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Upcoming Library Workshop!

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:30:34 -0600

The GSU Library offers many free workshops for students throughout the fall. Check out Formatting APA Paper, from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 25, in Room D2401B You can register online or in person at the Library’s Reference Desk. Walk-ins also are welcome.

This Day in History: Nov. 23:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:08:31 -0600

1889: The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco. 1936: First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam. 1945: U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended. 1971: People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council. 2003: Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): U.S. President Franklin Pierce, 1804; Outlaw William H. Bonney, A.K.A. Billie The Kid, 1859; Actor Boris Karloff, 1887; Actor Steve Landesberg ("Barney Miller"), 1945; Singer Bruce Hornsby, 1954; Actor John Henton ("The Hughleys," "Living Single"), 1960; "Good Morning America" co-host Robin Roberts, 1960; Singer-guitarist Ken Block of Sister Hazel, 1966; Drummer Charlie Grover of Sponge, 1966; Rapper Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound, 1972; Actor Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical"), 1984; Singer-actress Miley Cyrus, 1992; Actor Austin Majors ("NYPD Blue"), 1995. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 22:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:05:43 -0600

1497: Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India. 1718: Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America. 1842: Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 miles away. 1906: "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin. 1943: President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan. 1963: President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas. 1990: Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): First lady Abigail Adams, 1744; Novelist George Eliot, 1819; General Charles De Gaulle, 1890; Comedian Rodney Dangerfield, 1921; Actress Geraldine Page, 1924; Actor Robert Vaughn ("The Man from U.N.C.L.E."), 1932; Actor Michael Callan, 1935; Comedian-director Terry Gilliam ("Monty Python"), 1940; Singer Jesse Colin Young, of The Youngbloods, 1941; Tennis player Billie Jean King, 1943; Guitarist-actor Little Steven ("The Sopranos"), 1950; Bassist Tina Weymouth of Talking Heads, 1950; Actor Richard Kind ("Spin City," "Mad About You"), 1956; Actress Jamie Lee Curtis, 1958; Actress Mariel Hemingway, 1961; Actress Scarlett Johannson, 1984. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 21:

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:16 -0600

1783: With the Marquis d'Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1/2 miles in 20 min. 1789: North Carolina became the 12th state. 1922: Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator. 1934: Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City. 1969: For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth. 1973: The 18 1/2-minute gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed. 1991: Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): french philosopher Voltaire, 1694; Painter Rene Magritte, 1898; Actor Joseph Campanella ("The Colbys," "Ben"), 1927; Country singer Jean Shepard is 76. Actress Marlo Thomas, 1937; Singer Dr. John, 1940; Actress Juliet Mills ("Passions", "Nanny and the Professor"), 1941; Actor-director Harold Ramis, 1944; Actress Goldie Hawn, 1945; Keyboardist Lonnie Jordan of War, 1948; Actress-singer Lorna Luft, 1952; Actress Cherry Jones ("The Horse Whisperer"), 1956; Bassist Brian Ritchie of Violent Femmes, 1960; Christian singer Steven Curtis Chapman, 1962; Singer Bjork, 1965; Rapper Pretty Lou of Lost Boyz, 1971; Country singer Kelsi Osborn of SHeDAISY, 1974; Actress Jena Malone ("Saved," "Life As A House"), 1984. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

Today in History: Nov. 20:

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:34:55 -0600

1789: New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
1910: Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz. 1945: The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany. 1947: The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh.
1962: President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis. 1975: Spain's General Francisco Franco died. 2000: Peru's president Alberto Fujimori resigned. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Astronomer Edwin Hubble, 1889; Journalist Alistair Cooke, 1908; Sen. Robert Byrd, 1917; Sen. Robert Kennedy, 1925; TV personality Richard Dawson, 1932; Comedian Dick Smothers, 1938; Musician Joe Walsh, 1947; Actress Bo Derek, 1956; Drummer Jim Brown of UB40, 1957; Actress Sean Young, 1959; Drummer Todd Nance of Widespread Panic, 1962; Actress Ming-Na ("ER"), 1963; Rapper Mike D of the Beastie Boys, 1965; Rapper Sen Dog of Cypress Hill, 1965; Actress Marisa Ryan ("New York Undercover"), 1974; Country singer Josh Turner, 1977; Actress Nadine Velazquez ("My Name Is Earl"), 1978; Bassist Jared Followill of Kings of Leon, 1986. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 19:

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:52:19 -0600

1703: A masked man held prisoner in the Bastille in Paris died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue, and his story became the basis of literary works by François Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.
1794: John Jay and Lord Grenville signed Jay's Treaty. 1863: Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. 1977: Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel. 1985: Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for the first time in Geneva. 1990: Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was rescinded after it was discovered they didn't do their own singing. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): President James A. Garfield, 1831; Political leader Indira Gandhi, 1917; Actor Alan Young ("Mr. Ed"), 1919; TV personality Larry King, 1933; Talk show host Dick Cavett, 1936: Business executive Ted Turner, 1938; Fashion designer Calvin Klein, 1942; Sportscaster Ahmad Rashad, 1949; Actor Robert Beltran ("Star Trek: Voyager"), 1953; Actress Glynnis O'Connor, 1955; Astronaut Eileen Collins, 1956; Drummer Matt Sorum of Velvet Revolver, 1960; Actress Meg Ryan, 1961; Actress Jodie Foster, 1962; Actress Terry Farrell ("Becker"); 1963; Singer Jason Albert of Heartland, 1973; Dancer-choreographer Savion Glover, 1973; Singer Tamika Scott of Xscape, 1975; Rapper Lil' Mo, 1977. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 18:

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:59:13 -0600

1820: Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica. 1883: Standard time began in the United States. 1886: Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.
1928: Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie. 1976: Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship. 1978: Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot. 2003: The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution. 2004: The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Photography pioneer Louis Daguerre, 1789; Pollster George Horace Gallup,1901; Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, 1923; Novelist Margaret Atwood, 1939; Actress Brenda Vaccaro, 1939; Actress Linda Evans, 1942; former Cherokee Nation Chief Wilma Mankiller, 1945; Actor Jameson Parker, 1947; Singer Graham Parker, 1950; Actor Oscar Nunez ("The Office"), 1958; Singer Kim Wilde, 1960; Actress Elizabeth Perkins, 1960; Guitarist Kirk Hammett of Metallica, 1962; Singer Tim DeLaughter of Polyphonic Spree (and Tripping Daisy), 1965; Actor Owen Wilson ("The Royal Tenenbaums," "Zoolander"), 1968; Singer Duncan Sheik, 1969; Rapper Fabolous, 1979; Rapper Mike Jones, 1980; Actor Nathan Cress ("iCarly"), 1992. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Week's Workshops!

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:14:45 -0600

The GSU Library offers many free workshops for students throughout the fall. Check out Formatting an APA Paper, from 3 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 17, in Room D2401B; Online Teaching/Web Conferencing: Horizon Wimba, from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 18, in Room D2430;
Formatting an APA Style Paper, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Room D2401B; and Basic Blogging, from 2 to 3 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, in Room D2401B. You can register online or in person at the Library’s Reference Desk. Walk-ins also are welcome.

This Day in History: Nov. 17:

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:03:59 -0600

1558: Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary. 1800: Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time. 1869: The Suez Canal opened in Egypt. 1917: Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France. 1968:
Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets. 1973: President Nixon said "I am not a crook." 1989: The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia. 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): King of France Louis XVIII, 1755; Actor Rock Hudson, 1925; Guitarist Gerry McGee of The Ventures, 1937; Singer Gordon Lightfoot, 1938; Movie director Martin Scorsese, 1942; Actress Lauren Hutton, 1943; "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels. 1944; Actor-director Danny DeVito, 1944; Actor Stephen Root ("King of the Hill," "NewsRadio"), 1951; Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, 1958; Actor William Moses, 1959; Entertainer RuPaul. 1960; Actor Dylan Walsh ("Nip/Tuck," "Brooklyn Bridge"), 1963; Actress-model Daisy Fuentes, 1966; Singer Ronnie DeVoe of New Edition and Bell Biv DeVoe, 1967; Keyboardist Ben Wilson of Blues Traveler, 1967; Actress Leslie Bibb ("ER," "Popular"), 1973; Actor Brandon Call ("Step By Step"), 1976; Country singer Aaron Lines, 1977; Actress Rachel McAdams ("Wedding Crashers"), 1978; Guitarist Isaac Hanson of Hanson, 1980; Actor Justin Cooper ("Liar, Liar"), 1989; Actress Raquel Castro ("Jersey Girl"), 1994. -- from Infoplese and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 16:

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:53:11 -0600

1864: General Sherman and his troops began their "March to the sea" during the Civil War. 1907: Oklahoma became the 46th state. 1933:
The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations. 1973: President Nixon signed the bill authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. 2004: President George W. Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Second Roman Emperor Tiberius, 42 B.C.; Actor Burgess Meredith, 1907; Writer Chinua Achebe, 1930; Actress Marg Helgenberger ("CSI"), 1958; Country singer-guitarist Keith Burns of Trick Pony, 1963; Jazz singer Diana Krall, 1964; Guitarist Dave Kushner of Velvet Revolver, 1966; Actress Lisa Bonet, 1967; Actress Tammy Lauren ("Wanda at Large," "Martial Law"), 1968; Singer Bryan Abrams of Color Me Badd, 1969; Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, 1977; Singer Trevor Penick of O-Town, 1979; Actor Noah Gray-Cabey ("Heroes," "My Wife and Kids"), 1995. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 15:

