Thought for Today

  History: 1659: Robinson Crusoe ship wrecked [according to the book] 1791: "Magic Flute" by Mozart premiers in Vienna 1888: Jack the Ripper kills two more women 1929: 1st manned rocket plane flight 1935: Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" premiers 1935: Boulder Dam [Hoover Dam] dedicated 1939: First televised college football game--Fordham beats Waynesburg 1941: Over 33,000 Jews shot by Nazis near Kiev 1947: First televised World Series game--Yankees beat Brooklyn Dodgers 1950: Grand Ole Opry on TV for the first time 1950: WSM TV begins broadcasting 1953: Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice 1955: James Dean killed in car wreck 1960: The Flintstones premiers 1984: Murder She Wrote premiers 1993: Colin Powell retires 2019: Large iceberg calves from Amery ice shelf [315 billion tons] Born: William Wrigley, Hans Geiger [Geiger counter], Robert Lightfoot [theologist], Buddy Rich, Deborah Kerr, Truman Capote, Elie Wiesel, Angie Dickinson, Johnny Mathis, Jim Sasser, Marilyn

 History:  1793: Tennis first mentioned in British sporting magazine 1907: Construction of Washington National Cathedral begins. Frederick Hart designed the sculptures and his workshop and many works can be seen at Belmont 1910: National Urban League founded 1927: 85 die in St. Louis tornado 1953: Make Room for Daddy premiers 1954: Willie Mays makes over the shoulder catch in Game 1 1960: My Three Sons premiers 1962: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show premiers 1962: Kennedy authorizes federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi 1965: Ralph Boston sets long jump record--27' 4 3/4" 1966: Camaro introduced 1985: 1st death as a result of cyanide in Tylenol 1990: "Millie's Book" by Barbara Bush is best seller 1996: Nintendo 64 game console premiers in the US 2020: First Biden/Trump debate Born: Cervantes, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Horatio Nelson, Enrico Fermi, Greer Garson, Gne Autry, Trevor Howard, Bum Phillips, Stan Berenstain [Berenstain Bears], Jerry Lee Lewis

  History: 935: Saint Wenceslas murdered 1542: Juan Cabrillo discovers California 1781: Siege of Yorktown begins 1850: Navy abolishes flogging as punishment 1928: First recording session in Nashville 1940: Tom Harmon [Michigan] has TD runs of 72, 86, and 94 yards 1941: Ted Williams ends season with batting average of .406 1961: "Doctor Kildare" and "Hazel" premier 1975: Bill authorizes admission of women at military academies 1987: Star Trek: The Next Generation premiers 1997: David Brinkley retires 2020: Covid death toll exceeds 1 million globally 2021: No Time to Die premiers Born: Confucius, Thomas Crapper [invented ballcock toilet], Henri Moissan [isolated fluorine], Ed Sullivan, Max Schmeling, Al Capp [Li'l Abner], Peter Finch, Marcello Mastroianni, Jerry Clower, Brigitte Bardot, Ben E King, Steve Largent, Janeane Garofalo, Hilary Duff,  Died: Herman Melville, Louis Pasteur, Emile Zola, Richard Sears [Sears Roebuck], Charles Duryea, Edwin Hubble, Harpo Marx

 History: 1066: Normans set sail to conquer England 1825: 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on public rail line 1864: Jesse James gang attacks train- 1892: Book matches patented 1905: E=MC squared introduced in article by Einstein 1908: First Model T 1912: WC Handy published "Memphis Blues" [considered 1st blues song] 1945: MacArthur meets Hirohito for the first time 1954:The Tonight Show premiers 1962: Rachel Carson publishes "Silent Spring" 1985: Hurricane Gloria hits East Coast 1988: Greg Louganis  wins Olympic Gold in 10 meter platform Born: Samuel Adams, Hiram Revels [1st Black Senator], Greg Morris [Mission Impossible], Kathy Whitworth [LPGA], Meat Loaf, Mike Schmidt, Steve Kerr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Simona Halep Died: Edgar Degas, Aimee Semple McPherson [Pentecostal], Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Clara Bow, Jimmy Doolittle, George Blanda, Hugh Hefner, St. Vincent de Paul [founded the Daughters of Charity] Thought: Still pondering 1 Samuel 8 this morning. The p

