THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007

Today is Thursday, August 9, the 220th day of 2007. There are 145 days left in the year.

378 _ The Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army

1778 _ Capt. Cook passes through the Bering Straits

1786 _ The first ascent of Mt. Blanc

1803 _ First horses arrive in Hawaii

1842 _ U.S.-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty

1849 _ Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia

1854 _ Henry David Thoreau publishes ``Walden"

1902 _ Edward VII of England crowned after the death of his mother Victoria

1936 _ Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics

1942 _ Britain arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi

1945 _ The U.S. drops second atomic bomb ``Fat Man" on Japan, destroying part of Nagasaki

1965 _ Singapore gains independence from Malaysia

1973 _ USSR launches Mars 7

1974 _ Richard Nixon resigns, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th U.S. president

1990 _ 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia