Picture of the Day and B'days for Nov. 17

Posted November 16, 2008, 7:17 pm


Today is Monday, November 17, the 322nd day of 2008. There are 44 days left in the year.

On Nov. 17, 1968, NBC outraged football fans by cutting away from the closing minutes of a New York Jets-Oakland Raiders game to begin a special presentation of "Heidi" on schedule. (Home viewers were prevented from seeing the Raiders come from behind to beat the Jets, 43-32.)

Today's Birthdays:  Singer Gordon Lightfoot is 70. Movie director Martin Scorsese is 66. Actress Lauren Hutton is 65. Actor-director Danny DeVito is 64. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels is 64. Baseball Hall-of-Famer Tom Seaver is 64. Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean is 60. Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio is 50.  Entertainer RuPaul is 48. Actor Dylan Walsh is 45. Actress Sophie Marceau is 42. Actress-model Daisy Fuentes is 42.


Picture of the Day: All we want for Christmas are our two front teeth.




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