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This Day in History: Nov. 8:

1889: Montana became the 41st state. 1892: Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House. 1923: Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch. 1960: John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States. 1966:
Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction. 1994: After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Astronomer Edmond Halley, 1656; Novelist Bram Stoker, 1847; Novelist Margaret Mitchell, 1900;
Actor Norman Lloyd ("St. Elsewhere"), 1914; Surgeon Christiaan Barnard, 1923; Singer Patti Page, 1927; CBS newsman Morley Safer, 1931; Singer Bonnie Raitt, 1949; "Entertainment Tonight" host Mary Hart, 1950; Former Playboy CEO Christie Hefner, 1952; Actress Alfre Woodard, 1952; Singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones, 1954; Singer-actor Leif Garrett, 1961; Singer Diana King, 1970; Actor Matthew Rhys ("Brothers and Sisters"), 1974; Actress Tara Reid ("American Pie"), 1975; Singer Bucky Covington ("American Idol"), 1977; TV personality Jack Osbourne ("The Osbournes"), 1985; Actress Jessica Lowndes ("90210"), 1988. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 7:

1874: The Republican Party was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon drawn by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly magazine. 1916: Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to Congress. 1917: Vladimir Lenin's forces overthrew Alexander Kerensky's government in Russia's Bolshevik Revolution. 1944: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term in office, defeating Thomas E. Dewey. 1962: Former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt died in New York City at age 78. 1967: Carl Stokes of Cleveland became the first African-American mayor of a major U.S. city. 1989:
L. Douglas Wilder was elected governor of Virginia. He became the nation's first elected black governor. 2000: The U.S. went to the polls to choose between George W. Bush and Al Gore. The outcome wouldn't be known for more than a month because of disputed votes in Florida.-- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Physicist Madame Marie Curie, 1867; Revolutionary Leon Trotsky, 1879; Evangelist Billy Graham, 1918; Singer Johnny Rivers, 1942; Singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell,1943; Actor Christopher Knight ("The Brady Bunch"), 1957; Actor Jeremy London ("Party of Five"), 1972; Actor Jason London ("The Rage: Carrie Two"), 1972; Actress Yunjin Kim ("Lost"), 1973. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 6:

1860: Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States. 1861: Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. 1869: The first intercollegiate soccer game took place (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4). 1893: Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53. 1913: Mohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Composer John Philip Sousa, 1854; Baseball inventor James Naismith, 1861; Director Mike Nichols, 1931; Country singer Stonewall Jackson, 1932; Actress Sally Field, 1946; Singer Glenn Frey,1948; Actress Lori Singer ("Fame," "Footloose"), 1957; Singer Corey Glover of Living Colour, 1964; Actor Peter DeLuise ("seaQuest DSV," "21 Jump Street"), 1966; Actress Kelly Rutherford ("Melrose Place"), 1968; Actor Ethan Hawke, 1970; Model-actress Rebecca Romijn, 1972; Actress Taryn Manning, 1978; Actress Emma Stone ("Zombieland," "Superbad"), 1988. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 5:

1605: The Gunpowder Plot to blow up the English Parliament failed. 1872: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant).
1895: George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile. 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office when he defeated Wendell L. Willkie. 1968: The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected. 1974: Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband. 1994: At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): American Socialist leader Eugene V. Debs, 1855; Cowboy actor Roy Rogers, 1911; Actress Vivien Leigh, 1913; Actor Chris Robinson ("General Hospital"), 1938; Actress Elke Summer, 1940; Singer Art Garfunkel, 1941; Actor-playwright Sam Shepard, 1943; Singer Peter Noone of Herman's Hermits, 1947; Actor Nestor Serrano ("24"), 1955; Actor Robert Patrick ("The X-Files"), 1958; Singer Bryan Adams, 1959; Actress Tatum O'Neal, 1963; Singer Angelo Moore of Fishbone, 1965; Actress Judy Reyes ("Scrubs"), 1967; Country singers Jennifer and Heather Kinley of The Kinleys, 1970; Guitarist-keyboardist Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead, 1971; Actor Corin Nemec ("Parker Lewis Can't Lose"), 1971; Singer-guitarist Ryan Adams, 1974; Guitarist Kevin Jonas of The Jonas Brothers, 1987. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 4:

1842: Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill. 1880:
James and John Ritty of Dayton, Ohio, patented the first cash register. 1922: Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt. 1924: Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office. 1956: Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy. 1979: The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage. 1995: Israeli Prime Minister, and Nobel Laureate, Yitzhak Rabin, was assassinated by a right-wing Israeli. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Humorist Will Rogers, 1879; Broadcaster Walter Cronkite, 1916; Actor Art Carney, 1918; Actress Doris Roberts ("Everybody Loves Raymond", 1930; Actress Loretta Swit ("MASH"), 1937; Former First Lady Laura Bush, 1946; Singer-guitarist Chris Difford of Squeeze, 1954; Country singer Kim Forester of the Forester Sisters, 1960; Actress Kathy Griffin, 1960; "Survivor" host Jeff Probst, 1961; Actor Matthew McConaughey, 1969; Rapper-producer Diddy (Sean Combs), 1969; Singer Shawn Rivera of Az Yet, 1971; Actress Heather Tom ("Bold and the Beautiful," "One Life To Live"), 1975. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 3:

1839: The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. 1903:
Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. 1952: Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas. 1957: The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit. 1986: A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair. 1992: Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 2004: Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Texas colonization leader Stephen Fuller Austin, 1793: Poet William Bryant, 1794; Photographer Walker Evans, 1903; Actor Charles Bronson, 1921; Politician Michael Dukakis, 1933; Actor-dancer Ken Berry ("Mayberry R.F.D."; "Mama's Family"), 1933; Singer Lulu, 1948; Actress-comedian Roseanne Barr, 1952; Actress Kathy Kinney ("The Drew Carey Show"), 1953; Actress Kate Capshaw, 1953; Comedian Dennis Miller , 1953; Singer Adam Ant, 1954; Actor Dolph Lundgren ("Rocky IV"), 1957. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

All write!

If you enjoy turning a good phrase, join in the fun with the GSU Writers Ink group from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in C2417 (Library Administrative Conference Room).

Upcoming Library Workshops!

The GSU Library offers many free workshops for students throughout the fall. Check out Introduction to APA Style Citations from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, in Room D2401C, and Basic PowerPoint from 3 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. D2401B. You can register online or in person at the Library’s Reference Desk. Walk-ins also are welcome.

This Day in History: Nov. 2:

1889: North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively. 1947: Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight. 1948: Harry S Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history. 1959: Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance. 1976: Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War. 1984: Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer, became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976. 2003: V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the church. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Frontiersman Daniel Boone, 1734; French queen Marie Antoinette, 1755; U.S. President James Polk, 1795; U.S. President Warren G. Harding, 1865; Actor Burt Lancaster, 1913; Singer Earl "Speedo" Carroll of The Cadillacs and The Coasters, 1937; Singer Jay Black of Jay and the Americans, 1938; Actress Stefanie Powers, 1942; Keyboardist Keith Emerson of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, 1944; Drummer Carter Beauford of the Dave Matthews Band, 1957; Singer k.d. lang, 1961; Bassist Bobby Dall of Poison, 1963; Actor David Schwimmer ("Friends"), 1966; Singer Alvin Chea of Take 6, 1967; Bassist Fieldy of Korn, 1969; Rapper Nelly, 1974; Rapper Prodigy of Mobb Deep, 1974; Guitarist Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie, 1975. -- From Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 1:

1512: Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time. 1755: Earthquake, fires, and tsunami leveled Lisbon and claimed 70,000 lives. 1765:
The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect. 1870: The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations. 1936: Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome. 1952: The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands. 1993: The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Poet Stephen Crane, 1871; Actress Barbara Bosson ("Murder One," "Hill Street Blues"), 1939; Saxophonist Ronald Khalis Bell of Kool and the Gang, 1951; Singer Lyle Lovett, 1957; Singer Anthony Kiedis of Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1962; Singer-keyboardist Mags Furuholmen of a-ha, 1962; Drummer Rick Allen of Def Leppard, 1963; Country singer Big Kenny of Big and Rich, 1963; Singer Sophie B. Hawkins, 1964; Rapper Willie D of the Geto Boys, 1966; Actress Jenny McCarthy, 1972; "American Idol" runner-up Bo Bice, 1975; Actor Penn Badgely ("Gossip Girl"), 1986. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Oct. 31:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

1517: Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany. 1846: A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains. 1941: Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed. 1956: Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole. 1984: Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated. 1992: Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Painter Jan Vermeer, 1632; Poet John Keats, 1795; Girl Scout Founder Juliette Gordon Low, 1860; Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek, 1887; Actress Dale Evans, 1912; Actress Barbara Bel Geddes, 1922; Journalist Dan Rather, 1931; Actor Michael Landon, 1936; Actor David Ogden Stiers ("M.A.S.H."), 1942; Actress Deidre Hall ("Days of Our Lives"), 1948; Actor John Candy, 1950; Director Peter Jackson ("Lord of the Rings"), 1961; Drummer Larry Mullen of U2, 1961; Drummer Mikkey Dee of Motorhead, 1963; Country singer Darryl Worley, 1964; Guitarist Adrock of the Beastie Boys, 1966; Musician Adam Schelsinger of Fountains of Wayne, 1967; Musician Rob Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice), 1968; Singer Linn Berggren of Ace of Base, 1970; Actor Eddie Kaye Thomas ("American Pie"), 1980; Guitarist Frank Iero of My Chemical Romance, 1981. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day In History: Oct. 30:

