MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009

Today is Monday, August 3, the 215th day of 2009. There are 150 days left in the year.

1492 _ Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for ``Indies"

1882 _ Congress passes first law restricting immigration

1914 _ Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I

1914 _ Yankee catcher Nunamaker throws out three would-be stealers in one inning

1960 _ Niger gains independence from France

1963 _ Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool

1963 _ Great Train Robbery _ $2.5 million ($3.25 million) robbed

1974 _ Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers

1975 _ 500 drown when two river boats collide and sink in China's West River

1990 _ Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion