Today is Wednesday, August 29, the 240th day of 2007. There are 125 days left in the year.
284 _ The Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
1758 _ The first Indian reservation established
1854 _ Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1949 _ The USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1957 _ Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957
1964 _ Walt Disney's ``Mary Poppins" released
1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq