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"The people who think they are happy should rummage through
their dreams." ---- Edward Dahlberg, (1900-1977)
American author Marcel Proust said, "Only through art can we get
outside of ourselves and know another's view of the universe ..."
W. H. Auden said, "We are here on Earth to do good
to others. What the others are here for, I don't know."
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Today is December 10th, the 344th day with 21 to
follow.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius.
They include-
Francis Gallaudet, founder of the first free school for the deaf, in
1787.
Poet Emily Dickinson in 1830.
Librarian Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal book classification
system, in 1851.
TV newscaster Chet Huntley in 1911.
Actress Dorothy Lamour in 1914.
Actor Harold Gould in 1923
Actor Mako in 1933
Actor Tommy Kirk in 1941
Actress Fionnula Flanagan in 1941
Actress-singer Gloria Loring in 1946
Actress Susan Dey in 1952
Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle in 1957
Actor Kenneth Branaugh in 1960
Actress Nia Peeples in 1961
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan in 1963
Entrepreneur Joanne Noel Montero in 1965
Country singer Kevin Sharp in 1970
Violinist Sarah Chang in 1980
Actress Raven-Symone in 1985
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this date in history-
In 1869, the Territory of Wyoming granted women the right
to vote.
In 1898, Spain signed a treaty officially ending the Spanish-American War.
It gave Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines to the United States.
In 1901, the Nobel prizes were first awarded in Oslo, Norway, and
Stockholm, Sweden.
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an end to the
Russo-Japanese War.
In 1927, the Grand Ole Opry made its first radio broadcast from
Nashville.
In 1931, Jane Addams became a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, the
first American woman so honored.
In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee
Wallis Warfield Simpson. His brother succeeded to the throne as King
George VI.
In 1941, Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines in
the early days of World War II.
In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche was presented the Nobel Peace Prize, the first
black American to receive the award.
In 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize
during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway.
In 1984, the National Science Foundation reported the discovery of the
first planet outside our solar system, orbiting a star 21 million light
years from Earth.
In 1990, the communists won a major victory in the first postwar
multi-party elections in the Yugoslavian republics of Serbia and
Montenegro.
In 1991, TV commentator Patrick Buchanan announced a bid to challenge
President Bush for the Republican presidential nomination.
Also in 1991, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a New York law that
allowed a criminal's profits for selling his story to be seized and given
to his victims.
In 1992, Sen. Packwood, R-Ore., apologized to the women who had accused
him of sexual harassment and promised he would not do it again.
In 1997, the Swiss high court ruled that $100 million of the money that
had been salted away in banks by former dictator Ferdinand Marcos would be
returned to the Philippine government.
In
2002, the Roman Catholic diocese of Manchester, N.H.,
admitted responsibility for failing to protect children
from
abusive priests.
In 2003, The European Union planned to examine the legality d
States decision to exclude several nations from
multi-billion-dollar reconstruction contracts inq
because they there.
Also in 2003, the U.S.-apponted Iraqi Governing Council
announced the formal establishment of a war
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