UPI almanac for Friday, July 13, 2007.

Today is Thursday, July 13, the 194th day of 2006 with 171 to follow.

Today is Wednesday, July 13, the 194th day of 2005 with 171 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, July 13, the 195th day of 2004 with 171 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, July 13, the 195th day of 2004 with 171 to follow.

Today is Sunday, July 13, the 194th day of 2003 with 171 to follow.

Of America's many holidays -- and despite the association of Thanksgiving with the turkey -- only one truly celebrates an animal -- the groundhog, so named because it burrows underground and lives in dens.

Something happened on this date which helped make traffic jams possible, as well as superhighway interchanges, speeding tickets, annual emissions tests, rip-off towing companies and host of other modern conveniences. It was in 1914 that Henry Ford introdu

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