Saturday, November 6, 2004

 

Spotlight: Personality of the Day: James Naismith, the man who came up with the game of basketball, was born on this date in 1861. The game was originally played with a soccer ball and two peach bushel baskets.

Quote: "I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." -- Michael Jordan

Word of the day: lambent -- flickering; softly radiant; marked by brilliance of expression (© )

Today's History:

• Benjamin Harrison -- beat incumbent Grover Cleveland in the Electoral College, even though Cleveland won the popular vote for US president (1888)
• Stanley Baldwin -- became prime minister of England (1924)
• Edward M. Kennedy -- was first elected senator of Massachusetts (1962)

Today's Birthdays:

• John Philip Sousa -- guy who wrote "Stars and Stripes Forever" (1854-1932)
• Antoine-Joseph Sax -- inventor of the saxophone (1814-1894)
• filmdom -- Mike Nichols (73), Sally Field (58), Ethan Hawke (34)