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Born. To Edmund Sixtus Muskie, 44, Governor of Maine and U.S. Senator-elect, first popularly elected Democratic Senator in Maine history, and Jane Gray Muskie, 31: their fourth child, third daughter; in Waterville...
...John Lateran. Popes in bygone times used to make the short journey across the city on horseback, which sometimes enlivened the occasion with incident: Clement XIV (1769-74), for instance, fell from his horse on dismounting, only to assure alarmed aides that he was "confusus" but not "contusus." Sixtus V (1585-90) corrected the flattering observation of an ambassador that he had "mounted easily" with the admonition: "No, we are old and heavy because we have a world on our shoulders...
...prefer a shorter reign, finally swung the decision to Roncalli. But if anyone expected Roncalli to be a mere caretaker Pope, providing a transition to the next reign, he destroyed the notion within minutes after his election-so much so that some Romans fondly recall the story told of Sixtus V (1585-1590), who in conclave seemed decrepit and ailing but, as soon as elected, threw away his cane, rose to his full height and announced in a vigorous voice: "Now I am Caesar...
...week's early-bird election, "is mainly on the wane." But not even Democrats, as the results rolled in, were prepared for the size of their gain. Not only did Frederick G. Payne lose, as expected, to lanky (6 ft. 4 in., 185 Ibs.) bow-tied Governor Edmund Sixtus Muskie, 44, the golden boy of Maine politics; Muskie, as the state's first popularly elected Democratic Senator, got double the plurality that he expected. And a train of Maine Democrats followed Muskie into power. Items: EUR| Second District Democrat Frank...
Gruesome thought: What would Michelangelo have done with the Sistine frescoes had A.E. been the mode under Sixtus...