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 Today's highlight in history:
On Dec. 10, 1967, singer Otis Redding, 26, and six others were killed in the crash of their plane in Lake Monona, Wis.
On this date:
In 1787, Thomas H. Gallaudet, a pioneer of educating the deaf, was born in Philadelphia.
In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state.
In 1869, women were granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory.
In 1906, President Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1931, Jane Addams became the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (the co-recipient that year was Nicholas Murray Butler).
In 1948, the U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
In 1950, Ralph J. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the first black American to receive the award.
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1987, violin virtuoso Jascha Heifetz died in Los Angeles at age 86.
In 2005, former Sen. Eugene McCarthy died in Washington, D.C., at age 89; actor-comedian Richard Pryor died in Encino, Calif., at age 65.
Ten years ago: The Supreme Court narrowed double-jeopardy protections for people who face both civil fines and criminal prosecution for the same conduct, ruling that three Oklahoma men could be prosecuted in a bank failure case even though they'd already paid civil fines for their actions.
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 Five years ago: President Bush selected William H. Donaldson, an investment banker with ties to Wall Street and the Bush family, as chairman of the besieged Securities and Exchange Commission. Former President Carter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomacy in the Middle East in the
'70s.
One year ago: Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet died at age 91. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani criticized a bipartisan U.S. report on American war policies, saying it contained some "very dangerous" recommendations that would undermine the sovereignty of Iraq. Tenor Roberto Alagna walked out of a performance of Verdi's "Aida" at Italy's famed La Scala opera house when the audience booed his rendition of the aria "Celeste Aida."
Today's birthdays: Actor Harold Gould is 84. Former Agriculture Secretary Clayton Yeutter is 77. Actor Tommy Kirk is 66. Actress Fionnula Flanagan is 66. Pop singer Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) is 66. Actress-singer Gloria Loring is 61. Pop-funk musician Walter "Clyde" Orange (The Commodores) is 61. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ralph Tavares is 59. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jessica Cleaves (Friends of Distinction) is 59. Country singer Johnny Rodriguez is 56. Actress Susan Dey is 55. Actor Michael Clarke Duncan is 50. Jazz musician Paul Hardcastle is 50. Actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 47. Actress Nia Peeples is 46. TV chef Bobby Flay is 43. Rock singer-musician J Mascis is 42. Country singer Kevin Sharp is 37. Rock musician Scot Alexander (Dishwalla) is 36. Rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 33. Violinist Sarah Chang is 27. Actress Raven is 22.
Thought for today: "I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing."
-- Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, dramatist, author (1856-1900).
[Associated Press]
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