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Fast facts: The world's shortest river is the "D" River in Oregon. The river is 120 feet long and connects Devil's Lake to the nearby Pacific Ocean. California has issued six driver's licenses to people named Jesus Christ. In 1980, a Las Vegas hospital suspended workers for placing bets on when patients would die. Nevada is the driest state in the United States. Each year it averages 7 1/2 inches of rain. Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote, in 1869. Denver lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. Laredo, Texas, is the United States' farthest inland port. New Jersey has a spoon museum. In 1997, Michigan became the 16th state to allow the blind to hunt.

 

On this date: In 1579, the Treaty of Utrecht was signed. It marked the beginning of the Dutch Republic. In 1825, the first U.S. engineering college, Rensselaer Polytechnic, opened in Troy, N.Y. In 1875, the Anti-Slavery Society formed in New York. In 1919, the League of Nations was founded. Its first meeting followed one year later. In 1937, the soap opera "Guiding Light" premiered on NBC radio. In 1945, Grand Rapids, Mich., became the first U.S. city to fluoridate its water. In 1955, Russia ended a state of war with Germany. In 1964, The Beatles earned their first U.S. No. 1, "I Want to Hold Your Hand." In 1988, Vice President George Bush and anchorman Dan Rather clashed on "CBS Evening News" when Rather attempted to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair.

 

Quotable... "Enron robbed the bank, Arthur Andersen provided the getaway car and they say you were at the wheel." - Rep. Jim Greenwood, R-Pa., to David Duncan, an Andersen Accounting employee who audited Enron and used his Fifth Amendment privileges to avoid testifying yesterday before Congress.