TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 7, the 220th day of 2012. 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"

1963 ― Jacqueline Kennedy becomes first first lady to give birth since Mrs. Cleveland

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

1970 ― First computer chess tournament

1972 ― Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn

1974 ― Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center

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

1983 ― First World Track & Field Championships