Article: The almanac.

Today is Wednesday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2009 with 85 to follow.

The moon is waning. The morning star is Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Libra. They include poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1849; Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Macon in 1870; Danish atomic physicist Niels Bohr in 1885; actor Andy Devine in 1905; singer/bandleader Vaughn Monroe in 1911; actress June Allyson in 1917; actor/singer Al Martino in 1927 (age 82); South African archbishop and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu in 1931 (age 78); Oliver North, the former White House aide who became ...

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