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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2010

Today is Tuesday, August 24, the 236th day of 2010. 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 1814 _ British sack Washington, D.C., White House burned 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 1991 _ Ukraine declares independence from the USSR

Aug 23, 2010

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2010

Today is Monday, August 23, the 235th day of 2010. There are 130 days left in the year. 1617 ― First one-way streets established (London) 1833 ― Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1872 ― First Japanese commercial ship visits S.F., carrying tea 1904 ― Automobile tire chain patented 1914 ― Japan declares war on Germany in World War I 1950 ― West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation 1960 ― World's largest frog (3.3 kg) caught (Equatorial Guinea) 1966 ― Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon 1972 ― Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla.) renominates V.P. Agnew but not unanimously ― one vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley) 1979 ― Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC

Aug 22, 2010

SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2010

Today is Saturday, August 21, the 233rd day of 2010. There are 132 days left in the year. 1841 _ John Hampson patents venetian blind 1858 _ First Lincoln-Douglas debate (Illinois) 1959 _ Hawaii becomes 50th and last U.S. state 1963 _ Martial law declared in South Vietnam 1965 _ Gemini 5 launched into Earth orbit (two astronauts) 1968 _ Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 a.m. announces a Soviet-led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1972 _ First hot-air balloon flight over the Alps 1986 _ Lake Nios Volcanic eruption in Cameroon releases poison gas, killing 1,746 1989 _ Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune 1991 _ Communist coup is crushed in USSR in two days

Aug 20, 2010

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010

Today is Friday, August 20, the 232nd day of 2010. There are 133 days left in the year. 1866 ― President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1896 ― Dial telephone patented 1953 ― Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1955 ― Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria 1960 _ USSR recovers two dogs; first living organisms to return from space 1968 ― 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1974 ― Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) 1977 ― NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune 1980 ― Reinhold Messner of Italy is first to solo ascent Mt. Everest 1980 ― U.N. Security Council condemns (14-0, U.S. abstains) Israeli declaration that all of Jerusalem is its capital

Aug 19, 2010

THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 2010

Today is Thursday, August 19, the 231st day of 2010. There are 134 days left in the year. 1099 ― Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon 1888 ― First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18-year-old West Indian wins 1934 ― Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler 1942 ― First American offensive in Pacific in WWII, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1951 ― Bill Veeck (Browns) sends Eddie Gaedel, a 3'7" midget, to pinch-hit 1979 ― Crew of Soyuz 32 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 34 after 175-day flight 1981 ― Two U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shot down two Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 1985 ― Japan launches its second probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1988 ― Iran-Iraq begin a ceasefire in their 8-year-old war (11 p.m. EDT) 1991 ― Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev

Aug 18, 2010

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2010

Today is Wednesday, August 18, the 230th day of 2010. There are 135 days left in the year. 1834 ― Mt. Vesuvius erupts 1868 ― Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1914 ― Pres Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality 1954 ― Assistant Secretary of Labor James Wilkins became first black to attend cabinet 1958 ― Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published 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 1978 ― Memphis, Tenn., settles with striking police officers and firefighters 1987 ― Philip Rush of New Zealand set record for triple crossing English Channel. His time, 28:21, 10 hours faster than the first man to do it

Aug 17, 2010

TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2010

Today is Tuesday, August 17, the 229th day of 2010. There are 136 days left in the year. 1877 ― Asaph Hall discovers Mars’ moon Phobos 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 NYC 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 at T+77 seconds 1962 ― Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1970 ― Venera 7 launched by USSR for soft landing on Venus 1978 ― First manned balloon crossing of Atlantic Ocean (Eagle II)

Aug 16, 2010

MONDAY, AUGUST 16, 2010

Today is Monday, August 16, the 228th day of 2010. 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 1898 ― Roller coaster patented 1954 ― Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue 1955 ― Fiat Motors orders first private atomic reactor 1981 ― Highest score in World Cup soccer match (New Zealand-13, Fiji-0) 1985 ― Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn 1988 ― IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1990 ― Iraq orders 4,000 Britons and 2,500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

Aug 15, 2010

SATURDAY AUGUST 14, 2010

Today is Saturday, August 14, the 226th day of 2010. There are 139 days left in the year. 410 ― Alaric sacks Rome 1248 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun 1457 ― Oldest known exactly dated printed book (three years after Gutenberg) 1862 ― Lincoln receives first group of blacks to confer with U.S. president 1880 ― Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed 1893 ― France issues first driving licenses, included required test 1900 ― International forces, including U.S. Marines, enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners 1945 ― V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II 1947 ― India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1947 ― Pakistan gains independence from Britain

Aug 13, 2010

THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010

Today is Thursday, August 12, the 224th day of 2010. There are 141 days left in the year. 1851 ― Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine 1877 ― Thomas Edison invents the Edison phone, 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 1960 ― Echo 1, first communications satellite, is launched 1974 ― Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox batters 1977 ― Space shuttle Enterprise makes first atmospheric flight 1985 ― Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll)

Aug 11, 2010

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