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:44:05 -0600

1763: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line. 1777: The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
1806: Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak. 1939: The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Roosevelt. 1969: About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, DC. 2002: Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Statesman William Pitt, 1708; Painter Georgia O'Keeffe, 1887; Nov. 15: "People's Court" Judge Joseph Wapner, 1919; Actor Ed Asner, 1929; Singer Petula Clark, 1932; Actress Joanna Barnes ("Spartacus," "The Parent Trap"), 1934; Actor Yaphet Kotto ("Homicide: Life On The Street"), 1939; Actor Sam Waterston ("Law and Order"), 1940; Singer Anni-Frid Lyngstad of ABBA, 1945; Actor James Widdoes ("Animal House"), 1953; Bandleader Kevin Eubanks ("The Jay Leno Show"), 1957; Rapper E-40, 1967; Country singer Jack Ingram, 1970; Drummer David Carr of Third Day, 1974; Singer Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, 1974; Drummer Jesse Sandoval of The Shins, 1974; Actor Sean Murray ("NCIS"), 1977. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 14:

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:33:28 -0600

1851: Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published. 1889: Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world. She did it in 72. 1922: The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service. 1969: Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched. 1995: The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget. 2002: Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress. 2003:The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Inventor Robert Fulton, 1765; Painter Claude Monet, 1840; First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru,1869; First Lady Mamie Eisenhower, 1896; Composer Aaron Copland, 1900; former Secretary General of the U.N. Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 1922; Jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis, 1934; Prince Charles, 1948; Government Official Condoleezza Rice, 1954; Pianist Yanni, 1954; Actor D.B. Sweeney, 1961; Actress Laura San Giacomo, 1961; Rapper Reverend Run of Run-DMC, 1964; Actor Patrick Warburton ("Seinfeld"), 1964. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 13:

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:49:57 -0600

1775: U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution. 1927: The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey. 1940: Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted. 1942: The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18. 1946: Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts. 1956:
The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses. 1982: The Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated in Washington, DC. 2001: The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Theologian Saint Augustine, 354; Novelist Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850; Actress Madeleine Sherwood (“The Flying Nun”), 1922; Producer-director-actor Garry Marshall, 1934; Actor Joe Mantegna, 1947; Actress Sheila Frazier (“Superfly”), 1948; ctress Frances Conroy (“Six Feet Under”), 1953; Actor Chris Noth (“Law and Order: Criminal Intent,” “Sex and the City”), 1954; Actress Whoopi Goldberg, 1955; Actor Rex Linn (“CSI: Miami”), 1956; Actor Neil Flynn (“Scrubs”), 1960; Comedian Jimmy Kimmel, 1967; Actress Aisha Hinds (“True Blood”), 1975; Actress Monique Coleman (“High School Musical”), 1980. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 12:

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:47:01 -0600

1920: Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball. 1927: Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet Union. 1942: The World War II battle of Guadalcanal begins. 1954:
Ellis Island stopped serving as the chief immigration station for the United States. Twenty million immigrants went through Ellis Island in its 62 years of operation. 1970: A cyclone and tidal wave hit East Pakistan, killing over 200,000 people. 1981: The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time. It was the first time a space vehicle was used more than once. 1990: Akihito becomes emperor of Japan. 1997: Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New York. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Sculptor Auguste Rodin, 1840; Founder of modern China Sun Yat-Sen, 1866; Princess Grace of Monaco, 1929; Organist Booker T. Jones of Booker T. and the MG's, 1964; Musician Neil Young, 1945; Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, 1961; Actress Megan Mullally ("Will and Grace"), 1958; Actor Sam Lloyd ("Scrubs"), 1963; Actress Tamala Jones ("The Brothers"), 1974; Actress Angela Watson ("Step By Step"), 1975; Actor Ryan Gosling, 1980; Bassist Chris Huffman of Casting Crowns, 1980; Actress Anne Hathaway ("The Princess Diaries"), 1982; Singer Omarion (B2K), 1984. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites

This Day in History: Nov. 11:

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:21:12 -0600

First of all, Happy Veterans Day, and thank you.

1620: The Mayflower Compact was signed by Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower. It would provide the basis for all governments of the American colonies. 1831: Former slave Nat Turner was executed. 1889:
Washington became the 42nd state. 1918: The Allies and Germany signed an armistice ending World War I. 1921: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery. 1965: Rhodesia proclaimed its independence from Britain. 1992: The Church of England voted to ordain women as priests. 2004: Yasir Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, died in Paris. Mahmoud Abbas was elected to take his place. -- from Infoplease website

Famous birthdays today (besides yours): Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1821; General George Patton, 1885; Writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr., 1922; Comedian Jonathan Winters, 1925; Writer Carlos Fuentes, 1928; Singer LaVern Baker, 1929; Singer-keyboardist Paul Cowsill of The Cowsills, 1952; Singer Marshall Crenshaw, 1953; Singer-guitarist Andy Partridge of XTC, 1953; Synthesizer player Ian Craig Marsh of Human League and Heaven 17, 1956; Actress Demi Moore, 1962; Actress Calista Flockhart ("Brothers and Sisters," "Ally McBeal"), 1964; Actor Philip McKeon ("Alice"), 1964; Drummer Scott Mercado of Candlebox, 1964; TV personality Carson Kressley ("Queer Eye For The Straight Guy"), 1969; Actor David DeLuise ("Wizards of Waverly Place"), 1971; Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, 1974. -- from Infoplease and Yahoo!News websites