Good morning, it’s Saturday, May 17th, the 138 day of 2008. There are 228 days left in the year. The forecast calls for a mostly sunny sky and highs in the lower 80s.
Eleven years ago today, the Hansen quads received their degrees from Baylor University. The sisters from San Antonio were born within 15 minutes of each other in 1974. Allison, Brooke, Clare and Darcy Hansen appeared on such TV shows as “Regis and Kathy Lee,” “The Tonight Show,” and “Rolonda” and appeared in commercials for Coca Cola, Jack in the Box, among others. They attended Baylor on academic scholarships and each graduated with at least a 3.5 grade average.
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A bee is hard at work pollinating a flower and taking a berry back to the hive for later. The photo was taken by Fred Daschofsky 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 Local History:
On May 17, 1997, the Hansen quads graduated from Baylor University.
Today's Highlight in History:
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, which found that racially segregated public schools were inherently unequal, and therefore unconstitutional.
On This Date:
In 1792, the New York Stock Exchange had its origins as a group of brokers met under a tree on Wall Street.
In 1875, the first Kentucky Derby was run; the winner was Aristides.
In 1938, Congress passed the Second Vinson Act, providing for a strengthened U.S. Navy.
In 1938, the radio quiz show "Information, Please!" made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
In 1939, Britain's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrived in Quebec on the first visit to Canada by reigning British sovereigns.
In 1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying, but not preventing a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
In 1973, the Senate began its televised hearings into the Watergate scandal.
In 1978, women were included in the White House honor guard for the first time as President Carter welcomed Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.
In 1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive
Arthur McDuffie.
In 1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)
Ten years ago:
Leaders of the Group of Eight nations ended their summit in Birmingham, England, with a plea to Pakistan not to respond in kind to India's five nuclear explosions. New York Yankees pitcher David Wells became the 13th player in modern major league baseball history to throw a perfect game as he retired all 27 batters he faced in a 4-0 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Five years ago:
A top Vatican official, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, acknowledged what many observers had long suspected, that Pope John Paul II was suffering from Parkinson's disease. A German tour bus overturned on a highway in France, killing 28 people. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in the West Bank city of Hebron, killing an Israeli man and his pregnant wife. More than 260 people died in Sri Lanka's worst flooding in five decades. "Funny Cide" ran away from the field in the Preakness, two weeks after winning the Kentucky Derby. (However, Funny Cide came up short at the Belmont Stakes, finishing third.)
One year ago:
President Bush and retiring British Prime Minister Tony Blair held a joint news conference at the White House, during which Blair allowed not a single regret about the Iraq war alliance. World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz announced he would resign at the end of June 2007, following controversy over his handling of a pay package for his girlfriend. Trains crossed the border dividing the two Koreas for the first time in more than half a century.
Today's Birthdays:
Actor-director Dennis Hopper is 72. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pervis Jackson (The Spinners) is 70. Actor Peter Gerety is 68. Singer Taj Mahal is 66. Singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester is 64. Rock musician Bill Bruford is 59. Singer-musician George Johnson (The Brothers Johnson) is 55. TV personality Kathleen Sullivan is 55. Actor Bill Paxton is 53. Boxing Hall-of-Famer Sugar Ray Leonard is 52. Actor-comedian Bob Saget is 52. Sports announcer Jim Nantz is 49. Singer Enya is 47. Talk show host-actor Craig Ferguson is 46. Rock singer-musician Page McConnell is 45. Singer-musician Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails) is 43. Actress Paige Turco is 43. Rhythm-and-blues musician O'Dell (Mint Condition) is 43. Actor Hill Harper is 42. TV personality/interior designer Thom Filicia is 39. Singer Jordan Knight is 38. Rhythm-and-blues singer Darnell Van Rensalier (Shai) is 38. Rock singer-musician Josh Homme is 35. Rock singer Andrea Corr (The Corrs) is 34. Actor Sendhil Ramamurthy (TV: "Heroes") is 34. Singer Kandi Burruss is 32. Actress Kat Foster (TV: " 'Til Death") is 30. Basketball player Tony Parker is 26. Actor Tahj Mowry is 22.
Actress Nikki Reed is 20. Actress Samantha Browne-Walters is 17.
Thought for Today:
"Have no fear of perfection -- you'll never reach it." -- Salvador Dali, Spanish artist (1904-1989).
(Source: Associated Press)
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