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Good morning guys.

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On this day in history ..
0672 - Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1471 - King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1512 - Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army
1551 - English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland
1564 - England & France sign Peace of Troyes
1564 - Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns
1567 - Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda
1579 - Venlo joins Union of Utrecht
1580 - Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
1677 - Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III
1689 - William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1713 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1801 - Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig
1814 - 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1830 - Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1848 - Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust
1856 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1862 - Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
1863 - Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)
1865 - Battle of Mobile, AL - evacuated by Confederates
1865 - Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1876 - Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks organizes
1876 - Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1881 - River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
1881 - Spelman College founded
1890 - Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1891 - 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1895 - Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1898 - President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1899 - Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US

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1900 - US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1902 - Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
1906 - Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1907 - NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
1911 - Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1912 - Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
1914 - George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres
1917 - Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
1921 - Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
1921 - KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1921 - Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1924 - 1st men's college swimming championships begin
1924 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
1924 - WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1925 - Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1927 - Chilean gen Carlos Ib ¤ez names himself president
1929 - KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
1929 - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
1933 - Hermann G”ring becomes premier of Prussia
1936 - Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC
1936 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations
1941 - Germany blitzes Conventry, England
1941 - Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
1941 - Nazi occupiers in Neth confiscate Jewish assets
1942 - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1943 - Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft
1944 - RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1945 - Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
1945 - SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
1945 - US captures Tsugen Shima

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1945 - US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1945 - US troops conquers Mlheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1947 - Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
1948 - 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279
1950 - Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
1950 - US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 - Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare
1954 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open
1955 - Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1956 - French govt decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1957 - Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1957 - Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically
1958 - Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
1959 - "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1959 - Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
1959 - Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1960 - 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1961 - 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
1961 - Adolf Eichmann trial begins in Israel
1961 - Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns
1961 - Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II crimes trial
1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut
1963 - John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty
1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1963 - Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty)
1964 - "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 perfs
1965 - 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
1965 - 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000

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1966 - 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
1966 - Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1967 - "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 perfs
1967 - Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
1967 - Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead," premieres
1968 - Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1968 - Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1968 - W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1968 - WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
1970 - Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1970 - Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1970 - SF beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
1971 - "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1971 - 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
1971 - WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 - Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1974 - WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1975 - JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1976 - 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1977 - Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
1980 - Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1981 - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 - Race riot in London area of Brixton
1981 - Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 - Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1982 - 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1982 - Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1983 - 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
1983 - 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280
1983 - 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
1983 - NASA launches RCA-F
1984 - Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 - Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named pres of Soviet Union
1984 - Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 - USSR party leader Chernenko elected president
1985 - Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
1986 - A Canadain 1921 50› piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1986 - Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days

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1986 - Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 - KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1987 - Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals
1987 - Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39)
1988 - Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1989 - 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
1989 - Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1990 - Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
1990 - NY Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51)
1990 - NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1991 - "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater NYC
1991 - NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis lands
1991 - UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1992 - BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
1992 - Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris
1992 - Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6« hr)
1992 - Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1993 - 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277
1993 - Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
1993 - Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie
1996 - "King & I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 perform
1996 - Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
1999

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1370 - Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony
1586 - Pietro Della Valle, composer
1602 - Johann Neukrantz, composer
1638 - Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer
1661 - Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet
1681 - Anne Danican Philidor, composer
1682 - Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer
1715 - John Alcock, composer
1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer
1769 - Johann Georg Lickl, composer
1770 - George Canning, (C) British PM (1827)
1772 - Manuel Jos‚ Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo)
1775 - Charles-Fran‡ois Dumonchau, composer
1779 - Louise Reichardt, composer
1793 - Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist
1794 - Edward Everett, Dorchester Mass, (Gov-Mass), statesman/orator
1801 - Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin)
1815 - Klara Fey, German orch leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein)
1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, French politician/founder (Allgemeiner)
1837 - Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861
1838 - Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer
1840 - John Conrad Nordqvist, composer
1854 - Hugh Massie, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)
1856 - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)
1856 - Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India
1859 - Basil Harwood, composer
1862 - Charles Evans Hughs, 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
1862 - William W Campbell, US astronomer/director Lick Observatory
1866 - Carla Ford, Henry's wife
1867 - John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics)
1879 - Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1881 - Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer
1883 - Leonard Mudie, England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence)
1888 - Donald Calthrop, London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express)
1889 - Nick La Rocca, US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag)
1893 - Dean G Acheson, statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
1893 - Johannes T Thijsse, Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft)
1897 - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist
1898 - Lou Holtz, comedian/actor (Follow the Leader)
1899 - Percy L Julian, chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis)

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1901 - Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter)
1901 - Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens)
1901 - Theodor Rogalski, composer
1902 - Quentin Reynolds, NYC, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI)
1904 - Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist
1904 - Paul McGrath, Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love)
1907 - Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night)
1907 - William Henry Swinburne, music teacher
1908 - Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto)
1908 - Leo Rosten, writer/humourist
1908 - Masura Ibuka, industrialist
1910 - Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma)
1910 - Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Sp”nola, general/president Portugal
1910 - Henry William Collins, artist
1911 - Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz, Poland, sprinter (Oly-gold-32)
1912 - John Larkin, Oakland Calif, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High)
1913 - Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
1915 - (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist
1916 - Alberto E Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi)
1916 - Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears)
1916 - Howard Koch, producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II)
1918 - Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist
1918 - Richard Wainwright, MP
1918 - William Perrie, British prison governor
1919 - Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY)
1919 - Raymond Carr, Warden (St Antony's College Oxford)
1920 - Marlen Haushofer, writer
1921 - Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war)
1921 - Virginia O'Brien, LA Calif, actress (Francis in the Navy)
1921 - Viscount Buckmaster
1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer
1922 - Antoine Blondin, writer
1925 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby
1925 - Johan van Zonderen, painter

