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 Today's
highlight in history:
On Jan. 23, 1968, North Korea seized the Navy intelligence ship USS Pueblo, charging its crew with being on a spying mission. (The crew was released 11 months later.)
On this date:
In 1789, Georgetown University was established in present-day Washington, D.C.
In 1845, Congress decided all national elections would be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November.
In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination.
In 1943, critic Alexander Woollcott suffered a fatal heart attack during a live broadcast of the CBS radio program "People's Platform."
In 1950, the Israeli Knesset approved a resolution affirming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
In 1964, the 24th amendment to the Constitution, eliminating the poll tax in federal elections, was ratified.
In 1973, President Richard Nixon announced an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.
In 1989, surrealist artist Salvador Dali died in his native Spain at age 84.
In 2002, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi, Pakistan, by a group demanding the return of prisoners from the Afghan campaign; he was later slain.
In 2005, former "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson died in Malibu, Calif., at age 79.
Ten years ago: Fighting scandal allegations involving Monica Lewinsky, President Bill Clinton assured his Cabinet during a meeting that he was innocent and urged them to concentrate on their jobs. A judge in Fairfax, Va., sentenced Aimal Khan Kasi to death for an assault rifle attack outside CIA headquarters in 1993 that killed two men and wounded three other people. (Kasi was executed in November 2002.)
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Five years ago: The government of Kuwait said a Kuwaiti had confessed to the shootings of two U.S. defense workers in Kuwait (one worker was killed; the other was wounded). Actress Nell Carter died in Beverly Hills, Calif., at age 54.
One year ago: In his State of the Union address, President Bush implored Congress to give his plan to send more U.S. troops to Iraq a chance to work. A new rule requiring U.S. airline passengers to show a passport upon their return from Mexico, Canada or the Caribbean took effect. E. Howard Hunt, who helped organize the Watergate break-in, leading to the downfall of Richard Nixon's presidency, died in Miami at age 88.
Today's birthdays: Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg, D-N.J., is 84. Actress Jeanne Moreau is 80. Actress Chita Rivera is 75. Actor-director Lou Antonio is 74. Actor Gil Gerard is 65. Actor Rutger Hauer is 64. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 64. Sen. Thomas R. Carper, D-Del., is 61. Singer Anita Pointer is 60. Actor Richard Dean Anderson is 58. Rock musician Bill Cunningham is 58. Rock musician Danny Federici (Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band) is 58. Rock singer Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 55. Princess Caroline of Monaco is 51. Singer Anita Baker is 50. Reggae musician Earl Falconer (UB40) is 49. Actress Gail O'Grady is 45. Actress Mariska Hargitay is 44. Rhythm-and-blues singer Marc Nelson is 37. Actress Tiffani Thiessen is 34.
Thought for today: "Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember."
-- Oscar Levant, pianist-composer-actor (1906-1972)
[Associated Press]
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