WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2013

Today is Wednesday, August 7, the 219th day of 2013. 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”

1940 ― Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for one made in British Guiana in 1856)

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

1970 ― Four, including presiding judge, killed in courthouse shootout in San Rafael, Calif.

1983 ― First World Track & Field Championships

1984 ― Japan beats U.S. for Olympic gold medal in baseball

1988 ― Writers guild end their six- month strike

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