Today's Highlights
May 17, 2008 
A New Baby, A New Name
Quote: "Bee to the blossom, moth to the flame; Each to his passion; what's in a name?"
Questions of the Day
What does the name Nevaeh mean?
Nevaeh is "heaven," spelled backwards. It has become a somewhat popular name, having risen from 43rd place on the 2006 US Social Security Administration's list of baby names to 31st place in 2007. In 1999, only eight babies had been given the name. A variant, Neveah, ranked this year at number 891. The name "Heaven" was in 263rd place for 2007. More
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Today in History
Senate Watergate Hearings
- Buttonwood Agreement: 24 prominent brokers created the foundation of the NYSE (1792)
- Norway: became a constitutional monarchy (1814)
- Aristides: won the first Kentucky Derby (1875)
- segregation: was outlawed unanimously by the US Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
- Watergate: Senate began hearings about the scandal (1973)
- Laurent Kabila: rebel leader declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), deposing Mobutu (1997)
Today's Birthdays
Enya
- Edward Jenner (1749-1823): physician who helped create the smallpox vaccine
- Dennis Hopper (72): actor/filmmaker, Easy Rider, 24; other screen personalities who were born on this date include Maureen O'Sullivan (1911-1998), Bill Paxton (53), Bob Saget (52), Craig Ferguson (46) and Thom Filicia (39)
- Enya (47): Irish singer of whimsical new-age Celtic music; other musicians who share this birth date are Erik Satie (1866-1925) and Birgit Nilsson (1918-2005)
Word of the Day
The expression "oy vey" is the Yiddish equivalent of "oh, dear" and is used as an expression of dismay or hurt.
There is a traffic sign posted on New York City's Williamsburg Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Manhattan. It reads: "Leaving Brooklyn. Oy vey."
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