Smile Wild Card — 6.15.09
Today is the 166th day of 2009. There are 199 days left in the year. On this day in history: On June 15, 1215, England’s King John put his seal to Magna Carta (“the Great Charter “) at Runnymede. In 1864, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground , which became Arlington National Cemetery . A year ago, The NBC News program ” Meet the Press ” paid tribute to its host, Tim Russert, who had unexpectedly died two days earlier. Waylon Jennings turns 72. In the news today, David Letterman has apologized go Gov. Sarah Palin for the crude joke he made about the governor’s daughter here . Today, is Power of a Smile Day. And the Monday Wild Card is in play …
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