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Quote of the day The advantage of a bad memory is that one enjoys several times the same good things for the first time.    Word of the day virtuoso -  a person skilled in the techniques of an art; Today's Events  in History   1997 - Brook Lee, Hawaii, crowned 46th Miss USA (en route to Miss Universe) 1995 - Japan's Shinshinto Party wins local elections 1992 - Last day of Test Cricket cricket for Dilip Vengsarkar 1974 - US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure 1971 - Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard & Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hrs 1963 - Soviet lunar probe failure 1958 - Gamel Abdel Nasser nominated 1st president of United Arab Republic 1937 - 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released 1917 - Present Mexican constitution adopted 1904 - American occupation of Cuba ends 1879 - Joseph Swan demonstrates light bulb using carbon glow 1870 - 1st motion picture shown to a theater audience, Philadelphia