1534: The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church. 1938: Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners. 1953: Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan. 1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire,to regain his world heavyweight title. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): U.S. President John Adams, 1735; Poet Ezra Pound, 1885; Actress Ruth Gordon, 1896; Singer Grace Slick, 1939; Singer Otis Williams of The Temptations, 1941; Actor Henry Winkler, 1945; Bassist Timothy B. Schmit of The Eagles, 1947; Actor Harry Hamlin, 1951; Actor Michael Beach ("Soul Food," "Third Watch"), 1963; Singer-guitarist Gavin Rossdale of Bush and Institute, 1967; Actor Jack Plotnick ("Reno 911!"), 1968; "Cash Cab" host Ben Bailey, 1970; Country singer Kassidy Osborn of SHeDAISY, 1976; Actor Tequan Richmond ("Everybody Hates Chris"), 1992. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Oct 29:

1682: William Penn arrived in Pennsylvania. 1787: Mozart's opera Don Giovanni debuted in Prague. 1923: The Republic of Turkey was proclaimed under Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. 1929: The New York Stock Exchange crashed on Black Tuesday, precipitating the Great Depression. 1956: Israel invaded the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal crisis. 1966: The National Organization for Women was founded. 1998: John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, returned to space at age 77. 2004: European leaders signed the European Union's first constitution. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Comedienne Fanny Brice, 1891; Country singer Lee Clayton, 1942; Singer-actress Melba Moore, 1945; Actor Richard Dreyfuss, 1947; Actress Kate Jackson, 1948; Actor Dan Castellaneta ("The Simpsons"), 1957; Singer Randy Jackson of The Jacksons, 1961; Drummer Peter Timmins of Cowboy Junkies, 1965; Actress Joely Fisher ("Ellen"), 1967; Rapper Paris, 1967; Singer S.A. Martinez of 311, 1969; Actress Winona Ryder, 1971; Actor Trevor Lissauer ("Sabrina the Teenage Witch"), 1973; Actor Brendan Fehr ("Roswell"), 1977. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

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This Day in History: Oct. 28:

1793: Eli Whitney applied for a patent for the cotton gin. 1886:
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. 1919: Congress passed the Volstead Act, or the National Prohibition Act, over President Woodrow Wilson's veto. 1922: Benito Mussolini took control of the government of Italy. 1940:
Italy invaded Greece during World War II. 1958: A new pope was elected — Pope John XXIII. 1962: Nikita Khrushchev told the U.S. that he had ordered the dismantling of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Gun manufacturer Eliphalet Remington, 1793; Cooking authority Auguste Escoffier, 1846; Fashion designer Edith Head, 1897; Novelist Evelyn Waugh, 1903; Scientist Jonas Salk, 1914; Country musician Charlie Daniels, 1937; Actress Jane Alexander, 1939; Actor Dennis Franz ("NYPD Blue"), 1944; Singer Wayne Fontana of Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders, 1945; Actress-singer Telma Hopkins (Tony Orlando and Dawn), 1948; Actress Annie Potts, 1952; Computer industry pioneer Bill Gates, 1955; Drummer Stephen Morris of New Order, 1957; Singer-guitarist William Reid of The Jesus and Mary Chain, 1958; Actress Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place"), 1962; Actress Julia Roberts, 1967; Country singer Brad Paisley, 1972; Actor Joaquin Phoenix. 1974; Singer Justin Guarini ("American Idol"), 1978; Guitarist Dave Tirio of Plain White T's, 1979. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Oct: 27:

1787: The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published. 1904: New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened. 1938: Du Pont announced that it would name its new synthetic yarn nylon. 1978: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward a Middle East accord. 1997: The Dow Jones industrial average fell 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down. 2004: After an 86-year wait, the Boston Red Sox finally captured a World Series trophy. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Humanist Erasmus, 1466; Explorer James Cook, 1728; Inventor Isaac Singer, 1811; U.S. Presdient Theodore Roosevelt, 1858; Etiquette authority Emily Post, 1873; Poet Dylan Thomas, 1914; Actress Nanette Fabray, 1920; Painter Roy Lichtenstein, 1923; Actress Ruby Dee, 1924; Actor-comedian John Cleese, 1939; Country singer Lee Greenwood, 1942; Author Fran Lebowitz, 1950; Guitarist K.K. Downing of Judas Priest, 1951; TV personality Jayne Kennedy, 1951; Actor Robert Picardo ("The Wonder Years," "China Beach"), 1953; Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran, 1958; Singer Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver, 1967; Actress Sheeri Rappaport ("CSI," "NYPD Blue"), 1977; Singer Kelly Osbourne, 1984. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites