SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

Today is Saturday, August 7, the 219th day of 2010. There are 146 days left in the year.

1498 _ Columbus arrives in Caribbean

1620 _ Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft

1934 _ U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel ``Ulysses"

1942 _ First American offensive in Pacific in WW II, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

1964 _ U.S. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution

1970 _ First computer chess tournament

1976 _ Scientists in Pasadena, Calif., announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars

1983 _ First World Track & Field Championships

1988 _ Writers guild end their six-month strike

1990 _ Saudi Arabia allows U.S. troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion