Good morning, it’s Sunday, April 6, the 97th day of 2008. There are 269 days left in the year. The forecast calls for a mostly sunny sky with highs in the upper 70s. Ten years ago today, Tammy Wynette died in her home in Nashville, Tenn. at age 55 after years of medical problems. Wynette was known as the First Lady of Country Music and her song, “Stand by Your Man” was one of the biggest selling singles by a woman in country music history.
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Easily the most popular picture of 2007. A once in a lifetime shot of bluebonnets in snow during the Easter holiday. The photo was taken by Kristy Ballard and was selected for the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.Click here for information about the 2008 News 10 Weather Authority Calendar.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On April 6, 1909, explorers Robert E. Peary, Matthew A. Henson and four Inuits became the first men to reach the North Pole. (The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.)
On This Date:
In 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, New York.
In 1858, President Buchanan issued a proclamation declaring Mormons in the Utah Territory to be in a state of rebellion against the U.S. government.
In 1862, the Civil War Battle of Shiloh began in Tennessee as Confederate forces launched a surprise attack against Union troops, who beat back the Confederates the next day.
In 1896, the first modern Olympic games formally opened in Athens, Greece.
In 1917, Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany.
In 1954, after being criticized by Edward R. Murrow on CBS' "See It Now," Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin) delivered a filmed response in which he charged that Murrow had in the past "engaged in propaganda for Communist causes."
In 1963, the United States signed an agreement to sell the Polaris missile system to Britain.
In 1965, the United States launched the Intelsat I, also known as the "Early Bird" communications satellite, into orbit.
In 1988, Tirza Porat, a 15-year-old Israeli girl, was killed in a West Bank melee. (Although Arabs were initially blamed, the army concluded Tirza had been accidentally shot by a Jewish settler.)
In 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a mysterious plane crash near Rwanda's capital; widespread violence and killings erupted in Rwanda over claims the plane had been shot down.
Ten years ago:
The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 9,000 points for the first time. Energy Secretary Federico Pena announced his resignation. Country singer Tammy Wynette died at her Nashville, Tennessee, home at age 55.
Five years ago:
U.S. forces encircled and began flying into Baghdad's international airport. British forces in the south made their deepest push into Basra, Iraq's second-largest city.
One year ago:
British sailors and marines newly freed by Iran said they were blindfolded, isolated in cold stone cells and tricked into fearing execution while being coerced into falsely saying they had entered Iranian waters. A suicide bomber smashed a truck loaded with TNT and toxic chlorine gas into a police checkpoint in Ramadi, Iraq, killing 27 people.
Today's Birthdays:
Nobel Prize-winning scientist James D. Watson is 80. Composer-conductor Andre Previn is 79. Country singer Merle Haggard is 71. Actor Billy Dee Williams is 71. Actor Roy Thinnes is 70. Movie director Barry Levinson is 66. Actor John Ratzenberger is 61. Actress Marilu Henner is 56. Olympic bronze medal figure skater Janet Lynn is 55. Actor Michael Rooker is 53. Rock singer-musician Frank Black is 43. Author Vince Flynn is 42. Actress Ari Meyers is 39. Actor Paul Rudd is 39. Actor-producer Jason Hervey is 36. Rock musician Markku Lappalainen (Hoobastank) is 35. Actor Zach Braff is 33. Actress Candace Cameron is 32. Actor Bret Harrison is 26.
Thought for Today:
"After the age of eighty, everything reminds you of something else." -- Lowell Thomas, American author and broadcaster (born this day in 1892, died in 1981).
(Source: Associated Press)
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