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THE MOODS OF A WOMAN

An angel of truth and a dream of fiction,
A woman is a bundle of contradiction,
She's afraid of a wasp, will scream at a mouse,
But will tackle a stranger alone in the house.
Sour as vinegar, sweet as a rose,
She'll kiss you one minute, then turn up her nose,
She'll win you in rage, enchant you in silk,
She'll be stronger than brandy, milder than milk,
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Today's classic warship, USS Olympia (C-6)

Olympia class protected cruiser
Displacement: 5,586 t.
Length: 344’1”
Beam: 53’
Draft: 21’6”
Speed: 20 k.
Complement: 411
Armament: 4 8”; 10 5”; 4 6-pdrs.; 6 1-pdrs.; 6 18” torpedo tubes

USS OLYMPIA (C-6) was laid down 17 June 1891 by Union Iron Works, San Francisco, Calif.; launched 5 November 1892 sponsored by Miss Ann B. Dickie; and commissioned 5 February 1895, Captain John J. Read in command.

OLYMPIA departed Mare Island 25 August 1895 to join the Asiatic Fleet as flagship. For three years she cruised the Far East, visiting Japan, China, and the Philippines. With Captain Charles V. Gridley in command, she flew the flag of Commodore George Dewey from 3 January 1898. That winter, she lay at Hong Kong with the fleet, awaiting orders should war with Spain break out. On 25 April, the day the war was declared, the squadron moved to Mirs Bay, China. Two days later came the message which led to Dewey's immortal victory at Manila Bay.

Ships darkened, the fleet safely passed the harbor defenses, and engaged the enemy off Manila at daybreak 1 May. Dewey remembered, “At 5:40, when we were within a distance of 5,000 yards, I turned to Captain Gridley and said, ‘You may fire when you are ready, Gridley’.... The very first gun to speak was an 8 inch ... of the OLYMPIA ...." By noon, Spain's Asian fleet had been destroyed with OLYMPIA playing the leading role. The battle was pivotal in the history of the Far East, and thus of the world.

OLYMPIA took part in the blockade and capture of the city of Manila and covered the Army in repelling insurgent attacks until she returned to the China coast 20 May 1899. Next month she was underway for Suez, the Mediterranean, and Boston, which she reached 10 October. She decommissioned there 8 November 1899.

Recommissioning in January 1902, OLYMPIA joined the North Atlantic Squadron, serving first as flagship for the Caribbean Division. In the next four years, she roved the Caribbean, Atlantic, and Mediterranean, protecting American citizens and interests from danger in the political strife and turmoil troubling this period. She was off Panama (December 1903-March 1904), Tangiers (June 1904), Smyrna, Turkey (August 1904), and Santo Domingo (May-December 1905), on the alert for any threat.

For six years, beginning 2 April 1906, OLYMPIA was out of commission first at Norfolk, then at Annapolis, recommissioning three summers for midshipmen training cruises (15 May-26 August 1907; l June-1 September 1908; 14 May-28 August 1909). She arrived Charleston, S. C. 6 March 1912, to serve as barracks ship for the reserve torpedo group.

As war came closer to the United States, OLYMPIA recommissioned in late 1916 and became flagship, Patrol Force Atlantic Fleet, 13 April 1917. She patrolled off Nova Scotia and escorted convoys before departing Charleston 28 April 1918 for Murmansk, Russia. There on 24 May 1918, she joined an allied force during the crisis brought on by Russia's revolution and her peace treaty with Germany. OLYMPIA landed sailors to garrison Murmansk, and contributed others to the Allied expedition on Archangel.

At war's end she sailed for Portsmouth, England, and then the Mediterranean. She cruised principally in the Adriatic from 21 January to 25 October 1919, policing the Dalmation coast which was wracked with turmoil in the wake of the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On 18 August, she sailed for the Black Sea to aid refugees before returning to the Adriatic 19 September. On 23 September, she sent a landing party ashore at Trau to prevent a clash between Yugoslavs and Italians.

Returning to Charleston 24 November 1919, OLYMPIA prepared for further Adriatic duty, departing New York 14 February 1920. Home again at Philadelphia 25 May 1921, she became flagship of the Train, Atlantic Fleet, the next month. She took part that July in the Army-Navy experiments which sank ex-German warships FRANKFURT and OSTFRIESLAND off the Virginia Capes.

On 3 October 1921, OLYMPIA departed Philadelphia for LeHavre to bring the remains of the Unknown Soldier home for interment in Arlington National Cemetery. The cruiser sailed for home 25 October 1921, escorted by a group of French destroyers for the first leg of the passage. At the mouth of the Potomac on 9 November, NORTH DAKOTA (BB-29) and BERNADOU (DD-163) joined her as she stood up to the Washington Navy Yard. There, with full and somber military honors, the body was piped over the side, OLYMPIA firing a last salute.

After training midshipmen in the summer of 1922, OLYMPIA decommissioned at Philadelphia 9 December 1922. She was reclassified IX-40 on 30 June 1931. The Navy's oldest steel ship still afloat is preserved as a shrine at Philadelphia by the Cruiser OLYMPIA Association, to which title was transferred 11 September 1957. In 1996, Independence Seaport Museum assumed responsibility for maintaining the vessel. USS OLYMPIA is a National Historic Landmark and the triple expansion engines are National Historic Engineering Landmarks.

On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on January 21:
1338 Charles V (the Wise) king of France (1364-80)
1571 John I Pontanus physicist/historian (Amsterdam)
1659 Adriaen van der Werff Dutch portrait painter/engraver/architect
1735 Johann Gottfried Eckard composer
1743 John Fitch inventor (had a working steamboat years before Fulton)
1746 Johann H Pestalozzi Zurich Switzerland, educator (Leonard & Gertrude)
1751 Josephus Andreas Fodor composer
1759 Johan Valckenaer Dutch politician/patriot
1762 Giuseppe Antonio Silvani composer
1771 Arnold A Buyskes Dutch Vice-Admiral/colonial director
1775 Manuel Garcia composer
1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma Fries story teller (Rhymes & Tales)
1796 John Gelinde van Blom Frisian notary/author
1801 Ramon Vilanova y Barrera composer
1813 John C Frémont [Pathfinder], map maker/explorer (western US)/Governor (AZ)
1814 Thomas Attwood Walmisley composer
1815 Horace Wells dentist (pioneered use of medical anesthesia)
1821 John Cabell Breckinridge (D) 14th US Vice Pressident (1857-61)/Major-General (Confederacy)
1823 Alexandre Edouard Goria composer
1824 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Lieutenant-General 2nd Corps (ANV, Confederacy)
1829 Oscar II Frederik King of Sweden (1872-1907)/Norway (-1905)/poet
1833 Norman Willis union leader (Britain's Trades Union Congress)
1840 Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake pioneer English woman physician
1848 Henri Duparc French composer
1855 John M Browning US, weapons manufacturer
1859 Antoni Wincenty Rutkowski composer
1865 Heinrich E Albers-Schönberg German röntgenologist
1867 James Marcus actor (Eagle, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Lone Avenger)
1867 Maxime Weygand French General/Governor-General (Algeria)
1867 Willem C Royaards Dutch theater director (Summer Games)
1872 Jonkhr Frans Beelaerts van Blokland Dutch foreign minister
1875 John Lindworsky German jesuit/psychologist (Der Wille)
1875 Paul E Kahle Germany, professor of oriental studies
1878 Egon Friedell Austria, journalist/actor/writer (Der Partylowe)
1883 Olav Aukrust Norway, poet
1884 Katie Sandwina Germany, legendary woman weight-lifter
1884 Roger Nash Baldwin founder (American Civil Liberties Union)
1885 Umberto Nobile Italian General
1886 Gustaaf Sap Belgian minister of Finance/Economy
1887 Alfred Henry Ackley composer
1887 Wolfgang Köhler German/US Gestalt psychologist (Mentality of Apes)
1889 Bert Collins cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WWI years)
1889 Pitirim A Sorokin Russian/US sociologist (Social mobility)
1891 Francisco Lazaro Portuguese runner
1891 Nikolay Semyonovich Golovanov composer
1891 Timothy Mather Spelman composer
1897 J Carrol Naish New York City NY, actor (Charlie Chan-Adventures of Charlie Chan)
1898 John George Syria, actor (Kolb-Adventures of Fu Manchu)
1898 Avery Claflin composer
1904 Richard P Blackmur Massachusetts, critic/poet (Anni Mirabiles, Good European)
1904 Joseph Ford McGuinn Brooklyn NY, actor (Dick Tracy's G-Men)
1905 Christian Dior Normandy France, fashion designer (long-skirted look)
1906 Fred Fehl Austrian/US Broadway photographer
1906 John Putz journalist
1908 Bengt Strömgren Göteborg Sweden, astrophysicist (studied gas cloud)
1909 Todor Skalovski composer
1910 Patsy Kelly Brooklyn NY, actress (Cowboy & the Lady)
1910 Lord Cayzer British financier/Schweppes magnate/multi-millionaire
1911 Stanley William Reed cineaste
1912 Konrad Bloch Germany, biochemist (studied cholesterol-Nobel 1964)
1915 Alan Hewitt New York City NY, actor (Detective Brennan-My Favorite Martian)
1917 Rohan Butler historian
1918 Geoffrey Dawes physiologist
1919 Jinx Falkenburg Barcelona Spain, actress (Masquerade Party)
1920 Donald Cuthbert Coleman economic historian
1920 Errol Walton Barrow PM of Barbados (DLP) (1966-76, 1986-87)
1920 Torsten Nilsson composer
1921 Barney Clark 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart
1921 John Doucette Brockton MA, actor (Lock Up, Big Town)
1921 Todor Popov composer
1922 Jean P Vroom Dutch sculptor
1922 Paul Scofield Hurst England, actor (Man for All Seasons, Train)
1923 Judith Merril [Josephine Juliet Grossman], sci-fi writer
1924 Benny Hill Southampton England, comedian (Benny Hill Show)
1924 Telly [Aristotle] Savalas Garden City Long Island NY, actor (Acapulco, Kojak)
1925 Lola Flores Cadiz Spain, singer/actress (Kuma Ching, Faraona)
1925 Oswald "Ossie" Stevens Nock railway writer
1926 Paul Burke New Orleans LA, actor (Neal-Dynasty)
1926 Franco Evangelisti Italian composer
1926 Raf Reymen Flemish actor
1926 Steve Reeves Glasgow MT, actor (Hercules, Hercules Unchained)
1930 Valentin Ignatyevich Filatyev Russia, cosmonaut
1932 Boris Shakhlin Russia, gymnast (Olympics-gold-1956-60-64)
1933 Itzhak Fuks Israeli El Al captain, crashed in Amsterdam
1933 William Wrigley III chewing gum mogul (Wrigleys)
1935 Ann Wedgeworth Abilene TX, actress (Tiger's Tale, Men's Club, Bogie)
1939 Mary Ellen McAnally Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes)
1939 Wolfman Jack [Bob Smith], Brooklyn NY, DJ (Midnight Special)
1940 Jack Nicklaus Columbus OH, golfer (Player of Year 1967,72,73,75,76)
1940 Marquis of Tavistock English large landowner/multi-millionaire
1941 Placido Domingo Madrid Spain, opera tenor (Pinkerton-Madame Butterfly)
1941 Richie Havens Brooklyn NY, folk singer (Here Comes the Sun)
1941 Edwin Starr [Charles Hatcher], US singer (War)
1942 Mac Davis Lubbock TX, singer/actor (Mac Davis Show, North Dallas 40)
1944 John Kenneth Tavener composer
1944 Neely Bruce composer
1945 Andrew Stein president of NYC council (D)
1945 Chris Britton rocker (Troggs-Rock & Roll Goldmine)
1946 Vincent Placoly Martinique, writer (L'eau-de-mort guildive)
1947 Jill Eikenberry New Haven CT, actress (Ann Kelsey-LA Law, Manhattan Project)
1947 Jimmy Ibbotson Penn, country singer (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
