WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007

Today is Wednesday, August 29, the 240th day of 2007. There are 125 days left in the year.

284 _ The Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)

1758 _ The first Indian reservation established

1854 _ Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)

1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees

1949 _ The USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb

1957 _ Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957

1964 _ Walt Disney's ``Mary Poppins" released

1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq