January 2nd - Today is the 2nd day of the year, with only 363 days remaining in 2006.

No-Fault Divorce Day
The first no-fault divorce law became effective in California in 1971.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
NEW MOON - Dec 31   3:12 a.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Jan 6   6:56 p.m.
FULL MOON - Jan 14   9:47 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Jan 22   3:14 p.m.


MARRIAGE VS DIVORCE
She married him because he was such a "strong man"
She divorced him because he was such a "dominating male."

He married her because she was so "fragile and petite."
He divorced her because she was so "weak and helpless."

She married him because "he knows how to provide a good living."
She divorced him because "all he thinks about is business."

He married her because "she reminds me of my mother."
He divorced her because "she's getting more like her mother every day."

She married him because he was "happy and romantic."
She divorced him because he was "shiftless and fun-loving."

He married her because she was "steady and sensible."
He divorced her because she was "boring and dull."

She married him because he was "the life of the party."
She divorced him because "he never wants to come home from a party."


ACTING -
1913 Anna Lee, Ightham England, actress (Scruples, Lila-General Hospital) [D: 05/14/2004]
1961 Gabriella Carteris, Scottsdale AZ, (Andrea-Beverly Hills 90210)
1965 Diane Lane, NYC, actress (Streets of Fire, Lady Beware, Lonesome Dove)
1968 Cuba Gooding Jr, Bronx NY, actor (Jerry McGuire, As Good As It Gets, Boyz N the Hood, A Few Good Men)
1972 Taye Diggs, Brooklyn NY, actor (Kevin Hill, Benny-Rent)
1983 Kate Bosworth, LA CA, actress (Emma-Remember the Titans, Catherine-Horse Whisperer)

ARTISTIC -
1857 Frederick Opper, Madison OH, cartoonist (Willie and His Papa, Maud the Mule, Alphonse & Gaston) [D: 08/28/37]
1904 Sally Rand, Elkton MO, stripper (fan dance) [D: 08/31/79]
1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer (I Robot, Foundation Trilogy) [D: 06/06/92]

HISTORIC -
1727 James Wolfe, Westerham England, commanded British Army (captured Québec) [D: 09/13/1759]
1901 Robert Marshall, NYC, founder (Wilderness Society) [D: 11/11/39]
1939 Jim Bakker, Muskegon MI, televangelist (PTL Club)/philanderer (Jessica Hahn)
1942 John Dennis Hastert, Aurora IL, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 1999

MUSIC -
1936 Roger Miller, Fort Worth TX, country singer (King of the Road, Dang Me) [D: 10/25/92]

SCIENCE -
1822 Rudolph J E Clausius, Germany, physicist (thermodynamics) [D: 08/24/1888]

SPORTS -
1963 David Cone, Kansas City MO, baseball pitcher (New York Mets/Toronto Blue Jays/New York Yankees) Cy Young Award 94
1963 Edgar Martinez, NY NY, baseball 1st baseman (Seattle Mariners) seven All-Star nominations
1970 Glenn Cadrez, El Centro CA, NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII)
1973 Chris Woodruff, Knoxville TN, tennis star (1993 NCAA Division I)


1800 Free black community of Philadelphia PA petitions Congress to abolish slavery.
1811 US Senator Thomas Pickering is first senator censured (revealed confidential documents communicated by the President of the US).
1870 Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge begins.
1872 Brigham Young is arrested for bigamy (25 wives).
1890 Alice Sanger becomes the first female staffer for the White House.
1910 First junior high schools in US open in Berkeley CA.
1921 DeYoung Museum in Golden Gate Park San Francisco opens.
1923 U.S. Interior Secretary Albert Fall resigns due to the Teapot Dome scandal.
1929 Canada and the United States agree on a plan to preserve Niagara Falls.
1960 Senator John F Kennedy, announces his candidacy for President.
1965 New York Jets sign quarterback Joe Namath.
1977 Bowie Kuhn suspends Braves owner Ted Turner for one year due to tampering charges in Gary Matthews free-agency signing.
1983 The musical Annie is performed for the last time after 2,377 shows at the Uris Theatre on Broadway.
2004 Stardust successfully flies past Comet Wild 2, collecting samples that it will return to Earth two years later.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
ADMISSION DAY ** Jan. 2, 1788 - Georgia (4th State)
2nd New Year's Day Holiday - Russia
Ancestry Day / Forefather's Day - Haiti
Bank Holiday - Scotland, United Kingdom of Great - Britain and Northern Ireland
Berchtold's Day - Liechtenstein, Switzerland
Bridge Day - New Caledonia
Labor Day - Ukraine
New Year's Day 2nd Day - Romania Taiwan
New Year's Day Holiday - Mauritius, New Zealand, North Korea, South Korea
Victory of the Armed Forces - Cuba
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Cassé Gâteau - Voudon


Horowitz was feeling ill at work, and left after lunch to go home. He walked into the house and found his wife Fanny in the arms of another man. He started to yell at the interloper, "What right have you got to be making love to my wife?"

The man answered calmly, "You may as well know that I am in love with Fanny and I would like to marry her. I understand you're a gambler. Why don't you be a good sport and sit down and play a game of gin rummy with me? If I lose, I'll never see her again; if you lose, you must agree to divorce her.... Okay?"

"Okay," replied Horowitz, "but just to make it a little more interesting, why don't we play for a dollar a point?"


I've never been married, but I tell people I'm divorced so they won't think something's wrong with me. - Elayne Boosler


DIVORCEES: Split personalities. (WordFoolery)

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