THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008

Today is Thursday, July 24, the 206th day of 2008. There are 160 days left in the year.

1847 _ Rotary-type printing press patented by Richard March Hoe, NYC

1877 _ First time federal troops are used to combat strikers

1919 _ Race Riot in Washington D.C. (6 killed, 100 wounded)

1948 _ Soviets blockades Berlin from the west

1952 _ U. S. President Truman settles 53-day steel strike

1959 _ V.P. Nixon argued with Khrushchev, known as ``Kitchen Debate"

1961 _ Beginning of a trend, a U.S. commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba

1963 _ 124 Unification Church couples wed in Korea

1965 _ Bob Dylan release ``Like a Rolling Stone"

1969 _ Apollo 11 returns to Earth