Sunday, November 16, 2003

 

Spotlight: Topic of the Day: Ashanti, Britney Spears and Hilary Duff are among the performers at tonight's 31st American Music Awards.

Word of the day: dudgeon -- a fit or state of angry indignation usually provoked by opposition; ill humor, resentment (© )

Today's News:

• Mosul -- 2 US Black Hawk helicopters collided killing 17 and injuring 9 (story)
• Istanbul -- cars bombs exploded simultaneously outside 2 synagogues; 20 killed over 300 wounded (story)
• Microsoft -- antitrust hearings wrap up (story)

Today's History:

• Oklahoma -- became the 46th American state (1907)
• Arturo Toscanini -- began conducting NY's Metropolitan Opera (1908)
• Rodgers & Hammerstein -- musical The Sound of Music opened on Broadway (1959)

Today's Birthdays:

• W. C. Handy -- Father of the Blues (1873-1958)
• George Kaufman -- American playwright (1889-1961)
• Elizabeth Drew -- journalist and analyst of the US political scene, turns 68