1885 Henrik Ibsen's "Vildauden" premieres in Oslo
1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded
1892 William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
1892 Paul Gauguin marries a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1893 Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2 35)
1897 M H Cannon becomes 1st woman state senator in US (Utah)
1904 Herero people of South West Africa, now Namibia, begin uprising
1913 1st sedan-type car (Hudson) goes on display at 13th Auto Show (New York City NY)
1913 Bread & Roses Strike begins
1915 Colonel Jacob Ruppert & Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase Yankees for $460,000
1916 French troops capture/Serbian army flees to Corfu
1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart" premieres in New York City NY
1919 3 year old German communist party (Spartacus) crushed
1919 Romania annexes Transylvania
1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die
1922 Insulin 1st used to treat diabetes (Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada)
1923 French & Belgian troops occupy Ruhr to collect reparations
1923 1st Dutch Dada-evening (Theo Van Doesburg & Kurt Schwitters)
1925 Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as US Secretary of State
1927 Royale Theater (Golden, CBS Radio Playhouse) opens at 242 W 45th New York City NY
1935 Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu HI to Oakland CA (non-stop, of course)
1936 Charles Anderson enters Kentucky House of Representatives
1938 Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national bank
1938 Bradman scores a second inning 113 vs Queensland after a ton in the 1st
1940 Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
1941 Princess Irene Brigade established in Congleton
1942 -23ºF (-31ºC), Kingston RI (state record)
1942 Japan conquers Kuala Lumpur, Malaya
1943 US & Britain relinquish extraterritorial rights in China
1944 Crakow-Plaszow Concentration Camp established
1946 Bert Bell becomes 2nd NFL commissioner, moves Chicago IL headquarters to Philadelphia PA
1946 People's Republic of Albania established
1946 Enver Hoxha declares People's Republic of Albania with himself dictator
1949 Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
1952 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Marianne Moore
1953 J Edgar Hoover declines 6 figure offer to become president of the International Boxing Club
1954 2 ton locomotive swept into ravine by avalanche - 10 die (Austria)
1959 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Theodore Roethke
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 for Karachi, then 1st class world record
1959 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Mayfair Golf Open
1959 NFL Pro Bowl East beats West 28-21
1960 Chad declares independence from France
1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia
1962 Mandela leaves South Africa, travels to Ethiopia, Algeria & England
1962 Volcano Huascaran in Peru, erupts; 4,000 die
1963 Beatles release "Please Please Me" & "Ask Me Why"
1963 1st discotheque opens, The Whiskey-a-go-go in Los Angeles CA
1964 Beatles "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is #80 in US (Cashbox)
1964 US Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous
1964 "She Loves Me" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 302 performances
1964 Panama ends diplomatic relations with US
1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain
1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission
1968 Explorer 36 (GEOS-B) launched into earth orbit (1080/1570 km)
1969 Jethro Tull's This Was Jethro Tull album debuts
1969 "Hooked on a Feeling" by BJ Thomas peaks at #5
1970 Super Bowl IV Kansas City Chiefs beat Minnesota Vikings, 23-7 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Len Dawson, Kansas City, Quarterback
1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, suffers a heart attack, misses the 1971 season, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
1972 Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
1972 East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1973 American League adopts designated hitter rule
1973 Trial of the Watergate burglars begins in Washington DC
1973 Famous victory at the SCG Pakistan chasing 158 all out 106
1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
1975 Soyuz 17 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4
1976 Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consecutive national figure skating championship
1976 "Pacific Overtures" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City NY for 193 performances
1976 Military coup in Ecuador, President Guillermo Lara leaves
1976 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Pacific Overtures" premieres in New York City NY
1976 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
1976 US male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka
1977 France releases Abu Daoud, a Palestinian suspected of involvement in the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics
1977 Bollingen Prize awarded to David Ignatow
1977 Cubs trade outfielder Rick Monday to Dodgers for Bill Buckner
1978 Governor Askew dedicates the RCUC solar office building
1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 & Soyuz 26 (1st time 3 spacecraft link)
1979 "Grand Tour" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 61 performances
1980 Debut of the Pretenders
1981 "Tintypes" closes at John Golden Theater New York City NY after 93 performances
1981 British team led by Ranulph Fiennes completes longest & fastest crossing of Antarctica, reaching Scott base after 75 days (2,500 miles)
1981 Palau adopts constitution
1982 Atlanta GA's temperature goes below zeroº F
1982 Honduras adopts constitution
1983 Billy Martin named New York Yankee manager for 3rd time
1984 Denver Nuggets 163, San Antonio Spurs 155-highest-scoring NBA game
1984 STS 41-B vehicle moves to launch pad
1984 Supreme Court reinstated $10M award to Karen Silkwood's family
1986 1st black Lieutenant-Governor since reconstruction sworn in (Douglas Wilder of Virginia)
1987 Largest crowd (76,633) at NFL New York Giant Stadium (beat Washington 17-0)
1988 USSR announces it will participate in the Seoul Summer Olympics
1988 Test debut of Phil Simmons, West Indies vs India, Madras
1989 140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1989 Kindergarten student caught with loaded handgun at Bronx school
1989 Denver Nuggets' rookie Jerome Lane misses 7 free throws in a game against Milwaukee, one missed by 2 feet
1990 Actor Joseph Cotten undergoes vocal-chord cancer operation at 84
1990 Bobby Knight becomes basketball's Big 10 winningest coach (229)
1990 Pat Lafontaine sets New York Islander record of scoring goals in 11 straight
1990 200,000 demand return of Lithuania's independence
1991 Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1991 Ben Johnson 1st race after being stripped of his 1988 Olympic Gold medal for steroid use, he finished 2nd
1991 Ric Flair wins NWA/WCW wrestling title
1991 Soviets storm buildings in Vilnius to block Lithuania independence
1992 Paul Simon opens a tour in South Africa
1992 Algeria's President Chadli announces his resignation
1992 US female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi
1993 Howard Stern's radio show begins transmitting to Buffalo NY (WKBW)
1993 Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot publicly returns to politics
1994 Hyderabad score 6 for 944 against Andhra Pradesh in Ranji Trophy
1994 Irish government announces end of a 20-year broadcasting ban on IRA
1995 5th TV network (WB) Warner Brothers begins (WPIX-TV in New York City NY)
1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise
1995 DC-9 crashes near Maria La Baya, Colombia 51 die, 9 yr old girl lives
1995 NHLPA & owners agree to end NHL strike
1996 Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
1997 23rd People's Choice Awards Bill Cosby wins
1997 Martina Hingis beats Jennifer Capriati at Sydney Tennis International
1997 Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
1998 "Proposals" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City NY after 76 performances
1998 24th Annual People's Choice Awards - Seinfeld, Tim Allen win
1998 AFC Championship Denver Broncos beat Pitt Steelers 24-21
1998 NFC Championship Green Bay Packers beat San Francisco 49'ers 23-10
1998 US female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan
1998 US male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Albania : Republic Day (1946)
Chad : Independence Day (1960)
Puerto Rico : De Hostos' Birthday (1839)
Switzerland : Meitlisunntig Festival-Woman in Villmergen War (1712) - - - - - ( Sunday )

