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From: "Mary" <>
Subject: [FOLKLORE] Today in History - Dec. 27th
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000 08:09:46 -0500


Today is Wednesday, December 27th, the 362nd day of 2000.
There are four days left in the year.


Today's Highlight in History:
On December 27th, 1900, militant prohibitionist Carry A.
Nation carried out her first public smashing of a bar, at
the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas.

On this date:
In 1822, scientist Louis Pasteur was born in Dole, France.

In 1927, the musical play "Show Boat," with music by Jerome
Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein the Second, opened at
the Ziegfeld Theater in New York.

In 1932, Radio City Music Hall opened in New York.

In 1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World
Bank.

In 1947, the children's television program "Howdy Doody"
made its debut on NBC.

In 1968, "Apollo Eight" and its three astronauts made a
safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific.

In 1970, "Hello, Dolly!" closed on Broadway after a run of
two-thousand-844 performances.

In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan.
President Hafizullah Amin, who was overthrown and executed,
was replaced by Babrak Karmal.

In 1985, Palestinian guerrillas opened fire inside the Rome
and Vienna airports; a total of 20 people were killed,
including five of the attackers, who were slain by police
and security personnel.

In 1985, American naturalist Dian Fossey, who had studied
gorillas in the wild, was found hacked to death at a
research station in Rwanda.

Ten years ago: The government reported that orders to
manufacturers for "big ticket" durable goods plummeted ten
and a-half percent the previous month. Gennady I. Yanayev
was approved as the Soviet Union's first vice president on
the last day of a stormy, ten-day session of the Congress of
People's Deputies.

Five years ago: Israeli jeeps sped out of the West Bank town
of Ramallah, capping a seven-week pullout giving Yasser
Arafat control over 90 percent of the West Bank's one
million Palestinian residents and one-third of its land.

One year ago: Space shuttle "Discovery" and its seven-member
crew returned to Earth after fixing the Hubble Space
Telescope.
Former television executive Leonard H. Goldenson, who'd
built ABC into a network powerhouse, died in Longboat Key,
Florida, at age 94.

Today's Birthdays:
Former US Senator James A. McClure (Republican, Idaho) is
76.
Actress Inga Swenson is 68.
Actor John Amos is 59.
ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 57.
Singer Tracy Nelson is 56.
Actor Gerard Depardieu is 52.
Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is 48.
Rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 48.
Broadcast journalist Arthur Kent is 47.
Actress Maryam D'Abo is 40.
Country musician Jeff Bryant (Ricochet) is 38.
Musician Matt Slocum (Six Pence None The Richer) is 28.
Actor Wilson Cruz is 27.
Singer Olu is 27.



"What you cannot find on earth is not worth seeking."
-- Norman Douglas, Scottish author (1868-1952).


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