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 Today's highlight in history:
On Oct. 16, 1987, a 58 1/2-hour drama in Midland, Texas, ended happily as
rescuers freed Jessica McClure, an 18-month-old girl trapped in an abandoned
well.
On this date:
In 1793, during the French Revolution, Marie Antoinette, the queen of France, was beheaded.
In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a group of about 20 men in a failed raid on Harper's Ferry.
In 1916, Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic, in Brooklyn, N.Y. (The clinic ended up being raided by police and Sanger was arrested.)
In 1946, 10 Nazi war criminals condemned during the Nuremberg trials were hanged.
In 1957, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip began a visit to the United States with a stopover at the site of the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.
In 1962, the Cuban missile crisis began as President Kennedy was informed that reconnaissance photographs had revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.
In 1964, Harold Wilson of the Labor Party assumed office as prime minister of Britain, succeeding Conservative Sir Alec Douglas-Home.
In 1964, China set off its first atomic bomb, codenamed "596," on the Lop Nur Test Ground.
In 1978, the College of Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Karol Wojtyla to be the new pope; he took the name John Paul II.
In 1991, a deadly shooting rampage took place in Killeen, Texas, as George Hennard opened fire at a Luby's Cafeteria, killing 23 people before taking his own life.
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 Ten years ago: In the first known case in the United States, a Georgia woman gave birth after being implanted with previously frozen eggs. Author James Michener died in Austin, Texas, at age 90.
Five years ago: President Bush signed a congressional resolution authorizing war against Iraq. The White House announced that North Korea had disclosed it had a nuclear weapons program.
One year ago: President Bush personally assured Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki by phone that he had set no timetable for pulling troops out of Iraq. Lynne Stewart, a firebrand civil rights lawyer, was sentenced in New York to 28 months in prison for helping an imprisoned terrorist sheik communicate with his followers on the outside.
Today's birthdays: Actress Angela Lansbury is 82. Author Gunter Grass is 80. Former presidential adviser Charles W. Colson is 76. Actor-producer Tony Anthony is 70. Actor Barry Corbin is 67. Rock musician C.F. Turner (Bachman-Turner Overdrive) is 64. Actress Suzanne Somers is 61. Rock singer-musician Bob Weir (The Dead) is 60. Producer-director David Zucker is 60. Record company executive Jim Ed Norman is 59. Actor Daniel Gerroll is 56. Actor-director Tim Robbins is 49. Actor-musician Gary Kemp is 48. Singer-musician Bob Mould is 47. Actor Randy Vasquez is 46. Rock musician Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) is 45. Jazz musician Roy Hargrove is 38. Actress Terri J. Vaughn is 38. Singer Wendy Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 38. Rapper B-Rock (B-Rock and the Bizz) is 36. Actress Kellie Martin is 32. Singer John Mayer is 30. Actor Jeremy Jackson is 27.
Thought for today: "We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire."
-- Francois, Duc de la Rochefoucauld, French moralist (1613-1680).
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