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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

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011

Today is Saturday, August 20, the 232nd day of 2011. There are 133 days left in the year. 1866 ― President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1896 ― Dial telephone patented 1914 ― German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I 1940 ― Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21 1953 ― Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1958 ― Dale Long becomes first major league lefty catcher in 52 years 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) 1990 ― Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields)

Aug 19, 2011

FRIDAY, AUGUST 19, 2011

Today is Friday, August 19, 231st day of 2011. There are 134 days left in the year. 1099 ― Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon 1263 ― King James I or Argon censors Hebrew writings 1787 ― W. Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn 1888 ― First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18-year-old West Indian wins 1934 ― Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler 1960 ― Sputnik 5 carries two dogs, three mice into orbit (later recovered alive) 1978 ― 422 die in an arson fire at a movie theater in Iran 1985 ― Japan launches its second probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1988 ― Iran-Iraq begin a ceasefire in their eight-year-old war (11 p.m., EDT) 1991 ― Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev

Aug 18, 2011

THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011

Today is Thursday, August 18, the 230th day of 2011. There are 135 days left in the year. 1834 ― Mt. Vesuvius erupts 1894 ― Congress creates Bureau of Immigration 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 1962 ― Peter, Paul & Mary release their first hit ``If I Had a Hammer" 1973 ― Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record 1987 ― Philip Rush of N.Z., set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time 28:21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it 1988 ― Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

Aug 17, 2011

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2011

Today is Wednesday, August 17, the 229th day of 2011. There are 136 days left in the year. 1933 ― Lou Gehrig breaks record by playing in his 1,308th straight game 1938 ― Henry Armstrong won his third concurrent boxing championship 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 in seconds 1962 ― Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1962 ― East German border guards shot and kill Peter Fechter, 18, attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector 1985 ― Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1987 ― Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 2,700 for first time (2,700.57)

Aug 16, 2011

TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 2011

Today is Tuesday, August 16, the 228th day of 2011. There are 137 days left in the year. 1743 ― Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1819 ― Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators 1863 ― Emancipation Proclamation signed 1870 ― Fred Goldsmith demonstrates curve ball isn't an optical illusion 1898 ― Roller coaster patented 1936 ― 11th Olympic games close in Berlin 1959 ― USSR introduces installment buying 1981 ― Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1988 ― IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1990 ― Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

Aug 15, 2011

MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011

Today is Monday, August 15, the 227th day of 2011. 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) 1960 ― UFO is sighted by three California patrolmen 1966 ― Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1974 ― South Korean President Park Chung-hee escapes assassination

Aug 14, 2011

SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 2011

Today is Saturday, August 13, the 225th day of 2011. 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 1935 _ Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum) 1945 _ 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day) 1977 _ First test glide of the shuttle 1978 _ Yanks score 5 runs in top of 7th, but rain causes game to be halted and thus score goes back to previous inning, Baltimore wins 3-0

Aug 12, 2011

FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2011

Today is Friday, August 12, the 224th day of 2011. There are 141 days left in the year. 1851 ― Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine 1877 ― Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device 1915 ― ``Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1941 ― French Marshal Henri Petain gave full support to Nazi Germany 1953 ― Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb 1955 ― President Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour 1972 ― Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1974 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox 1985 ― Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) 1990 ― Iraqi President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories

Aug 11, 2011

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2011

Today is Thursday, August 11, the 223th day of 2011. There are 142 days left in the year. 1772 ― Explosive eruption blows off Papandayan, Java, kills 3,000 1866 ― World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.) 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 1954 ― Formal peace takes place, ending more than seven years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1956 ― Elvis Presley releases ``Don't Be Cruel" 1966 ― Last Beatle concert tour of the U.S. begins 1975 ― U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. 1984 ― During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he ``signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes"

Aug 10, 2011

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