Religious Observances
ancient Rome : Carmentalia (a d iij Id Jan)
Roman Catholic : Feast of St Theodosius the Cenobite
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Hyginus, 9th pope (c 136-c 140), martyr

Religious History
1523 German reformer Martin Luther wrote in a letter: 'It is unchristian, even unnatural, to derive benefit and protection from the community and not also to share in the common burden and expense; to let other people work but to harvest the fruit of their labors.'
1777 Anglican hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'A soul may be in as thriving a state when thirsting, seeking and mourning after the Lord as when actually rejoicing in Him; as much in earnest when fighting in the valley as when singing upon the mount.'
1791 In Philadelphia, Episcopal Bishop William White, 43, founded the First Day Society. It became the forerunner of the American Missionary Fellowship, chartered in 1817 and headquartered today in Villanova, PA.
1907 The Church of God, headquartered today in Cleveland, Tennessee, and with roots going back to 1886, officially adopted its current name.
1933 In Hamburg, Germany, the Altona Confession was issued by area pastors, offering Scriptural guidelines for the Christian life, in light of the confusing political situation and the developing Nazi influence on the State Church.

Thought for the day :
" No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting. "

Thank you, Sam, for the thread and these links!

Website Services & information{Click above to go to site)

Welcome to the Marine For Life program website. Our program is in its first year of operation and our mission is to sponsor Marines back home on their last set of PCS orders. We have Marines (called Hometown Links) located in 44 locations throughout the country. Their job is two fold. First they assemble the network of veteran Marines, Marine friendly employers and others who have stated that they want to assist Marines with their transition back to the community. Second, they connect you (the Transitioning Marine) to that network of resources.

If you are a Transitioning Marine you will be able to use this website to gain access to the network of resources that the Marine For Life Program has assembled. This website is an interim effort to get the program moving. We are formally developing a fully scaled, full feature website. We will sustain this site as is; we realize that it is not as user friendly or responsive as it could be. If you have problems with the site, locate your closest Hometown Link (by putting your relocation zip code in the "Hometown Link Locator" box below) and contact him/her directly. You may also contact the Marine For Life Headquarters at MarineForLife@MarineCorps.com or 703-784-9140 for assistance. Thank you for your patience.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Marine Corps is currently looking for Reserve Marines who are interested in active duty opportunities in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. If you are interested, call the Marine Corps Reserve Support Command at (800) 255-5082 ext 3295 or visit the Reserve Duty On-Line website (https://rdol.mol.usmc.mil) for more information.

Hey, would you mind stopping by and bumping my thread?

Showdown with Saddam Could Have Distinct Tarheel Connection

Also, any former inmates of Tarawa Terrace I and II at Camp Lejeune will be relieved to hear that they are finally tearing down those roach motels and building townhouses. I lived at TTII until I was 4 (civil servants had base privileges back in those days) and those apartments were old as the hills even then! I haven't been inside the new townhouses but I've heard they're pretty nice.

