Thursday, November 5, 2009

Throwback Thursday

One year ago this week, this is a picture I posted on my blog. Wow!

Ahh, the glow of pregnancy......and I so miss the "big girls!" LOL

On this day in history:

1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for attempting to vote in the presidential election. She never paid the fine.

1935 The game "Monopoly" was introduced by Parker Brothers Company.

1940 President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office, beating Republican challenger Wendell L. Willkie.

1968 Republican Richard M. Nixon won the presidency, defeating Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and third-party candidate George C. Wallace.

1994 George Foreman became boxing's oldest heavyweight champion at age 45 by knocking out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.

2006 Saddam Hussein was convicted and sentenced by the Iraqi High Tribunal to hang for crimes against humanity. (He was executed the following month.)

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