Today is Tuesday, August 14, the 225th day of 2007. There are 140 days left in the year.
410 _ Alaric sacks Rome
1248 _ Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun
1385 _ Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence
1756 _ French capture Fort Oswego, N.Y.
1846 _ Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance
1862 _ Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with U.S. president
1880 _ Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed
1893 _ France issues first driving licenses, included required test
1900 _ Intl forces including U.S. Marines enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners
1908 _ Race riot in Springfield Illinois
1912 _ 2,500 U.S. marines invade Nicaragua; U.S. remains until 1925
1917 _ China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I
1935 _ The Social Security Act became law
1936 _ The first Olympic basketball game (Berlin)
1937 _ Detroit Tigers score 36 runs in double header vs. St. Louis Browns
1941 _ Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill
1945 _ V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II
1947 _ India granted independence within British Commonwealth
1947 _ Pakistan gains independence from Britain
1966 _ The first U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon
1969 _ British troops intervenes militarily in Northern Ireland
1971 _ British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland
1971 _ St. Louis Cards Bob Gibson no-hits Pitts, 11-0
1973 _ The U.S. bombs Cambodia
1974 _ Congress authorizes U.S. citizens to own gold
1984 _ IBM releases MS-DOS version 3.0