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Fear of your mother-in-law or father-in-law. . . Soceraphobia

Researchers have found that smoking 20 or more cigarettes a day make men go bald, faster.  The possible damage to hair follicles may be the reason. 

Another reason to stop smoking!

1865 -  The House of Representitives passes an amendment to the Constitution to abolish slavery.

1930 - 3M markets Scotch Tape.

1947 - Pitcher, Nolan Ryan is born.

1950 - President Harry Truman announces the development of the hydrogen bomb.

1990 - The first McDonald’s in the Soviet Union.

A study involving 2 million people from 80 countries shows that depression is most common in people in their 40’s. 

It seems there is a U shape curved to happiness. Happy and healthy as a 20 year old, the curve gradually dips to a low in the 40’s , and then by the time the  70’s come around and assuming good health, a person could be as happy as they were in their 20’s. 

People Magazine is reporting that singer Gwen Stefani and her rocker husband Gavin Rossdale are expecting child number two.    They had a son, Kingston, in May of 2006.  Stephani who is 38, is said to be about 13 weeks along. 

1835 - President Andrew Jackson survived the first ever assassination attempt on a U.S. President.

 1836 - Flagmaker Betsy Ross died at the age of 84.  Legend dictates she created the first stars and stripes flag of the United States.  

 1894 -  The jackhammer was patented by C.B. King of Detroit.

1933  - “The Lone Ranger” was first heard on radio.  The program remained on the air for 21 years.

 1941 - Vice President Dick Cheney is born.

2006 - Coretta Scott King dies. (b.1927)

1861 - Kansas becomes 34th state of the Union.

1954 - Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is born.

1959 - Walt Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty” is released.

1999 - The Senate delivered subpoenas Monica Lewinsky.

 1915 - The Coast Guard was created by Congress.

1973 - A cease-fire went into effect in the the Vietnam War.

1980 - Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) is born.

1981 - Actor Elijah Wood is born.

1986 - Space Shuttle Challenger explods 73 seconds after liftoff, killing all seven crew.

A U.S. spy satellite that can no longer be controlled could hit the Earth in late February or early March.

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1756- Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is born. (d.1791)

1880 - Thomas Edison files for a patent on his electric incandescent lamp.

1888 - The National Geographic Society is founded.

1959 - Broadcaster, Keith Olbermann is born.

1967 - Astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee are killed in a fire during a test of the Apollo 1 spacecraft.

1837 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th state.

1925 - Actor Paul Newman is born.

1934 - The Apollo Theater opens in Harlem, New York.

1955 - Musician Eddie Van Halen is born.

1998 - President Clinton denies having “sexual relations” with former intern Monica Lewinsky.

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