Today is Thursday, August 9, the 220th day of 2007. There are 145 days left in the year.
378 _ The Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army
1778 _ Capt. Cook passes through the Bering Straits
1786 _ The first ascent of Mt. Blanc
1803 _ First horses arrive in Hawaii
1842 _ U.S.-Canada border defined by Webster-Ashburton Treaty
1849 _ Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia
1854 _ Henry David Thoreau publishes ``Walden"
1902 _ Edward VII of England crowned after the death of his mother Victoria
1936 _ Jesse Owens wins 4th gold medal of Berlin Olympics
1942 _ Britain arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi
1945 _ The U.S. drops second atomic bomb ``Fat Man" on Japan, destroying part of Nagasaki
1965 _ Singapore gains independence from Malaysia
1973 _ USSR launches Mars 7
1974 _ Richard Nixon resigns, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th U.S. president
1990 _ 12 Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia