In 1988, Roy Orbison, singer, died. All you need to know is just a click away. Check out Chanukah On the Net , The On- Line Menorah or the Hanukkah information page from the Pedagogic Center. Holidays and more Today is Independence Day in Finland. It's Farmers Day in Ghana.
Today is the first day of Hanukkah in Israel.
It's the Independence Eve in the Ivory Coast Republic. Today is Flag Day in the Netherlands Antilles. It's Constitution Day in Spain. Jazz musician Dave Brubeck is 76. Photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt is 98.