Interrogatories
Are you good at making eye contact with strangers (like cashiers, etc.)? (I'm told by these people that it is rare.)
Do you believe in evil? If not, how to explain Hitler? Cheney?
Would you want to read the story of your life?
Do you think that blood ties have anything to do with "family?"
If you could live and be healthy without needing either sleep or food and drink, which of the two would you rather do without?
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On This Day
In 313, Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius signed the Edict of Milan, which granted freedom of religion to all citizens of the Roman Empire.
in 1525, Martin Luther broke the church's celibacy law for priests by marrying Katharina von Bora.
In 1774, Rhode Island banned the importation of slaves.
In 1917, a German air raid on London killed 162 and wounded 432.
In 1966, in Miranda v. Arizona, the Supremes ruled that all suspects must be informed of their constitutional rights prior to questioning.
In 1967, LBJ nominated Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. He was confirmed on August 30th in a 69-11 Senate vote.
In 1971, the New York Times began publishing the Pentagon Papers.
In 1997, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death for masterminding and carrying out the Oklahoma City bombing.
In 2005, Michael Jackson was acquitted of child molestation charges.
Born on This Day
823 – Charles the Bald, Roman Emperor (d. 877)
839 – Charles the Fat, Roman Emperor (d. 888)
1752 – Fanny Burney, English novelist (d. 1840)
1805 - Magnus von Wright, Finnish painter of birds (d. 1868)
1806 - Anton Hartinger, Austrian still life painter and botanical illustrator (d. 1890)
1809 – Heinrich Hoffmann, German painter and author (d. 1894)
1844 - Edouard Frédéric Wilhelm Richter, French orientalist painter (d. 1913)
1863 – Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, English socialite and one of the foremost fashion designers of the Edwardian era (d. 1935)
1865 – William Butler Yeats, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
1870 – Jules Bordet, Belgian immunologist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1961)
1877 - Joseph Stella, Italian-born US painter (d. 1946)
1892 – Basil Rathbone, English actor (d. 1967)
1893 – Dorothy L. Sayers, English author (d. 1957)
1903 – Red Grange, American football player (d. 1991)
1905 – Doc Cheatham, American trumpeter, singer, and bandleader (McKinney's Cotton Pickers) (d. 1997)
1910 – Mary Whitehouse, English conservative activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (d. 2001) She was immortalized in Pink Floyd's Pigs (Three Different Ones).
1912 - Nina Mae McKinney, African American film star (d. 1967)
1913 – Ralph Edwards, American radio and television host (d. 2005)
1918 – Ben Johnson, American actor (d. 1996)
1926 – Paul Lynde, American actor (d. 1982)
1935 – Christo, Bulgarian artist
1935 – Jeanne-Claude, French artist (d. 2009)
1940 – Bobby Freeman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
1943 – Malcolm McDowell, English actor
1949 – Dennis Locorriere, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show)
1953 – Tim Allen, American comedian and actor
1962 – Ally Sheedy, American actress
1963 – Paul De Lisle, American singer-songwriter and bassist (Smash Mouth)
1970 – Rivers Cuomo, American singer-songwriter and musician (Weezer, Avant Garde, and Homie)
1986 – Ashley Olsen, American actress
1986 – Mary-Kate Olsen, American actress
1995 – Emily Fanning, New Zealand tennis player
Died on This Day
1784 – Henry Middleton, American politician, 2nd President of the Continental Congress (b. 1717)
1749 - Jan Frans van Bloemen, Flemish painter (b. 1662)
1876 - Anton Schiffer, Austrian painter (b. 1811)
1886 – Ludwig II of Bavaria (b. 1845)
1894 - Nikolai Ge, Russian painter (b. 1831)
1904 – Nikiphoros Lytras, Greek painter (b. 1832)
1931 - Santiago Rusiñol, Spanish painter (b. 1861)
1954 – Henry Blogg, English fisherman and lifeboatman (b. 1876)
1972 – Clyde McPhatter, American musician (b. 1932)
1979 – Darla Hood, American actress (b. 1931)
1986 – Benny Goodman, American clarinetist, songwriter, and bandleader (b. 1909)
1987 – Geraldine Page, American actress (b. 1924)
1989 – Fran Allison, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
1993 – Deke Slayton, American pilot and astronaut (b. 1924)
2008 – Tim Russert, American journalist (b. 1950)
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