Sunday, March 6, 2005

 

Spotlight: Tourists will get to sleep with the fishes if a Florida entrepreneur gets his way. He plans to build an underwater hotel 15m/50ft deep, off the Bahamian island of Eleuthera. For $1,500 a night, transparent acrylic walls will allow lodgers to view tropical fish and coral gardens from their rooms. (story)

Quote: "Do not climb a tree to look for fish." -- Chinese Proverb

Word of the day: eutrophic: mineral and organic nourishment of an aquatic system; eutrophia often disturbs the balance in the ecosystem. (© )

Today's News:

• Ethiopia: oldest biped skeleton unearthed (story)
• Brian Welch: ex-Korn guitarist baptized in Jordan River (story)
• Jay Leno: surrogate tells Michael Jackson jokes (story)

Today's History:

• William Lyon Mackenzie: elected first mayor of newly-incorporated city of Toronto (1834)
• Remember the Alamo!: the Texas garrison fell to Mexican forces (1836)
• Dred Scott Case: Supreme Court ruled slaves cannot be citizens (1857)

Today's Birthdays:

• Michelangelo: Renaissance painter and sculptor (1475-1564)
• writers: Cyrano de Bergerac (1619-1655), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861), and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (77)
• Rob Reiner: actor/writer/director/producer (58)