FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008

Today is Friday, August 29, the 242nd day of 2008. There are 124 days left in the year.

284 _ Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)

1896 _ Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador

1929 _ German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight

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

1949 _ USSR explodes its first atomic bomb

1950 _ Int'l Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan

1953 _ USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb

1957 _ Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957

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

1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq