Picture of the Day and B'days for Oct. 7

Posted October 6, 2008, 8:02 pm


Today is Tuesday, Oct. 7, the 281st day of 2008. There are 85 days left in the year.

On Oct. 7, 1916, in the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.

Today's Birthdays: Singer Al Martino is 81. Retired South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is 77. Comedian Joy Behar (TV: "The View") is 66. Former National Security Council aide Oliver North is 65.  Singer John Mellencamp is 57.  Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 53. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 51. Recording executive and TV personality Simon Cowell ("American Idol") is 49.  Rhythm-and-blues singer Toni Braxton is 41.

Picture of the Day: Wheelbarrow of Monkeys. These are orphaned orangutans. Indonesia's orangutan population has halved in the past 20 years, driven down to between 40,000 and 50,000 by illegal logging, poaching, forest fires and oil palm plantations.




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