Horoscopes
Aries (March 21-April 19): You let nothing stop you from learning — everyone loves this about you, how you’re constantly evolving, stretching and growing into a person of your own creation. Taurus (April 20-May 20): You are so sensitive these days. Don’t direct your sensitivity inward; it will be too difficult. Instead, observe art, listen to poetry — you’ll understand it in a way you never did before. Gemini (May 21-June 21): What happens organically is working so great for you: You’re doing mighty fine. The fact of this will give you pause as you try to muddle through some plans. Plans are good to make. They focus you, whether or not you follow them. Cancer (June 22-July 22): Only a fool speaks every thought. After all, many of the thoughts aren’t even yours. They float into your mind from friends, media, the collective unconscious and elsewhere. All must be filtered through that wonderful system of yours. Leo (July 23-Aug. 22): By showing up, on time, with a good attitude and a fair amount of energy to burn, you’ll earn the trust of someone who does not give such things very often. Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): If you tell yourself over and over what you’re not going to do, you’ll wind up doing that thing. Who is to blame? Not your rebellious spirit. There’s a universal law here about attracting what you focus on, for better or for worse. Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 23): It’s an easygoing day, partially due to your accepting mood. Roll with whatever comes, and you’re likely to turn it into something interesting, lucrative and memorable. Scorpio (Oct. 24-Nov. 21): When your emotional needs are met, the physical needs don’t seem as important. Neither do the other needs. So how can you make yourself happier on a daily basis? Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): You’ll meet impressive individuals who might have you feeling stumped for conversation. No worries. Start with an openended question with the word “what” to get the whole thing rolling. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your perspective is about to shift big-time. What was uncomfortable will become bearable when you adjust your mind and get more experience. Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): When you commit yourself to the task of making your life better going forward, sometimes this entails checking yourself by taking a few steps backward to see if you accidentally dropped your happiness back there. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20): You’re a serious powerhouse today. You have the same 24hours in a day that everyone else has. But what you do with it makes everyone think you magically were given at least 36.
The Mason-Dixon line, the boundary between colonial Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware, was set as astronomers Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon completed their survey.
The United States took formal possession of Alaska from Russia.
Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey, at age 84.
Soviet troops invaded Czechoslovakia during World War II.
Texas Instruments unveiled the Regency TR-1, the first commercially produced transistor radio.
The federal government banned artificial sweeteners known as cyclamates because of evidence they caused cancer in laboratory rats.
West German commandos stormed a hijacked Lufthansa jetliner on the ground in Mogadishu, Somalia, freeing all 86 hostages and killing three of the four hijackers.