1950 Billy Ocean [Leslie S Charles], Trinidad, singer (Suddenly, Caribbean Queen)
1950 Joseph R Tanner Danville IL, astronaut (STS 66, 82, sk 97)
1950 Richie Ranno rocker
1953 Fausto Bara Mexico, actor (Gaucho-Renegades)
1955 Peter Fleming New Jersey, tennis player (US Open Doubles 1979, 81, 83)
1955 Robby Benson Dallas TX, actor (One on One, Running Brave, ChosenIce Castles, Beauty and the Beast)
1956 Bob Brill New York City NY, drummer (Berlin-You Take My Breath Away)
1957 Geena (Virginia) Davis Wareham MA, actress (Beetlejuice, The Fly)
1957 Jacob Green NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawk)
1957 Shaukat Dukanwala cricketer (Baroda off-spinner, UAE World Cup 1996)
1958 Miguel Alejandro New York City NY, actor (Popi)
1961 Sherry Ramsay Stauton VA, actress (Trish Mason-As the World Turns)
1961 Gabrielle Carteris Phoenix AZ, actress (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210)
1963 Cindy Schreyer Forest Park GA, LPGA golfer (1993 Sun-Times Challenge)
1963 Detlef Schrempf Germany, NBA forward (Mavericks, Pacers, Supersonics)
1963 Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon Nigeria, NBA center (Rockets, Olympics-gold-96)
1963 Jessie Hester NFL player (St Louis Rams)
1965 Brian Bradley Kitchener, NHL center (Tampa Bay Lightning)
1965 Cordell Crockett rocker (Ugly Kid Joe-Mad Man, Too Bad)
1965 Eric Moore NFL tackle (Cleveland Browns)
1965 Tania Abitbol Madrid Spain, LPGA golfer (1994 US Women's Open-4th)
1966 Chris Hammond US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1966 Katrine Michaelsen Gentokte Denmark, Miss Denmark (1984)
1967 Ulf Stenlund Sweden, tennis star
1968 Charlotte Ross Chicago, actress (Eve-Days of Our Lives)
1968 Tom Urbani Santa Cruz CA, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers)
1969 Ashley Sheppard NFL linebacker (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 Matt Willig NFL tackle/guard (Atlanta Falcons, New York Jets)
1969 Rusty Greer Fort Rucker AL, outfielder (Texas Rangers)
1969 Ted Long CFL slot back (Hamilton Tiger Cats)
1970 Brennan Little St Thomas Ontario, golfer (1994 Western States mini-tour)
1970 Ian Salisbury cricketer (Sussex & England leg-spinner 1992-96)
1971 Doug Edwards NBA forward (Vancouver Grizzlies)
1971 Doug Weight Warren MI, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98)
1971 Tommy Puett Gary IN, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10)
1972 Alan Benes Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1972 Howard Nathan NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
1972 Shelley Looney ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-98)
1973 Bubba Miller corner (Philadelphia Eagles)
1973 Grady Jackson defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders)
1973 Jamal Cox WLAF linebacker (Rhein Fire)
1974 Jerald Sowell fullback (New York Jets)
1974 Jerry Wunsch tackle (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
1974 Orpheus Roye defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1975 Anette Oldenborg Miss Denmark-Universe (1996)
1975 Faghma Absalom Miss Namibia-Universe (1996)
1975 Willem Korsten Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
1976 Amanda Little Miss Texas-USA (1997, top 6)
1976 Emma Lee Bunton "Baby Spice", Finchley London, vocalist (Spice Girls)
1976 Lynn Thomas Newport News VA, playmate (May 1997)
1979 Kelly Gaudet Miss Florida Teen-USA (1996)
1980 Aubrie Rippner Los Angeles CA, tennis star (1995 USTA National Girls 18)

Deaths which occurred on January 21:
0879 Boudouin with the Iron Arm Earl of Flanders, dies
1118 Paschalis II [Raniero], pope (1099-1118), dies
1596 John Ligarius German theologist/prime minister, dies at 66
1609 Joseph Justus Scaliger French inventor of "Julian Period", dies at 68
1626 John Dowland English musician/lyric poet (In Darkness We Dwell), dies at about 63
1665 Domenico Mazzocchi composer, dies at 72
1665 Pierre de Fermat French mathematician (Fermat theorem), dies at 63
1670 Honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan French playwright, dies at 80
1683 Anthony Ashley Cooper 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, dies at 61
1686 Nicolas-François Blondel French architect, dies
1704 Willem B Schepers Dutch merchant/ship owner, dies at about 83
1746 Gottfried Kirkhoff composer, dies at 60
1774 Mustapha III sultan of Turkey (1957-74), dies at 56
1793 Louis XVI French king (1774-93), beheaded by revolutionaries at 38
1815 M Claudius writer, dies at 74
1831 Achim vs Arnim writer, dies at 49
1851 Gustav Albert Lortzing composer, dies at 49
1862 Bozena Nemcová [Barnora Panklová], Czechoslovakian author, dies at 41
1871 John J Rochussen Governor-General of Netherlands-Indies (1845-51), dies at 73
1872 Franz Grillparzer Austrian playwright (Sappho/Libussa), dies at 81
1882 Anton Emil Titl composer, dies at 72
1883 Jacopo Tomadini composer, dies at 62
1884 Auguste Franchomme composer, dies at 75
1888 Stephan Hale Alonzo Marsh composer, dies at 83
1891 Calixa Lavallee composer, dies at 48
1892 John Couch Adams English co-discoverer of Neptune, dies
1894 Guillaume Jean Joseph Nicolas Lekeu composer, dies at 24
1903 Hermanus J A M Schaepman Dutch clergyman/politician, dies at 58
1924 Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin Russian leader, dies of a stroke at 54
1926 Camillo Golgi Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81
1927 Floris H Verster Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65
1931 Felix Blumenfeld composer, dies at 67
1932 [Giles] Lytton Strachey British biographer/critic, dies at 51
1942 Henryk Opienski Polish composer/musicologist/conductor, dies at 72
1943 Otakar Sini composer, dies at 61
1944 Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74
1944 Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein German major/pilot, shot down
1948 Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari composer, dies at 72
1950 George Orwell [Eric Arthur Blair] author (Animal Farm, 1984), dies from tuberculosis in London at 46
1954 Billy Jenkins dies at 69
1955 Maarten P Vrij Dutch lawyer/criminologist/High Council, dies at 59
1957 Arthur L Bowley English statistician/economist, dies at 87
1959 Cecil B[lount] de Mille producer (10 Commandments), dies at 77
1959 Lamar Stringfield composer, dies at 61
1961 Blaise Cendrars Swiss/French poet (J'ai tué), dies at 73
1961 John Joseph Becker composer, dies a day before 75th birthday
1962 André Lhote French painter/art historian, dies at 76
1963 Al St John actor (Law & Order, Devil Riders), dies at 70
1963 Franz Jung writer, dies at 74
1964 Joseph Schildkraut actor (Cleopatra, Diary of Anne Frank), dies at 68
1965 Harvey Zorbaugh doctor/TV host (Play the Game), dies at 68
1967 Ann Sheridan actress (Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies of cancer at 51
1971 Richard B Russell (Senator-D-GA), dies at 73
1974 Jan Arends Dutch poet/author, dies at 48
1974 Ken Viljoen cricketer (played 27 Tests for South Africa 1930-47), dies
1974 Lewis L Strauss head US Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78
1975 Marie Lohr actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84
1977 John Vincent composer, dies at 74
1977 Zoltan Vasarhelyi composer, dies at 76
1981 Allyn Joslyn actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79
1984 Jackie Wilson US singer (I Get the Sweetest Feeling), dies at 49
1985 Barbara Cowsill rocker (Cowsills), dies of emphysema
1987 Pieter G Buckinx Flemish writer (7th Day), dies at 83
1988 Abraham Sofaer actor (Naked Jungle, Elephant Walk), dies
1991 Howard "Red" Grange football's galloping ghost, dies at 87
1991 Frank Mitchell actor (Music is Magic, Prairie Gunsmoke), dies
1991 Richard Bolling (Representative-D-MO)/US civil-rights leader, dies at 74
1992 William T "Champion Jack" Dupree US boxer/pianist, dies at 81
1994 Basel al-Assad Syrian President Assad's son, dies in car accident at 31
1995 Flavio "Negao" Pires da Conceicao drug Trafficker, dies at 25
1995 John Halas animator, dies at 82
1995 Philippe Casado Moroccan/French cyclist, dies at 30
1996 Roman Ciesiewicz artist/graphic designer, dies at 65
1996 Sam Green industrialist/inventor, dies at 88
1997 Colonel Tom Parker manager (Elvis Presley), dies at 87
1997 Dennis Main Wilson TV/radio producer, dies at 72
1997 Michael Duane educationalist, dies at 81

On this day...
1077 German King Heinrich IV petitions Pope Gregory VII for forgiveness
1189 Philip II, Henry II & Richard Lion-Hearted initiate 3rd Crusade
1276 Pierre de Tarantaise elected Pope Innocent V
1324 Zen Buddhist religious debate between Tendai & Shingon
1522 Head inquisitor Adrian Florisz Boeyens elected pope
1542 Parliament passes bill of attainder against Queen Katherine Howard
1604 Tsar Ivan IV defeats the False Dmitri, who claims to be the true tsar
1664 Count Miklós of Zrinyi sets out to battle Turkish invasion army
1677 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston
1732 Russia & Persia sign Treaty of Riascha
1789 1st American novel, WH Brown's "The Power of Sympathy", is published
1793 Prussia & Russia sign partition treaty (Poland divided)
1799 Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination is introduced
1818 Keats writes his poem "On a Lock of Milton's Hair"
1821 Paramaribo Suriname catches fire, 4 die
1824 Ashantees defeat British at Accra, West Africa
1827 Freedom Journal, 1st Black paper, begins publishing
1830 Portsmouth (Ohio) blacks forcibly deported
1846 1st edition of Charles Dickens' "Daily News"
1853 Envelope-folding machine patented by Russell Hawes, Worcester MA
1861 Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign
1863 City of Dublin leases part of Cattle Market for 100,000 years
1874 Franz Grillparzer's "Libussa" premieres in Vienna
1879 Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem" premieres in Copenhagen
1880 1st US sewage disposal system separate from storm drains, Memphis TN
1887 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) forms
1890 1st issue of Propria Cures, Amsterdam student-weekly newspaper
1894 Oscar Fredriksen skates world record 500m in 47.8 seconds
1901 Clyde Fitch's "Climbers" premieres in New York City NY
1903 "Wizard of Oz" premieres in New York City NY
1903 Harry Houdini escapes police station Halvemaansteeg in Amsterdam
1903 International Theater (Majestic, Park) opens at 5 Columbus Circle New York City NY
1904 Leos Janacek's opera "Jenufa" premieres in Brno Czechoslovakia
1907 Kenora Thistles sweep Montana Wanderers in 2 for the Stanley Cup
1908 New York City NY regulation makes it illegal for a woman to smoke in public
1908 August Strindberg's "Spoksonaten" premieres in Stockholm
1910 British-Russian military intervention in Persia
1913 Aristide Briand forms French government
1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit
1919 Sinn Fein proclaims parliament of Free Ireland
1922 1st slalom ski race run, Mürren, Switzerland
1925 Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe President
1926 Belgian parliament accepts Locarno treaties
1927 1st national opera broadcast from a US opera house (Faust, Chicago)
1929 Robert Sherriff's "Journey's End" premieres in London
1932 USSR & Finland stop non-attack treaty
1935 The Wilderness Society founded
1935 WFI-AM in Philadelphia PA merges with WLIT as WFIL (now WEAZ)
1935 Wilderness Society forms
1938 Dutch government starts obligatory unemployment insurance
1939 George Kaufman & Moss Hart's "American Way" premieres in New York City NY
1939 US female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer
1939 US male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee
1940 Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship
1941 1st commercial extraction of magnesium from seawater, Freeport TX
1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
1941 Australia & Britain attack Tobruk Libya
1941 British communist newspaper "Daily Worker" banned
1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
1942 Count Basie records "One O'Clock Jump"
1942 Japanese air raid on Rabaul New Britain
1942 Tito's partisans occupy Foca
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Gumrak airport near Stalingrad
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Worosjilowsk
1943 Vice-Admiral Cunningham appointed British Admiral of fleet
1944 447 German bombers attack London
1944 649 British bombers attack Magdeburg
1945 British troops land on Ramree, near coast of Burma
1946 "Nellie Bly" opens at Adelphi Theater New York City NY for 16 performances
1947 "Sweethearts" opens at Shubert Theater New York City NY for 288 performances
1947 Arthur Honegger's 4th Symphony premieres in Basel
1948 West Indies vs England, Test debut Walcott, Weekes & Jim Laker
1949 1st inaugural parade televised (Harry Truman)
1950 New York jury finds former State Department official Alger Hiss guilty of perjury
1950 "Lend an Ear" closes at National Theater New York City NY after 460 performances
1950 T S Eliot's "Cocktail Party" premieres in New York City NY
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1952 Nehru's Congress party wins general election in India
1953 John Foster Dulles appointed as Secretary of State
1954 1st gas turbine automobile exhibited (New York City NY)
1954 1st atomic submarine, USS Nautilus, launched on Thames River, christened by First Lady Mamie Eisenhower
