1...that the complex communication patterns of Weaver ants used in nest building is studied and modeled in various disciplines of generative sciences? 2...that Debswana, a joint venture between De Beers and the government of Botswana, is the largest producer of diamonds by value in the world? 3...that Will Harvey created his first commercial computer game when he was only 15 and still in high school? 4...that the internet casino GoldenPalace.com won a bid to name the recently discovered type of New World monkey: the GoldenPalace.com Monkey? 

Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott set out on their famous midnight ride warning American colonists that "the British are coming!" on this date in 1775. Only Prescott was able to get through to warn the militia of the ensuing invasion. Their ride was immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem.

"And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm; A cry of defiance, and not of fear." -- Henry W. Longfellow, "Paul Revere's Ride"

belfry: tower in which bells are hung; Revere waited for a signal lamp to be hung in the Old North Church belfry arch.

London Bridge -- was sold to an American; it was later rebuilt in Arizona (1968)

Lucrezia Borgia -- Italian noblewoman and patron of the arts (1480-1519) Eric McCormack -- the star of Will and Grace turns 42 Conan O'Brien -- host of Late Night With Conan O'Brien, turns 42