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SATURDAY, AUGUST 11, 2012

Today is Saturday, August 11, the 224th day of 2012. There are 142 days left in the year. 1772 ― Explosive eruption in Java, Indonesia, kills 3,000 1866 ― World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.) 1877 ― Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon, Deimos 1909 ― SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C. 1929 ― Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 500 homers 1945 ― Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1948 ― Summer Olympics opens in London 1954 ― Formal peace takes place, ending seven years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1956 ― Elvis Presley releases ``Don't Be Cruel" 1984 ― During a radio voice test U.S. President Reagan joked he ``signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes"

Aug 10, 2012

FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2012

Today is Friday, August 10, the 223rd day of 2012. There are 143 days left in the year. 1519 ― Magellan's five ships set sail to circumnavigate the Earth 1792 ― Mobs in Paris attack the palace of Louis XVI 1866 ― Transatlantic cable laid; former President Buchanan communicates over it to Queen Victoria 1900 ― First Davis Cup Tennis Tournament (Mass.) U.S. beats England 1921 ― FDR stricken with polio at summer home on Canadian Island of Campobello 1945 ― Japan announces willingness to surrender to Allies provided the status of Emperor Hirohito remained unchanged 1961 ― England applies for membership in the European Common Market 1966 ― First lunar orbiter launched by U.S. 1988 ― U.N. estimates Asia's population hit 3 billion 1990 ― U.S.’s Magellan spacecraft lands on Venus

Aug 9, 2012

THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2012

Today is Thursday, August 9, the 222nd day of 2012. There are 144 days left in the year. 378 ― Battle of Adrianople, Visigoth Calvary defeats Roman Army 1786 ― First ascent of Mont Blanc 1854 ― Henry David Thoreau publishes ``Walden" 1902 ― Edward VII of England crowned after death of his mother Victoria 1936 ― Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal of Berlin Olympics 1942 ― British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi 1945 ― U.S. drops second atomic bomb ``Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1974 ― Richard Nixon resigns presidency, V.P. Gerald Ford becomes 38th president 1990 ― Twelve Arab leaders agree to send pan-Arab forces to protect Saudi Arabia 1992 ― 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain

Aug 8, 2012

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2012

Today is Wednesday, August 8, the 221st day of 2012. There are 145 days left in the year. 1609 ― Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope 1815 ― Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1876 ― Thomas Edison patents mimeograph 1929 ― German airship Graf Zeppelin begins a round-the-world flight 1945 ― President Harry S. Truman signs U.N. Charter 1945 ― USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea 1953 ― U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1955 ― Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1974 ― President Richard M. Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12 p.m. 08/09 1988 ― Russian troops begin pull out of Afghanistan after nine-year war

Aug 7, 2012

TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012

Today is Tuesday, August 7, the 220th day of 2012. There are 146 days left in the year. 1498 ― Columbus arrives in Caribbean 1620 ― Kepler's mother arrested for witchcraft 1934 ― U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government’s attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel ``Ulysses" 1963 ― Jacqueline Kennedy becomes first first lady to give birth since Mrs. Cleveland 1964 ― U.S. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution 1970 ― First computer chess tournament 1972 ― Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez and Early Wynn 1974 ― Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1976 ― Scientists in Pasadena, Calif., announce Viking I found strongest indications to date of possible life on Mars 1983 ― First World Track & Field Championships

Aug 6, 2012

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012

Today is Monday, August 6, the 219th day of 2012. There are 147 days left in the year. 1181 ― Supernova observed by Chinese and Japanese astronomers 1806 ― Holy Roman Empire ends; it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire 1870 ― White conservatives suppressed black vote and captured Tennessee legislature 1890 ― Cy Young pitches and wins first game 1890 ― First use of electric chair in U.S., John Hart, in N.Y. for murder 1926 ― N.Y.'s Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim the English Channel 1945 ― Hiroshima Peace Day-atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima by ``Enola Gay" 1946 ― U.S. officially submits to jurisdiction of World Court 1951 ― Typhoon floods kill 4,800 in Manchuria 1990 ― U.N. Security Council votes 13-0 (two abstentions, Cuba and Yemen) to place economic sanctions against Iraq

Aug 5, 2012

SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012

Today is Saturday, August 4, the 217th day of 2012. There are 149 days left in the year. 1693 ― Dom Perignon invents champagne 1753 ― George Washington becomes a master mason 1777 ― Retired British cavalry officer Philip Astley establishes first circus 1914 ― Germany declares war on Belgium; Britain declares war on Germany 1944 ― Anne Frank, 15, (Diary of Anne Frank) is arrested by Nazis 1948 ― Five-day southern filibuster succeeds in maintaining poll tax 1964 ― Civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney found buried inside an earthen dam in Mississippi 1971 ― U.S. launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft 1984 ― Prince's ``Purple Rain," album goes to No. 1 and stays No.1 for 24 weeks 1988 ― Congress votes $20,000 to each Japanese-American interned in WW II

Aug 3, 2012

FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012

Today is Friday, August 3, the 216th day of 2012. There are 150 days left in the year. 1492 ― Columbus sets sail from Palos, Spain for ``Indies" 1596 ― David Fabricius discovers light variation of Mira (first variable star) 1882 ― Congress passes first law restricting immigration 1914 ― Germany invades Belgium and declares war on France in WW I 1954 ― First VTOL (Vertical Take-Off & Land) flown 1963 ― Beatles final performance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool 1974 ― Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers 1981 ― Air Traffic Controllers (PATCO) begin their strike 1989 ― Rickey Henderson sets AL mark of 50 steals in nine seasons 1990― Radio Kuwait goes off the air, due to the Iraqi invasion

Aug 2, 2012

THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012

Today is Thursday, August 2, the 215th day of 2012. There are 151 days left in the year. 1375 ― First roller skating rink opens (London) 1492 ― Jews are expelled from Spain by King Ferdinand &Queen Isabella 1776 ― Formal signing of the Declaration of Independence 1798 ― British under Adm. Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile 1858 ― First street mailboxes in Boston, Mass. 1961 ― Beatles first gig as house band of Liverpool's Cavern Club 1965 ― Morley Safer's sends first Vietnam report indicating we are losing 1986 ― TODAY/PC born today 1990 ― Iraq invades and occupies Kuwait 1991 ― Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) launched

Aug 1, 2012

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012

Today is Wednesday, August 1, the 214th day of 2012. There are 152 days left in the year. 1619 ― First black Americans (20) land at Jamestown, Virginia 1774 ― Priestly discovers oxygen 1790 ― First U.S. census (population of 3,939,214) 1914 ― Germany declares war on Russia in WW I 1936 ― Adolph Hitler opens Berlin Olympic Games 1950 ― First Major League baseball player to fight in Korea (Curt Simmons) 1957 ― First commercial building heated by Sun (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1969 ― 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival 1972 ― First article exposing Watergate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward) 1976 ― Liz Taylor's sixth divorce (redivorces Richard Burton)

Jul 31, 2012

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