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This day in History

  • San Marino: independent country inside Italy — arguably the world's smallest and oldest republic — was founded (301)
  • Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England after defeating his father, Henry II (1189)
  • Treaty of Paris: the US Revolutionary War came to an official end (1783)
  • Malcolm Campbell: English racer and journalist became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (1935)

Today's Birthdays

  • Edward Filene (1860-1937)
    Edward Filene (1860-1937): eponymous retailer and a developer of the "bargain basement"; merchant Mark Hopkins (1814-1878) shared this birth date
  • Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951)
    Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951): auto designer
  • Mort Walker (87)
    Mort Walker (87): cartoonist, Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois
  • Alison Lurie (84)
    Alison Lurie (84): Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Foreign Affairs; also, writers Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) and Caryl Churchill (72)
  • Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
    Ruth Orkin (1921-1985): photographer and filmmaker
  • Charlie Sheen (45)
    Charlie Sheen (45): actor, Two and a Half Men; other actors who celebrate a birthday today include Helen Wagner (1918-2010), Anne Jackson (84), Eileen Brennan (78), Pauline Collins (70), Valerie Perrine (67), Steve Schirripa (53), Costas Mandylor (45) and Nick Wechsler (32)
  • Shaun White (24)
    Shaun White (24): skate- and snowboard gold medalist

Quote of the Day

  • "I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"
    by Leo Durocher
  • "Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it."
    by Monica Seles
  • "Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."
    by Robert Green Ingersoll
  • "Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace."
    by Paul Theroux
  • "I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy."
    by Steven Wright

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