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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2008

Today is Thursday, October 2, the 276th day of 2008. There are 90 days left in the year. 1187 _ Sultan Saladin captures Jerusalem from the Crusaders 1608 _ Hans Lippershey offers Dutch government a new invention, the telescope 1870 _ Italy annexes Rome and Papal States; Rome made Italian capital 1936 _ First alcohol power plant established, Atchison, Kans. 1942 _ ``Queen Mary" slices cruiser ``Curacao" in half, killing 338 1950 _ The comic strip ``Peanuts" first appears in nine newspapers 1967 _ Grateful Dead members arrested by narcotic agents 1984 _ Richard Miller, becomes first (former) FBI agent, charged with espionage 1986 _ Sikhs attempt to assassinate Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi 1990 _ Radio Berlin International's final transmission (links to Deutsche Welles of West Germany); final song is ``The End" by the Doors

Oct 1, 2008

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2008

Today is Wednesday, October 1, the 275th day of 2008. 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 1908 _ Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825) 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 1962 _ Johnny Carson hosts his first Tonight Show, Joan Crawford guests 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, 2008

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Today is Tuesday, September 30, the 274th day of 2008. There are 92 days left in the year. 1452 _ First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible 1659 _ Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe) 1846 _ Anesthetic ether used for first time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1898 _ City of N.Y. established 1929 _ First manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) 1935 _ Gershwin's ``Porgy & Bess" premiers in Boston 1946 _ 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial 1949 _ Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights 1968 _ First Boeing 747 rolls out 1981 _ Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics

Sep 29, 2008

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2008

Today is Monday, September 29, the 273rd day of 2008. There are 93 days left in the year. 1650 _ Henry Robinson opens first marriage bureau (England) 1789 _ U.S. War Dept established a regular army 1793 _ Tennis is first mentioned in an English sporting magazine 1829 _ Scotland Yard formed in London 1849 _ First passenger train service to Peekskill, N.Y. (New Haven Railroad) 1936 _ Radio used for first time for a presidential campaign 1963 _ Rolling Stones first tour (opening act for Bo Diddley & Everly Brothers) 1979 _ Pope John Paul II becomes first pope to visit Ireland 1986 _ USSR releases U.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff confined on spy charges 1988 _ U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize

Sep 28, 2008

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2008

Today is Saturday, September 27, the 271st day of 2008. There are 95 days left in the year. 1290 _ Earthquake in Gulf of Chili China, reportedly kills 100,000 1540 _ Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola 1821 _ Mexican Empire declares its independence 1910 - First test flight of a twin-engine airplane (France) 1928 _ U.S. recognizes Nationalist Chinese government 1937 _ First Santa Claus school opens (Albion, N.Y.) 1953 _ Typhoon destroys 1/3 of Nagoya Japan 1959 _ Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit 1961 _ Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the U.N. 1988 _ Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ`s burial cloth

Sep 26, 2008

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2008

Today is Friday, September 26, the 270th day of 2008. There are 96 days left in the year. 1687 _ Parthenon destroyed in war between Turks and Venetians 1835 _ The opera ``Lucia di Lammermoor" is produced (Naples) 1907 _ New Zealand becomes a dominion 1934 _ British liner Queen Mary is launched 1957 _ Musical ``West Side Story," opens on Broadway 1960 _ Longest speech in U.N. history (4 hours, 29 minutes by Fidel Castro) 1969 _ Beatles release ``Abbey Road" album 1973 _ Concorde flies from Washington D.C. to Paris in 3 hours, 33 minutes 1984 _ Britain and China initial agreement return Hong Kong to China in 1997 1988 _ Canada`s Ben Johnson stripped of his 100-meter gold failing drug test

Sep 25, 2008

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

Today is Thursday, September 25, the 269th day of 2008. There are 97 days left in the year. 1493 _ Columbus sails on second voyage to America 1639 _ First printing press in America 1926 _ Henry Ford announces the 8-hour, 5-day workweek 1926 _ International slavery convention signed by 20 states 1939 _ Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1956 _ First transatlantic telephone cable goes into operation 1957 _ Soviet 7-year plan (1959-1965) announced 1962 _ Sonny Liston KOs Floyd Patterson in first round for heavyweight title 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, 2008

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

Today is Wednesday, September 24, the 268th day of 2008. There are 98 days left in the year. 312 _ Start of Imperial Indication 1493 _ Columbus' second expedition to the New World 1845 _ First baseball team is organized 1852 _ A new invention, the dirigible, is demonstrated 1865 _ James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, S.F. 1895 _ First round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) 1963 _ Senate ratifies treaty with Britain and USSR limit nuclear testing 1976 _ Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to seven years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter 1988 _ Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 meters in 9.79 seconds 1990 _ Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market

Sep 23, 2008

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

Today is Tuesday, September 23, the 267th day of 2008. There are 99 days left in the year. 1642 _ Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass, first commencement 1845 _ First baseball team, N.Y. Knickerbockers organize, adopt rule code 1932 _ Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1949 _ Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation 1952 _ First closed circuit pay-TV telecast of a sports event 1973 _ Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1978 _ 100,000 cheering Egyptians welcome Sadat home from Camp David summit 1979 _ Jane Fonda and 200,000 attend anti-nuke rally in Battery Park, NYC 1988 _ Jose Canseco becomes baseball's first to steal 40 bases & hit 40 HRs 1990 _ Saddam says he will destroy Israel

Sep 22, 2008

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Today is Monday, September 22, the 266th day of 2008. There are 100 days left in the year. 1692 _ Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. 1863 _ President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech 1893 _ First auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield 1903 _ Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone 1911 _ Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th and final game 1949 _ USSR detonates its first atomic bomb 1955 _ Commercial TV begins in England 1964 _ ``Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances 1970 _ President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1988 _ South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in

Sep 21, 2008

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