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Wednesday May 22, 2013 5:31 AM

Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2013. There are 223 days left in the year.

Highlights in History

•  In 1813, composer Richard Wagner was born in Leipzig, Germany.

•  In 1913, the American Cancer Society was founded in New York by a group of doctors and business leaders under its original name, the American Society for the Control of Cancer.

•  In 1960, a magnitude 9.5 earthquake, the strongest ever measured, struck southern Chile, killing 1,655 people.

•  In 1968, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Scorpion (above), with 99 men aboard, sank in the Atlantic Ocean. (The remains of the sub were found on the ocean floor 400 miles southwest of the Azores.)

•  In 1969, the lunar module of Apollo 10, with Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan aboard, flew to within 9 miles of the moon’s surface in a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing.

•  In 1981, “Yorkshire Ripper” Peter Sutcliffe was convicted in London of murdering 13 women and was sentenced to life in prison.

•  In 1992, after a reign lasting nearly 30 years, Johnny Carson (above) hosted NBC’s Tonight for the last time.

•   Ten years ago: The U.N. Security Council gave the U.S. and Britain a mandate to rule Iraq, ending 13 years of economic sanctions.

•   Five years ago: A Texas appeals court said the state had no right to take more than 400 children from a polygamist group’s ranch the previous month. (The children were returned to their parents.)

•   One year ago: The Falcon 9, built by billionaire businessman Elon Musk, sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies, marking the first time a commercial spacecraft had been sent to the orbiting outpost.

Thought for Today

“It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.” — Walter Bagehot, English editor and economist (1826-1877)

Source: Associated Press

 

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