Lebanon ~ "Feast of St. Maron" A feast of delicious pastries, in memory of popular hermit and patron Saint of Lebanon, Maron.


1861 ~ Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.


1867 ~ Nebraska became the 37th state in the United States.


1950 ~ Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.


1964 ~ The Beatles made their first appearance on 'The Ed Sullivan Show'.


1991 ~ Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind