Today's Highlights:
Friday, January 9, 2004
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Word of the day: exergue -- a space on a coin, token or medal usually on the reverse below the date Today's News:
- Tikrit -- US arrests 13 suspects (story)
- John Rowland -- Connecticut governor threatened with impeachment (story)
- Alcoa -- swings to $291 million profit (story)
Today's History:
- L. J. M. Daguerre -- announced to the French Academy of Arts and Science the first practical photographic process, the daguerreotype (1839)
- Commonwealth of Northern Marianas -- established (1978)
- Johnny Bench & Carl Yastrzemski -- elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (1989)
Today's Birthdays:
- Richard M. Nixon -- first U.S. President to resign (1913 - 1994)
- Bob Denver -- Gilligan on TV's
Gilligan's Island turns 69 - Jimmy Page -- lead guitarist for the rock band Led Zeppelin turns 60
