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• Back in 1859, an Arkansas farmer found a 1,000-pound rock in the Black River and quickly spread the word that he had found a meteorite. It was moved to the county courthouse in nearby Pocahontas, where it can still be seen today. Years later, geologists from the University of Arkansas gave the community the bad news that the rock is not a meteorite, but it remains quite the tourist attraction just the same. • And speaking of Pocahontas, when driving through Pocahontas, Iowa, you can stop at the east end of town and see a 25-foot tall concrete statue of the famous Indian princess for whom the town is named. • Perched atop the Continental Divide and overlooking the city of Butte, Montana, is Our Lady of the Rockies, the largest Virgin Mary statue in North America. This 90-foot, 16-gauge steel statue weighs 80 tons and sits atop a 425ton base. It took six years to complete and was installed in 1985. The original plan was for the Lady to be 120 feet tall, but those plans were scrapped when the FAA told the city that if the Lady were any taller than 90 feet, it would necessitate a blinking light on the head. • In 1846, a party of 87 emigrants set out along the Oregon Trail too close to winter and were trapped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains by heavy snowfall. Their food supplies dwindled, and some of the party turned to cannibalism for survival, eating those who had passed away. It took four months until the ﬁrst rescue party arrived. Forty-eight members of the party survived. Since 1918, bronze ﬁgures of a pioneer family have stood atop a 22-foot pedestal at Donner State Park near Truckee, California. Because the snow had been 22 feet deep near their camp, the pedestal was made the same height to show visitors its depth. • As you pass through Chico, California, you may want to stop and view the world’s largest yoyo. The wooden toy weighs 256 pounds and can be seen at the National Yo-Yo Museum, which houses 80 years of yo-yo artifacts.

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December 22– January 19

You’ve been working way too hard, Capricorn, and it’s starting to show. Take a break from the action, and you’ll return with a clearer head.

January 20– February 18 This is not the time to be wishy-washy, Aquarius. Say what you think, and work out a compromise. A home improvement project turns out better than expected.

February 19– March 20 Diligence is key to the completion of a cumbersome project. Pay attention to the details, and success will be yours, Pisces. A relationship deepens.

March 21– April 19 Turnabout is fair play. Remember that, Aries, as you move through the week. Cuts here and there in your budget make a dream come true.

June 22– July 22 A long forgotten wish is finally granted. Don’t bother trying to find out who is behind it, Cancer. That information is not for you to know.

July 23– August 22 Loosen up! All work and no play makes for a dull Leo. Take some time out this weekend to do something fun. A young relative makes a stumble.

August 23– September 22 Victorious Virgo. You play the game, and you win. An acquaintance drops in with startling news. Be cool about it. Bewilderment will get you nowhere.

September 23– October 22 Nice Libras do not always finish last. Kindness will go a long way in sealing the deal. Travel plans finally get underway, thanks to a special friend.

• Spanning the entrance from the Paciﬁc Ocean to San Francisco Bay is the Golden Gate Bridge, the 4,200-foot suspension bridge that opened in 1937. Completed at a cost of $37 million (plus another $39 million in interest), it was the longest span in the world and remained so until 1964 when New York City’s Verrazano Narrows Bridge opened, a full 60 feet longer. [The world’s longest suspension bridge is now Japan’s Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, at a length of 6,532 feet]. Eleven workers were killed during the four-year construction period of the Golden Gate. Its distinctive orange vermilion color is ofﬁcially known as “International Orange,” and it has always been the same color. • An interesting rock obelisk, 21 feet tall, stands in a gas station parking lot in Rugby, North Dakota. It marks the geographical center of North America, as determined by a U.S. Geological Survey conducted in 1931. The monument was completed the following year. • Pink elephants must be a popular item since there seem to be so many scattered across the United States. You can see these giant pachyderms in Tennessee, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, New York and Missouri. Some wear glasses, while others have a martini glass wrapped in their trunk.

May 21– June 21 Look before you leap, Gemini. A proposal is not on the up and up. Panic is not the answer to a crisis at home. Keep your cool, act quickly but rationally, and all will be fine.

November 22– December 21 Plans unravel quickly at home. Take it in stride, Sagittarius, and try winging it for a while. You will be surprised at what happens next.

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♥ On Jan. 26, 1788, the first Australian penal colony is established, and 736 convicts banished from England land in Botany Bay. During the next 60 years, approximately 50,000 criminals were transported from Great Britain. ♥ On Jan. 29, 1845, Edgar Allan Poe’s famous poem “The Raven,” beginning “Once upon a midnight dreary,” is published in the New York Evening Mirror. ♥ On Jan. 25, 1905, at the Premier Mine in Pretoria, South Africa, a 3,106-carat diamond is discovered. At 3,106.75 carats, and christened the “Cullinan,” it is the largest diamond ever found. The Cullinan was later cut into nine large stones and about 100 smaller ones. ♥ On Jan. 24, 1935, the first canned beer goes on sale. In partnership with the American Can Company, the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company delivered 2,000 cans of Krueger’s Finest Beer and Krueger’s Cream Ale to Richmond, Va. It had taken two years of research to develop a can that was pressurized and had a special coating to prevent the fizzy beer from chemically reacting with the tin. ♥ On Jan. 27, 1965, the Shelby GT 350, a version of a Ford Mustang sports car developed by American auto racer and car designer Carroll Shelby, is launched. The Shelby GT 350 featured a 306 horsepower V-8 engine and remained in production through the end of the 1960s. ♥ On Jan. 30, 1972, in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, 13 unarmed civil-rights demonstrators are shot dead by British Army paratroopers in an event that becomes known as “Bloody Sunday.” The protesters, all Northern Catholics, were marching in protest of the British policy of internment of suspected Irish nationalists. ♥ On Jan. 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger explodes just after liftoff from Cape Canaveral, Fla., killing the seven astronauts aboard. The O-ring seal on the Challenger’s solid rocket booster, which had become brittle in cold temperatures, failed. Flames then broke out of the booster and damaged the external fuel tank. Within 73 seconds, the shuttle began breaking apart, then plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. (c) 2011 King Features Synd., Inc.

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