Sunday, January 25, 2004

 

Spotlight: Topic of the Day: Learning to juggle can increase gray matter in areas of the brain that store and process visual information (story).

Word of the day: theurgy -- the art/technique of compelling or persuading a god to do or refrain from doing something (© )

Today's News:

• Curt Weldon, Tom Lantos -- land in Tripoli, leading historic Congressional delegation (story)
• bird flu -- has mutated and is spreading (story)
• Dick Cheney -- defends Iraq war to Europeans (story)

Today's History:

• Daniel Shays -- failed to capture an arsenal at Springfield, MA, setting back Shay's Rebellion (1787)
• Nellie Bly -- completed her round-the-world trip in record time, beating Jules Verne's fictional character, Phileas Fogg's, record of 80 days (1890)
• Charles Manson -- convicted of murder in the 1969 slayings of Sharon Tate and six others (1971)

Today's Birthdays:

• W. Somerset Maugham -- author of Of Human Bondage (1874-1965)
• Virginia Woolf -- author of A Room Of One's Own (1882-1941)
• Alicia Keys -- singer of the hit R&B single "Fallin'" turns 23