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Fast facts: saac Newton dropped out of school when he was a teen-ager, at his mother's request. She hoped he would become a successful farmer. Goldie Hawn is a direct descendent of Edward Rutledge, the youngest signer of the Declaration of Independence. Isaac Asimov wrote more than 500 books during his lifetime (1920-1992). He has the honor of being the only person who has authored a book in each of the Dewey Decimal System classifications. Pop singer Engelbert Humperdinck's real name is Arnold Dorsey. Polish Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the first non-Italian pope in 455 years on Oct. 17, 1978. He was inaugurated six days later in a mass at St. Peter's Square, becoming John Paul II. Marie and Pierre Curie refused to patent their process of making radium, declaring it belonged to the world - no one had the right to profit from it. Poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was the first American to have plumbing installed in his house, in 1840.

 

On this date: In 1790, Thomas Jefferson became the first U.S. secretary of state. In 1873, slavery was abolished in Puerto Rico. In 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made wine and beer with up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal. In 1958, Elizabeth Taylor went through her third divorce with Mike Todd. In 1963, the Beatles released their first album, Please Please Me. In 1975, the Walt Disney World Shopping Village opened. In 1991, high school teacher Pamela Smart was found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student lover to kill her husband.

 

Quotable... "You bet I am going. You know, two-bit terrorists aren't going to prevent me from doing what we need to do, and that is to promote our friendship in the hemisphere." - President Bush about his trip to Latin America.