Today is Tuesday, May 15th, the 135th day of 2001. There are 230 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On May 15th, 1972, George C. Wallace was shot by Arthur Bremer and left paralyzed while campaigning in Laurel, Maryland, for the Democratic presidential nomination. On this date: In 1602, Cape Cod was discovered by English navigator Bartholomew Gosnold. In 1886, poet Emily Dickinson died in Amherst, Massachusetts. In 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. In 1918, US airmail service began between Washington, Philadelphia and New York. In 1930, Ellen Church, the first airline stewardess, went on duty aboard a United Airlines flight between San Francisco and Cheyenne, Wyoming. In 1940, nylon stockings went on general sale for the first time in the United States. In 1942, gasoline rationing went into effect in 17 states, limiting sales to three gallons a week for non-essential vehicles. In 1963, US astronaut L. Gordon Cooper blasted off aboard "Faith Seven" on the final mission of the Project Mercury space program. In 1969, Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas resigned amid a controversy over his past legal fees. In 1970, Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green, two black students at Jackson State University in Mississippi, were killed when police opened fire during student protests. Ten years ago: President Bush took Britain's Queen Elizabeth the Second to a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Oakland Athletics (the queen left after two innings; the A's won, 6-to-3). French President Francois Mitterrand appointed Edith Cresson to be France's first female premier. Five years ago: Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole announced he was leaving the Senate after 27 years to challenge President Clinton full-time. One year ago: By a five-to-four vote, the US Supreme Court threw out a key provision of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act, saying that rape victims could not sue their attackers in federal court. United Press International was sold to the parent company of The Washington Times. Today's Birthdays: Actress Constance Cummings is 91. Singer Eddy Arnold is 83. Actor Joseph Wiseman is 83. Playwright Anthony Shaffer ("Sleuth") is 75. Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer ("Amadeus") is 75. Playwright Paul Zindel is 65. Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 65. Counterculture icon Wavy Gravy is 65. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright is 64. Singer Trini Lopez is 64. Singer Lenny Welch is 63. Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 61. Actor-director Paul Rudd ("Knots Landing") is 61. Country singer K.T. Oslin is 59. Singer-songwriter Brian Eno is 53. Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 51. Actor Chazz Palminteri is 50. Baseball Hall-of-Famer George Brett is 48. Actor Lee Horsley is 46. Singer-rapper Prince Be (PM Dawn) is 31. Actor Brad Rowe is 31. Actor David Charvet is 29. Rock musician Ahmet Zappa is 27. Olympic gold-medal gymnast Amy Chow is 23. "Faults are thick where love is thin." -- Danish proverb. (Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

Thanks Munchkin~! :-) neat birthdays today. lots of playrights...lots of creative folks. Trini Lopez "If I had a Hammer" :-) Anna Maria Alberghetti. I love that name~! :-) kath > Today is Tuesday, May 15th, the 135th day of 2001. > There are 230 days left in the year. > >>> Today's Birthdays: > Actress Constance Cummings is 91. > Singer Eddy Arnold is 83. > Actor Joseph Wiseman is 83. > Playwright Anthony Shaffer ("Sleuth") is 75. > Playwright Sir Peter Shaffer ("Amadeus") is 75. > Playwright Paul Zindel is 65. > Actress-singer Anna Maria Alberghetti is 65. > Singer Trini Lopez is 64. > Actress-singer Lainie Kazan is 61. (Love Her~!) :-) > Country singer K.T. Oslin is 59. (where the heck is she now? liked her songs) > Singer-songwriter Brian Eno is 53. > Actor Nicholas Hammond ("The Sound of Music") is 51. safe bet he is one of the kids.........sheesh~! do I feel old~! LOL~! :-) > > "Faults are thick where love is thin." > -- Danish proverb.