History: 1580: Sir Francis Drake completes circumnavigation of the globe 1789: Thomas Jefferson appointed 1st Secretary of State and John Jay 1st Chief Justice 1892: First public appearance of the John Philip Sousa Marine Band 1934: RMS Queen Mary launched  1949: Groundbreaking for Hollywood sign 1960: First Nixon/Kennedy debate 1962: Beverly Hillbillies premiers 1964: Gilligan's Island debuts 1969: Beatles release Abbey Road album 1969: Brady Bunch premiers 1973: Concorde makes its fist non-stop crossing of the Atlantic [3 hours 33 minutes] 2010: Downton Abbey premiers in UK 2020: Amy Coney Barrett nominated to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg 2021: Switzerland votes to legalize same-sex marriage Born: Francis of Assisi, Ivan Pavlov, Edmund Gwenn [Miracle on 34th Street], T.S. Eliot, Martin Heidegger, George Gershwin, Bill France Sr. [founded NASCAR], Jack LaLanne, Donna Douglas, Winnie Mandela, Olivia Newton-John, Linda Hamilton, Jim Caviezel, Beto O'Rouke, Serena Williams,  Died:

  History:  1742: Faneuil Hall opens in Boston 1789: Congress establishes Post Office Department 1789: Judiciary Act creates 6 person Supreme Court 1950: Operation Magic Carpet brings 45,000 Yemeni Jews to Israel 1952: First KFC opens 1957: Jailhouse Rock released 1960 First nuclear powered aircraft carrier launched--Enterprise 1964: Munsters premiers 1968: 60 Minutes premiers 2007: The Big Bang Theory premiers 2019: Nancy Pelosi announces impeachment inquiry targeting Donald Trump Born: John Marshall, Lottie Dod [athlete], Tommy Armour [golf], F Scott Fitzgerald, Ayatollah Khomeini, Jim McKay [Wide World of Sport], Jim Henson, Linda McCartney, Lou Dobbs, Mean Joe Green, Nia Vardalos, Eddie George,  Died: John Sevier, Patrick Gilmore [When Johnny Comes Marching home Again], Dr. Seuss, Leon Hart [Heisman],  Tomorrow is the anniversary of the death of Luther Rice who began as a missionary to India and later became the chief fundraiser for international missions in Asia for the Baptist. H

  History: 1779: John Paul Jones "I have not yet begun to fight" 1806: Lewis and Clark arrive back at St. Louis 1889: Nintendo founded to produce playing cards 1912: First Mack Sennett Keystone Comedy released 1952: Nixon makes Checker's speech 1955: Mississippi jury finds defendants not guilty of murdering Emmett Till--inspires civil rights movement 1957: President Eisenhower sends federal troops to support integration of Central High School in Little Rock 1969: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid premiers 1986: Congress selects rose as national flower 1990: PBS airs The Civil War 1994: The Shawshank Redemption premiers 2003: NCIS premiers 2020: Trump refuses to commit to peaceful transfer of power at news conference Born: Euripides, Augustus Caesar, Kublai Khan, John Sevier, William McGuffey [Readers], Typhoid Mary, Walter Lippman, Walter Pidgeon, Mickey Rooney, John Coltrane, Ray Charles, Julio Iglesias, Mary Kay Place, Bruce Springsteen,Larry Mize, Jason Alexander,  Di

  History: 1692: Last Salem witchcraft hangings--8 are hanged 1761: George III crowned King of England 1862: Lincoln threatens to free slaves if South does not rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863 1915: First class at Southern Methodist University 1920: Grand jury convenes in Black Sox scandal 1957: "Maverick" premiers 1975: Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford 1976: Charlie's Angels premiers 1981: Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court 1993: Nolan Ryan pitches in last game at age 46 1994: "Friends" debuts 1997: Elton John releases "Candle in the Wind" 1999: "West Wing" premiers 2020: America's Covid death toll exceeds 200,000 Born: Anne of Cleves, Michael Faraday, Charlotte Cooper [1st female Olympic champion], John Houseman [Paper Chase], Ellen Church [1st female airline stewardess], Rocky Lane [Voice of Mr Ed], Tommy Lasorda, Lute Olson, Debby Boone, Joan Jett, Andrea Bocelli, Neil Cavuto,  Died: Guru Nank [fo

  History:  1776: Nathan Hale arrested for spying 1795: First lodge of the Orangemen organized in Ireland--Protestant fraternity. 1823: Moroni first appears to Joseph Smith 1895: First automobile producer founded by Duryea brothers, to years after Frank drives the first gas propelled vehicle. 1897: NY Sun publishes yes there is a Santa Claus editorial 1922: President Harding signs joint resolution approving establishment of Jewish homeland in Palestine 1928: "My Weekly Reader" debuts 1937: The Hobbit is published 1955: In his last fight, Rocky Marciano KO's Archie Moore 1957: Perry Mason premiers 1968: "Adam 12" debuts 1970: Monday Night Football premiers 2021: McDonalds announces goal to drastically reduce plastic in Happy Meals by 2025 Born: Louis Joliet [explorer], Francis Hopkinson [designed 1st American flag], HG Wells, Larry Hagman, Henry Gibson [Laugh In], Dickey Lee [my friend and great singer/songwriter], Fannie Flagg, Stephen King, Bill Murray, Shinzo

  History: 622: Muhammed arrives in Medina 1519: Magellan begins first circumnavigation of the globe 1814: Star Spangled Banner published as a song 1859: Electric range patented 1913: Francis Ouimet wins US Open 1932: Gandhi begins hunger strike 1951: Switzerland fails to allow female suffrage 1961: James Meredith denied enrollment at Ole Miss; he would enroll in 1962 1973: Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs 1984: Cosby Show premiers 2011: "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy ends 2021: Pfizer annouces Covid drug for 5-11 year olds Born: Upton Sinclair, Red Auerbach, Anne Meara, Sophia Loren, Dale Chihuly [glass sculptor], Sylvester [cartoon character], Guy Lafleur [hockey HOF],  Died: Jacob Grimm [Fairy Tales], Jean Sibelius [Finlandia], Jim Croce [Bad Bad Leroy Brown], Simon Wiesenthal [Nazi hunter], Polly Bergen, Howard Hopalong Cassady [HOF], William Kirkpatrick. William Kirkpatrick composed the tunes for "We Have Heard the Joyful Sound," "He Hiddeth My S

  History: 1849: First commercial laundry--Oakland CA 1863: Battle of Chickamauga begins 1876: First carpet sweeper patented by Melville Bissell 1934: Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby 1941: German Jews forced to wear yellow star of David 1947: Jackie Robinson named Rookie of the Year 1952: Adventures of Superman with George Reeves premiers in US 1960: The Twist by Chubby Checker hits #1 1970: Mary Tyler Moore Show premiers 1988: Greg Louganis hits head on diving board at Seoul Olympics 1990: Goodfellas premiers 1994: "ER" premiers 2004: Jerry Rice's string of 274 games with a reception ends Born: Leon Jaworski [Watergate prosecutor], Lewis Powell, Ferry Porsche, William Golding [Lord of the Flies], Duke Snider, Lurleen Wallace, Adam West, David McCallum [Man from UNCLE], Al Oerter [Olympic Gold in discus in 4 straight Olympic games], Bill Medley [Righteous Brothers], Mama Cass Elliot, Joe Morgan, Jeremy Irons, Twiggy, Joan Lunden, Trisha Yearwood

  History: 1394: Jews expelled from France 1683: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reports the existence of bacteria 1717: First synod of the Presbyterian Church in America 1787: Constitution signed by delegates at Philadelphia 1849: Harriet Tubman escapes slavery 1862: Battle of Antietam--22,000 killed, wounded or missing 1873: 19 students attend opening class at Ohio State 1900: Commonwealth of Australia proclaimed 1916: The Red Baron wins first aerial combat 1920: 12 teams pay $100 each to join the American Professional Football Association--became NFL in 1922 1950: 49ers play first NFL game--lose 21-17 1954: William Golding publishes "Lord of the Flies" 1963: "The Fugitive" premiers 1972: "MASH" debuts 1980: Solidarity movement founded in Poland 1989: Hurricane Hugo begins sweep through Caribbean 2010: Final episode of "As the World Turns" after 54 years Born: Friedrich von Steuben [leader of the Continental Army], Leon Foucault [pendulum], JW Marriott

