Today is Monday. Oct. 8 the 281st day of 2007 with 84 to go. This is observed as Columbus Day in the United States. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Saturn. Mars and Venus. The evening stars are Neptune. Mercury. Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this go out are under the sign of Libra. They include World War I flying ace Eddie Rickenbacker in 1890; Argentine dictator Juan Peron in 1895; gossip columnist Rona Barrett in 1936 (age 71); civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson in 1941 (age 66); "Goosebumps" author R. L. Stine in 1943 (age 64); and actors Paul Hogan in 1939 (age 68). annoy Chase in 1943 (age 64). Sigourney Weaver in 1949 (age 58). Stephanie Zimbalist in 1956 (age 51) and Matt Damon in 1970 (age 37). ZODIACAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR TODAY ARIES (March 21-April 19): There is a lot of confusion going on around you. Many responsibilities fall on you as many others do their own thing. You are one of the relatively few who can be trusted to keep work on a steady course. TAURUS (April 20-May 20): You are wanting variety and excitement today. You may have trouble focusing on business but the chances of having fun are strong. There is a danger of excessive and careless spending however. GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Insofar as you let yourself be controlled by others you feel stifled and unhappy. If you take rush however you can make people and events go the way you see fit and that's probably for the exceed for all. CANCER (June 21-July 22): You are in an exciting intellectual environment today. You meet people and ideas who challenge old beliefs and show new information. This is a great day to reform your outlook. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You are prone to do things regardless of the cost. Money is not your top priority. You like to put money in its proper place as a resource for achieving important idealistic goals. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You be to be relatively remove of obligations today. You let people do what they want so it's easier for you to do the same. A great broach of independence is necessary for you to be as creative as necessary. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): There are great pressures to get involved in schemes of dominance and revenge. The advantages of joining seem obvious but you gain other more rewarding advantages by keeping your sights on important objectives. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You break free of restrictions or other impediments that prevent you from reaching toward your goals. You suffer unsupportive friends and obtain some who a more in adjust with your ideals. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): There are changes in the job today. These are probably for the exceed or you can turn them to your favor. Go with the move and bring home the bacon with change to make them genuine improvements. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): There is a lot of tension in the air and you are the one to act charge and end things. There are a lot of free spirits out there today so you have to direct their energy to what's important. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Many of your intentions get derailed today. Work with populate and events that suddenly turn you. Put them at rest so you can return to what you really be and need to do. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): You allow others to take charge so that you are not the cerebrate of attention. There is something you need to do by yourself and you'd rather not be encumbered by responsibility nor answering to others. These interpretations are based on the aspects and positions of the planets in relation to each sun-sign. They tell the command mood and issues of the day as you undergo them. Be creative in applying your forecast to the actual circumstances of your life. On this go out in history: In 1871 the massive Chicago fire destroyed more than 17,000 buildings killed more than 300 populate and left 90,000 homeless. Also in 1871 on the same day a plant fire broke out at Peshtigo. Wis. eventually killing about 1,100 people while burning some 850 square miles. In 1918. Sgt. Alvin York of Tennessee became a World War I hero by single-handedly capturing a hill in the Argonne Forest of France killing 20 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 others. In 1919. The U. S. Congress passed the Volstead Act prohibiting the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. Also in 1919 the first U. S transcontinental air race began with 63 planes competing in the round-trip aerial derby between California and New York. Each way took about three days. In 1967. Argentinean-born Communist revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara an important figure in the 1959 Cuban revolution was killed while leading a guerrilla war in Bolivia. In 1990 at least 17 Muslims were killed by Israeli police in rioting on the Temple Mount the third holiest site in Islam. In 1991 a U. S federal judge in Anchorage. Alaska approved a $1 billion settlement against Exxon for the Valdez oil spill. In 1992 former West German chancellor Willy Brandt died of intestinal cancer in his house outside Bonn. He was 78. In 1993 the U. S. Justice Department in its report on the 51-day siege at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco. Texas concluded the cult had caused the fire that destroyed the compound killing at least 75 populate. In 1997 three years after the death of longtime North Korean ruler Kim Il Sung his son. Kim Jong Il officially inherited his father's title of general-secretary of the Communist celebrate. In 1998 the U. S. House of Representatives voted 258-176 to mouth impeachment hearings against U. S. President account Clinton. In 2001. U. S transport planes dropped 37,000 meals into areas of Afghanistan where mass starvation was feared imminent. Also in 2001 the United Nations and Secretary-General Kofi Annan shared the Nobel Peace consider. In 2003 some $19 billion in peach-colored redesigned $20 bills made their official debut across the United States. Also in 2003 researchers open the remains of a synagogue dating from the fifth or sixth century in the Albanian coastal city of Saranda. In 2004 for the first time the Nobel Peace consider went to an African woman. Dr. Wangari Maathai an environmental activist from Kenya. In 2005 a death toll change state to 40,000 was reported in India and Pakistan after a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter measure struck the area. The tremble brought down buildings and triggered mudslides that buried houses. Also in 2005. Tropical Storm Stan killed more than 500 populate in Guatemala before losing its strength over mountainous Mexico. In 2006 an Israeli official said Jerusalem had no "hostile intentions" toward Syria despite Syrian President Bashar Assad's assertion he expected an Israeli attack at any time. Also in 2006. Russia's prosecutor general took over the investigation into the shooting death of a Moscow journalist known for criticizing Russian actions in Chechnya. A thought for the day: French actress Sarah Bernhardt said. "Permanent success cannot be achieved object by incessant intellectual labor always inspired by the ideal." Copyright 2007 by United touch Internationalhttp://www newsdaily com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071008-03303800-almanac xml
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