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Today's Celebrations

National Gin Day
National Men Make Dinner Day
National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day
Elephant Day - became a symbol of the Republican Party on this day in 1874.

Celebrity Birthdays

1914 - Archie Campbell - CMA Comedian of the Year [1969], country singer, comedian: Trouble in the Amen Corner, Beeping Sleauty, Rindercella, The Men in My Little Girl’s Life; Hee Haw, Grand Ole Opry; died Aug 29, 1987

1918 - Billy Graham (95) - evangelist: TV host: Hour of Decision, The Billy Graham Crusade

1942 - Johnny Rivers (John Ramistella) (71) - singer: Poor Side of Town, Memphis, Secret Agent Man, Slow Dancin’, Baby I Need Your Lovin’

1943 - Joni Mitchell (Roberta Anderson) (70) - songwriter: Willy, Big Yellow Taxi, Woodstock; singer: Help Me, Free Man in Paris, Both Sides Now

1944 - Joe Niekro - baseball: pitcher: Chicago Cubs, SD Padres, Detroit Tigers, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros [all-star: 1979], NY Yankees, Minnesota Twins [World Series: 1987]; died Oct 27, 2006

1957 - Christopher Knight (56) – Peter Brady actor: The Brady Bunch, Another World, A Very Brady Christmas, Good Girls Don’t, The Brady Bunch Movie

1964 - Dana Plato - actress: Diff’rent Strokes, Return to Boggy Creek, Beyond the Bermuda Triangle; died May 8, 1999

Tabloid News

Washington Man Busted For Meth Pipe In Court

From KATU.com -

Kelso, Washington - Steven Todd Campbell, 51, was out on bail on charges of possession of methamphetamine and obstruction of justice. He was required to appear for a hearing on these charges. The Cowlitz County sheriff’s office said when Campbell was asked to dump the contents of his pockets into a tray at the security checkpoint, he took out a three-inch pipe coated with brown residue and covered it with a piece of paper. The deputy working the scanner recognized it as a pipe used to smoke meth and arrested Campbell. Campbell was sent back to jail on another possession of methamphetamines charge.