  History: 1620: Mayflower departs Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims 1630: Village of Shawmut changes its name to Boston 1782: Great Seal of the US used for the first time 1830: Oliver Wendell Holmes writes "Old Ironsides" 1848: Slavery abolished in French territories 1869: First recorded hole in one--Tom Morris Sr. at Prestwick 1919: American Legion incorporated by act of Congress 1920: Wall Street Bombing--38 killed, 143 injured 1928; Hurricane hits West Palm Beach--3,000 die 1953: The Robe premiers--1st movie in Cinemascope 1960: Amos Alonzo Stagg retires as coach--age 98 1963: "The Outer Limits" premiers 1976: American Episcopal Church approves ordination of women as priests and bishops 1993: "Frasier" premiers 1996: "Judge Judy" premiers Born: Charles Crocker [Central Pacific Railroad], JC Penney, W.O. Bentley [automobiles], Allen Funt [Candid Camera], Lauren Bacall, BB King, Robert Schuller, Peter Falk, Anne Francis, Elgin Baylor, Rosemary Casals,

 History:  1835: Darwin reaches the Galapagos Islands 1862: Confederates capture arsenal at Harpers Ferry 1916: First use of tanks in battle, Battle of the Somme 1917: Forbes Magazine founded 1928: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin 1935: Swastika becomes official symbol of Nazi Germany 1949: Lone Ranger premiers 1961: Jack Nicklaus wins US Amateur 1963: Church bombing in Birmingham kills 4 girls 1978: Ali beats Leon Spinks 1982: First issue of USA Today 1997: Google.com registered as domain name 2021: SpaceX launches 1st all-civilian space flight Born: Marco Polo, James Fenimore Cooper, William Howard Taft, Frank Gannett [newspaper publisher], Max Factor, Agatha Christie, Roy Acuff, Fay Wray [King Kong], Karsten Solheim [golf], John Mitchell, Nipsey Russell, Norm Crosby, Cannonball Adderley, Merlin Olsen, Jessye Norman [opera], Tommy Lee Jones, Oliver Stone, Pete Carroll, Dan Marino, Prince Harry,  Died: Jumbo [Elephant], Thomas Wolfe, Willy Messerschmitt [airplane builder], Rober

  History: 1716: First lighthouse in the colonies lit--Boston Harbor 1741: Handel completes "Messiah" after 23 days 1752: Britain and the colonies adopt Gregorian calendar-this is the first day, skipped from September 3 to the 14th 1814: Francis Scott Key writes the poem "Defence of Fort McHenry" 1847: Marines enter the Halls of Montezuma [Mexico City] 1848: First department store, The Marble Palace" opens in NYC 1867: Marx publishes "Das Kapital" 1899: First automobile fatality in the US--Henry Bliss  1939: Sikorsky's VS-300 helicopter flies--first practical helicopter 1944: Great Atlantic Hurricane hits the East Coast killing 300-400 1955: Little Richard records "Tutti Frutti" 1963: Fischer quintuplets are born 1975: Elizabeth Ann Seton becomes first US born saint 1981: People's Court with Judge Wapner premiers 1985: Golden Girls premiers 2021: US Covid death toll reaches 663,000 2021: Lowest percentage of people living in poverty

  History: 122: Construction of Hadrian's Wall begins 1501: Michelangelo begins work on David 1845: Faraday effect of magnetic field on polarized light discovered 1902: First appearance of Tinkers, Evers and Chance together 1955: Patent granted for Velcro 1971: 11 guards and 31 inmates die at Attica State Prison 1977: First TV "viewer discretion warning" 1985: First appearance of Super Mario Brothers game 1990: Law and Order premiers 1997: Elton John releases "Candle in the Wind" 1997: Mother Teresa's funeral 2008: Hurricane Ike hits Texas 2019: Felicity Huffman sentenced in college admissions scandal Born: Daniel Defoe, Walter Reed [mosquitoes transmit yellow fever], Milton Hershey, John Pershing, Claudette Colbert, Bill Monroe, Roald Dahl [Charlie and the Chocolate Factory], Mel Torme, Barbara Bain [Mission Impossible], Peter Cetera [Chicago], Nell Carter, Tyler Perry,  Died: Titus [destroyed Jerusalem],  Ambrose Burnside [sideburns], Tupac Shakir, George

