Monday, August 13, 2007

Today is Monday, August 13, the 224th day of 2007. There are 141 days left in the year.

523 _ St. John I begins his reign as Catholic Pope

1521 _ Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs

1642 _ Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap

1704 _ English defeat French at the Battle of Blenheim

1868 _ Quakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages in Peru and Ecuador

1928 _ Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins

1945 _ 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia

1946 _ Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus

1960 _ The Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France

1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany

1989 _ U.S. space shuttle STS-28 lands