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TODAY IN HISTORY
On this date:
In 1862, Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside
launched futile attacks against entrenched Confederate
soldiers during the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg; the
soundly defeated Northern troops withdrew two days later.
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, becom
ing the first chief executive to visit Europe while in office.
In 1928, George Gershwin’s “An American in Paris” had its
premiere at Carnegie Hall in New York.
In 1937, the Chinese city of Nanjing fell to Japanese forces
during the Sino-Japanese War; what followed was a massa
cre of war prisoners, soldiers and citizens.
In 1944, during World War II, the light cruiser USS Nashville
was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack off Ne
gros Island in the Philippines that claimed 133 lives.
In 1977, an Air Indiana Flight 216, a DC-3 carrying the Uni
versity of Evansville basketball team on a flight to Nashville,
crashed shortly after takeoff, killing all 29 people on board.
In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B.
Anthony dollar, which went into circulation the following July.
In 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crack
down on the Solidarity labor movement.
BIRTHDAYS
Former Secretary of State
George P. Shultz is 98.
Actor-comedian Dick Van
Dyke is 93. Actor Christo
pher Plummer is 89. Coun
try singer Buck White is 88.
Music/film producer Lou
Adler is 85. Singer John
Davidson is 77. Actress
Kathy Garver (TV: “Family
Affair”) is 73. Singer Ted
Nugent is 70. Rock musi
cian Jeff “Skunk” Baxter
is 70. Country musician
Ron Getman is 70. Ac
tor Robert Lindsay is 69.
Country singer-musician
Randy Owen is 69. Actress
Wendie Malick is 68. For
mer Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack is 68. Former
Federal Reserve Chair
man Ben Bernanke is
65. Country singer John
Anderson is 64. Singer-
songwriter Steve Forbert
is 64.
WEATHER
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Normal high/low 53735°
Record high 75° in 2007
Record low 5° in 1962
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CELEBRIS REPORT
Beyonce, Hillary: India
revels in a very big wedding
In a season of big Indian weddings, the
Wednesday marriage of the scions of two
billionaire families might be the biggest of
them all.
The bride, Isha Ambani, is the Ivy League-
educated daughter of industrialist Mukesh
Ambani, thought to be India’s rich
est man. Forbes estimates his net
worth at over $43 billion.
The groom, Anand Piramal, is
the relative pauper. His father,
industrialist Ajay Piramal, is
thought to be worth $10 billion.
The wedding is being held in
Mumbai on Wednesday but fes
tivities began weeks ago, starting in
September with an engagement party at
a lakeside Italian palace.
Over the weekend, thousands attended
pre-wedding parties at a 16th century palace
in the Indian desert city of Udaipur, where
videos shot by partiers showed Hillary Clin
ton dancing with Shah Rukh Khan, one of
India’s biggest movie stars, as former U.S.
Secretary of State John Kerry danced just a
few feet away.
A highlight was a performance by
Beyonce, who sang “Crazy In Love,” among
other hits, with a band backing her up and a
series of costume changes that included at
least one India-inspired outfit.
“Beyonce Lights Up Udaipur,” the Times
of India shouted in a Tuesday headline.
Indian weddings are famously elaborate,
driving many families into debt with expec
tations that they invite hundreds or thou
sands of people, and arranging professional
song-and-dance shows.
Among India’s rich, weddings are
displays of almost unimaginable
wealth, with guests flown in on
chartered jets from around the
world and celebrities paid hun
dreds of thousands of dollars
for brief appearances. In 2004,
a daughter of Indian steel baron
Lakshmi Mittal held her engagement
party at Versailles.
The Indian media noted that the actual
Ambani wedding, in Mumbai, was expected
to be a relatively small affair, with just 600
or so people in attendance. More parties will
follow the marriage ceremony.
Antilla, the Ambanis’ 27-story Mumbai
home, has been strung with lights for the
wedding, looking like a small skyscraper at
night. The family is said to have reserved
hundreds of hotel rooms for their guests.
