Tuesday, January 13, 2009

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Quote of the day

Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.
 
Word of the day

hapless -  unlucky; unfortunate;

Today's Events  in History

 
2000 - Microsoft chairman Bill Gates steps aside as chief executive and promotes company president Steve Ballmer to the position
1991 - Soccer stadium riot in Orkney South Africa, at least 40 die
1990 - 1st elected US black governor inaugurated (Douglas Wilder-Virginia)
1966 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - Hindu-Muslim rioting breaks out in the Indian city of Calcutta - now Kolkata - resulting in the deaths of more than 100 people
1958 - 9,000 scientists of 43 nations petition UN for nuclear test ban
1949 - Rakesh Sharma born, Indian cosmonaut (Soyuz T-11)
1943 - Hitler declares "Total War"
1930 - "Mickey Mouse" comic strip 1st appears
1888 - National Geographic Society founded (Washington, DC)
1559 - Elizabeth I crowned queen of England in Westminster Abbey

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