Celebration Excuse

1793

Going, going, gone: Marie Antoinette loses her head in the French Revolution.

1916

You go, girl: Margaret Sanger opens the first birth-control clinic in New York City.

1962

Everybody panic: The Cuban missile crisis begins as President John F. Kennedy is informed that reconnaissance photographs have revealed the presence of missile bases in Cuba.

2001

Panic more: Twelve senate offices are closed, and hundred of staffers are tested for anthrax.

BIRTHDAY, SHE WROTE

Birthday hugs and kisses go out to (really bad) rocker John Mayer, (really good) rocker Flea, actor Tim Robbins, infomercial queen Suzanne Sommers, and everyone’s favorite crime-solving grandma, Angela Landsbury. They’ll all be blowing out candles today.

Daybook

PEOPLE

At some point

VP Dick Cheney delivers remarks at a reception for the Davis-Kentucky Victory Committee at a private residence in Prospect, Ky.

11:30AM

Senator John McCain attends a luncheon for Chris Wakim in Charleston, WV.

12:30PM

Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff participates in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) and Assn. of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America annual Forecast on Latin America and the Caribbean.

Debating...it’s the new black.

7:00PM

We’re predicting fireworks: Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Bob Casey (D-PA) participate in two live debates in Philadelphia, PA.

7:00PM

Iowa gubernatorial candidates Jim Nussle (R-IA) and Chet Culver (D-IA) hold a debate in Davenport, IA.

7:00PM

Gubernatorial candidates Ken Blackwell (R-OH) and Rep. Ted Strickland (D-OH) debate in Columbus, OH.

Tonight

Sen. Jim Talent (R-MO) and his Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill debate in Springfield, MO.