Today is Thursday, May 15th.
It's day #136 of the year 2008
and there are 230 days left
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Born On This Day...

1859:Pierre Curie, physicist.
      Born 149 years ago today.
1909:James Mason, actor.
      Born 99 years ago today.
1981:Jamie-Lynn Sigler, actress.
      Born 27 years ago today.

Events On This Day...

1930:The first "air hostess," Ellen Church, welcomes passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from Oakland, California to Cheyenne, Wyomong.
1940:The first nylon stockings are sold in America.
1963:The last of the Mercury space flights, the Faith 7, is launched.
1990:A Vincent Van Gogh painting fetches a record 82½ million dollars at Christie's Auction House.

And Don't Forget...

It's Never Turn Your Back On The Ocean Day.






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