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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012

Today is Thursday, August 23, the 236th day of 2012. There are 130 days left in the year. 1617 ― First one-way streets established (London) 1833 ― Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1924 ― Mars' closest approach to Earth since the 10th century 1939 ― USSR and Germany sign a nonaggression pact 1944 ― Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990) 1958 ― Marie Ashton completes playing piano a female record 133 hours 1960 ― World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1972 ― Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla.) renominates V.P. Agnew but not unanimous, as one vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley 1977 ― First man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor) 1979 ― Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC

Aug 22, 2012

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2012

Today is Wednesday, August 22, the 235th day of 2012. There are 131 days in the world. 565 ― St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness 1485 ― Richard III slain at Bosworth Field; last of Plantagenets 1762 ― First female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport, R.I., Mercury 1864 ― Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1910 ― Japan annexes Korea 1911 ― Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre 1950 ― Althea Gibson becomes first black competitor in national tennis competition 1968 ― Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultery 1989 ― First complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter

Aug 21, 2012

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 21, the 234th day of 2012. There are 132 days left in the year. 1959 ― Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state 1963 ― Martial law declared in South Vietnam 1968 ― After five years, Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 1968 ― Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 a.m. announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1968 ― William Dana reaches 80 km (last high-altitude X-15 flight) 1972 ― First hot air balloon flight over the Alps 1986 ― Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746 1988 ― Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after eight years of war 1989 ― Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune 1991 ― Communist coup is crushed in USSR in two days

Aug 20, 2012

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2012

Today is Monday, August 20, the 233rd day of 2012. There are 133 days left in the year. 1866 ― President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1896 ― Dial telephone patented 1920 ― Allen Woodring wins Olympic 200-m dash wearing borrowed shoes 1940 ― Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 1953 ― Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1960 ― USSR recovers two dogs; first living organisms to return from space 1965 ― Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" (their first No. 1 U.S. hit) 1968 ― 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1974 ― Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) 1980 ― U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital

Aug 19, 2012

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2012

Today is Saturday, august 18, the 231st day of 2012. There are 135 days left in the year. 1587 ― First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare) 1686 ― Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus 1834 ― Mt. Vesuvius erupts 1868 ― Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1914 ― President Wilson issues ``Proclamation of Neutrality” 1958 ― ``Lolita,” by Vladimir Nabokov, published 1960 ― First photograph bounced off a satellite, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 1961 ― Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1982 ― Pete Rose sets record with his 13,941st plate appearance 1983 ― Samantha Druce, 12, is youngest woman to swim English Channel

Aug 17, 2012

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012

Today is Friday, August 17, the 230th day of 2012. There are 136 days left in the year. 1877 ― Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon Phobos 1933 ― Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game 1939 ― ``Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in N.Y. 1942 ― U.S. bombers staged first independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1950 ― Indonesia gains independence from the Netherlands 1958 ― World's first Moon probe, U.S.'s Thor-Able, explodes 77 seconds after takeoff 1962 ― East German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1962 ― Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1978 ― First manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II) 1990 ― Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment

Aug 16, 2012

THRUSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012

Today is Thursday, August 16, the 229th day of 2016. There are 137 days left in the year. 1743 ― Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1863 ― Emancipation Proclamation signed 1870 ― Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion 1898 ― Roller coaster patented 1920 ― Ray Chapman, of the Indians is hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch; he dies next day, only major league fatality 1959 ― USSR introduces installment buying 1985 ― Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn 1988 ― IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1988 ― Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1990 ― Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to leave Iraq

Aug 15, 2012

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2012

Today is Wednesday, August 15, the 228th day of 2012. There are 138 days left in the year. 1057 ― Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan 1620 ― Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1914 ― Panama Canal opens (under cost) 1918 ― U.S. and Russia sever diplomatic ties 1939 ― ``Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood 1945 ― Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1948 ― Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1966 ― Radio Free Asia begins radio transmission 1969 ― Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in N.Y. State (Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm) 1974 ― South Korean President Park Chung-hee escapes assassination

Aug 14, 2012

TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 14, the 227th day of 2012. There are 139 days left in the year. 410 ― Alaric sacks Rome 1248 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun 1385 ― Portuguese defeat Castilians at Aljubarrota, retain independence 1457 ― Oldest known exactly dated printed book (three years after Gutenberg) 1880 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed 1900 ― International forces, including U.S. Marines, enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners 1945 ― V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II 1948 ― 14th Olympic Games in London closes 1966 ― First U.S. lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon 1978 ― French TV announced a rating of ``0: for a program about an Armenian's woman's 40th birthday, (compared with Napoleonic drama-67 percent, Knockout-33percent)

Aug 13, 2012

MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2012

Today is Monday, August 13, the 226th day of 2012. There are 140 days left in the year. 1521 ― Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs 1642 ― Christiaan Huygens discovers Martian south polar cap 1868 ― Quakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1907 ― First taxicab (NYC) 1923 ― Mustapha Kemal elected president of Turkey 1928 ― Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins 1945 ― Thirty-five Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1946 ― Britain transfers illegal immigrants bound to Palestine, to Cyprus 1961 ― Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) 1977 ― First test glide of the shuttle

Aug 12, 2012

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