Tidbits, Jan. 17

AMBER Alert Day

In one of her last acts as governor, Chris Gregoire declared Sunday, Jan. 13 as AMBER Alert Day.

The Washington State Patrol marked the occasion with a press release about how to be proactive in helping law enforcement find missing children.

You can start by going to www.amberalert.com and registering to receive AMBER alerts through e-mail or on your cell phone.

What do you do if you see the suspect vehicle in an abduction?

"Call 9-1-1 right away," said State AMBER Alert Manager Carri Gordon. "Please don't try to recover the child yourself. The best thing you can do is be a good witness. Let law enforcement professionals make contact with an abductor who is holding a child."

This day in history - Jan. 17

1377: The Papal See was transferred from France back to Rome.

1562: French Protestants were recognized under the Edict of St. Germain.

1706: Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston.

1806: James Madison Randolph, the grandson of Thomas Jefferson, became the first child born in the White House.

1893: Hawaii's Queen Liliuokalani was forced to abdicate by a group of planters and businessmen.

1900: Mormon Brigham Roberts was denied a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for his practicing of polygamy.

1934: Ferdinand Porsche submitted a design for a people's car, a "Volkswagen," to the new German Reich government.

1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody. Wallenberg was credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews.

1961: In his farewell address, U.S. President Eisenhower warned against the rise of "the military-industrial complex."

1977: Gary Gilmore became the first person executed in the U.S. since the death penalty was reintroduced. He was executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison.

1991: Operation Desert Storm was launched against Iraq.

1998: President Clinton became the first sitting U.S. president to testify as a defendant in a criminal or civil suit.

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