Today's Highlights:
Sunday, June 20, 2004
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Spotlight: Personality of the Day: Jacques Offenbach, who wrote some 100 operettas and his masterpiece, the opera The Tales of Hoffman, was born on this date in 1819.
Word of the day: epistemology -- the study of the nature and grounds of knowledge, esp. its limits Today's News:
- Myanmar -- pro-democracy supporters celebrate Aung San Suu Kyi's 59th birthday (story)
- Confederacy -- Arkansas octogenarian is living link to Appomattox (story)
- King Kong -- zoo design re-evaluated after agile primate soars over 12-foot fosse (story)
Today's History:
- India -- 146 British soldiers imprisoned in the Black Hole of Calcutta (1756)
- Great Seal of the United States -- adopted (1782)
- hot line -- U.S. and Soviet Union agreed to set up a communication link between the two superpowers (1963)
Today's Birthdays:
- Lillian Hellman -- playwright and screenwriter who penned The Children's Hour (1905-1984)
- Errol Flynn -- swashbuckling hero of The Adventures of Robin Hood and Captain Blood (1909-1959)
- Nicole Kidman -- Oscar-winning star of The Hours turns 37
