Today is Friday, the 151st day of 2008. There are 215 days left in the year.
1498 _ Columbus departs with six ships for third trip to America
1536 _ English king Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour
1588 _ Spanish Aramada under Medina-Sidonia departs Lisbon to invade England
1821 _ James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose
1889 _ The brassiere is invented
1909 _ National Conference on the Negro is held
1913 _ First Balkan War ends, Treaty of London
1958 _ Unidentified soldiers killed in WWII and Korean War buried in Arlington
1972 _ Three Japanese PFL terrorists kill 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod International Airport
1982 _ Spain becomes 16th member of NATO