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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009

Today is Thursday, October 8, the 281st day of 2009. There are 84 days left in the year. 1604 _ The supernova called ``Kepler's nova" is first sighted 1912 _ First Balkan War begins 1939 _ Germany annexes Western Poland 1945 _ Truman announced atomic bomb secret shared with Britain and Canada 1957 _ Brooklyn Dodgers announce move to Los Angeles 1962 _ North Korea reports 100-percent election turnout, 100-percent vote for Workers' Party 1970 _ Soviet author Alexander I Solzhenitsyn awarded Nobel Prize for Literature 1971 _ John Lennon releases his megahit ``Imagine" 1981 _ President Reagan greeted predecessors Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon before sending them to Egypt for Anwar Sadat's funeral 1982 _ Poland bans Solidarity

Oct 7, 2009

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2009

Today is Tuesday, October 6, the 279th day of 2009. There are 86 days left in the year. 1863 _ Dr. Charles H. Sheppard opens the first public bath, in Brooklyn 1889 _ Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture 1890 _ Mormon Church outlaws polygamy 1908 _ Austria annexes Bosnia and Herzegovina 1927 _ ``Jazz Singer," first movie with a sound track, premieres (NYC) 1928 _ Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China 1939 _ Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain and France 1959 _ Soviet Luna 3, first successful photographic spacecraft, impacts Moon 1976 _ President Ford says there is ``no Soviet domination in Eastern Europe" 1991 _ Elizabeth Taylor weds for the eighth time (Larry Fortensky)

Oct 5, 2009

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2009

Today is Monday, October 5, the 278th day of 2009. There are 87 days left in the year. 1582 _ Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy, other Catholic countries 1762 _ The opera ``Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1864 _ Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1908 _ Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1910 _ Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic 1931 _ First nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington State (Herndon and Pangborn) 1945 _ ``Meet the Press" premieres on radio 1962 _ Beatles release their first record ``Love Me Do" 1983 _ Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1986 _ London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms

Oct 4, 2009

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2009

Today is Friday, October 2, the 275th day of 2009. There are 90 days left in the year. 1187 _ Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders 1608 _ Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey 1836 _ Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle 1870 _ Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1919 _ President Woodrow Wilson suffers a stroke 1946 _ First network soap opera-Faraway Hill-Dumont 1950 _ The comic strip ``Peanuts" first appears, in nine newspapers 1971 _ Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1,100-km Australian race 1984 _ Three cosmonauts return after a record 237 days in orbit 1990 _ Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is ``The End" by the Doors

Oct 1, 2009

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009

Today is Thursday, October 1, the 274th day of 2009. There are 91 days left in the year. 331 B.C. _ Alexander the Great of Macedon defeats Persian army at Gaugamela 1661 _ Yachting begins in England; King Charles II beats his brother James 1791 _ First session of the new French legislative assembly 1869 _ First postcards are issued (Vienna) 1936 _ Gen Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain 1949 _ People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung (National Day) 1949 _ Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa 1958 _ Inauguration of NASA 1977 _ Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1989 _ Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany

Sep 30, 2009

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Today is Wednesday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2009. There are 92 days left in the year. 1452 _ First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1659 _ Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) 1791 _ Mozart's opera ``The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna 1846 _ Anesthetic ether used for first time (for extracting a tooth) 1880 _ Henry Draper takes that first photograph of the Orion Nebula 1898 _ City of New York established 1935 _ Gershwin's ``Porgy & Bess" premiers in Boston 1939 _ Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland 1968 _ First Boeing 747 rolls out 1981 _ Seoul, South Korea, is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics

Sep 29, 2009

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Today is Tuesday, September 29, the 272nd day 2009. There are 93 days left in the year. 1793 _ Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1829 _ Scotland Yard formed in London 1853 _ Emigrant ship ``Annie Jane" sinks off Scotland, drowning 348 1890 _ First pro baseball game, NY Metropolitans beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 in 5 innings at the Polo Grounds in NYC 1920 _ Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 1941 _ Heavyweight Champ Joe Louis KOs Lou Nova in 6th round 1944 _ Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1963 _ Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Bros) 1979 _ Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland 1988 _ U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize

Sep 28, 2009

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

Today is Monday, September 28, the 271st day of 2009. There are 94 days left in the year. 1066 _ William the Conqueror lands in England 1906 _ U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1922 _ Mussolini marches on Rome 1930 _ Lou Gehrig's errorless streak ends at 885 consecutive games 1939 _ Soviet-German treaty agree on fourth partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to the USSR 1968 _ Beatles' ``Hey Jude," single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for nine weeks 1972 _ Japan and Communist China agree to reestablish diplomatic relations 1976 _ Muhammad Ali retains heavyweight boxing championship in a close 15-round decision over Ken Norton at Yankee Stadium 1978 _ Israeli Knesset endorses Camp David accord 1986 _ Record 23,000 start in a marathon (Mexico City)

Sep 27, 2009

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Today is Saturday, September 26, the 269th day of 2009. There are 96 days left in the year. 1687 _ Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1789 _ Jefferson appointed first Secretary of State, and John Jay, first chief justice 1907 _ New Zealand becomes a dominion 1950 _ U.N. troops in Korean War recaptured South Korean capital of Seoul 1957 _ Musical ``West Side Story" opens on Broadway 1960 _ Longest speech in U.N. history (4 hours and 29 minutes by Fidel Castro) 1969 _ Beatles release ``Abbey Road" album 1984 _ Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1988 _ Canada's Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-m gold failing drug test 1988 _ Polish communist party picks propaganda chief Rakowski as new P.M.

Sep 25, 2009

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Today is Friday, September 25, the 268th day of 2009. There are 97 days left in the year. 1513 _ Vasco Nunez de Balboa is the first European to see the Pacific Ocean 1789 _ Congress proposes Bill of Rights (10 of 12 will ratify) 1926 _ Henry Ford announces the 8-hour, 5-day workweek 1926 _ International slavery convention signed by 20 states 1934 _ Lou Gehrig plays in his 1500th consecutive game 1956 _ First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation 1957 _ Soviet 7-year plan (1959-1965) announced 1981 _ Rolling Stones begin their sixth U.S. tour (JFK Stadium, Philadelphia) 1981 _ Sandra Day O'Connor sworn in as first female supreme court justice 1990 _ Saddam Hussein warns U.S. will repeat Vietnam experience

Sep 24, 2009

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