Indian grooms traditionally ride to their
weddings on horses, but Piramal arrived at
the Ambani home in a classic Rolls Royce.
Associated Press
AROUND TOWN
TODAY
Gainesville City Council work session.
9 a.m. Administration Building board room,
third floor, 300 Henry Ward Way, Gainesville.
770-535-6865.
Isaac Alcantar Exhibit at the Quinlan Visual Arts
Center Regions Mini Gallery. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Regions Center, 303 Jesse Jewell Parkway,
Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
amanda@qvac.org. Free.
Vickery Village Farmer’s Market. 9 a.m. to
noon. Vickery Village, 5920 Post Road,
Cumming.
Mobile Career Coach. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Spout
Springs Parking Lot, Gainesville.
Career Coach Visits Spout Springs Library. 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Spout Springs Library, 6488
Spout Springs Road, Flowery Branch.
770-538-2727, mtu7@gmrc.ga.gov. Free.
Exploring Magna-Tiles. 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Youth
Services, Gainesville.
Baby Play Day. 10:15 -11:45 a.m. Sharon
Forks Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road,
Cumming.
Christmas Tree Ornament Craft. 10:30 a.m. to
5 p.m. North Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone
Road, Suite B, Gainesville.
A Storytime for Our Peeps! - Chicken Storytime
and Book Signing! 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Post Road Library, 5010 Post Road,
Cumming.
Georgia Art League Meetings Opportunity to
Show Your Artwork! Noon - 2 p.m. Quinlan Vi
sual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE,
Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
ltildenart@windstream.net. Free.
Microsoft Excel Formulas & Functions.
1-3 p.m. University of North Georgia,
25 Schultz Avenue, Dawsonville,
conted@ung.edu. $119.
Homeschool Discovery. 1-2 p.m. Hampton
Park Library, 5345 Settingdown Road,
Cumming.
Knitting Group. 1 - 2 p.m. Spout Springs Adult
Fiction Area, Gainesville.
iKnit Crochet & Knitting Club. 1 - 4 p.m. North
Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone Road. Suite
B, Gainesville.
TOME Society Meeting. 2 - 3 p.m. Gainesville
Branch, Gainesville.
Holiday Hullabaloo. 2-5 p.m. Youth Services
at Gainesville library, Gainesville.
Santa’s Workshop. 4 - 6 p.m. Spout Springs
Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch.
Holiday Traditions Around the World. 4-5 p.m.
Cumming Library, 585 Dahlonega St.,
Cumming.
Crazy 8s Math Club. 5 - 5:45 p.m. Sharon Forks
Library, 2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming.
FCPL Writing Group. 5 to 7 p.m. Post Road Li
brary, 5010 Post Road, Cumming.
Theater Thursday - “The Muppet Christmas
Carol” (G). 5 - 6:30 p.m. Lumpkin County
Library, 342 Courthouse, Dahlonega.
Hall County Board of Commissioners meeting. 6
p.m. Hall County Government Center, second
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Teen Holiday Nail Art. 6 - 7 p.m. Blackshear
Place Branch Library, 2927 Atlanta Highway,
Gainesville.
EJCHS Winter Dance Recital. 6-8 p.m. East
Jackson Comprehensive High School
Auditorium, 1435 Hoods Mill Road,
Commerce. $0 - $4.84.
Teen Advisory Board at Sharon Forks Library.
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Sharon Forks Library, 2820
Old Atlanta Road, Cumming. 770-781-9840.
Adult Escape Room: The Twelve Days of Christ
mas. 6:30 - 8:15 p.m. Sharon Forks Library,
2820 Old Atlanta Road, Cumming.
Bingo. 7 - 9:30 p.m. American Legion Post 7,
2343 Riverside Drive, Gainesville.
678-617-2774, jbdillonl @gmail.com.
Sons of Confederate Veterans. 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Historic Piedmont Hotel, 827 Maple St.,
Gainesville. 770-536-8438,
rmfarm@bellsouth.net. Free.
Holiday Instrumental Music. 7-8 p.m.
