CHICKEN BUCKETS: TODAY IN HISTORY-FRIDAY MARCH 18, 2011

Today is Friday, March 18, the 77th day of 2011. There are 288 days left in the year.

Today in History:

Highlight in History:
On March 18, 1837, Grover Cleveland, the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, was born in Caldwell, N.J.

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On this date in:
1766	Britain repealed the Stamp Act.
1922	Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India for civil disobedience.
1931	Schick Inc. marketed the first electric razor.
1940	Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini held a meeting at the Brenner Pass during which the Italian dictator agreed to join in Germany's war against France and Britain.
1962	France and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce.
1965	Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov went on the first spacewalk.
1974	Most of the Arab oil-producing nations ended their embargo against the United States.
2000	Taiwan ended more than a half century of Nationalist Party rule by electing opposition leader Chen Shui-bian president.
2005	Doctors in Florida, acting on orders of a state judge, removed Terri Schiavo's feeding tube. (The brain-damaged woman died 13 days later.)
2008	Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama confronted America's racial divide with a speech in Philadelphia. It was prompted by incindiary racial remarks made by Obama's African-American pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
2010	President Barack Obama signed into law a $38 billion jobs bill containing a modest mix of tax breaks and spending designed to encourage the private sector to start hiring again.

Today's Birthdays:

Actor-comedian Dane Cook turns 39 years old today.

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Name

Profession

Age

John Kander

Composer ("Chicago")

F.W. de Klerk

Former South African president

Charley Pride

Country singer

Kevin Dobson

Actor ("Knot's Landing")

Brad Dourif

Actor ("Deadwood")

Irene Cara

Singer

James McMurtry

Rock singer, songwriter

Vanessa L. Williams

Singer, actress

Bonnie Blair

Olympic gold medal speed skater

Queen Latifah

Rapper, actress

Rock singer Adam Levine (Maroon 5) turns 32 years old today.

AP Photo/Jeff Christensen

Thought for Today: "It's easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing — that's the Lord's test." — Mahalia Jackson, American gospel singer (1911-1972).

“A Prayer For Transforming Grace”

March 18, 2011

Father, because of Your extravagant grace we are able to say no to ungodliness and yes to righteousness; no to lasciviousness and yes to self-control; no to the lust of the flesh and yes to the Spirit. We want to be quick to obey the Scriptures and discerning when anyone adds to or takes away from Your absolute truths that are to be followed in every generation. We want to align our desires with Yours, rather than trying to align Your truths with our desires, for that would lead to error and serve our old sin nature, rather than our new spiritual nature. Transform us day by day to be more like You we pray in Jesus’ name. Amen.