1956 William Shawn succeeds Harold Ross as editor of the New Yorker
1956 "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City NY after 849 performances
1957 KSAT TV channel 12 in San Antonio TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 KMOT TV channel 10 in Minot ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
1958 Phillies agree to televise 78 games into New York City NY (doesn't happen)
1960 Little Joe 4 suborbital Mercury test reaches 16 km
1960 Rock falls traps 437 at Coalbrook South Africa, 417 die of methane poisoning
1961 Portuguese rebels seize cruise ship Santa Maria
1961 "Conquering Hero" closes at ANTA Theater New York City NY after 8 performances
1961 KIFI TV channel 8 in Idaho Falls ID (NBC) begins broadcasting
1962 Snow falls in San Francisco
1962 JFK arrives in Uruguay
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sea Island Women's Golf Invitational
1964 Carl T Rowan named director of US Information Agency
1965 Persians premier Ali Mansoer injured
1966 Beatle George Harrison marries model Patti Boyd
1967 AFL Pro Bowl East beats West 30-23
1967 US female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming
1967 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti
1968 AFL Pro Bowl East beats West 25-24
1968 NFL Pro Bowl West beats East 38-20
1968 US B-52 bombers with nuclear bomb crashes in Greenland
1969 22nd NHL All-Star Game West beat East 3-3 at Montréal
1971 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV
1972 Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh territory
1972 Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
1972 Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
1972 Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
1973 Leslie Nielsen appears on M*A*S*H in "Ringbanger"
1973 3rd NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 33-28
1974 Gold hits record $161.31 an ounce in London
1974 Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
1975 28th NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at Montréal
1976 Supersonic Concorde, 1st commercial flights, by Britain & France
1977 President Jimmy Carter pardons almost all Vietnam War draft evaders
1977 Italy legalizes abortion
1978 Bee Gees' "Saturday Night Fever" album goes #1 for 24 weeks
1979 Neptune becomes outermost planet (Pluto moves closer)
1979 Price of gold increases to record $875 troy ounce
1979 Super Bowl XIII Pittsburgh Steelers beat Dallas Cowboys, 35-31 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Terry Bradshaw, Pittsburgh, Quarterback
1980 Gold hits record $850 an ounce
1980 Les Henson, Virginia Tech, makes 89' 3" basketball field goal
1981 Bernhard Goetz is assaulted for 1st time on a New York subway train
1981 "Shakespeare's Cabaret" opens at Bijou Theater New York City NY for 54 performances
1982 "Little Me" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY for 36 performances
1982 New York Islanders begin then NHL record 15 game winning streak
1983 Reagan certifies El Salvador human-rights abuses have decreased making country eligible for US military aid
1983 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Anthony E Hecht
1984 US male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton
1985 -19ºF (-28ºC), Caesar's Head SC (state record)
1985 -34ºF (-37ºC), Mt Mitchell NC (state record)
1985 Dennis Potvin ties Bobby Orr's career record of 270 NHL goals
1985 Bomb attack on Borobudur temple in Java
1986 100 participate in Nude Olympics race in 38ºF (3ºC), Indiana
1986 Allison J Brown, 17, of Oklahoma, crowned 4th Miss Teen USA
1986 Bomb attack in East-Beirut, 27 killed
1987 Archbishop's envoy Terry Waite disappears in Lebanon
1987 BB King donates his 7,000 record collection to University of Mississippi
1988 US accept immigration of 30,000 US-Vietnamese children
1989 A woman is assaulted & raped in the room of an Oklahoma football player
1989 Wayne Gretzky passes Marcel Dionne to become NHL's 2nd all time scorer
1990 Bob Goodenow succeeds Alan Eagleson as NHL players association executive director
1990 John McEnroe becomes the 1st ever expelled from the Australian Open for throwing a tantrum & swearing at an official
1990 41st NHL All-Star Game Wales beat Campbell 12-7 at Pittsburgh
1990 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Jamaica Golf Classic
1991 CBS News correspondent Bob Simon captured by Iraqis in Persian Gulf
1993 Johan Koss skates world record 5 km in 6 38.77
1993 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti arrested on suspicion of murder
1994 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)
1994 Lorena Bobbitt found temporarily insane for chopping off spouse's penis
1995 52th Golden Globes Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks, Jessica Lange, Brad Pitt
1996 53th Golden Globes Mel Gibson, Nicole Kidman, John Travolta
1996 Karrie Webb wins LPGA HealthSouth Inaugural Golf Tournament
1996 US male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo
1998 Pope John Paul II visits Cuba

