Today is Saturday, December 29, the 363rd day of 2007. There are 2 days left in the year.
1503 _ Battle at Carigliano; Spanish army beats France
1845 _ Texas admitted as the 28th state
1862 _ Bowling ball invented
1891 _ Edison patents ``transmission of signals electrically" (radio)
1940 _ Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WWII)
1948 _ Canada recognizes Israel
1967 _ The Turkish-Cypriot government forms in Cyprus
1968 _ Israeli commandos destroy 13 Lebanese airplanes
1972 _ Life magazine ceases publication
1983 _ The U.S. announces withdrawal from UNESCO
1984 _ Indian PM Rajiv Gandhi claims victory in parliamentary elections
1989 _ Vaclav Havel becomes President of Czechoslovakia
1997 _ Hong Kong begins slaughtering all its chickens to prevent bird flu
1997 _ Russia signs agreement to build a $3 billion nuclear power plant in China