Annual Tribute by the Northwest Division Marine Corps League Site:

In Memory of the Marines

Lost on Mt. Rainier

December 10, 1946

Annual Memorial Service for our 32 Marines buried on Mt. Rainier

The service at the Rock in Veterans Memorial Park in Enumclaw will be hosted by Mt. Rainier Detachment and Rock 32 Pound 284 of the Military Order of devil Dogs.

NEW MT. RAINIER MARINE MEMORIAL On December 10, 1946, a U.S. Marine Corps R-4 transport aircraft with 32 Marines aboard crashed into the South Tahoma Glacier on Mt. Rainier.

Winter snowfall covered all traces of the plane and it's occupants, mostly young Marines who had just completed boot camp. In July, 1947, following several months of futile efforts to locate the crash site, Assistant Chief Ranger Bill Butler sighted the parts of the wreckage at about 8500 feet on the glacier. A month later Ranger Butler located the victims and other parts of the plane at about 10,000 feet, over a mile further up the glacier.

Due to the extreme hazards from rock falls and avalanches from the adjacent Tahoma Cleaver during any possible attempt to evacuate the remains, the bodies were left to be covered by subsequent winter snows. The families elected not to have their Marines removed from the Mountain and incur more loss of life. Point Success towering above the remains is an appropriate headstone. For many subsequent years, in deference to parents and other survivors of the victims, most of South Tahoma Glacier was off-limits to travel and exploration.

In memory of those Marines, a stone Memorial was placed at Round Pass on the west side of the road, within sight of the glacier.

Due to the constant moving of The Mountain, it is no longer safe to pay annual tribute to our 32 Marines from their memorial site. At first it was considered to move the current Rock Memorial from Mt. Ranier National Park to the new Tahoma National Cemetary below the mountain, however after discussion amongst the family members and the local Marines who each year have kept their memory alive it was determined that to move the monument, first would take away the meaning behind placement of the monument where it was originally placed and secondly it would take an act of congress to move a memorial placed in a National Park.

Each year the Department of Washington, Marine Corps League in conjunction with the survivors of those Marines buried on the Mountain conduct an annual memorial ceremony. With the establishment of a Marine Corps League Detachment, the Mt. Rainier Detachment, in Enumclaw, Washington, the members received authorization to duplicate the Memorial.

The Memorial is located in the Veterans Park in Enumclaw, Washington on highway 410 leading up to Mt Rainier

Note: Highway 410 has been re-named the All American Highway, and is noted as the terminus of the Purple Heart Trail across America by the Order of the Purple Heart Association of the United States of America.

``1400, 24 August 1947... With silenced reverence, muffled drums and the flags at half mast, the officers and men of the Marine Corps pay `final' tribute to thirty two members of their Corps...''

Pvt. Duane R. Abbott - Pvt. Bobby J. Stafford

Pvt. Richard P. Trego - Pvt. Robert R. Anderson

Pvt. William D. St. Clair - Pvt. Charles W. Truby

Pvt. Joe E. Bainter - Pvt. Walter J. Stewart

Pvt. Harry R. Turner - MSgt. Charles F. Criswell

Pvt. John C. Stone - Pvt. Ernesto R. Valdovin

Maj. Robert V. Reilly - Pvt. Albert H. Stubblefield

Pvt. Gene L. Vremsak - LtCol. Alben C. Robertson

Pvt. Wiliam R. Sullivan - Pvt. Wiliam E. Wadden

Pvt. Lesslie R. Simmons Jr. - Pvt. Chester E. Taube

Pvt. Donald J. Walker - Pvt. Harry K. Skinner

Pvt. Harry L. Thompson Jr. - Pvt. Gilbert E. Watkins

Msgt. Wallace J. Slonina - Pvt. Duane S. Thornton

Pvt. Duane E. White - Pvt. Lawrence E. Smith

Pvt. Keith K. Tisch - Pvt. Louis A. Whitten

Pvt. Buddy E. Snelling - Pvt. Eldon D. Todd

Yum!

Thanks, Doughty!

thanks, Valin!

I am glad to hear the Camp Lejeune will be getting some new housing for the troops! Thanks for the post!

Found on one of the MCL sites:

Nine World War II veterans, Robert Campbell; Rupert Markham; Leland Mills; Robert Boyd; Robert Bass; Joe Gregory; Ray Hudson; James Drake; and Richard Russell received their high school diplomas as part of Washington State's first Operation Recognition graduation ceremony held at the Washington State Soldiers Home and Colony, Orting, Wash. on May 13, 2002. Also in the photo photo by Miriam Young, WDVA are Caroline Ruhmshottel; Peg Leinweber; Karen Washabaugh; and Paulie Stofiel representing the MCLA, all from Columbia St. Helen's Unit. The Wall For Marines

Marine Corps League Uniform: