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Today is Sunday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2008 with 234 to follow. | May 11, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
This is Mother's Day. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury and Saturn. Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include Ottmar Mergenthaler, inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine, in 1854; songwriter Irving Berlin in 1888; dancer/choreographer Martha Graham in 1893; Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali in 1904; comic actor Phil Silvers in 1911; comedian Winstead Sheffield Doodles Weaver, in 1911; actor Denver Pyle in 1920; actor Bernard Fox and satirist Mort Sahl, both in 1927 (age 81); Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader, in 1933 (age 75); artificial heart developer Dr. Robert Jarvik in 1946 (age 62); actor Doug McClure in 1935; and actress Natasha Richardson in 1963 (age 45). (UPI)
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