January 16th - Today is the 16th day of the year, with only 349 days remaining in 2006.

Martin Luther King Jr.
The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr, Ph.D. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a Baptist minister and political activist who was the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement. King won the Nobel Peace Prize and Presidential Medal of Freedom before being assassinated in 1968.


"Universal Time" (UT) which is sometimes referred to, now colloquially, as "Greenwich Mean Time" (GMT)
FULL MOON - Jan 14   9:47 a.m.
LAST QUARTER - Jan 22   3:14 p.m.
NEW MOON - Jan 29   2:15 p.m.
FIRST QUARTER - Feb 5   6:28 a.m.


TAGLINES (http://taglinesgalore.com)
- Came here in search of Freedom, but all I found were Taxes.
- Doing what you like is freedom; liking what you do is happiness.
- If fire fighters fight fire and crime fighters fight crime, what do freedom fighters fight?
- FREEDOM ... void where prohibited by law
- Freedom is Expensive, but worth it!
- Freedom isn't a right, it's a state of mind.
- Freedom isn't cheap and it never goes on sale.
- Freedom of the press means no-iron clothes.
- He who gives up freedom to gain security deserves neither.
- I'm after the same things the government wants: MY freedom!
- Men fight for Freedom, then pass laws to take it away!
- Most people want freedom, as long as it's free.


ACTING -
1898 Margaret Boot, LA CA, film editor (Academy nomination-Mutiny on the Bounty) [D: 10/28/2002]
1907 Alexander Knox, Ontario Canada, actor (Gorky Park, 2 of a Kind) [D: 04/25/95]
1986 Mason Gamble, Chicago IL, actor (Dennis-Dennis the Menace)
1950 Debbie Allen, Houston TX, dancer/actress (3 Girls 3, Lydia-Fame)

ARTISTIC -
1932 Jim Berry, cartoonist (Berry's World)
1947 Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Brooklyn NY, TV/radio host/author (Dr. Laura)
1948 John Carpenter, Carthage NY, director/producer (Halloween, The Thing)

HISTORIC -
1910 David McCampbell, US pilot/captain (WWII-Pacific-downed 34 Japanese planes) [D: 06/30/96]

MUSIC -
1908 Ethel Merman, Astoria NY, singer/actress (There's No Business Like Show Business0 [D: 02/15/84]
1944 Jim Stafford, Winterhaven FL, singer (Spiders & Snakes, My Girl Bill)
1946 Ronnie Milsap, Robbinsville NC, country singer (Any Day Now, Legend in My Time)
1959 Sadé (Helen Folasade Adu), Ibadan Nigeria, rocker (Smooth Operator, Sweetest Taboo; Grammy 1986-Best new singer)

SCIENCE -
1932 Dian Fossey, Fairfax CA, zoologist (Gorillas in the Mist) [D: 12/26/85]
1946 Michael L Coats, Sacramento CA, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 41-D, 29, 39)
1952 L. Blaine Hammond Jr, Savannah GA, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 39, 64)
1955 Jerry M Linenger, Eastpointe MI, PhD/Capt USN/astronaut (STS 81/84)

SPORTS -
1911 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, Lucas AK, AL pitcher (St Louis Cardinals) Hall of Fame [D: 07/17/74]
1935 A J Foyt, Houston TX, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)


1493 Columbus returns to Spain on his first trip.
1776 Continental Congress approves enlistment of free blacks.
1847 John C. Fremont is appointed Governor of the new California Territory.
1879 January record 13" of snow falls in New York City NY (broken Jan 7, 1996).
1920 18th Amendment, prohibition, becomes the law of the land - one year after ratification; it is repealed in 1933.
1920 First assembly of League of Nations (Paris).
1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing.
1944 General Eisenhower took command of Allied Invasion Force in London.
1964 "Hello, Dolly!" starring Carol Channing, opens at St James Theater New York City NY for 2,844 performances.
1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame.
1976 "Donny & Marie" [Osmond] musical variety show premieres on ABC TV.
1991 Operation Desert Storm begins - US and 27 allies attack Iraq for occupying Kuwait (air war begins January 17 at 2:38AM (local time) or January 16 at 6:38PM EST due to an 8 hour time difference, with an Apache helicopter attack).
MORE EVENTS

SOURCE: Earth Calendar
AtiAtihan Festival - Philippines
Martyr's Day - Benin
Prohibition Remembrance Day - United States of America
Provincial Anniversary (Southland) - New Zealand
Russian Winter Festival - Russia
Religious Freedom Day - United States of America


EMAIL WARNING
I thought this was a big joke until I heard about it on Oprah! Evidently there's a new "internet crimes" division of the FBI. They're sole purpose is to monitor the internet usage of the American People.  They do this by tracking e-mail addresses that accumulate as messages are forwarded from individual to individual.  For instance, Person A gets and e-mail and forwards it to everyone on their distribution list, Persons B-Z.  All of these people can be tracked as are the people they subsequently forward the message to.

In this manner, the federal government is able to keep tabs of what you think is funny, what issues you're interested in, what charities you support and any number of other items that describe your lifestyle.  To many, this may seem like a benign use of government power, but in the wrong hands it could quickly become a threat to the freedoms we Americans hold dear.

Naturally, no government agency would admit to putting in place this kind of abuse of our constitutional rights.  It is only through the dedicated efforts of some freedom-loving insiders that this story has seen the light of day.  Therefore, there are only limited things you can do to thwart this insidious plan.

The best thing to do is to eschew mass e-mails of jokes, polls, consumer warnings and charity requests.  These are the main ways your e-mail habits are tracked.  It's so important to let your friends know that you do not wish to receive these messages.  By reading these messages, you are telling your government things about yourself you may not want them to know...

Forwarding e-mail jokes suggests that you a sexual deviant. Forwarding polls suggests you wish to foment disrespect for our institutions. Forwarding consumer warnings suggests that you're a radical anti-capitalist. Forwarding charity requests and "warm fuzzy wishes" suggests that you are a bleeding-heart or, worse yet, a pacifist.

You can still save your friends by deleting these messages rather than sending them to everyone on your address list, even if you continue to receive these messages.  If you love our country and it's guarantee of freedom, you will stop these messages in their tracks.

PS. Please forward this message to as many people as possible. Our democratic way of life is at stake!


People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. - Soren Aabye Kierkegaard


BALLOT BOX: Stuffed that dreams are made. (WordFoolery)

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