Today's Highlights:
Monday, October 20, 2003
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Spotlight: Topic of the Day
Queen Latifah will host the VIBE Awards tonight at the Santa
Monica Civic Center.
Word of the day: unctuous -- fatty, oily; rich in organic matter; marked by a smug, ingratiating and false earnestness Today's News:
- Tony Blair -- treated at a London hospital for rapid heart beat (story)
- Martha Stewart -- will appear in
Kmart ads (story) - Massachusetts -- open source policy for future technology spending (story)
Today's History:
- Douglas MacArthur -- stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2-1/2 years after he'd said, "I shall return." (1944)
- House Un-American Activities Committee -- opened hearings into alleged Communist influence in Hollywood (1947)
Archibald Cox -- Watergate prosecutor was fired on order of President Nixon (1973)
Today's Birthdays:
- Bela Lugosi -- star of the 1931 movie Dracula (1882-1956)
- Mickey Mantle -- New York Yankee slugger (1931-1995)
- Viggo Mortensen -- Aragorn in the movie series The Lord of the Rings turns 45
