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On this date in history:

In 1812, Russians set fire to Moscow in an effort to keep out Napoleon and his invading French troops.

In 1954, the famous scene in which Marilyn Monroe is shown laughing as her skirt is blown up by a blast of air from a subway vent was shot during the filming of The Seven Year Itch. The scene ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Explorer Marco Polo in 1254
- writer James Fenimore Cooper in 1789
- William Howard Taft, 27th president of the United States, in 1857
- writer Agatha Christie in 1890
- filmmaker Jean Renoir in 1894
- comedian Nipsey Russell in 1918
- comedian Norm Crosby in 1927<...Read more

Today is Sunday, Sept. 15, the 259th day of 2024 with 107 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

A thought for the day: Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. -- German theoretical physicist Albert Einstein

On this date in history:

In 1901, U.S. President William McKinley died of wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days earlier. He was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.

In 1920, the first live radio dance music was broadcast, carried by a Detroit station and featuring Paul Specht and his orchestra.

In...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Physiologist Ivan Pavlov in 1849
- Margaret Sanger, pioneer in the birth-control movement, in 1879
- musician Maria Grever in 1885
- actor Clayton Moore in 1914
- writer/feminist Kate Millett in 1934
- actor Walter Koenig in 1936 (age 88)
- Basketball Hall of Fame ...Read more

Today is Saturday, Sept. 14, the 258th day of 2024 with 108 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

A thought for the day: "One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes. -- U.S. first lady Eleanor Roosevelt

On this date in history:

In 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of The Star-Spangled Banner.

In 1940, the chapel at Buckingham Palace was destroyed in the German Blitz on London. The palace came under attack nine times during World War II. Ten days later, King George VI ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Writer Daniel Defoe in 1660
- U.S. Army bacteriologist Walter Reed in 1851
- Hershey Co. founder Milton Hershey in 1857
- Gen. John Black Jack Pershing, World War I hero, in 1860
- writer Roald Dahl in 1916
- musician Mel Torme in 1925
- artist Robert Indiana in ...Read more

Today is Friday, Sept. 13, the 257th day of 2024 with 109 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

A thought for the day: The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within yourself -- the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us -- that's where it's at. -- American Olympic sprinter Jesse Owens

On this date in history:

In 1609, Henry Hudson discovered what is now known as the Hudson River.

In 1940, near Montignac, France, the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings, believed to be 15,000-17,000 years old, were discovered by four teenagers who stumbled upon the ancient artwork after following their dog down a narrow ...Read more

Those born on this date include:

- Explorer Henry Hudson in 1575
- Richard Gatling, inventor of the Gatling gun, in 1818
- critic H.L. Mencken in 1880
- actor/musician Maurice Chevalier in 1888
- publisher Alfred A. Knopf in 1892
- Nobel chemistry prize laureate Irene Joliot-Curie in 1897
- U.S. ...Read more

Today is Thursday, Sept. 12, the 256th day of 2024 with 110 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

A thought for the day: American political activist Mary Ellen Lease said, Raise less corn and more hell!