... 2006, Micheline Calmy-Rey (right), head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Switzerland’s foreign ministry, was elected President of the Swiss Federation for the calendar year of 2007. Calmy-Rey was born in Chermignon in Canton Valais on July 8, 1945. (photo credit)... 1972 (35 years ago today), U.S. astronaut Eugene Cernan began what would be the last human walk on the moon for decades. Upon returning to his craft he expressed a desire that humans would return "with peace and hope for all mankind" -- a phrase that echoed the inscription on a plaque that his mission, Apollo 17, left on the moon's surface: "May the spirit of peace in which we came be reflected in the lives of all mankind."
... 1942, U.S. Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Cal.) was born in New Britain, Connecticut.
