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Subject: On This Day
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OTD (version 1.01) - Compiled on: Nov 30 1990
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July 29, 1992

Born today ...

    In 1805, Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian.
    In 1861, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore.
    In 1869, Booth Tarkington, US novelist.
    In 1883, Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator.
    In 1892, William Powell, actor.
    In 1905, Dag Hammarskjeld, UN Secretary-General.
    In 1905, Stanley Kunitz.
    In 1907, Melvin Belli, attorney.
    In 1918, Mary Lee Settle.
    In 1923, Richard Egan, actor.
    In 1930, Paul Taylor, dancer & choreographer.
    In 1932, Nancy Landon Kassebaum, Kansas Senator.
    In 1934, Robert Fuller, actor.
    In 1936, Elizabeth H. Dole, American Red Cross President.
    In 1938, Peter Jennings, ABC news anchor.
    In 1941, David Warner, actor.
    In 1949, Marilyn Quayle, wife of Dan.
    In 1972, Will Wheaton, actor.

Events today ...

             New Moon (3:38 pm EDT +/- 2 mins).
             Mutomboko Ceremony (Zambia).
             National Holiday (Peru).
             National Soda Jerk Reunion (Omaha).
             Rain Day (Waynesburg, PA).
    In 1030, St. Olav, Viking king, killed.
    In 1733, First schoolhouse west of Alleghany mountains completed (Ohio).
    In 1858, US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan.
    In 1870, 1st asphalt pavement laid (Newark, NJ).
    In 1888, Yellow fever broke out in Jacksonville, FL.
    In 1890, Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch painter, died.
    In 1899, 1st motorcycle race (Manhattan Beach, NY).
    In 1914, Cape Cod Canal opened to traffic.
    In 1914, 1st transcontinental telephone linkup completed (SF to NYC).
    In 1928, Iron lung electric respirator 1st used (Bellevue Hosp., NYC).
    In 1929, Cubs and Reds played a full nine inning baseball game using one
               ball.
    In 1946, Gertrude Stein, poet-novelist ("A rose is a rose ..."), died.
    In 1957, Jack Paar made his debut as host of NBC's "Tonight" show.
    In 1958, NASA founded.
    In 1968, Pope Paul VI upheld the birth control prohibition.
    In 1974, 2nd impeachment vote against R. Nixon by the House Judiciary
               Committee.
    In 1981, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer.
    In 1988, Largest US bank failure ever (First Republic Bank Corp., Dallas).
    In 1989, Eight foot high jump (J. Sotomayor).
    In 1990, Red Sox hit 12 doubles vs. Tigers.
    In 1991, First catcher to catch two perfect baseball games (Ron Hassey).

Religious events today ...

             Saint Martha's Day.

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"What a waste it is to lose one's mind, or not to have a mind is being very
wasteful.  How true that is."--J. Danforth Quayle to United Negro College Fund