Today is Sunday, July 1, the 183rd day of 2012. There are 183 days left in the year. This is Canada Day.
Today’s highlight
On July 1, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the first Pacific Railroad Act “to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri river to the Pacific ocean.”
On this date
In 1867, Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain as the British North America Act took effect.
In 1961, Diana, the princess of Wales, was born in Sandringham, England. (She died in a 1997 car crash in Paris at age 36.)
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan nominated federal appeals court judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court, setting off a tempestuous confirmation process that ended with Bork’s rejection by the Senate.
Today’s birthdays
Actress Olivia de Havilland is 96. Actress-dancer Leslie Caron is 81. Actress Jean Marsh is 78. Actor Jamie Farr is 78. Actress Karen Black is 73. Actress Genevieve Bujold is 70. Rock singer-actress Deborah Harry is 67. Rock singer Fred Schneider (B-52’s) is 61. Actor-comedian Dan Aykroyd is 60.
Thought for Today
“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” — L.P. Hartley, British author (1895-1972).
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