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Quote of the day The best place a person can die, is where they die for others.                                  Word of the day ludic - playful; Today's Events  in History   2007 - In Sydney, Australia, 2.2 million people take part in the first Earth Hour 1991 - The Establishment of Islamic Constitutional Movement - Hadas in Kuwait 1986 - 167 die when Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashes 1983 - Earthquake in Colombia kills some 5,000 people 1966 - USSR launches Luna 10, 1st lunar orbiter 1959 - Dalai Lama fled China & was granted political asylum in India 1933 - German Republic gives power to Hitler 1918 - 1st daylight savings time in US goes into effect 1870 - 1st black to vote in US (Thomas P Mundy of Perth Amboy NJ)

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Quote of the day Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.                               Word of the day osculation - the act of kissing; Today's Events  in History   2006 - UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law 1993 - French govt of Balladur forms 1988 - Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy 1981 - Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley III 1968 - General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia 1956 - USSR performs nuclear test 1953 - Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1945 - USSR invades Austria during WW II 1919 - Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain 1814 - Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon

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Quote of the day For a living dog is better than a dead lion,                   Word of the day countersign - a secret word or phrase known only to a restricted group; Today's Events  in History   2004 - 3-19 Shooting Incident: Taiwanese president Chen Shui-bian is shot just before the country's presidential election on March 20 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends (started on March 2) after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters with 11 allied troop fatalities 1996 - Winnie Mandela divorces Nelson after 38 years of marrage 1981 - 2 workers killed in space shuttle Columbia accident 1972 - India & Bangladesh sign friendship treaty 1969 - British invade Anguilla 1965 - Indonesia nationalizes all foreign oil companies 1958 - Britain's 1st planetarium opens at Madame Tussaud's in London 1915 - Pluto photographed for 1st time (although unknown at the time) 1877 - Australia beat England by 45 runs in very 1st Test match 1831 - 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)

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Quote of the day In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.                      Word of the day proclaim - declare formally; Today's Events  in History   1996 - A nightclub fire in Quezon City, Philippines kills 162 1991 - Apple computer head Steve Jobs weds Laurene Powell 1989 - In Egypt, a 4400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops 1978 - Pakistani former premier Ali Bhutto sentenced to death 1953 - Earthquake strikes West Turkey, 250 die 1949 - NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Org) ratified 1948 - Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1931 - 1st electric shavers go on sale in US 1922 - Mohandas K Gandhi sentenced to 6 years' imprisonment 1891 - Britain is linked to the continent by Telephone

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Quote of the day Reason has always existed, but not always in a reasonable form.                    Word of the day cormorant - greedy, or rapacious person; Today's Events  in History   1996 - Sri Lanka beat Australia by 7 wickets to win the World Cup 1996 - Aravinda De Silva gets 107* & 3-42 in cricket World Cup victory 1993 - 86 killed by bomb attack in Calcutta 1988 - Iran says Iraq uses poison gas 1987 - IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3 1973 - Queen Elizabeth II opens new London Bridge 1959 - Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India 1957 - Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash 1950 - Element 98 (Californium) announced 1753 - 1st official St Patrick's Day

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Quote of the day A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth.                   Word of the day tetchy - irritable; Today's Events  in History   2008 - Gold prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange hit $1,000.00 an ounce for the first time 2003 - Human evolution: The journal Nature reports that 350,000-year-old footprints of an upright-walking human have been found in Italy 1997 - India's Missionaries of Charity chooses Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as its leader 1996 - Sri Lanka beat India in World Cup semi as riots stop play 1986 - Microsoft has its Initial public offering 1973 - Syria adopts constitution 1969 - Apollo 9 returns to Earth 1943 - Failed assassin attempt on Hitler during Smolensk-Rastenburg flight 1924 - German Republic day 1884 - US adopts Standard Time

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Quote of the day All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.                Word of the day adept - Having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; Today's Events  in History   1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange 1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 1986 - 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1974 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted 1963 - Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain 1953 - American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1935 - Bank of Canada opens 1918 - Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia 1917 - British troops occupy Baghdad 1824 - US War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair 1795 - Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols

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Quote of the day We need men who can dream of things that never were.                Word of the day incisive - penetrating; cutting; Today's Events  in History   2006 - The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter arrives at Mars 1995 - Car bomb explodes in Karachi at shite mosque, 17+ killed 1987 - Vatican formal opposition to test-tube fertilization & embryo transfer 1977 - Rings of Uranus discovered during occulation of SAO 1973 - Morocco adopts constitution 1960 - USSR agrees to stop nuclear testing 1945 - Japan declares Vietnam Independence 1939 - 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India 1910 - China ends slavery 1876 - 1st telephone call made (Alexander Graham Bell to Thomas Watson) 1862 - US issues 1st paper money ($5, $10, $20, $50, $100, $500 & $1000) 1624 - England declares war on Spain

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Quote of the day Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.              Word of the day cohort - a group; also, a companion or associate; Today's Events  in History   2006 - Liquid water is discovered on Enceladus, the sixth largest moon of Saturn 1996 - Javed Miandad's last international in Pak's WC QF loss to India 1986 - NASA announces searchers found remains of Challenger astronauts 1974 - Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended 1962 - Egyptian Pres Nasser declares Gaza belongs to Palestinians 1959 - Barbie, the popular girls' doll, debuted, over 800 million sold 1956 - Shashi Tharoor born, Indian author & United Nations Under-Secretary General 1945 - Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China 1935 - Adolf Hitler announces the creation of a new air force 1882 - False teeth patented 1796 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais

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Quote of the day In between goals is a thing called life, that has to be lived and enjoyed.             Word of the day somniferous - causing or inducing sleep; Today's Events  in History   1998 - 1st time the British flag is flown over Buckingham Palace 1981 - Soyuz 39 returns to Earth 1971 - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain 1960 - President Sukarno disbands Indonesia's parliament 1940 - 1st US telecast from an airplane, NYC 1799 - Napolean captures Jaffa Palestine

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Quote of the day Never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.            Word of the day succor - aid; help; also, to help or relieve; Today's Events  in History   2001 - In Mecca, 35 Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death during the annual Hajj pilgrimage 1991 - Iraq repealed its annexation of Kuwait 1984 - US accuse Iraq of using poison gas 1970 - Dubnium atoms are first detected conclusively 1964 - Emergency crisis proclaimed in Ceylon due to social unrest 1956 - "King Kong," 1st televised 1949 - The Jharkhand Party is founded in India 1931 - Gandhi & British viceroy Lord Irwin sign pact 1868 - Stapler patented in England by C H Gould 1558 - Smoking tobacco introduced in Europe by Francisco Fernandes

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Quote of the day Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.          Word of the day surcease - stop; end; Today's Events  in History   2004 - War in Iraq: Al Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500; 2002 - U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins 1996 - Tendulkar scores 137 for Ind v SL in Cricket World Cup, but still lose 1991 - Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings end to the 1991 Gulf War 1985 - US approves screening test for AIDS 1970 - Rhodesia becomes independent republic. 1969 - Chinese-Russian borders fight (approx 70 die) 1933 - Most powerful earthquake in 180 years hit Japan 1923 - Time magazine debuts 1819 - US passed its 1st immigration law