Hampton Park Library, 5345 Settingdown
Road, Cumming.
Mamma Mia! 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Gainesville High
School, Pam Ware Performing Arts Center,
830 Century Place, Gainesville,
lettsani@gmail.com. $5 - $10.
A Christmas Carol. 8 p.m. Sylvia Beard
Theatre, 2200 Buford Highway Northeast,
Buford. $30.
Best Christmas Pageant Ever. 8 - 9:30 p.m.
Forsyth Academy of Performing Arts, 520
Industrial Way, Cumming.
CHRISTMAS IN DIXIE “THE MUSICAL”.
Cumming Playhouse, 101 School St.,
Cumming. $25 - $27.50.
FRIDAY
Isaac Alcantar Exhibit at the Quinlan Visual Arts
Center Regions Mini Gallery. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Regions Center, 303 Jesse Jewell Parkway,
Gainesville. 770-536-2575,
amanda@qvac.org. Free.
Water Aerobics. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. University of
North Georgia, 25 Schultz Avenue,
Dawsonville, conted@ung.edu.
Christmas Tree Ornament Craft. 10:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. North Hall Tech Center, 4175 Nopone
Road. Suite B, Gainesville.
Preschool Play. 10:30-11 a.m. Spout Springs
Branch Library, 6488 Spout Springs Road,
Flowery Branch.
Friday Sketch Club. 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Quinlan
Visual Arts Center, 514 Green St. NE,
Gainesville.
Creative Circle. 2 - 4 p.m. Cumming Library,
585 Dahlonega St., Cumming.
Holiday Hullabaloo. 2-5 p.m. Youth Services
at Gainesville library, Gainesville.
HOROSCOPES BY HOLIDAY
ARIES (March 21 -April 19).
The beautiful thing will be a
simple thing. But there’s a
process to finding this. Along
the way, things will get mighty
complicated indeed, which will
be your cue to go back to the
basics and start again.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Where do you draw the line
with your mischief? Too far to
one side and it’s criminal. Too
far to the other and it’s such
a weak strain it could hardly
be considered mischief at all.
You’ll employ your best judg
ment and hit the perfect tone.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
When you hear what you don’t
like, how do you punish the
messenger? People only lie
because the truth seems too
dangerous a thing to tell. The
way to get to the truth is to
make it safer for people to tell it
to you.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
Relationships are always a
co-creation. It may seem that
you’re responsible for what
happens in them, but only
partly. Consider carefully the
various motives at play in to
day’s matters of love
and friendship.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As a
Leo, you understand that the
king isn’t the king because he’s
better; he’s the king because
his position got him crowned.
Doing good work from where
you are, wherever you may be,
is the aim that serves you best.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Of
course nothing is certain, but
who wants to live with that
ethos? It’s not very produc
tive and even less exciting.
Anyway, some things are more
certain than others. Choose
one and go for it.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-0ct. 23). “Face
your fear” is the common
advice. Putting your face into
fear’s face isn’t always re
quired to solve the problem; it
can be solved through action.
Today you could do the action
blindfolded and have the same
result.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). A 1
percent improvement will have
a 360-degree effect. What
makes you better in your per
sonal life will make you better
at everything: work, business,
art, parenting, friendship, self-
care and on and on.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
21). Your signmate former
British Prime Minister Winston
Churchill suggested, “Never
hold discussions with the mon
key when the organ grinder is in
the room.” But if you can sepa
rate the monkey from the organ
grinder, you’ll get a good story
from each.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
While there are times when a
passively experienced amuse
ment is just what you need to
relax, the best entertainment
for today is the sort that en
gages your brain at a high level.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18).
You’d like to do more with less,
and indeed you’ll feel happier,
lighter and more productive
when this happens. The first
step is getting to less, though.
So what three things can you
let go of?
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You’ve been good at doing you
for years now, and yet there are
still people who think they have
the answer to how you could
be doing it better. Steer them
off the pursuit, either gently
or abruptly, because they’re
wrong.