One of our readers asked for me to place the Thought in bold to make it easier for her to read.    History: 1755: Casanova sentenced to 5 years in prison for an affront to religion and common decency 1792: Court martial for Bounty crew begins at Portsmouth 1928: Hurricane kills 6,000 in florida 1958: Supreme Court orders Central High School in Little Rock to integrate 1959: Bonanza premiers 1964: Canyonlands National Park designated 1970: Phyllis George named Miss America 1972: Maude premiers 1984: Barbara Mandrell badly injured in car wreck 1992: Mae Jemison is first black American woman in space 2000: Netherlands passes law allowing same-gender marriage, adoption and divorce Born: Henry Hudson, Alexander Campbell [founded Disciples of Christ], Richard Gatling [Gatling Gun], HL Mencken, Jesse Owens, George Jones, Linda Gray [Sue Ellen on Dallas], Barry White, Ricky Rudd [NASCAR], Paul Walker, Jennifer Hudson,  Died: Peter Mark Roget [Thesaurus], Steven Biko [died in police custody in

 History: 1776: George Washington asks for a volunteer to spy on British, Nathan Hale says yes 1894: London taxi driver is first to be fined for drunk driving 1913: Lincoln Highway opens--first paved coast-t0-coast highway 1953: Swanson sells its first TV dinner 1955: Gunsmoke premiers 1964: Palestinian Liberation Army forms 1973: Ali defeats Ken Norton 1984: First daily syndicated version of Jeopardy! with Alex Trebek 1990: Ellis Island reopens as a museum 1991: Clarence Thomas hearings begin 1993: "X Files" premiers 2017: Hurricane Irma hits Florida 2019: President Trump fires John Bolton as national security adviser 2020: Oregon wildfires cause evacuation of 500,000, 10% of the population of the State Born: Rin Tin Tin, Arnold Palmer, Charles Kuralt [On the Road], Roger Maris, Larry Nelson, Bob Lanier, Bill O'Reilly, Gary Danielson, Amy Irving, Colin Firth, Randy Johnson [Baseball HOF], Jack Ma [Alibaba],  Died: Thomas Gallaaudet [educator of the deaf], Harold Gillies

 History: 1543: Mary Stuart [age 9 months] crowned Queen of Scots 1776: Congress renames country the United States of America [United Colonies] 1850: California admitted as 31st State 1863: Battle of Cumberland Gap TN 1908: First 1 hour airplane flight [Orville Wright] 1956: Elvis first appearance on Ed Sullivan Show 1987: Gary Hart admits to cheating on his wife 2001: Band of Brothers premiers 2021: Tom Brady is first NFL player to start 300 regular season games Born: William Bligh [HMS Bounty], Leo Tolstoy, Frank Chance [Tinker to Evers to Chance], Colonel Sanders, Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder, Cliff Robertson, Otis Redding, Joe Theismann, Hugh Grant, Bob Stoops, Adam Sandler, Michael Buble, Michelle Williams,  Died: William the Conqueror, Mao Zedong, Jack Warner, Bill Monroe, Burgess Meredith, Edward Teller [hydrogen bomb],  Thought: Today, I am looking at a verse that has troubled me in my life. Numbers 13:2. We read this story of Moses sending out spies into the Promised Lan

 History: 1504: Michelangelo's "David" is unveiled in Florence 1565: First permanent European settlement in US founded--St. Augustine 1636: Puritans found Harvard College to train ministers 1900: 6000 killed in hurricane in Galveston 1921: First Miss America crowned--Margaret Gorman 1930: First appearance of "Blondie" comic strip 1930: Scotch tape invented--Richard Drew 1941: Seige of Leningrad begins [lasts 28 months] 1944: First V-2 rockets hit London 1952: Old Man and the Sea published 1960: Wilma Rudolph wins her third Gold at the Rome Olympics 1966: Star Trek premiers 1971: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens 1974: President Ford pardons Nixon 1974: Evel Knievel fails in attempt to jump the Snake River 2021: Robert E Lee statue removed in Richmond Born: Richard the Lionheart, Antonin Dvorak [New World Symphony], Charles Guiteau [assassin,  James Garfield], Jimmie Rodgers, Buck Leonard [Baseball HOF], Peter Sellers, Harlan Howard, Patsy Cline, Berni

