Celebration Excuse
Happy National Candy Corn Day!
1918
The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending World War I in the Middle East. Because ending world war is a good thing.
1922
Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. How do you say “Oops” in Italian?
1938
Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide panic as people believe the radio broadcast to be a live news coverage of invading aliens. Classic.
1988
Philip Morris, one of the world’s largest tobacco corporations, buys Kraft Foods for $13.1 billion. That’s like 20 billion servings of Easy Mac.
1995
Quebec sovereignists lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate their independence from Canada by a margin of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent. Ooh, so close don’tcha know?
A Year Older:
1735: John Adams, the second President of the United States. Jefferson called him the “Colossus of Independence,” which would have been a great alias were he a professional wrestler
1939: Grace Slick, Musician best known for her work in Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. “Marconi plays the mamba. Listen to the radio. Don’t you remember? We built this city…”
1945: Henry Winkler, the ‘Fonz’ himself. If only we could all so cool
1967: Gavin Rossdale, lead singer of ‘90s Brit rockers Bush and Gwen Stefani’s arm candy
1981: Ivanka Trump, daughter of ‘the Don’ himself. She may have got her money from him, but he’s certainly not responsible for her looks.
Daybook
STUMPIN’
The DNC presidential debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
John McCain fundraises in New York City
Mitt Romney fundraises in Chicago and New York City
Ron Paul appears on NBC’s the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
CONGRESS
HOUSE
9:30 AM
The House Foreign Affairs Committee holds a full committee hearing on the Russian national elections.
10 AM
The House Armed Services Committee Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee holds a hearing on the stabilization and reconstruction operations in Iraq and hears testimony from Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary for Stability Operations Capabilities Celeste Ward
The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee discusses the Iranian people’s attitudes
2 PM
The House Appropriations Committee State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Subcommittee takes a hard look at the diplomatic surge in Iraq and assess its effectiveness. Stuart Bowen Jr., special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction testifies.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment Subcommittee holds a hearing on renewable energy
SENATE
9:30 AM
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hears testimony from Lawrence Sanchez, assistant commissioner of the NYPD, and others in law enforcement during a hearing on the role of local law enforcement in countering Islamist extremism
10 AM
The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee convenes on the issue protecting the US from drug-resistant Tuberculosis
2:30 PM
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on the nominations of Sean Mulvaney to assistant administrator of the US Agency for International Development and Dan Heath to US alternate executive director of the IMF. The nominees will testify.
The Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee meets for markup of the “Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Reform Act of 2007” (S.2045) and the “Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007” (S.2096), as well as other pieces of legislation and to vote on a number of nominations.
TV
TIVO…
Oprah: What the Stylemakers Can’t Live Without
The View: David Foster
Regis and Kelly: Baldwin brother Billy, and John O’Hurley
Ellen: Private Practice star Amy Brenneman
STAY UP FOR…
Letterman: Actress Jennifer Connelly, Guns ’n Roses’ Slash, and musical guest Nicole Atkins
Leno: Tom Cruise, Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, and musical guest the Sex Pistols
Late Late Show: Star of the new movie Dan in Real Life Steve Carell, and musical guest Good Charlotte
Conan: Ethan Hawke, with musical guest Zappa Plays Zappa
Last Call: Mindfreak Criss Angel
Kimmel: Actress and model Rebecca Romijn and James Lipton
Daily Show: Former CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson
Colbert Report: Craig Venter, co-founder of Synthetic Genomics, a biological firm using modified microorganisms to produce ethanol and hydrogen as alternative fuels
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