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On this date in:


1797 - The U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, was launched in Boston Harbor.


1805 - A British fleet commanded by Adm. Horatio Nelson defeated a French and Spanish fleet in the Battle of Trafalgar; Nelson was killed in the battle.


1917 - American soldiers first saw action in World War I on the front lines in France.


1967 - Tens of thousands of Vietnam War protesters marched in Washington, D.C.


1971 - President Richard M. Nixon nominated Lewis F. Powell and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.


1975 - Boston Red Sox catcher Carlton Fisk hit a ball that struck the left field foul pole in Boston's Fenway Park for a home run, giving the Red Sox a 7-6 victory in 12 innings over the Cincinnati Reds in Game 6 of the World Series.


1988 - Former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife, Imelda, were indicted in New York on charges of fraud and racketeering.


2002 - A car packed with explosives blew up next to a bus in northern Israel during rush hour; 14 people were killed in addition to two suicide attackers.


2003 - Invoking a hastily-passed law, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush ordered a feeding tube reinserted into Terry Schiavo, a brain-damaged woman at the center of a bitter right-to-die battle.


2003 - The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding that Israel tear down a barrier jutting into the West Bank.


Birthdays:

Actress Joyce Randolph (The Honeymooners) is 85.

Keyboardist Manfred Mann is 69.

Guitarist Steve Cropper of Booker T. and the MG's is 68.

Singer Elvin Bishop is 67.

TV judge Judy Sheindlin (Judge Judy) is 67.

Actor Everett McGill (Twin Peaks) is 64.

Trumpeter Lee Loughnane of Chicago is 63.

Guitarist Charlotte Caffey of The Go-Go's is 56.

Actress Carrie Fisher is 53.

Singer Julian Cope is 52.

Guitarist Steve Lukather of Toto is 52.

Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) is 38.

Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 36.

Actor Jeremy Miller (Growing Pains) is 33.

Actor Will Estes (American Dreams) is 31.

Actor Michael McMillian (True Blood) is 31.

Kim Kardashian is 29.

1970, 1980, 1990, 2000--

1970:

1. Bridge Over Troubled Water, Simon & Garfunkel
2. (They Long To Be) Close To You, Carpenters
3. American Woman / No Sugar Tonight, Guess Who
4. Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head, B.J. Thomas
5. War, Edwin Starr
6. Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Diana Ross
7. I'll Be There, Jackson 5
8. Get Ready, Rare Earth
9. Let It Be, Beatles
10. Band Of Gold, Freda Payne

1980:

1. Call Me, Blondie
2. Another Brick In The Wall, Pink Floyd
3. Magic, Olivia Newton-John
4. Rock With You, Michael Jackson
5. Do That To Me One More Time, Captain & Tennille
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Queen
7. Coming Up, Paul McCartney
8. Funkytown, Lipps, Inc.
9. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me, Billy Joel
10. The Rose, Bette Midler

1990:

1. Hold On, Wilson Phillips
2. It Must Have Been Love, Roxette
3. Nothing Compares 2 U, Sinead O'Connor
4. Poison, Bell Biv Devoe
5. Vogue, Madonna
6. Vision Of Love, Mariah Carey
7. Another Day In Paradise, Phil Collins
8. Hold On, En Vogue
9. Cradle Of Love, Billy Idol
10. Blaze Of Glory, Jon Bon Jovi

2000:

1. Breathe, Faith Hill
2.Smooth, Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
3. Maria Maria, Santana Featuring The Product G&B
4. I Wanna Know, Joe
5. Everything You Want, Vertical Horizon
6. Say My Name, Destiny's Child
7. I Knew I Loved You, Savage Garden
8. Amazed, Lonestar
9. Bent, Matchbox Twenty
10. He Wasn't Man Enough, Toni Braxton

Thanks Osprey, for keepin on with the history...

Love me some toni braxton....

im doing ok, ospery... alot better than they expected... but that's the power of prayer!!!

im gonna be a little lazy and see what daytime tv has to offer...