 History: 70: Titus plunders Jerusalem 1774: Jacob Duche opens the First Continental Congress in prayer. 1813: "Uncle Sam" first used to refer to the US [Troy Post of NY] 1876: Northfield Minnesota Raid [Younger Brothers arrested] 1888: First use of baby incubator 1902: Australia observes day of humiliation and prayer during drought--rain begins on the 10th 1921: First Miss America Pageant 1936: Boulder/Hoover Dam begins operation 1940: Germany bombs London for the 1st of 57 consecutive nights--The Blitz 1963: Pro Football Hall of Fame officially opened 1986: Dan Marino throws his 100th TD pass--fastest to achieve that number 1996: Tupac Shakur shot--dies 6 days later 2021: US Covid cases exceed 40 million Born: Elizabeth I, Heinrich Stolzel [developed 1st valve for brass instrument], Grandma Moses, Paul Brown [coach, NFL owner], David Packard [Hewlett-Packard], James Van Allen [Van Allen radiation belts], Arthur Ferrante [Ferrante & Teicher], Louise Suggs [LPGA], Peter L

 History: 1529: Anabaptist George Blaurock is burned for heresy in Hapsburg Germany. 1863: 5,000 Confederate soldiers gather to hear Chaplain John Williams Jones preach, 600 come forward for prayer and to accept Christ.  1899: Carnation processes first can of evaporated milk 1901: President McKinley shot in New York 1914: First Battle of the Marne begins 1916: First supermarket, a Piggly Wiggly, is opened in Memphis TN 1941 Nazis order all Jews over age 6 to wear yellow Star of David 1975: Martina Navratilova seeks political asylum in US 1984: Amadeus [movie] premiers 1991: Leningrad renamed St. Petersburg 1997: Funeral of Diana Spencer 2012: Barack Obama accepts Democratic nomination for President 2017 Hurricane Irma [185 mph] hits British Virgin Islands 2018: India's Supreme Court legalizes gay sex Born: Marquis de Lafayette, Joseph Kennedy, Jo Anne Worley [Laugh In], Jane Curtin, Jeff Foxworthy, Chris Christie, Idris Elba, John Wall [NBA] Died: Gertrude Lawrence, Edmund Gwenn [M

 History: 1651: Obadiah Holmes is whipped in Boston for privately teaching Baptist views 1698: Peter the Great imposes a tax on beards 1836: Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas 1885: First gasoline pump delivered to a dealer [Ft. Wayne Indiana] 1906: First legal forward pass in American football--St. Louis University v. Carroll College 1953: First privately operated atomic reactor--Raleigh NC 1957: Jack Kerouac publishes "On the Road" 1958: Doctor Zhivago published in the US. For Christmas one year Jan suggested my parents give me the VHS of "Dr. No". they misunderstood and I received the video of "Doctor Zhivago".  1966: Jerry Lewis' first Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day Marathon--raises $1 million 1975: Squeaky Fromme attempts to assassinate President Ford 1976: "The Muppet Show" premiers 2019: Erramatti Mangamma gives birth to twins at age 74 Born: Louis XIV [Sun King], Jesse James, Paul Volcker [Federal Reserve], Bob Newha

 History: 1189: Richard the Lionheart crowned 1783: Treaty of Paris 1944: Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz 1951: Search for Tomorrow debuts on CBS 1956: Tanks deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton TN 1995: Ebay founded 2015: Rowan County KY clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage license to gay couple Born: John Noyes [founded Oneida Community], Louis Sullivan [father of skyscrapers], Ferdinand Porsche, Alan Ladd, Bill Fleming [sportcaster], Jo Ann Castle [pianist Lawrence Welk], Charlie Sheen, Shaun White [snowboard],  Died: Oliver Cromwell, Benjamin Latrobe [architect US Capitol], EE Cummings, Vince Lombardi, Duncan Renaldo [Cisco Kid], Frank Capra, William Rehnquist, Steve Fossett, Sun Myung Moon [Unification Church], Judy Carne [Laugh-In],  Thought: Reading a verse in Exodus 14 today. "The Lord will fight for you while you keep silent." Think about what this means: Our battle is not against flesh and blood. Ephesians 6:12. We are in spiritual warfare. We are wr