Today is Sunday, July 28, 1996

Today is: Day 210 of the year - there are 156 remaining.

Born on this day …

1892: Comedian Joe E. Brown
1901: Singer-actor Rudy Vallee
1929: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
1943: Former pro basketball player and current Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J.
1948: Actress Sally Struthers

Events in History on this day …

In 1540, King Henry VIII's chief minister, Thomas Cromwell (leader of the Roundheads) was executed.
In 1540, HenryVIII married his fifth wife, Catherine Howard.
In 1794, Maximilien Robespierre, was sent to the guillotine.
In 1868, the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing due process of law, was declared in effect.
In 1896, the city of Miami, Fla., was incorporated.
In 1943, President Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing.
In 1945, the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2.
In 1945, a U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
In 1965, President Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000.
In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
In 1986 ''NASA'' released a transcript of a recording from the doomed space shuttle ''Challenger'' in which pilot Michael J. Smith could be heard saying, ''Uh-oh!'' as the spacecraft disintegrated.
In 1995 A jury in Union, S.C., rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her instead to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (She will be eligible for parole in 30 years).

Thought for the Day …

To make your children capable of honesty is the beginning of education. -- John Ruskin

Today's Bible Verse …

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and unbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, notheing wavering. (James 1:5,6)

Today's Word …

SORDID -- sor·did (sôr"dąd) adj. 1. Filthy or dirty; foul. 2. Depressingly squalid; wretched: sordid shantytowns. 3. Morally degraded: "The sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"

Says Who! In the Movies …

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know. Groucho Marx in Animal Crackers, 1930

100 years ago today the city of Miami, Florida was incorporated. Here is an internet site where you can find out more about Miami. The photo seen is by Roger Stoeckli. He took this picture in Miami, standing in the water. It shows the beach of Miami with the hotels on a cloudy day. He took this picture with his Minolta Maxxum camera with a 35 - 80 lense. Enjoy it. Roger3@msn.com

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