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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Today is Wednesday, November 5, the 310th day of 2008. There are 56 days left in the year. 1492 _ Christopher Columbus learns of maize (corn) from the Indians of Cuba 1605 _ Gunpowder Plot; Catholics try to blow up English Parliament. Plot uncovered and leader Guy Fawkes hanged 1838 _ Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation 1875 _ Susan B. Anthony arrested for attempting to vote 1895 _ First U.S. patent granted for auto (George B. Selden) 1935 _ Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of Maryland to admit (black) Donald Murray 1940 _ President FDR (D) wins unprecedented third term beating Wendell Willkie (R) 1956 _ Britain and France land forces in Egypt 1987 _ Iceberg twice the size of Rhode Island sighted in Antarctic 1988 _ Japan beats MLB all stars 2-1 in Tokyo (Game 1 of 7)

Nov 4, 2008

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Today is Tuesday, November 4, the 309th day of 2008. There are 57 days left in the year. 1576 _ Spanish defeat Walloons and take Antwerp Belgium 1845 _ First nationally observed uniform election day in U.S. 1866 _ Kingdom of Italy annexes Venetia 1873 _ Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown 1879 _ James & John Ritty patent first cash register to combat stealing by bartenders in their Dayton, Ohio, saloon 1922 _ Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt 1946 _ U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization formed 1956 _ 200,000 Russian troops attack anti-Stalinist revolt in Budapest 1979 _ 500 Iranian ``students" seize U.S. embassy, take 90 hostages (444 days) 1990 _ Iraq says it is preparing for a ``dangerous war"

Nov 3, 2008

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Today is Monday, November 3, the 308th day of 2008. There are 58 days left in the year 1839 _ First opium war ― two British frigates engage several Chinese junks 1918 _ Austro-Hungarian Empire dissolves 1918 _ Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I 1931 _ First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured 1936 _ President FDR wins landslide victory over Alfred M. Landon (R) 1955 _ First virus crystallized (announced) 1956 _ ``Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) 1970 _ Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile 1979 _ 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran) 1984 _ 3,000 die in three-day anti-Sikh riot in India

Nov 2, 2008

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2008

Today is Saturday, November 1, the 306th day of 2008. There are 60 days left in the year. 79 _ Pompei buried by Mt. Vesuvius 1512 _ Michelangelo's paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, first exhibited 1604 _ William Shakespeare's tragedy ``Othello" first presented 1894 _ Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1928 _ Graf Zeppelin sets airship distance record of 6,384 km 1952 _ First hydrogen device exploded at Eniwetok Atoll in the Pacific 1952 _ Fusion occurred for the first time on Earth 1969 _ Beatles' ``Abbey Road," album goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 11 weeks 1989 _ Scandinavian Airlines System bans smoking on many flights 1993 _ European Union comes into existence

Oct 31, 2008

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008

Today is Friday, October 31, the 305th day of 2008. There are 61 days left in the year. 1517 _ Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg Church _ Protestant Reformation 1793 _ Execution of the Girondins at Paris, during the Reign of Terror 1922 _ Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1952 _ First thermonuclear bomb detonated-Marshall Islands 1954 _ Algerian Revolution against French begins 1956 _ Britain and France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal 1967 _ Nguyen Van Thieu took oath of office as first president of S. Vietnam's second republic 1968 _ President Johnson orders a halt to all bombing of North Vietnam 1969 _ George Harrison's ``Something" is released in U.K. 1988 _ Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia

Oct 30, 2008

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008

Today is Thursday, October 30, the 304th day of 2008. There are 62 days left in the year. 1888 _ First ballpoint pen patented 1905 _ ``October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1930 _ Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship 1938 _ Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of ``War of the Worlds" 1939 _ USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland 1944 _ Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen 1945 _ U.S. government announces end of shoe rationing 1961 _ Soviet Union tests a 58-megaton hydrogen bomb 1974 _ Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire 1991 _ Middle East peace conference begins in Madrid

Oct 29, 2008

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2008

Today is Wednesday, October 29, the 303rd day of 2008. There are 63 days left in the year. 539 B.C. _ Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia 1787 _ The opera ``Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) 1863 _ International Commission of the Red Cross founded 1923 _ Turkey proclaimed a republic (National Day) 1929 _ ``Black Tuesday" stock market crashes trigger ``Great Depression" 1942 _ 16,000 Jews killed in Pinsk Russia 1945 _ First ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented 1960 _ Muhammad Ali's (Cassius Clay's) first professional fight, beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6th round 1966 _ National Organization of Women founded 1988 _ China announces a herbal male contraceptive

Oct 28, 2008

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2008

Today is Tuesday, October 28, the 302nd day of 2008. There are 62 days left in the year. 1492 _ Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba 1636 _ Harvard University (Boston) established 1886 _ Statue of Liberty dedicated by President Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by the first confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC 1900 _ After over five months the Paris Olympic games close 1918 _ Czechoslovakia gains independence as Austria-Hungary breaks up 1922 _ Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government 1929 _ First child born in aircraft, Miami, Fla. 1940 _ Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1962 _ Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis 1970 _ U.S. and USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts

Oct 27, 2008

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2008

Today is Monday, October 27, the 301st day of 2008. There are 65 days left in the year. 1904 _ World's first subway, the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit), opens in NYC, subway/bus fare is set at one nickel 1916 _ First published reference to ``jazz" appears (Variety) 1920 _ League of Nations moves headquarters in Geneva 1925 _ Water skis patented by Fred Waller 1938 _ DuPont announces its new synthetic fiber will be called ``nylon" 1954 _ Walt Disney's first TV show, ``Disneyland," premieres on ABC 1969 _ Ralph Nader sets up a consumer organization known as Nader's Raiders 1982 _ China announces its population at 1 billion people plus 1985 _ Thieves steal nine paintings, including five Monet's and two Renoir's 1987 _ South Korean voters overwhelmingly approved a new constitution

Oct 26, 2008

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2008

Today is Saturday, October 25, the 299th day of 2008. There are 67 days left in the year. 1870 _ Postcards first used in U.S. 1945 _ Japanese surrender Taiwan to Gen Chiang Kai-shek 1951 _ Peace talks aimed at ending Korean War resumed in Panmunjeom 1960 _ First electronic wristwatch placed on sale, NYC 1962 _ American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 1962 _ Stevenson demands USSR Amb. Zorin answer regarding Cuban missile bases saying, ``I am prepared to wait for my answer until hell freezes over" 1963 _ Beatles begin their first full foreign tour in Sweden 1983 _ U.S. invades Grenada, a country 1/2,000 its population (U.S. Wins!) 1986 _ International Red Cross ousted from South Africa 1990 _ N.Y. Daily News goes on strike (lasts through March, 1991)

Oct 24, 2008

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