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Tuesday, July 06, 2010

Famous July 4th births and deaths

BIRTHS
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1998 Malia Obama (daughter of Barack Obama current US President)
1955 John Waite (singer)
1943 Geraldo Rivera (investigative reporter, talk show host)
1938 Bill Withers (singer, songwriter "Lean On Me")
1937 Thomas Nagel (American philosopher)
1930 George Steinbrenner (owner of NY Yankees, ship builder, horse owner, shipping magnate)
1927 Neil (Marvin) Simon (playwright "Biloxi Blues")
1924 Eva Marie Saint (actress "On the Waterfront")
1918 Abigail Van Buren [Mrs Morton Phillips] (columnist "Dear Abby")
1918 Ann Landers ("Dear Abby's " twin sister, advice columnist, author)
1911 Mitch Miller (record company executive, producer, arranger, musician & instrumentalist)
1910 Gloria Stuart (actress, Rose "Titanic", founder of Screen Actors Guild)
1883 Rube Goldberg (inventor "The Rube Goldberg Machine" [made the easy outrageously difficult], cartoonist)
1881 Ulysses S. Grant III (American soldier), died in 1968
1872 Calvin Coolidge [Silent Cal], Plymouth Vt, (30th U.S. President 1923-29)
1828 James Johnston Pettigrew (Brig General of the Confederate Army)
1826 Green Clay Smith (Bvt Major General of the Union volunteers), died in 1895
1826 Stephen Foster, Lawrencevil, Pa (composer of "Oh! Susanna", and "Swanee River")
1819 Reuben Eaton Fenton (Governor of the Union), died in 1885
1804 Nathaniel Hawthorne (author)

DEATHS
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2009 Brenda Joyce, American actress (b. 1917)
2009 Allen Klein, American record label executive (b. 1931)
2009 Drake Levin, American rock musician (b. 1946)
2009 Steve McNair, American football player (b. 1973)
2009 Jim Chapin, American drummer (b.1919)
2008 Jesse Helms, American politician (b. 1921)
2008 Terrence Kiel, American Football Player (b. 1980)
2008 Thomas M. Disch, American science fiction author (b. 1940)
2008 Evelyn Keyes, American actress (b. 1916)
2007 Bill Pinkney, American singer and performer (b. 1925)
2003 Barry White, American singer (b. 1944)
2002 Winnifred Quick, American Titanic survivor (b. 1904)
1999 Leo Garel, American artist and cartoonist (b.1917)
1997 Charles Kuralt, news anchor (CBS Sunday Morning), dies at 62
1995 Eva Gabor, actress (Green Acres), dies at 74
1994 Liesbeth Struppert, actress (Pipo the Clown, Anne Frank), dies at 55
1993 Anne Shirley, actress (Stella Dallas), dies of lung cancer at 75
1993 Charles Crain, actor, dies in Hollywood at 83
1957 Judy Tyler, actress (Princess-Howdy Doody), dies at 24 in car crash
1934 Marie Curie, Polish physicist and chemist and two Nobel Prizes winner (in physics and chemistry).
1910 Melville Weston Fuller, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1833)
1901 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher, dies
1891 Hannibal Hamlin, U.S. Vice President (b. 1809)
1831 James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
1826 John Adams, 2nd president (1797-1801), dies at 90
1826 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president (1801-09), dies at 83

Monday, July 05, 2010

SPECIAL INDEPENDENCE DAY BLOG!!!

MountainWings A MountainWings Moment
#3185 Wings Over The Mountains of Life
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U.S. Citizenship
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Could you pass the U.S. Citizenship test? Sure, you've lived here all of your life.

You've taken U.S. history in school, but could you pass the test? A person taking the U.S. citizenship test is typically asked about a dozen of 100 potential questions.

They are allowed to miss a couple.

Take a couple minutes and see how you would do with these 12 questions. Click below the last question for the correct answers:

1. What do the stripes on the flag mean?
a) They represent the 13 original colonies
b) They represent each of the people who signed the Declaration of Independence
c) They represent the battles fought for United States independence

2. How many changes or amendments are there to the Constitution?
a) 23
b) 19
c) 27

3. What are the three branches of our government?
a) Legislative, executive, and judicial
b) Legislative, parliamentary, judicial
c) Executive, legislative, parliamentary

4. What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
a) It ordered that Pilgrims be freed from British oppression
b) It ordered that slaves in rebel territory be freed
c) It allowed citizens of the United States to claim land

5. Who becomes president of the United States if the president and the vice president should die?
a) The secretary of state
b) The attorney general
c) The Speaker of the House of Representatives

6. Which countries were our main allies during World War II?
a) United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Italy, France
b) United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, China, France
c) United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Russia, China, France

7. What is the 49th state of the Union (United States)?
a) Alaska
b) Hawaii
c) New Mexico

8. How many Supreme Court justices are there?
a) 9
b) 12
c) 13

9. What is the national anthem of the United States?
a) "America the Beautiful"
b) "This Land is Your Land"
c) "The Star-Spangled Banner"

10. In what year was the Constitution written?
a) 1776
b) 1771
c) 1787

11. What is the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America?
a) Constitution
b) Mayflower
c) Titanic

12. How many representatives are there in Congress?
a) 104
b) 284
c) 435

None of the questions are multiple choice on the actual test. Applicants are asked the questions by an examiner.

Other questions from the 100 questions on the citizenship test:
Can you name two senators from your state?

According to the Constitution, a person must meet certain requirements in order to be eligible to become president. Name one of these requirements.

Why are there 100 senators in the Senate?

What do the stars on the flag mean?

What are the duties of Congress?

How many representatives are there in Congress?

What is the supreme law of the United States?

What is the Bill of Rights?

Can you name the 13 original states?

What holiday was celebrated for the first time by the American Colonists?

What is the basic belief of the Declaration of Independence?

Who wrote the Star-Spangled Banner?

What special group advises the president?

Name three rights or freedoms guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.

Name one purpose of the United Nations.

Whose rights are guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

How many times may be a senator be reelected?

How many times may a congressman be reelected?

Click the link below for the correct answers:
http://www.mountainwings.com/past/3185a.htm

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