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

Dominican Republic : Nuestra Senora de Altagracia Day
US : Martin Luther King Jr Day (1929) - - - - - ( Monday )
Virginia : Lee-Jackson Day - - - - - ( Monday )
Florida : Arbor Day - - - - - ( Friday )
China : Chinese New Year-The Year of the Rat-Sexageney begins (1996/4694)

Religious Observances
Baha'i : World Religion Day (Sultan 3)
Christian : Commemoration of St Meinrad
Roman Catholic : Feast of St Meinrad
Roman Catholic, Anglican : Memorial of St Agnes, virgin/martyr at Rome

Religious History
1525 History's first Anabaptist baptismal service took place in Zurich, Switzerland, when Conrad Grebel (re-)baptized George Blaurock.
1549 Parliament passed the first of four British Acts of Uniformity, this first requiring the exclusive use of the Book of Common Prayer (later called the First Prayer Book of Edward VI) in all public services of the Anglican Church.
1738 English revivalist George Whitefield wrote in his journal: 'I desire to have no greater portion than the prayers of the poor.'
1772 Pioneer Methodist bishop Frances Asbury wrote in his journal: 'Though a stranger in a strange land, God has taken care of me.'
1986 Charismatic Bible Ministries was founded in Oklahoma. A fraternal fellowship of charismatic organizations, CBM held its first major conference in June 1986 in Tulsa.

Thought for the day :
" Home to a young boy is merely a filling station. "

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

Showing support AND boosting the morale of our military
and our allies military AND the family members of the above.
AND Honoring those who have served before.

Good morning Tonk and all.

I fully support and endorse the mission of the Canteen.

Thx Tonk. WE need more FReepers out there next time.

Because there will be a next time. 'Pod

Todays transportation for you and the Girlz.

Will you take some time today to send some messages to the military?
You WILL get responses back today from them.
Invite them to visit the Canteen by copying and pasting this url in your message.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/search?m=any&o=time&s=USO%20Canteen

Help From The Homefront

Thousands of San Diego-based sailors and Marines are serving aboard U.S. warships deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Western Pacific. NBC 7/39 has contacted all of the deployed ships and most have responded,
saying they would love to hear from the folks back home.

Fill in the form below. We will forward your message of support to our fighting men and women aboard the USS Tarawa, USS Rushmore,
USS Higgins, USS Shiloh, USS Mobile Bay, USS Thatch, USS Milius, USS Valley Forge, USS Bunker Hill and USS Constellation.

CLICK HERE
TO POST YOUR MESSAGE

BUMP the LINK in post #1.

Let a soldier far from home know that YOU care!

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support AND boosting the morale of our military and our allies military
AND the family members of the above.
AND Honoring those who have served before.

Duty ~ Honor ~ Country

Click above to visit "A Day in the Life of President Bush"

bump by chaplain xzins for the new mission statement

Good morning troops :)

Good morning canteen :)

To my fellow Canteeners, our Military, Vets, Allies, Volunteers and your families,

I'm early today because I decided to stay home from work. So I will be around a bit longer honoring our men and women in our Military and offering my heartfelt thanks to them and their families.

Darn! I just noticed a typo:callenges = challenges