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1926 - Gervase de Peyer, clarinettist
1926 - Robert Hall Lewis, composer
1927 - Domenico Guaccero, composer
1929 - Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969- )
1930 - Carl Franklin, Richmond Calif, actor (Fantastic Journey)
1930 - Clive Exton, scriptwriter & playwright
1930 - James Alan Ferman, secretary (British Board of Film Classification)
1930 - Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings)
1930 - Kazuo Fukushima, composer
1930 - Nicholas F Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
1930 - W G [Bill] Hefner, (Rep-D-NC, 1975- )
1931 - Johnny Sheffield, Pasadena Calif, actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son)
1932 - F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot
1932 - Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
1932 - Max Schubel, composer
1933 - Tony Brown, Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal)
1934 - Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer (Dept of Health)
1934 - Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic)
1934 - Richard A Garland, artist/photographer
1935 - Pierre Kartner, [Father Abraham], Dutch singer (Smurf Song)
1935 - Richard Berry, musician
1936 - Janet Allen, Headmistress (Benenden School)
1938 - Michael Deaver, politician/influence peddler (S&L scandal)
1939 - Louise Lasser, NYC, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!)
1941 - David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979- )
1941 - Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
1942 - Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
1943 - E J Dommering, Dutch lawyer
1943 - Earl of Sandwich

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1943 - Elmer R Wilsoe, Island mayor (Cura‡ao)
1944 - John Milius, writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday)
1944 - R J B Knight, deputy director (National Maritime Museum)
1945 - Robert Fripp, guitarist (King Crimson)
1947 - Michael Hindley, British MEP
1947 - Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University)
1947 - Peter Riegert, NYC, actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey)
1947 - Uli Edel,
1948 - Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941)
1950 - Bill Irwin, Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall)
1951 - Robbie House, rocker (Snuff)
1952 - Michael Daly, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 BC Winter Tour)
1954 - Chris Difford, rocker (Squeeze)
1955 - Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)
1955 - Piers J Sellers, Sussex England, PhD/astronaut
1957 - Everton Mattis, cricketer (WI batsman early 80's)
1957 - John Castellanos, San Diego Calif, actor (John Silva-Young & Restless)
1958 - Sally Clark, Feilding NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96)
1958 - Stuart Adamson, rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country-Wonderland)
1958 - William Stuart Adamson, Manchester, rock guitarist (Big Country)
1959 - Richie Sambora, rocker (Bon Jovi)/boyfriend of Cher & Heather Locklear
1961 - Lucky Vanous, Lincoln Nebraska, model (GQ, Diet Coke)
1962 - Andr‚ Wasiman, soccer player (FC Volendam)
1962 - Terry Hoage, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals)
1963 - Eddy Moya, El Paso Tx, actor
1963 - Elizabeth Smylie, Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Okla City)
1966 - Dave Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1966 - Kara McGaw, Toronto Ontario, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96)
1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World)
1966 - Mark Higgs, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals)
1966 - Steve Scarsone, Anaheim CA, infielder (SF Giants)

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1967 - Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silv-92, 96)
1967 - Mark Seay, NFL wide receiver (SD Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
1967 - Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km)
1967 - Wendel Suckow, Marquette Mich, luger (Olympics-1994)
1968 - Eric Moten, NFL guard/tackle (SD Chargers)
1969 - Gavin Briant, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993)
1969 - J Nick Adamson, Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olymp-21st-1996)
1969 - Janeth Arcain, WNBA forward (Houston Comets)
1969 - Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins)
1970 - Delroy Pearson, rock vocalist (Five Star-Between the Lines)
1970 - Joe Vitiello, Cambridge MA, infielder (KC Royals)
1970 - Sean Bergman, Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1970 - Trevor Linden, Medicine Hat, NHL right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders)
1972 - Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
1972 - Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1972 - Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)
1972 - Nicole Levesque, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting)
1972 - Ted Johnson, linebacker (New England Patriots)
1973 - Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers)
1973 - Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996)
1973 - Reggie Tongue, NFL safety (KC Chiefs)
1974 - Alex Corretja, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16)
1974 - Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player (MVV)
1975 - Terry Cousin, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears)
1978 - Victor Sikora, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles)
1984 - ?, 1st deep freeze baby, in Australi

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Inspirational Posters for the Cubicle Era
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by
killing all those who opposed them.

If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos ... then you probably
haven't completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

Artificial Intelligence is no match for Natural Stupidity

Plagiarism saves time.

If at first you don't succeed, try management.

Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether.

TEAMWORK ... means never having to take all the blame yourself.

Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups.

We waste time, so you don't have to.

Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away!

Go the extra mile. It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker.

A snooze button is a poor substitute for no alarm clock at all.

When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break.

INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY.

Succeed in spite of management.

Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment.

[dwgbryant]

Good morning Chip. I'm off to an all day business meeting in Gainesville. Not the way I prefer to spend my Saturday. The only good thing about it is that the bikerlady will be here waiting for me when I get home.

OOO toro going with my coffee to take along.

[LuvTooGolf]

Morning Chip and Dean. What sort of business meeting do you have in retirement?