Friday, October 26, 2012

Don't Worry About It


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WORD FOR TODAY

capitulate
verb
-  to surrender unconditionally or on stipulated terms.
-  to give up resistance.

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BORN ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
 
 
 Born Oct 26, 1947
Age: 64 years old.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is the 67th United States Secretary of State, serving in the administration of President Barack Obama. She was a United States Senator for New York from 2001 to 2009. As the wife of the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, she was the First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.


 
 Born Oct 26, 1947
Age: 64 years old.

Pat Sajak is a television personality, former weatherman, actor and talk show host, best known as the host of the American television game show Wheel of Fortune.



 
 Born Oct 26, 1914
Died: Mar 1, 1984

John Leslie Coogan, known professionally as Jackie Coogan, was an American actor who began his movie career as a child actor in silent films. Many years later, he became known as Uncle Fester on 1960s sitcom The Addams Family. In the interim, he sued his mother and stepfather over his squandered film earnings and provoked California to enact the first known legal protection for the earnings of child performers, billed as the Coogan Act.



 
 Born Oct 26, 1911
Died Jan 27, 1972

Mahalia Jackson was an American gospel singer. Possessing a powerful contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". Jackson became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She was described by entertainer Harry Belafonte as "the single most powerful black woman in the United States". She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds" -- million-sellers.

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"It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life."
--Terry Pratchett
 

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