Good morning, it’s Monday, December 17, the 351st day of 2007. There are 14 days left in the year and counting today, just eight more shopping days until Christmas.
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This month’s photo:
German immigrants built the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia more than a century ago. It’s one of the largest wooden church buildings in Texas. The photo was taken by Thomas Rinard of Waco and was selected for the 2007 KWTX Hometown Calendar. Click here for information about the 2008 KWTX Hometown Calendar.
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Today's Highlight in Local History:
On December 17, 1969, Waco’s Meals on Wheels program started up.
Today's Highlight in History:
On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer.
On This Date:
In 1777, France recognized American independence.
In 1807, American Quaker poet and abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
In 1830, South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia.
In 1925, Colonel William "Billy" Mitchell was convicted at his court-martial of insubordination for accusing senior military officials of incompetence and criminal negligence; he was suspended from active duty.
In 1939, the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee was scuttled by its crew, ending the World War II Battle of the River Plate off Uruguay.
In 1944, the U.S. Army announced it was ending its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast.
In 1957, the United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
In 1975, Lynette Fromme was sentenced in Sacramento, California, to life in prison for her attempt on the life of President Ford.
In 1981, members of the Red Brigades kidnapped Brigadier General James L. Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. Army official in southern Europe, from his home in Verona, Italy. (Dozier was rescued 42 days later.)
In 1986, Eugene Hasenfus, the American convicted by Nicaragua for his part in running guns to the Contras, was pardoned, then released.
Ten years ago:
The United States and 33 other countries signed a convention in Paris aimed at eradicating bribery in international business. President Clinton's panel on race relations met at Annandale High School in Virginia.
Five years ago:
Insurance and finance company Conseco Incorporated filed for Chapter 11 protection. Congo's government, rebels and opposition parties signed a peace agreement to end four years of civil war. Playwright Frederick Knott, who wrote "Dial M For Murder" and "Wait Until Dark," died in New York City at age 86.
One year ago:
Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped two-dozen employees at the Red Crescent offices in downtown Baghdad. Searchers on Mount Hood in Oregon found the body of missing climber
Kelly James; two other climbers remain missing. Dodgers reliever Larry Sherry, the most valuable player of the 1959 World Series, died in Mission Viejo, California, at age 71. Yul Kwon emerged as the winner of the CBS game "Survivor: Cook Islands."
Today's Birthdays:
Newspaper columnist William Safire is 78. Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 77. Magazine publisher Robert Guccione is 77. Actor George Lindsey is 72. Singer-actor Tommy Steele is 71. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 70. Actor Bernard Hill is 63. Actor Christopher Cazenove is 62. Actor Ernie Hudson is 62. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 61. Actor Wes Studi is 60. Pop
musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 59. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 58. Rhythm-and-blues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 56. Actor Bill Pullman is 54. Actor Barry Livingston is 54. Country singer Sharon White is 54. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 51. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 49. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 46. Country musician Tim Chewning is 45. Country musician Duane Propes is 41. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 37. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 37. Actress Sarah Paulson is 33. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 33. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 33. Actress Milla Jovovich is 32. Singer Bree Sharp is 32. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 28. Actress Vanessa Zima is 21. Actor-singer Nat Wolff is 13.
Thought for Today:
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things." -- "Poor Richard's Almanack."
(Source: Associated Press)
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