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2A Daily News – Friday, December 27, 2013 Today in History By The Associated Press Today is Friday, Dec. 27, the 361st day of 2013. There are four days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Dec. 27, 1927, the musical play ''Show Boat,'' with music by Jerome Kern and libretto by Oscar Hammerstein II, opened at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York. On this date: In 1831, naturalist Charles Darwin set out on a round-theworld voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. In 1904, James Barrie's play ''Peter Pan: The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up'' opened at the Duke of York's Theater in London. In 1932, New York City's Radio City Music Hall opened to the public in midtown Manhattan. In 1945, 28 nations signed an agreement creating the World Bank. In 1947, the original version of the puppet character Howdy Doody made its TV debut on NBC's ''Puppet Playhouse.'' In 1968, Apollo 8 and its three astronauts made a safe, nighttime splashdown in the Pacific. In 1979, Soviet forces seized control of Afghanistan. In 1985, American naturalist Dian Fossey, 53, who had studied gorillas in the wild in Rwanda, was found hacked to death. Ten years ago: Coordinated rebel assaults in Karbala, Iraq, killed 13 people, including six coalition soldiers. Five years ago: Israel bombed security sites in Hamas-ruled Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire aimed at civilians in southern Israeli towns, opening one of the Mideast conflict's bloodiest assaults in decades. Today's Birthdays: Rockabilly musician Scotty Moore is 82. Actor John Amos is 74. Actress Charmian Carr (Film: ''The Sound of Music'') is 71. ABC News correspondent Cokie Roberts is 70. Rock musician Mick Jones (Foreigner) is 69. Singer Tracy Nelson is 69. Actor Gerard Depardieu is 65. Jazz singer-musician T.S. Monk is 64. Singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff is 62. Actress Tovah Feldshuh is 61. Rock musician David Knopfler (Dire Straits) is 61. Journalistturned-politician Arthur Kent is 60. Country musician Jeff Bryant is 51. Thought for Today: ''Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.'' — Gertrude Stein, American author (18741946). An Independently owned and operated Member of Coldwell Banker Residential Affiliates. The busiest local information website in Tehama County! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK C & C PROPERTIES 741 Main Street, Suite #2, Red Bluff 1-800-287-2187 • (530) 527-2187 www.northstatehomes.com 2550 Sister Mary Columba Dr., Red Bluff (530) 529-8000 http://www.redbluff.mercy.org Red Bluff 590 Antelope Blvd. Suite B-30 529-9454 Corning 275 Solano St. #2 Little Caesars ® RED BLUFF, 108 MAIN STREET, SUITE C (BY RIVER PARK) Please support these businesses that support RedBluffDailyNews.com GROWNEY MOTORS 1160 Main Street, Red Bluff (530) 527-1034 1375 Montgomery Rd, Red Bluff (530) 529-0797 S Furniture 235RedMain St. Bluff DEPOT 530 527-1657 www.thefurnituredepot.net Stromer Realty 590 Antelope Blvd Bldg. A, Suites 10 & 20, Red Bluff (530) 527-3100 (530) 527-1121 http://redbluff.stromerrealty.com RANDAL ELLOWAY DDS, INC. Established 1994 Implant & Advanced Cosmetic Dentistry 2426 So. Main St., Red Bluf (530) 527-6777 Gold Exchange Pawnbroker with a Heart • Checks Cashed • Income Tax • Local Payroll • Jewelry • Coins 25% off Jewelry 423 Walnut St., Red Bluff 530 528-8000 T-F 10am-5:30 pm • Sat 10am-4pm