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08.11.14 OT - What's In a Name?

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Abel is a biblical forename which may derive from the Hebrew Hebel, itself derived from hevel (breath or vapour), or from the Assyrian for son. In reference to the biblical story, Abel is usually linked with his brother, as Cain and Abel.

Based on its occurrence in the Bible the name Abel has been used in many European languages; in English it was mostly used by the Puritans in the 17th Century.

ON THIS DAY

1954 A formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh.
1965 Deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.
1992 The Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minn.
1998 British Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion.
2000 Pat Buchanan won the Reform Party presidential nomination.
2002 US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003 NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2003 Charles Taylor resigned as Liberia's president and went into exile in Nigeria.
2006 The Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids, gels and aerosols from passenger cabins on airliners one day after a thwarted terrorist attack.
2009 Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died at age 88.

BIRTHDAYS

949 Eric Carmen, Singer, turns 65
1953 Hulk Hogan, Wrestler, actor, turns 61
1954 Joe Jackson, Rock singer, turns 60
1967 Joe Rogan, Actor, host ("Fear Factor"), turns 47
1968 Charlie Sexton, Rock musician, turns 46
1986 Pablo Sandoval, Baseball player, turns 28
1993 Alyson Stoner, Actress, turns 21