W. Mark Felt is a former agent and top official of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. After 30 years of denials, Felt revealed himself in May 2005 to be the Watergate scandal informant called "Deep Throat." During the early investigation of the Watergate scandal (1972–74), Felt was the Bureau's Associate Director, the second-ranking post in the FBI. While Associate Director, Felt provided Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward with critical leads on the story that eventually saw the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. In 1980, Felt was convicted of violating the civil rights of people thought to be associated with the Weather Underground by ordering FBI agents to burglarize their homes. On May 31, 2005, Felt was revealed to have been "Deep Throat". His identity as Woodward's informant was a secret for three decades and had been the source of much speculation in American political and popular culture. Felt resides in Santa Rosa, California and has completed an update of his 1979 autobiography which provides information on his past as "Deep Throat."

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1198: Lotario de Conti became Pope Innocent III. His first act was the restoration of the papal power in Rome. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_III)

1815: Andrew Jackson won the Battle of New Orleans two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans)

1889: Herman Hollerith received a patent for his electric tabulating machine. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Hollerith)

1989: British Midland Flight 92 crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway in the Kegworth air disaster. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kegworth_air_disaster)

2004: RMS Queen Mary 2, the largest passenger ship ever built, was christened by her namesake's granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth II. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Queen_Mary_2)

_____________________ Wikiquote of the day:

"For millions of years mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stephen_Hawking)