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From: United Press International
Date: 19991218
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United Press International
12-18-1999
The Almanac

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Today is Saturday, Dec. 18, the 352nd day of 1999 with 13 to go.

The moon is waxing, moving toward its full phase.

The morning stars are Mercury and Venus.

The evening stars are Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Sagittarius. They include
German composer Carl Maria von Weber in 1786; Joseph Grimaldi, known as
the ``greatest clown in history,'' in 1778; English physicist Joseph
Thompson, discoverer of the electron, in 1856; British short story
writer Saki (H.H. Munro) in 1870; Swiss modernist painter ...

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