SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007

Today is Saturday, December 29, the 363rd day of 2007. There are 2 days left in the year.

1503 _ Battle at Carigliano; Spanish army beats France

1845 _ Texas admitted as the 28th state

1862 _ Bowling ball invented

1891 _ Edison patents ``transmission of signals electrically" (radio)

1940 _ Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)

1948 _ Canada recognizes Israel

1967 _ The Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus

1968 _ Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes

1972 _ Life magazine ceases publication

1983 _ The U.S. announces withdrawal from UNESCO

1984 _ Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections

1989 _ Vaclav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia

1997 _ Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu

1997 _ Russia signs agreement to build a $3 billion nuclear power plant in China