January 12th - Today is the 12th day of the year, with only 353 days remaining in 2006.

HAL's Birthday
According to Arthur C. Clarke's book and movie, "2001: A Space Odyssey", the HAL 9000 computer was brought to consciousness on January 12, 1997, in Urbana, Illinois. HAL stands for a heuristically programmed algorithmic computer.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FIRST QUARTER - Jan 6   6:56 p.m.
FULL MOON - Jan 14   9:47 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Jan 22   3:14 p.m.
NEW MOON - Jan 29   2:15 p.m.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
- 2001 Parking Lot: "My God, it's full of cars!"
- All libraries, everywhere, are connected by the bookworm holes in space.
- Astronauts do nothing but take up space in school.
- Charter member of "International Brotherhood of Computer Addicts."
- eARthLinGs, WE haVe yOur SPaceSHIps. senD Us 20 miLLiOn MarTIaN dollARs iN UnMaRKed BiLls or YOu WiLL neVer sEE thEm AgAIn.
- He's got a few tiles missing from his Space Shuttle.
- "I operate a space bar," Quark said blankly.
- Memory Manager: Something I need more than my computer.
- Misinformation is the cruelest computer virus of all.
- Most computer problems are caused by a loose nut between the chair and the keyboard.
- My computer calls me 'Dave'. I think it's trying to kill me.
- Space is the final frontier. Now where did I put my map?
- The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program.


ACTING -
1906 Henny Youngman, London England, comedian ("Take my wife please...") [D: 02/24/98]
1951 Kirstie Alley (Kirstie Louise Deal), Wichita KS, actress (Star Trek II, Rebecca-Cheers)
1960 Oliver Platt, Windsor Canada, actor (Oliver-The West Wing, Flatliners)
1973 Greg Morton, Milwaukee WI, actor (Jaime-Scarecrow & Mrs King)

ARTISTIC -
1628 Charles Perrault, Paris France, author (Tales of Mother Goose) [D: 05/16/1703]
1876 Jack London, SF CA, writer/socialist (Call of the Wild) [D: 11/22/16]
1935 "The Amazing" Kreskin (George Kresge), Montclair NJ, mentalist/telepath
1951 Rush Limbaugh, Cape Girardeau MO, talk show host (Radio Hall of Fame 1993)
1954 Howard Stern, Roosevelt NY, radio "shock jock"
1957 John A. Lasseter, Hollywood CA, animator (Disney/Lucasfilm), founding member (Pixar), director (Toy Story/2)

HISTORIC -
1737 John Hancock, Braintree MA, patriot (First signer Declaration of Independence) [D: 10/08/1793]

MUSIC -
1905 Tex Ritter (Maurice Woodward Ritter), Murvaul TX, country singer/actor (Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin') [D: 01/02/74]
1926 Ray Price, Perryville TX, C&W singer (For The Good Times) Hall of Fame 1996
1930 Glenn Yarborough, Detroit MI, singer (Limeliters-Honey & Wine, Jubilee)
1939 William Lee Golden, Brewton AL, country/gospel/pop singer (Oak Ridge Boys)
1952 Ricky Van Shelton, Gritt VA, country musician (Somebody Lied, From a Jack to a King, Rockin' Years)
1974 Melanie Jayne Chisholm "Sporty Spice", Merseyside England, songwriter/singer (Spice Girls-Wannabe)

SCIENCE -
1580 Jean Baptist van Helmont, Brussels, chemist, (founder of pneumatic chemistry) [D: 12/30/1644]

SPORTS -
1944 Joseph William Frazier, Beauford SC, WBA Heavyweight Champion
1947 Tom Dempsey, Milwaukee WI, NFL record-holder (longest field goal, 63 yards)
1960 Jacques Dominique Wilkins, Paris France, NBA forward (Jazz) Hall of Fame TBA
1982 Dontrelle Wayne Willis, Oakland CA, pitcher (Marlins) 2003 World Series/NL Rookie of the Year


1773 First US public museum established (Charleston SC).
1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California.
1838 In order to avoid prosecution under laws banning polygamy, Joseph Smith, Jr. and his followers leave Ohio for Missouri.
1896 First X-ray photo in US (Dr Henry Smith, Davidson NC.
1915 House of Representatives rejects proposal to give women the right to vote.
1924 History of Science Society organized at Boston.
1952 University of Tennessee admits its first black student.
1966 "Batman" with Adam West and Burt Ward premieres on ABC TV.
1970 Boeing 747 makes its maiden voyage.
1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring first toilet flush on TV.
1986 Space shuttle Columbia takes-off with the first Hispanic-American astronaut, Dr. Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.
1995 Murder trial against OJ Simpson, begins in Los Angeles.
1998 Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning.
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
Arbor Day - Jordan
Greater Bairam (Feast of the Sacrifice) - Albania
National Pharmacist Day - United States of America
Stephen Foster Memorial Day - United States of America
Zanzibar Revolution Day - Tanzania


ALIEN CHAIN LETTER
Scientists this week decoded the first confirmed alien transmission from outer space. Here is the text of the message that they decoded:

"This really works! Just send 5*10^50 atoms of hydrogen to each of the five star systems listed below. Then, add your own system to the top of the list, delete the system at the bottom, and send out copies of this message to 100 other solar systems. If you follow these instructions, within 0.25 of a galactic rotation you are guaranteed to receive enough hydrogen in return to power your civilization until entropy reaches its maximum!"


Actually, I'm from Iowa, I only work in outer space. - Captain James T. Kirk


WWW.MSSAMANTICS.US: Sibertspace. - WordFoolery

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