Trivia For January 12, 2010

Holidays for Today: National Pharmacist Day* National Marzipan Day* Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania)*
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1729 - Edmund Burke, British author (Philosophy and Inquiry)
1737 - John Hancock, patriot (1st to sign Declaration of Independence)
1876 - Jack London, San Francisco, author (Call of the Wild, White Fang, Sea Wolf)
1899 - Paul H Muller, Swiss chemist (DDT-Nobel 1948)
1905 - Tex Ritter, Texas, country singer (5 Star Jubilee, Wayward Wind)
1946 - Cynthia Robinson, Sacramento CA, musician (trumpet/Sly & the Family Stone)
1947 - Tom Dempsey, Milwaukee WI, NFL football player
1951 - Kirstie Alley, Wichita KS, actress (Star Trek II, Cheers-Rebecca)
1951 - Rush Limbaugh, Girardeau MO, radio personality & political commentator
1952 - Walter Mosley, Los Angeles CA, author crime fiction (Easy Rawlins series)
1954 - Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, "Radio's Bad Boy"
1973 - Dan Haseltine, IL, singer/ musician (Jars of Clay)
1974 - Melanie Jayne Chisholm, "Sporty Spice", vocalist (Spice Girls)
1978 - Jeremy Camp, Lafayette IN, contemporary Christian musician (Stay, Carried Me, Restored)
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. - Edmund Burke
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1773 - First US public museum established in Charleston, SC.
1820 - Royal Astronomical Society founded in England.
1839 - Anthracite coal first used to smelt iron, Mauch Chunk, PA.
1915 - Rocky Mountain National Park is formed by an act of U.S. Congress.
1932 - Hattie W. Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate.
1966 - "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV.
1969 - Super Bowl III: New York Jets of the American Football League defeat the heavily favored Baltimore Colts of the National Football League 16–7.
1971 - "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV.
1986 - Congressman Bill Nelson lifts off from Kennedy Space Center aboard Columbia on mission STS-61C as a Mission Specialist.
2004 - The world's largest ocean liner, RMS Queen Mary 2, makes its maiden voyage.
2007 - Comet McNaught reaches perihelion becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years.
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