-- card: 25134 from stack: in.0 -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 4410 -- name: -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- January 9 -- part contents for background part 13 ----- text ----- In 1788, Connecticut became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution. In 1861, Mississippi seceded from the Union. In 1793, what's generally regarded as the first successful balloon flight in the United States took place as Frenchman Jean Pierre Blanchard traveled between Philadelphia and Woodbury, N.J. -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- Former President Richard Nixon (1912) Football Hall-of-Famer Bart Starr (1933) Actor Bob Denver (1934) Folk singer Joan Baez (1940) Actress Susannah York (1940) Ex Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page (1945) Singer Crystal Gayle (1950) -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- "Nostalgia is a seductive liar." ------------------------------------------- George W. Ball, American lawyer and government official.