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The World’s Greatest Lizard Race is run today in Lovington, New Mexico.
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Today is Koko Day, marking the 40th birthday of Koko the Gorilla at the San
Francisco Zoo. Koko speaks sign language, knows some 1,000 signs. Her full
name is Hanabi-Ko, Japanese for "Fireworks Child."
• Today is July the 4th,
the 235th Independence Day in the United States.
July 4th Fun
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Today is Independence from Meat Day, sponsored by the Vegetarian Awareness
Network in Knoxville, Tennessee.
On
this date in.....
1776:
King George III of England noted in his diary, "Nothing of importance
happened today."
1884: The first American bull fight
was held in Dodge City, Kansas. The bull lost.
1929: In Emeryville, California,
minor leaguer Roy "Dizzy" Carlyle hit history’s longest home run: 618 feet.
1929: Baseball's Lou Gehrig,
"the Iron Horse," said goodbye to his fans at New York's Yankee Stadium.
1969: After 14 tries,
30-year-old Ann Jones or Britain became Wimbledon women's singles champ when
she beat Billie Jean King.
1970: Casey Kasem first hosted
radio’s "American Top 40."
It was first broadcast on seven a.m. stations.
1972:
Singer Willie Nelson inaugurated his first "4th of July Picnic" in Dripping
Springs, Texas.
1982: Black Sabbath
frontman Ozzy Osbourne married Sharon, his manager.
1987: Martina Navratilova won her
sixth consecutive singles title at Wimbledon.
1993: Participants numbered 2,000 at
the annual Nude Chili Cookoff at the Treehouse Fun Ranch in Devore,
California.
1994: Michael Jackson and
new bride Lisa Marie Presley arrived in Paris for a two-day visit.
1996: An Oslo newspaper reported that
the Arctic Circle had moved and was 913 yards north of where everyone
thought it was. The Circle is the northern-most point that the sun can be
seen on the shortest day of the year. It moves a few yards each year because
of the Earth’s rotation. In 15-thousand years or so it’ll move back.
1996:
HotMail, a free internet email
service, began.
1997: The 400-millionth person
visited Disneyland.
2003:
Singer Barry White
died in Los Angeles at age 58.
2003: After a single case
of mad cow disease, Canadian beef prices in grocery stores fell to as low as
75 cents a pound.
2003:
Los Angeles Lakers guard
Kobe Bryant was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The charge was
later dropped because his accuser did not want to go ahead with a trial.
Birthdays:
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George Steinbrenner is
81 today;
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actress Jenica Bergere 37;
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TV host Geraldo Rivera 68;
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tennis pro Pam Shriver 49;
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basketball's Horace Grant 46; |
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"American Top 40" is 41; |
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football's Al Davis
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Koko the Gorilla
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Q: In the late 1980s, after
promising a high school junior class he would pay for their college
education, did Geraldo Rivera’s promise cost him: (a) $18,000; (b) $180,000;
or (c) $1.8-million?
A: $180,000 for nine students.
Q: Is the "World’s Greatest
Lizard Race" held today in: (a) Lovington, New Mexico; (b) Lovelock, Nevada,
or (c) Loveland, Colorado?
A: Lovington, New Mexico.
Q: Before going to bed at night,
do more Americans: (a) set an alarm; (b) read; or (c) brush their teeth?
A: 81% brush their teeth; 57% set an alarm; 38% read; 28% take
medication (Opinion Research Corp., Princeton, New Jersey).
12 years ago today:
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The #1 song was "If You Had My Love" by
Jennifer Lopez. |
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The #1 country song was "Write This Down"
by George Strait. |
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The #1 adult contemporary song was
"You’ll Be in My Heart" by Phil Collins. |
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The #1 R&B song was "Bills, Bills, Bills"
by Destiny’s Child. |
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The #1 Christian Hit was "Show You Love"
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He
also called His friends His "sheep." They hear the voice of "The Good
Shepherd" and He knows them, and they follow Him. He gives them eternal life,
and nothing can separate the sheep from their Shepherd.
Who Is He?
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