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TODAY IS: National Chocolate Day and Pledge of Allegiance Day : On this day in 1945, the U.S. Congress recognized the Pledge of Allegiance and urged its recitation in American schools.

BIRTHDAYS

Stan Lee (Marval Comics)-87
Seth Meyers (SNL)-36
John Legend-31
Maggie Smith (Harry Potter movies: Minerva)-75
Sienna Miller-28
Denzel Washington-55
David Archuleta -19

TODAY IN HISTORY
1732 Benjamin Franklin first advertises his “Poor Richard’s Almanac” in the Pennsylvania Gazette.
1849 Dry cleaning is accidentally discovered when a tailor tips over a lamp containing turpentine and oil on his clothing and notices it had a cleaning effect.
1869 William Finley Semple patents chewing gum.
1895 World’s 1st movie theater opens in Paris
1948 US announced a study to launch an Earth satellite
1958 Chipmunks (Alvin, Simon & Theodore with David Seville) hit #1
1968 Beatles’ “Beatles-The White Album” goes #1 & stays #1 for 9 weeks
1974 “Angie Baby” by Helen Reddy peaks at No. 1.
1983 Dennis Wilson, 39, of The Beach Boys drowns while swimming in Marina Del Ray, California.
1984 “The Edge of Night” last airs after a 28 year run.
1984 TV soap “The Edge of Night” ends 28 year run
1991 Ted Turner is named Time Magazine Man of the Year

NO PRESENTS ?
Some people didn’t get their Christmas presents this year after Missouri troopers pullled and search a car and found 20 pounds of pot wrapped as Christmas presents. Two women were charged with one marijuana-related count and released on $1,000 bond.

SANTA ROBBER
The SunTrust Bank in Nashville, Tennessee was robbed by a man dressed as Santa. They have not revealed how much money the Santa took. He fled in a grey car which was parked by a near-by church. They have him on video.

YOU STOP HIM
Angela Mejia could not her 14 year old son to stop playing his playstation, then she snapped and called in the police. A furious Ms Mejia then called police, who came to the house and persuaded the boy to turn off the Playstation and go to sleep. “They (the police) were just like, “Chill out. Go to bed”, according to the kid.

CUFF THAT CRITTER
Police in China handcuffed a runaway bull that was causing chaos through city streets in Luizhou. The bull was causing havoc and police chased it for 2 hours before roping it and then handcuffing the bulls feet so it could any further harm.

TOP TEN GADGETS
ABC news has published the Top Ten Gadets of the past decade:

1. The iPod
2. GPS Devices
3. The BlackBerry
4. Digital cameras
5. TiVo Digital Video Recorder
6. Nintendo’s Wii
7. The USB Flash Drive
8. The iPhone
9. E-Book Readers
10. Netbooks