This Day in History

By The Standard Staff - 02/06/2008

Today Ash Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2008. There are 329 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight: In 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.

On this date: In 1756, America’s third vice president, Aaron Burr, was born in Newark, N.J.

In 1952, Britain’s King George VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter, Elizabeth II.

In 1997, President Clinton signed a bill changing the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

Birthdays Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor is 91. Actor Patrick Macnee is 86. Actor Rip Torn is 77. Actress Mamie Van Doren is 77. Actor Mike Farrell is 69. Former NBC News anchorman Tom Brokaw is 68. Singer Fabian is 65. Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 65. Actor Michael Tucker is 64. Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 59. Singer Natalie Cole is 58. Actor Jon Walmsley is 52. Actress Kathy Najimy is 51. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 51. Actor-director Robert Townsend is 51. Actor Barry Miller is 50. Actress Megan Gallagher is 48. Rock singer Axl Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 46. Country singer Richie McDonald is 46. Singer Rick Astley is 42. Rock musician Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is 39. Actor Brandon Hammond is 24.

Worth repeating ...

“We are suffering from too much sarcasm.” — Marianne Moore, American poet (1887-1972)