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Today's Highlight in Local History:

Today's Highlight in History:
On August seventh, 1942, U.S. and allied forces landed at
Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive
in the Pacific during World War Two.

On This Date:
In 1782, George Washington created the Order of the Purple
Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and
non-commissioned officers.
In 1789, the U.S. War Department was established by Congress.
In 1882, the famous feud between the Hatfields of West Virginia
and the McCoys of Kentucky erupted into full-scale violence as one
member of the Hatfield clan was killed by three McCoy brothers, who
ended up being slain in turn.
In 1927, the Peace Bridge between the United States and Canada
was dedicated during ceremonies attended by Prince Edward of Wales,
Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and U.S. Vice
President Charles Dawes.
In 1947, the balsa wood raft Kon-Tiki, which had carried a
six-man crew 43-hundred miles across the Pacific Ocean, crashed
into a reef in a Polynesian archipelago.
In 1957, 50 years ago, Oliver Hardy (the heavier half of the
Laurel and Hardy comedy team) died in North Hollywood, California,
at age 65.
In 1959, the United States launched Explorer Six, which sent
back a picture of the Earth.
In 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving
President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North
Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.
In 1974, French stuntman Philippe Petit (fee-LEEP' peh-TEET')
repeatedly walked a tightrope strung between the twin towers of New
York's World Trade Center.
In 1987, the presidents of five Central American nations,
meeting in Guatemala City, signed an eleven-point agreement
designed to bring peace to their region.
Ten years ago:
A Russian capsule on a fix-it mission docked
gingerly with the crippled Mir space station, bringing a new crew
charged with salvaging the orbiting outpost.
Five years ago:
Former ImClone Systems chief executive Samuel
Waksal was indicted in New York on charges of obstruction of
justice and bank fraud in addition to previous securities fraud and
perjury charges. (Waksal later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
more than seven years in prison.) Alvaro Uribe (oo-REE'-bay) was
sworn in as president of Colombia as guerrillas launched a mortar
attack in the capital, killing 21 people.

One year ago:
Oil prices jumped after BP said it had discovered
corrosion so severe, it would have to replace 16 miles of pipeline
at the huge Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska. Colombia's President
Alvaro Uribe was sworn in for an unprecedented second
term.

Today's Birthdays:
Writer-producer Stan Freberg is 81.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Herb Reed (The Platters) is 79. Bluesman
Magic Slim is 70. Actress Verna Bloom is 68. Humorist Garrison
Keillor is 65. Singer B.J. Thomas is 65. Singer Lana Cantrell is
64. Actor John Glover is 63. Actor David Rasche is 63.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Harold Hudson is 58. Country singer Rodney
Crowell is 57. Actor Wayne Knight is 52. Rock singer Bruce
Dickinson is 49. Marathon runner Alberto Salazar is 49. Actor David
Duchovny is 47. Country musician Michael Mahler (Wild Horses) is
46. Jazz musician Marcus Roberts is 44. Country singer Raul Malo is
42. Actress Charlotte Lewis is 40. Actress Sydney Penny is 36.
Actress Charlize Theron is 32.

Thought for Today:
: "People who cannot recognize a palpable
absurdity are very much in the way of civilization." -- Agnes
Repplier, American essayist (1858-1950).

(Source: Associated Press)

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