infoplease - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/daily en-us Copyright 2008 Pearson Education editor@infoplease.com webmaster@infoplease.com Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:05:00 GMT infoplease - Daily Almanac http://img.infoplease.com/images/04ip_logo113x20.gif 113 20 http://www.infoplease.com/daily This Day in History: Walking in space http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/Oct-11 Daily Word Quiz: posthumous http://www.infoplease.com/wordoftheday?month=Oct&day=11 Today's Birthday: Eleanor Roosevelt http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=Oct&day=11 Today's Weather Fact: Second City damaged by river overflow http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/weather?month=Oct&day=11 Did you know: The term “First Lady” was first used in 1877 in reference to Lucy Ware Webb Hayes. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/prestrivia1.html Who said: Darwinian Man though well-behaved, / at best is only a monkey shaved. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0820811.html Top Ten List: Car Colors http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/sportscarcolors.html Link of the Day: Per Capita Consumption of Principal Foods http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0104742.html Today's Featured Article: Just Where Was Columbus? http://www.infoplease.com/spot/columbus.html