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| Thursday, November 20, 2008 |
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| Happy Children at Play |
Spotlight: Today is Universal Children's Day. In 1954, the United Nations General Assembly proposed that all countries set aside a day to promote understanding between children, and activities that would advance the welfare of children everywhere. Five years later — on this date in 1959 — the General Assembly adopted the Declaration of the Rights of the Child, stating that children must be fed and sheltered and that their rights and privileges must be protected.
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"Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be."
Question of the Day: Is there a children's day?
President Bill Clinton proclaimed the first US Children's Day that was celebrated on November 16, 2000. President George W. Bush changed the name to National Child's Day and has proclaimed it to be held in early December since 2001... More
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| Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip |
Today in History:
- New Jersey: the Garden State became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights (1789)
- Nuremberg trials: an Allied tribunal began trying Nazis for war crimes; the defense of "I was following orders" was not accepted (1945)
- Elizabeth II: the future queen of England married Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in Westminster Abbey (1947)
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| Joseph Biden |
Today's Birthdays:
- Edwin Powell Hubble (1889-1953): astronomer, namesake of the Hubble Space Telescope
- Alistair Cooke (1908-2004): longtime host of Masterpiece Theatre; journalist Judy Woodruff (62) shares this birth date
- Nadine Gordimer (85): author known for her anti-apartheid views in her native South Africa; other writers born on this date include Thomas Chatterton (1752-1770) and Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940)
- Joseph Biden (66): US vice president-elect; presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) was also born on this date
- Ming-Na (45): E.R.'s Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen; also, actors Estelle Parsons (81), Richard Dawson (76), Dick Smothers (70), Veronica Hamel (65), Samuel E. Wright (62), Richard Masur (60), Bo Derek (52) and Sean Young (49)
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| Arrows with Their Nocks |
Word of the Day:
nockn.
1. The groove at either end of a bow for holding the bowstring.
2. The notch in the end of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
tr.v.
1. To put a nock in (a bow or arrow).
2. To fit (an arrow) to a bowstring.
In October, to mark the OCcasion, we featured a week of words that started with "oc." NOw that it's November, let's NOt be outdone.
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