Today in History

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2008

Today is Tuesday, September 9, the 253rd day of 2008. There are 113 days left in the year. 1776 _ Continental Congress renames ``United Colonies," ``United States" 1867 _ Luxembourg gains independence 1943 _ Italy surrenders to the Allies 1945 _ Japanese in S. Korea, Taiwan, China, Indochina surrender to Allies 1948 _ People's Democratic Republic of Korea proclaimed 1956 _ Elvis Presley appears on national TV for first time (Ed Sullivan) 1965 _ Tibet is made an autonomous region of China 1968 _ First U.S. Open, held as an ``open" (Arthur Ashe wins) 1971 _ John Lennon releases the ``Imagine" album 1990 _ Bush & Gorbachev meet in Helsinki and urge Iraq to leave Kuwait

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Today is Monday, September 8, the 252nd day of 2008. There are 114 days left in the year. 1664 _ Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (N.Y.) to 300 English soldiers 1858 _ Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1921 _ First Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington D.C.) 1930 _ First appearance of the comic strip ``Blondie" 1939 _ FDR declares ``limited national emergency" due to war in Europe 1951 _ Japan signs treaty of peace with 48 countries (S.F.) 1952 _ Ernest Hemingway's ``Old Man and the Sea" published 1956 _ Harry Belafonte's album ``Calypso," goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 31 weeks 1973 _ Hank Aaron sets record of most homeruns in one league (709) 1974 _ President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

Today is Saturday, September 6, the 250th day of 2008. There are 116 days left in the year. 1620 _ Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World 1848 _ National Black Convention meets (Cleveland) 1853 _ Women's Rights Convention met (NYC) 1941 _ All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star 1966 _ ``Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV 1976 _ Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig-25 jet 1983 _ USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on Sept. 2 1986 _ Barbra Streisand's first live concert in 20 years 1986 _ USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying 1991 _ USSR recognizes independence of the three Baltic republics

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008

Today is Friday, September 5, the 249th day of 2008. There are 117 days left in the year. 1774 _ First Continental Congress assembles, in Philadelphia 1944 _ Allies liberate Brussels 1953 _ First privately operated atomic reactor-Raleigh, N.C. 1958 _ ``"Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S. 1960 _ Cassius Clay captures the Olympic light heavyweight gold medal 1972 _ 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics 1977 _ Voyager 1 (U.S.) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1978 _ Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md. 1990 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West 1991 _ U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Today is Thursday, September 4, the 248th day of 2008. There are 118 days left in the year. 476 _ Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 1833 _ First newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-N.Y. Sun) 1842 _ Work on Koln Cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus 1870 _ Third French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king 1882 _ First district lit by electricity (N.Y.'s Pearl Street Station) 1885 _ First cafeteria opens (NYC) 1888 _ George Eastman patents first roll-film camera and registers ``Kodak" 1945 _ U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan 1953 _ Yanks become first team to win five consecutive championships 1965 _ Beatles' ``Help!," single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for three weeks

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008

Today is Wednesday, September 3, the 247th day of 2008. There are 119 days left in the year. 1189 _ England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 1783 _ Treaty of Paris signed (ending the U.S. Revolutionary War) 1833 _ NY Sun begins publishing (first daily newspaper) 1925 _ First international handball match held 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 1943 _ Allies invade Italy 1945 _ Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies 1971 _ Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008

Today is Tuesday, September 2, the 246th day of 2008. There are 120 days left in the year. 31 B.C. _ Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emperor Augustus 490 B.C. _ Phidippides runs first marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs. Persia 1901 _ V.P. Theodore Roosevelt advises, ``Speak softly and carry a big stick" 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) 1978 _ John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston 1987 _ Donald Trump takes out a full-page New York Times ad lambasting Japan

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008

Today is Monday, September 1, the 245th day of 2008. There are 121 days left in the year. 312 B.C. _ Origin of Greek Era-Start of Indiction of Constantinople 69 _ Traditional date of the destruction of Jerusalem 1865 _ Joseph Lister performs first antiseptic surgery 1923 _ Earthquake strikes Tokyo and Yokohama, kills 106,000 1945 _ Japan surrenders ending WW II (U.S. date - Sept.2 in Japan) 1948 _ Communist form North China People's Republic 1948 _ U.N.'s World Health Organization forms 1962 _ U.N. announces Earth population has hit 3 billion 1969 _ Libyan revolution, Col. Moammar Gadhafi deposes King Idris 1983 _ Korean Boeing 747 strays into Siberia and is shot down by a Soviet jet

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008

Today is Saturday, August 30, the 243rd day of 2008. There are 123 days left in the year. 31 B.C. _ Origin of Era of Augustus 1645 _ Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty 1843 _ First black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) 1941 _ Siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WW II 1944 _ Soviet troops enter Bucharest Romania 1945 _ Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1963 _ Hot Line communications link between Washington, D.C. and Moscow went begins 1976 _ Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show 1979 _ First recorded occurrence-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1986 _ Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News World Report)

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