Thursday, September 13, 2007

Today is Thursday, September 13, the 255th day of 2007. There are 110 days left in the year.

604 _ Sabinian begins his reign as Catholic pope

1788 _ New York City becomes capital of the United States

1882 _ Britain invades Egypt

1906 _ The first airplane flight in Europe

1942 _ German forces attack Stalingrad

1943 _ Chiang Kai-shek became president of China

1965 _ Beatles release ``Yesterday"

1970 _ IBM announces System 370 computer

1983 _ The U.S. mint strikes the first gold coin in 50 years (Olympic Eagle)

1990 _ Iraqi troops storm the residence of French ambassador in Kuwait