Holidays for Today: National Joygerm Day* National English Toffee Day* Bubble Bath Day* Male Watchers Day
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TODAY IN BIRTHDAYS:
1891 Walther Bothe, Germany, subatomic particle physicist (Nobel 1954 - coincidence circuit)
1926 Soupy Sales [Milton Hines], North Carolina, comedian (Soupy Sales Show)
1935 Elvis Aaron Presley, Tupelo MS, rocker (Blue Suede Shoes, Hounddog)
1942 Stephen Hawking, English physicist and author (Black Holes & Baby Universes)
1944 Terry Brooks, Sterling IL, sci-fi author (Word & Void, Sword of Shannara, Magic Kingdom of Landover)
1947 David Bowie [Jones], London, singer/actor (Labyrinth, Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust)
1965 Michelle Forbes, Austin TX, actress (Lt. Roe/STNG; Admiral Helena Cain/Battlestar Galactica; True Blood; Kalifornia)
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HAPPENED THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1790 George Washington delivers first "State of the Union" address in New York City.
1835 The United States national debt is 0 for the only time.
1838 Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph using dots and dashes (forerunner of Morse code).
1963 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
1964 President Lyndon B Johnson declares "War on Poverty" in United States.
1993 Elvis Presley Commemorative Postage Stamp goes on sale.
2004 RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built.
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