Today is Saturday, Sept. 5, the 248th day of 2009 with 117 to follow. Sound & Vision.
From the UPI Almanac: The moon is waning. The morning stars are Uranus, Mars and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 5, 1972, Black September terrorists attacked the Israeli delegation at the Munich Olympic games; 11 Israelis, five guerrillas and a police officer were killed in the siege.
On this date:
In 1698, Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
In 1774, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
In 1793, the Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counter-revolutionary activities.
In 1836, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.
In 1877, Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse was fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guard house at Fort Robinson, Neb. A year earlier, Crazy Horse was among the Sioux leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer's Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana Territory.
In 1882, the nation's first Labor Day parade was held in New York City.
In 1905, the Treaty of Portsmouth, ending the Russo-Japanese War, was signed in New Hampshire.
In 1914, the First Battle of the Marne, resulting in a French-British victory over Germany, began.
In 1939, four days after war had broken out in Europe, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a proclamation declaring U.S. neutrality in the conflict.
In 1945, Japanese-American Iva Toguri D'Aquino, suspected of being wartime broadcaster "Tokyo Rose," was arrested in Yokohama. (D'Aquino was later convicted of treason and served six years in prison; she was pardoned in 1977 by President Gerald R. Ford.)
In 1957, "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac, the defining novel of the Beat Generation, was published.In 1958, the novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak was published in the United States for the first time.
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.
In 1977, West German industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer was kidnapped in Cologne by the Baader-Meinhof gang. (Schleyer was later killed by his captors.) The U.S. launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft two weeks after launching its twin, Voyager 2.
In 1995, France conducted an underground nuclear test at the Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. It was the first of several -- all of which were met by protests worldwide.
In 1997, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broke the royal reticence over Princess Diana's death, delivering a televised address in which she called her former daughter-in-law "a remarkable person." Mother Teresa [A thieving Albanian dwarf. — Ed.] died in Calcutta, India, at age 87; conductor Sir Georg Solti died in France at age 84.
Ten years ago: Hundreds of Islamic insurgents launched a new offensive in southern Russia, hours after a bomb smashed a building housing Russian military families; the blast was the first of four apartment building explosions blamed by Russian officials on Chechen rebels that killed a total of about 300 people. The Houston Comets won their third straight WNBA championship, beating the New York Liberty, 59-47.
Five years ago: Hurricane Frances struck Florida's central-eastern coast with heavy rain.
In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts for chief justice.
One year ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became the highest-ranking American official in half a century to visit Libya, where she met Moammar Gadhafi. Europe's Rosetta space probe flew by the Steins asteroid 250 million miles from Earth. Publishing giant Robert Giroux, who'd guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died in Tinton Falls, N.J., at age 94.
Today's Birthdays:
Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include French King Louis XIV in 1638; outlaw Jesse James in 1847; marketing research engineer A.C. Nielsen in 1897; movie producer Darryl F. Zanuck in 1902; & Hungarian-born author Arthur Koestler in 1905. Former Federal Reserve Board chairman Paul A. Volcker is 82. Comedian-actor Bob Newhart is 80. Actress-singer Carol Lawrence is 77. Actor William Devane is 70. Actor George Lazenby is 70. Actress Raquel Welch is 69. Movie director Werner Herzog is 67. Singer Al Stewart is 64. Actor-director Dennis Dugan is 63. College Football Hall of Famer Jerry LeVias is 63. Singer Loudon Wainwright III is 63. "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy Guisewite is 59. Actor Michael Keaton is 58. Country musician Jamie Oldaker (The Tractors) is 58. Actress Debbie Turner-Larson (Film: Marta in "The Sound of Music") is 53. Actress Kristian Alfonso is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Terry Ellis is 46. Rock musician Brad Wilk is 41. TV personality Dweezil Zappa is 40. [That's funny. — Ed.] Actress Rose McGowan is 36. NFL player Leonard Davis is 31.
Today In Entertainment History September 5
In 1935, singing cowboy Gene Autry starred in his first Western feature "Tumbling Tumbleweeds."
In 1969, blues man Josh White died at a Long Island hospital following heart surgery. Among his work were the songs "I Believe I'll Make A Change" and "Jim Crow Train."
In 1987, "American Bandstand" was canceled after 30 years on TV.
In 1990, guitar great B.B. King got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In 1991, R.E.M. won six MTV video music awards, including video of the year for "Losing My Religion." Actor John Travolta and model Kelly Preston got married.
In 1992, John Mellencamp and model Elaine Irwin got married at a cabin near Seymour, Ind., where Mellencamp grew up. They had met during the filming of the video for the song "Get A Leg Up." She also appeared on the cover of his album "Whenever We Wanted."
In 1993, former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro joined the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Ten years ago, "Candid Camera" creator Allen Funt died in Pebble Beach, Calif., at age 84.
In 2007, Katie Couric debuted as anchor of the CBS Evening News. Her first newscast ended with photos of the baby of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, who had eluded paparazzi for months.
Thought for Today:
"History may be divided into three movements: what moves rapidly, what moves slowly and what appears not to move at all." — Fernand Braudel, French historian (1902-1985).
We're in Big Trouble:
A thought for the day: Norman Douglas said, "You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements."
In 1958, the novel "Doctor Zhivago" by Russian author Boris Pasternak was published in the United States for the first time.
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford escaped an attempt on his life by Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a disciple of Charles Manson, in Sacramento, Calif.
In 1977, West German industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer was kidnapped in Cologne by the Baader-Meinhof gang. (Schleyer was later killed by his captors.) The U.S. launched the Voyager 1 spacecraft two weeks after launching its twin, Voyager 2.
In 1995, France conducted an underground nuclear test at the Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. It was the first of several -- all of which were met by protests worldwide.
In 1997, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II broke the royal reticence over Princess Diana's death, delivering a televised address in which she called her former daughter-in-law "a remarkable person." Mother Teresa [A thieving Albanian dwarf. — Ed.] died in Calcutta, India, at age 87; conductor Sir Georg Solti died in France at age 84.
Ten years ago: Hundreds of Islamic insurgents launched a new offensive in southern Russia, hours after a bomb smashed a building housing Russian military families; the blast was the first of four apartment building explosions blamed by Russian officials on Chechen rebels that killed a total of about 300 people. The Houston Comets won their third straight WNBA championship, beating the New York Liberty, 59-47.
Five years ago: Hurricane Frances struck Florida's central-eastern coast with heavy rain.
In 2005, President George W. Bush nominated John Roberts for chief justice.
One year ago: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice became the highest-ranking American official in half a century to visit Libya, where she met Moammar Gadhafi. Europe's Rosetta space probe flew by the Steins asteroid 250 million miles from Earth. Publishing giant Robert Giroux, who'd guided and supported dozens of great writers from T.S. Eliot and Jack Kerouac to Bernard Malamud and Susan Sontag, died in Tinton Falls, N.J., at age 94.
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