

[1;35;40m Events on this day...  
[1;36;40m        1769 Daniel Boone begins exploring the Bluegrass State of Kentucky.
[1;36;40m        1776 Richard Lee of Virginia calls for Declaration of Independence.
[1;36;40m        1839 Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed
[1;36;40m        1839 The Hawaiian Declaration of Rights is signed.
[1;36;40m        1905 Norway declares independence from Sweden
[1;36;40m        1929 Vatican City becomes a soverign state
[1;36;40m        1938 First Boeing 314 Clipper "Flying Boat" flown by Eddie Allen
[1;36;40m        1948 Communists take over Czechoslovakia
[1;36;40m        1953 First color network telecast from Boston, Massachusets.
[1;36;40m        1965 Gemini 4 completes 62 orbits
[1;36;40m        1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut
[1;36;40m        1972 German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
[1;36;40m        1977 Anita Bryant leads successful crusade against Miami gay law
[1;36;40m        1981 Israel bombs Iraqi plutonium production facility at Osirak.

[1;33;40m  Happy Birthday to: 
[1;37;40m        1502 Pope Gregory XIII, who introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582
[1;37;40m        1778 Beau Brummel, the foremost man of fashion.
[1;37;40m        1848 Paul Gauguin, painter
[1;37;40m        1896 Robert Mulliken, U.S. chemist, physicist (Nobel 1966)
[1;37;40m        1897 George Szell conductor

[1;32;40m  Todays Witticism: 
[1;31;40m        One man tells a falsehood, a hundred repeat it as true.