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SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011

Today is Saturday, January 8, the eighth day of 2011. There are 357 days left in the year. 1656 ― Oldest surviving commercial newspaper begins (Haarlem, Netherlands) 1790 ― George Washington delivers first ``State of the Union" address 1889 ― Dr. Herman Hollerith receives first U.S. patent for a tabulating machine (first Computer) 1918 ― President Wilson outlines his 14 points for peace after WWI 1956 ― Elvis Presley's ``Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog" single goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for a record 11 weeks (for a single) 1959 ― Charles de Gaulle inaugurated as President of France's 5th Republic 1964 ― President Lyndon B. Johnson declares ``War on Poverty" 1974 ― Loch Ness Monster photographed 1993 ― Chicago Bull Michael Jordan scores his 20,000th career point 1998 ― World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef sentenced to life

Jan 7, 2011

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011

Today is Friday, January 7, the seventh day of 2011. There are 358days left in the year. 1558 ― Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French under Francois, Duke of Guise 1584 ― Last day of the Julian calendar in Bohemia and Holy Roman empire 1714 ― Typewriter patented by Englishman Henry Mill (built years later) 1913 ― William M. Burton patents a process to ``crack" petroleum 1914 ― First steamboat passes through the Panama Canal 1927 ― Commercial transatlantic telephone service inaugurated between New York and London 1953 ― President Truman announces development of the hydrogen bomb 1959 ― U.S. recognizes Fidel Castro's Cuban government 1977 ― Human Rights Charter '77 established in Prague 1986 ― U.S. President Reagan proclaims economic sanctions against Libya

Jan 6, 2011

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 2011

Today is Thursday, January 6, the sixth day of 2010. There are 349 days left in the year. 1540 ― King Henry VIII of England married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves 1838 ― Samuel Morse made first public demonstration of telegraph 1941 ― FDR's ``4 Freedoms" speech (speech, worship, from want and from fear) 1950 ― Britain recognizes Communist government of China 1958 ― Gibson patents the Flying V Guitar 1964 ― Rolling Stones' first tour as headline act (with Ronettes) 1987 ― Astronomers at University of California see first sight of birth of a galaxy 1994 ― Dow-Jones hits record 3803.88 1994 ― Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan is attacked by Tonya Harding's bodyguard 1996 ― Record $65.2 million British lottery won by three people (2-3-4-13-42-44)

Jan 5, 2011

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2011

Today is Wednesday, January 5, the fifth day of 2011. There are 300 days left in the year. 1709 ― Sudden extreme cold kills 1000s of Europeans 1892 ― First successful auroral photograph made 1895 ― French Captain Alfred Dreyfus, convicted of treason, publicly stripped of his rank; later declared innocent 1911 ― Portuguese expel Jesuits 1930 ― Mao Tse-tung writes ``A Single Spark Can Start a Prairie Fire" 1943 ― Teams agrees to start season later due to WWII 1949 ― President Harry S. Truman labels his administration the ``Fair Deal" 1956 ― Elvis Presley records ``Heartbreak Hotel" 1961 ― U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba 1988 ― Austrian President Waldheim's war record investigated

Jan 4, 2011

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2011

Today is Tuesday, January 4, the fourth day of 2010. There are 361 days left in the year. 1493 ― Columbus left new world on return from first voyage 1863 ― Four-wheeled roller skates patented by James Plimpton of N.Y. 1912 ― Smallest earth-moon distance this century, 356,375 km center-to-center 1936 ― Billboard magazine publishes its first music hit parade 1951 ― During Korean conflict, North Korean forces captured Seoul 1957 ― ``Blondie" situation comedy premieres on NBC TV (later on CBS) 1965 ― LBJ's ``Great Society" State of the Union Address 1974 ― Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee 1980 ― President Carter announces U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics at Royale Theater New York City NY 1991 ― Fu Mingxia, 12, of China wins World Swimming Championships gold medal

Jan 3, 2011

MONDAY, JANUARY 3, 2011

Today is Monday, January 3, the third day of 2011. There are 362 days left in the year. 1431 ― Joan of Arc handed over to the bishop 1521 ― Martin Luther excommunicated by Roman Catholic Church 1825 ― Scottish factory owner Robert Owen buys 30,000 acres in Indiana as site for New Harmony utopian community 1833 ― Britain seizes control of Falkland Islands in South Atlantic 1840 ― First deep sea sounding 1868 ― Meiji Restoration returns authority to Japan's emperors 1920 ― New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 1925 ― Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator 1987 ― Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducts first female artist Aretha Franklin 1988 ― Margaret Thatcher becomes longest-serving British P.M. this century

Jan 2, 2011

SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2011

Today is Saturday, January 1, the first day of 2011. There are 364 days left in the year. 4714 B.C. ― Origin of Julian Period (Year 0) 1 ― Origin of Christian Era 1701 ― Great Britain and Ireland union is in effect, creating United Kingdom 1788 ― London's Daily Universal Register becomes the Times 1861 ― President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful 1899 ― Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S. (National Day) (U.S. occupies till 1902) 1923 ― Union of Socialist Soviet Republics established 1946 ― Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god 1951 ― Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on U.N.-lines 1979 ― U.S. and China (People's Republic) begin diplomatic relations

Dec 31, 2010

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2010

Today is Friday, December 31, the last day of 2010. There are no days left in the year. 1600 ― British East India Company chartered 1762 ― Mozart family moves from Vienna to Salzburg 1861 ― 22,990 mm of rain falls in Cherrapunji Assam in 1861, world record 1879 ― Edison gives first public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1907 ― For the first time a ball drops at Times Square to signal the new year 1911 ― Marie Curie receives her second Nobel Prize 1945 ― Ratification of U.N. Charter completed 1946 ― President Truman officially proclaims end of WWII 1961 ― Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion 1991 ― USSR, last day of existence

Dec 30, 2010

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010

Today is Thursday, December 30, the 364th day of 2010. There are one day left in the year. 1621 ― English king James I cracks Protestation of Parliament 1703 ― Tokyo hit by Earthquake; about 37,000 die 1911 ― Sun Yat-sen elected first president of Republic of China 1922 ― Soviet Union organized as a federation of RSFSR, Ukrainian SSR, Belorussian SSR and Transcaucasian SSR 1927 ― Japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under two miles long) 1938 ― Electronic television system patented by V. K. Zworykin 1950 ― Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia become Independent states in France Union 1959 ― The George Washington, first ballistic missile submarine, commissioned 1969 ― USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 1974 ― Beatles are legally disbanded (four years after suit was brought)

Dec 29, 2010

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2010

Today is Wednesday, December 29, the 363rd day of 2010. There are two days left in the year. 1852 ― Emma Snodgrass arrested in Boston for wearing pants 1857 ― Franz Liszt's ``Die Hunnenschlacht" premieres in Weimar 1862 ― Bowling ball invented 1891 ― Edison patents ``transmission of signals electrically" (radio) 1920 ― Yugoslav government bans communist party 1948 ― U.S. State Department announces work on placing objects into Earth orbit 1949 ― Hungary nationalized its industries 1955 ― Barbra Streisand's first recording, ``You'll Never Know," at age 13 1972 ― Life magazine ceases publication 1989 ― Wayne Gretzky and Martina Navratilova are named athletes of the decade by the Associated Press

Dec 28, 2010

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