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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Today is Friday, September 2, the 245th day of 2011. There are 120 days left in the year. 31 B.C. ― Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emperor Augustus 490 B.C. ― Phidippides runs first marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs. Persia 1919 ― Communist Party of America organized in Chicago 1930 ― first nonstop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours) 1944 ― Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz 1945 ― Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) 1945 ― V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) 1987 ― Donald Trump takes out a full page N.Y. Times ad lambasting Japan 1987 ― West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia 1988 ― Amnesty International's Human Rights Now tour begins in Wembley

Sep 1, 2011

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Today is Thursday, September 1, the 244th day of 2011. There are 121 days left in the year. 312 B.C. ― Origin of Greek Era, start of Induction of Constantinople 1666 ― Great London Fire begins in Pudding Lane; 80 percent of London is destroyed 1865 ― Joseph Lister performs first antiseptic surgery 1923 ― Earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 106,000 1939 ― WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig 1941 ― Yellow star becomes obligatory for Jews in the Reich to wear 1945 ― Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1948 ― Communist form North China People's Republic 1969 ― Libyan revolution, Col. Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris 1983 ― Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet

Aug 31, 2011

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2011

Today is Wednesday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2011. There are 122 days left in the year. 1535 ― Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII 1887 ― Thomas A. Edison patents kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures) 1907 ― England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente 1919 ― Communist Labor Party of America formed in Chicago 1955 ― First microwave TV station operated (Lufkin, Texas) 1955 ― First sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill. 1957 ― Malaysia gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1968 ― Private Eye magazine reports a John Lennon and Yoko Ono album will have a picture of them nude on the cover 1971 ― Dave Scott becomes first person to drive a car on the Moon 1980 ― Poland's Solidarity labor union founded

Aug 30, 2011

TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2011

Today is Tuesday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2011. There are 123 days left in the year. 31 B.C. ― Origin of Era of Augustus 1885 ― 13,000 meteors seen in one hour near Andromeda 1945 ― Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1967 ― U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as first black justice 1968 ― First record under Apple label (Beatle's ``Hey Jude”) 1969 ― 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1976 ― Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show 1979 ― First recorded occurrence; comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1988 ― Tennis star Chris Everett weds skier Andy Mills 1990 ― Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become first father and son to play on the same team (Seattle Mariners), both single in the first inning

Aug 29, 2011

MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 2011

Today is Monday, August 29, the 241st day of 2011. There are 124 days left in the year. 1758 ― First Indian reservation established 1854 ― Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1885 ― Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves and 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan and Dominick McCaffrey 1896 ― Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese ambassador 1944 ― 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1949 ― USSR explodes its first atomic bomb 1950 ― International Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in 1952 1953 ― USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb 1957 ― Strom Thurmond (Sen.-D-SC) ends 24-hour filibuster against civil rights 1966 ― Beatles’ last public concert, (Candlestick Park, S.F.)

Aug 28, 2011

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2011

Today is Friday, August 26, the 238th day of 2011. There are 127 days left in the year. 55 B.C. ― Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain 1791 ― John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat 1883 ― Krakatoa erupts with increasingly large explosions kills 36,000 1907 ― Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds 1914 ― Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg 1920 ― 19th amendment passes; women's suffrage granted (about time!) 1947 ― First black baseball pitcher Don Bankhead (hits a homerun on first at bat) 1957 ― USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile 1972 ― Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany 1973 ― University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing

Aug 25, 2011

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2011

Today is Thursday, August 25, the 237th day of 2011. There are 128 days left in the year. 1609 ― Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1804 ― Alice Meynell becomes first woman jockey (England) 1814 ― British capture Washington, D.C. 1825 ― Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1830 ― Belgium revolts against Netherlands 1835 ― N.Y. Sun publishes Moon hoax story about John Herschel 1944 ― Paris liberated from Nazi occupation 1950 ― President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike 1989 ― Voyager 2 makes its closest approach to Neptune (0400 GMT) 1991 ― Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds

Aug 24, 2011

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2011

Today is Wednesday, August 24, the 236th day of 2011. There are 129 days left in the year. 79 ― Mt. Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii and Herculaneum 410 ― Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 1853 ― First potato chips prepared by Chef George Crum (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) 1869 ― Waffle iron invented 1891 ― Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1949 ― North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established 1954 ― Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism 1968 ― France became world's fifth thermonuclear power 1981 ― Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon's murder 1991 ― Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party

Aug 23, 2011

TUESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2011

Today is Tuesday, August 23, the 235th day of 2011. There are 130 days left in the year. 1833 ― Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1904 ― Automobile tire chain patented 1914 ― Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1924 ― Mars’ closest approach to Earth since the 10th century 1939 ― USSR and Germany sign a non-aggression pact 1944 ― Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990) 1960 ― World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1966 ― Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon 1977 ― First man-powered flight of a mile (Bryan Allen in Gossamer Condor) 1979 ― Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC

Aug 22, 2011

MONDAY, AUGUST 22, 2011

Today is Monday, August 22, the 234th day of 2011. There are 131 days left in the year. 565 ― St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness 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 1968 ― First papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1968 ― Cynthia Lennon sues John Lennon for divorce on adultery 1987 ― Madonna's ``Who's "That Girl," single goes No. 1 1989 ― First complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter

Aug 21, 2011

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