
[1;35;40m Events on this day...  
[1;36;40m             Leonid meteor shower, radiant in Leo
[1;36;40m        1497 Bartolomeu Dias discovers Cape of Good Hope
[1;36;40m        1820 Antarctica discovered by US Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer.
[1;36;40m        1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty, gave US canal rights thru Panama
[1;36;40m        1913 Lincoln Deachey performs the first airplane loop-the-loop
[1;36;40m        1918 Latvia declares independence from Russia
[1;36;40m        1928 Mickey Mouse debuts in New York in "Steamboat Willy"
[1;36;40m        1936 Main span of the Golden Gate Bridge is joined.

[1;33;40m  Happy Birthday to: 
[1;37;40m        1789 Louis-Jacques-Mande Daguerre, developed a method of photography
[1;37;40m        1836 Sir W.S. Gilbert, playwright (of Gilbert & Sullivan fame)
[1;37;40m        1899 Eugene Ormandy, conductor (Philadelphia Orchestra)
[1;37;40m        1923 Alan Sheppard, first American into space (Freedom 7, Apollo 14)
[1;37;40m        1928 Mickey Mouse, film star

[1;32;40m  Todays Witticism: 
[1;31;40m        And I thought *I* had problems!