Good morning, it’s Tuesday, October 21, the 295th day of 2008. There are 71 days left in the year. The forecast calls for highs in the lower 80s today under a mostly sunny sky, but clouds begin to move in tonight.
On October 21, 1879, investor Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his lab in Menlo Park, N.J. It was patented in 1880.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On October 21, 1805, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Horatio Nelson defeated a French-Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson, however, was killed.
On This Date:
In 1797, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as "Old Ironsides," was christened in Boston's harbor.
In 1879, Thomas Edison perfected a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
In 1917, members of the 1st Division of the U.S. Army training in Luneville, France, became the first Americans to see action on the front lines of World War One.
In 1944, during World War II, U.S. troops captured the German city of Aachen.
In 1959, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York opened to the public.
In 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon clashed in their fourth and final presidential debate in New York.
In 1966, more than 140 people, mostly children, were killed when a coal waste landslide engulfed a school and several houses in Aberfan, Wales.
In 1967, tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters began two days of demonstrations in Washington, D.C.
In 1967, the Israeli destroyer INS Eilat was sunk by Egyptian missile boats near Port Said; 47 Israeli crew members were lost.
In 1971, President Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U-S Supreme Court.
Ten years ago:
President Clinton signed a $520 billion spending package that was shipped to him just before the 105th Congress slipped into history. A radical environmental group, the Earth Liberation Front, claimed responsibility for fires that caused $12 million in damage at the nation's busiest ski resort in Vail, Colorado. Dr. Jane Henney was confirmed as FDA commissioner. The New York Yankees swept the San Diego Padres, winning Game 4 of the World Series, 3-0.
Five years ago:
Invoking a hastily passed law, Florida Governor Jeb Bush ordered a feeding tube reinserted into Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle. The Senate voted to ban the practice that critics call partial-birth abortion. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that Israel tear down a barrier jutting into the West Bank. Boston anti-busing activist Louise Day Hicks died at age 87. Actor Fred Berry died in Los Angeles at age 52. The New York Yankees pulled away from the Florida Marlins for a 6-1 victory and a 2-1 World Series lead.
One year ago:
Wildfires driven by powerful Santa Ana winds burned several homes near San Diego and in Malibu, Calif. Vice President Dick Cheney said in a speech the United States and other nations would not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon. The opposition Civic Platform party ousted Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's government in Poland's parliamentary elections. The Boston Red Sox won the American League championship in Game 7 of their series with the Cleveland Indians, 11-2.
Today's Birthdays:
Actress Joyce Randolph is 83. Rock singer Manfred Mann is 68. Musician Steve Cropper (Booker T. & the MG's) is 67. Singer Elvin Bishop is 66. TV's Judge Judy Sheindlin is 66. Actor Everett McGill is 63. Musician Lee Loughnane (Chicago) is 62. Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is 59. Musician Charlotte Caffey (The Go-Go's) is 55. Actress-author Carrie Fisher is 52. Singer Julian Cope is 51. Rock musician Steve Lukather (Toto) is 51. Actor Ken Watanabe is 49. Rock musician Che Colovita Lemon is 38. Rock singer-musician Nick Oliveri (Mondo Generator) is 37. Christian rock musician Charlie Lowell (Jars of Clay) is 35. Actor Jeremy Miller is 32. Actor Will Estes is 30. Actress Kim Kardashian is 28. Actor Matt Dallas is 26.
Thought for Today:
"There are three things which the public will always clamor for, sooner or later: namely, Novelty, novelty, novelty." -- Thomas Hood, British poet (1799-1845).
(Source: Associated Press)
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