Today is Friday, August 29, the 242nd day of 2008. There are 124 days left in the year.
284 _ Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
1896 _ Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
1929 _ German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
1949 _ USSR explodes its first atomic bomb
1950 _ Int'l Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan
1953 _ USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb
1957 _ Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1964 _ Walt Disney's ``Mary Poppins" released
1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq