Today is Friday, August 31, the 242nd day of 2007. There are 123 days left in the year.
1535 _ Pope Paul II deposes and excommunicates King Henry VIII
1887 _ Thomas Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures)
1889 _ The start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ``Cardboard Box"
1907 _ England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente
1919 _ The Communist Labor Party of America formed in Chicago
1954 _ Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die
1955 _ The first sun-powered automobile demonstrated in Chicago, Ill.
1957 _ Malaysia gains independence from Britain
1960 _ The Agricultural Hall of Fame established
1962 _ Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain
1968 _ 6,000 die in a 7.8 quake destroying 60,000 buildings in Iran
1980 _ Poland's Solidarity labor union founded