9 May 2006, by Webmaster
Today is Tuesday, May 16, the 136th day of 2006 with 229 to follow.
The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus, Mercury and Pluto. The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include William Seward, secretary of State whose purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million was called "Seward’s Folly," in 1801; banker Levi Morton, U.S. vice president under Benjamin Harrison, in 1824; David Hughes, (...)