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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

Today is Saturday, September 4, the 247th day of 2010. There are 118 days left in the year. 476 ― Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 1609 ― Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan 1833 ― First newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun) 1870 ― Third French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1885 ― First cafeteria opens (NYC) 1886 ― Geronimo is captured, ending last major U.S.-Indian war 1888 ― George Eastman patents first roll-film camera and registers ``Kodak" 1920 ― Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria) 1945 ― U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan 1953 ― Yanks become first team to win five consecutive championships

Sep 3, 2010

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Today is Friday, September 3, the 246th day of 2010. There are 119 days left in the year. 1189 ―England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 1752 ― This day never happened nor the next 10 as England adopts Gregorian Calendar. People riot thinking the government stole 11 days of their lives 1783 ―Treaty of Paris signed (ending the U.S. Revolutionary War) 1833 ― NY Sun begins publishing (first daily newspaper) 1935 ― First automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph) 1939 ― Britain declares war on Germany. France follows six hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1940 ― First showing of high definition color TV 1945 ― Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies 1971 ― John Lennon leaves the U.K. for NYC, never to return 1978 ― Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

Sep 2, 2010

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Today is Thursday, September 2, the 245th day of 2010. There are 120 days left in the year. 31B.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 non-stop 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) 1971 ― Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer 1987 ― Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan 1988 ― Amnesty International's ``Human Rights Now” tour begins in Wembley

Sep 1, 2010

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Today is Wednesday, September 1, the 244th day of 2010. 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 1878 ― First female telephone operator starts work (Emma Nutt in Boston) 1890 ― First baseball tripleheader-Boston vs. Pittsburgh 1923 ― Earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 106,000 1945 ― Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date, 9/2 in Japan) 1948 ― Communist form North China People's Republic 1948 ― U.N.'s World Health Organization forms 1983 ― Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet

Aug 31, 2010

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2010

Today is Tuesday, August 31, the 243rd day of 2010. 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 sun-powered automobile demonstrated, Chicago, Ill. 1957 ― Malaya (Malaysia) gains independence from Britain (National Day) 1971 ― Dave Scott becomes first person to drive a car on the Moon 1978 ― Symbionese Liberation Army founders William & Emily Harris plead guilty to 1974 kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst 1979 ― Comet Howard-Koomur-Michels collides with the Sun 1980 ― Poland's Solidarity labor union founded

Aug 30, 2010

MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2010

Today is Monday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2010. There are 123 days left in the year. 31 B.C. — Origin of Era of Augustus 1843 — First black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1885 — 13,000 meteors seen in one hour near Andromeda 1905 — Ty Cobb’s first major league at bat (Detroit Tigers) 1944 — Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania 1945 — Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1967 — U.S. Senate confirm Thurgood Marshall as first black justice 1987 — Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 meters in world record 9.83 seconds 1987 — Yves Pol of France runs complete marathon backwards (3:57:57) 1990 — Ken Griffey & Ken Griffey Jr. become first father & son to play on the same team (Seattle Mariners)

Aug 29, 2010

SATURDAY AUGUST 28, 2010

Today is Saturday, August 28, the 240th day of 2010. There are 125 days left in the year. 1850 ― The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar) 1867 ― U.S. occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific 1884 ― First known photograph of a tornado is made near Howard, S.D. 1916 ― Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1938 ― Northwestern University awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1957 ― Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill 1963 ― 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C. 1963 ― Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1981 ― John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1990 ― Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province

Aug 27, 2010

FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2010

Today is Friday, August 27, the 239th day of 2010. There are 126 days left in the year. 26 B.C. ― Origin of Egyptian Era 1783 ― First hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900-meter altitude 1789 ― French National Assembly issues ``Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" 1859 ― First successful oil well drilled, near Titusville, Penn. 1896 ― Zanzibar loses to England in a 38-minute war (9:02 a.m.- 9:40 a.m.) 1913 ― Lt. Peter Nestrov, of Imperial Russian Air Service, performs a loop in a monoplane at Kiev (first aerobatic maneuver in an airplane) 1945 ― U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1961 ― Francis the Talking Mule is the mystery guest on ``What's My Line" 1966 ― Francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world 1990 ― WWF Summer Slam ― Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude

Aug 26, 2010

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2010

Today is Thursday, August 26, the 238th day of 2010. 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 1920 ― 19th amendment passes ― women's suffrage granted (about time!) 1942 ― 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France 1964 ― LBJ nominated at Democratic convention in Atlantic City, N.J. 1972 ― Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany 1978 ― Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice becomes Pope John Paul I 1982 ― NASA launches Telesat-F

Aug 25, 2010

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 2010

Today is Wednesday, August 25, the 237th day of 2010. There are 128 days left in the year. 1609 _ Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1718 _ Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana, New Orleans, founded 1814 _ British capture Washington, D.C. 1825 _ Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1830 _ Belgium revolts against Netherlands 1940 _ First parachute wedding 1944 _ Paris liberated from Nazi occupation 1950 _ President Truman orders army to seize control of RR to avert a strike 1990 _ U.N. Security Council authorizes military action against Iraq 1991 _ Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds

Aug 24, 2010

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