infoplease - Daily Almanac Collected Daily Feeds from Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/daily en-us Copyright 2008 Pearson Education editor@infoplease.com webmaster@infoplease.com Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:05:00 GMT infoplease - Daily Almanac http://img.infoplease.com/images/04ip_logo113x20.gif 113 20 http://www.infoplease.com/daily This Day in History: There's gold in dem hills! http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory/Dec-5 Daily Word Quiz: salvo http://www.infoplease.com/wordoftheday?month=Dec&day=05 Today's Birthday: George Armstrong Custer http://www.infoplease.com/birthday?month=Dec&day=05 Today's Weather Fact: Vicksburg under siege http://www.infoplease.com/cgi-bin/weather?month=Dec&day=05 Did you know: The lowest temperature ever recorded in Hawaii was 12 degrees F on May 17, 1979, on Mauna Kea (13,770 feet). http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0113527.html Who said: I only know that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0823311.html Top Ten List: Highest Earning Fictional Characters http://www.infoplease.com/toptens/fictionalcharacters.html Link of the Day: National Holidays around the World http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0907876.html Today's Featured Article: Pearl Harbor http://www.infoplease.com/spot/pearlharbor1.html