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March 8, 2011 • Today is International Women's Day, the most widely observed holiday of recent origin, especially in other nations, though it began in the U.S. It's the beginning of Universal Women's Week. • Today is Girls Write Now Day, celebrating girls and girl writers.
• Today is Organize Your Home Office Day. • Today is Da Nang Day. On this date in 1965, more than 3,500 U.S. Marines landed at Da Nang in South Vietnam to become the first U.S. combat troops in Vietnam. • Today is Revolution Day in Syria. On this date in . . . 1962: The Beatles made their TV debut on the BBC’s "Teenager’s Turn." They did Roy Orbison’s "Dream Baby." 1970: In Framingham, Massachusetts, singer Diana Ross performed her first solo concert after leaving The Supremes. 1971: A new undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion was crowned, as "Smokin" Joe Frazier of Philadelphia won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who was previously undefeated. 1975: In the season's final episode of TV's "All in the Family," Mike and Gloria decided to rent the Jeffersons' vacant house next door to the Bunkers. 1985: John McPherson of Newcastle, England, set a Guinness World Record by kissing 4,444 women in eight hours. 1991: Harry Hamlin and Nicollette Sheridan were married. 1993: "Beavis and Butthead" made their series debut on MTV. Earlier they had appeared on the MTV program Liquid Television. 1993: Michael Jackson established a film production company to make movies with "positive and uplifting" themes. 1995: In Dayton, Washington, four sheriff’s deputies had their heads shaved so their boss, Sheriff Jim LaTour, wouldn’t face baldness alone. LaTour had to undergo chemotherapy for Hodgkins disease. 1997: A piece of mold sold for $34,500 at a London auction. It was part of the growth that led to Sir Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in 1928. 1998: Surgeons in Chongqing, China, removed two of a 32-year-old farmer’s three tongues to allow him to speak and eat normally for the first time in 20 years. The man had grown a second tongue at age five and a third by age 12. 2003: North Dakota Governor John Hoeven reported receiving three calls the first week on his new secure emergency phone installed at the request of the federal Department of Homeland Security -- one a wrong number and two from telemarketers. Hoeven said he was trying to figure out what type of disaster had occurred and it was some guy trying to sell him two pizzas for the price of one. The phone was quickly reprogrammed to block non-emergency calls. 2004: Vancouver Canuck Todd Bertuzzi slugged Colorado Avalanche forward Steve Moore during a game, leaving Moore with a broken neck, a concussion and facial cuts. Bertuzzi pleaded guilty to criminal assault and was sentenced to probation and community service. 2005: Harvard Business School announced rejection of 119 would-be students accused of hacking into a Web site to learn early if they were accepted before official notification. The school's dean called the behavior unethical. 2006: Three Alabama college students reportedly looking for cheap thrills were arrested on charges they set fire to nine rural Baptist churches. Birthdays:
Q: Between acting jobs in
the 1980s, was Camryn Manheim: (a) a Wal-Mart buyer; (b) a sign language interpreter; or
(c) a lounge singer? Q: What animal can go
without water longer than a camel: (a) a kangaroo; (b) a possum; or (c) a rat? Wisdom: If you want to be miserable, hate somebody. If you want to be happy, love somebody.
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