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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2008

Today is Friday, August 29, the 242nd day of 2008. There are 124 days left in the year. 284 _ Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) 1896 _ Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador 1929 _ German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight 1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1949 _ USSR explodes its first atomic bomb 1950 _ Int'l Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan 1953 _ USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb 1957 _ Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 1964 _ Walt Disney's ``Mary Poppins" released 1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq

Aug 28, 2008

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 2008

Today is Thursday, August 28, the 241st day of 2008. There are 125 days left in the year. 1850 - The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar) 1867 - U.S. occupies Midway Islands in the Pacific 1916 - Italy declares war against Germany during WW I 1957 - Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill 1962 - Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid 1963 - 200,000 demonstrate for equal rights in Washington, D.C. 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr.'s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1981 - John Hinckley Jr. pleads innocent in attempt to kill President Reagan 1983 - Israeli P.M. Menachem Begin announces resignation 1990 - Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province

Aug 27, 2008

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008

Today is Wednesday, August 27, the 240th day of 2008. There are 126 days left in the year. 26 B.C. _ Origin of Egyptian Era 1783 _ First hydrogen balloon flight (unmanned); reaches 900-meter altitude 1789 _ French National Assembly issues ``Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" 1896 _ Zanzibar loses to England in a 38-minute war (9:02 -9:40 a.m.) 1928 _ 16 die in a NYC subway's second worst accident 1945 _ U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1962 _ Mariner 2 launched; first probe to fly by Venus 1966 _ Francis Chichester begins the first solo sail around the world 1982 _ Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth 1984 _ President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project

Aug 26, 2008

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008

Today is Tuesday, August 26, the 239th day of 2008. There are 127 days left in the year. 55 B.C. _ Roman forces under Julius Caesar invade Britain 1907 _ Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in 57 seconds 1914 _ Germans defeat Russians in Battle of Tannenberg 1920 _ 19th amendment passes-women's suffrage granted (about time!) 1939 _ First major league baseball telecast - Reds at Brooklyn Dodgers 1942 _ 7,000 Jews rounded up in Vichy Free Zone of France 1957 _ USSR announces successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile 1961 _ Official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto 1972 _ Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany 1973 _ University of Texas (Arlington) is first accredited school to offer belly dancing

Aug 25, 2008

MONDAY, AUGUST 25,2008

Today is Monday, August 25, the 238th day of 2008. There are 128 days left in the year. 1609 _ Galileo demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers 1718 _ Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana; New Orleans, founded 1825 _ Uruguay declares independence from Brazil (National Day) 1830 _ Belgium revolts against Netherlands 1921 _ U.S. signs peace treaty with Germany 1940 _ First parachute wedding 1944 _ Paris liberated from Nazi occupation 1981 _ Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer, is sentenced to 20 years 1990 _ U.N. security council authorizes military action against Iraq 1991 _ Carl Lewis runs 100m in 9.86 seconds

Aug 24, 2008

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008

Today is Saturday, August 23, the 236th day of 2008. 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 1924 _ Mars' closest approach to Earth since the 10th century 1939 _ USSR and Germany sign a nonaggression pact 1944 _ Romania liberated from Nazi occupation (National Day 1944-1990) 1950 _ West Germany and Japan readmitted to International Amateur Athletic Federation 1966 _ Lunar Orbiter 1 takes first photograph of Earth from Moon

Aug 22, 2008

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008

Today is Friday, August 22, the 235th day of 2008. There are 131 days left in the year. 565 _ St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness 1762 _ First female (Ann Franklin) U.S. newspaper editor, Newport RI, Mercury 1846 _ U.S. annexes New Mexico 1864 _ Geneva Convention signed, by 12 nations 1911 _ Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre 1932 _ BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts 1987 _ Madonna's ``Who's That Girl" single goes No. 1 1988 _ Australia unveils first platinum coin (Koala) 1989 _ First complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 _ Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter

Aug 21, 2008

THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008

Today is Thursday, August 21, the 234th day of 2008. There are 132 days left in the year 1944 _ Dumbarton Oaks conference opens in Washington, D.C.; establishes U.N. 1959 _ Hawaii becomes 50th U.S. state 1963 _ Martial law declared in S. Vietnam 1968 _ Radio Prague (Czech) announces a Soviet-led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1968 _ After five years Russia once again jams Voice of America radio 1972 _ First hot air balloon flight over the Alps 1982 _ Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut 1988 _ Cease fire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after eight years of war 1989 _ Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune 1991 _ Communist coup is crushed in USSR in two days

Aug 20, 2008

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008

Today is Wednesday, August 20, the 233rd day of 2008. There are 133 days left in the year. 1866 _ President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1895 _ Start of Sherlock Holmes ``Adventure of Norwood Builder" (BG) 1896 _ Dial telephone patented 1940 _ Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents 1948 _ U.S. expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin 1953 _ Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1955 _ Hundreds killed in anti-French rioting in Morocco and Algeria 1965 _ Rolling Stones release ``Satisfaction" (their first No. 1 U.S. hit) 1974 _ Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) 1980 _ Reinhold Messner of Italy is first to solo ascent Mt. Everest

Aug 19, 2008

TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2008

Today is Tuesday, August 19, the 232nd day of 2008. There are 134 days left in the year. 1099 _ Crusaders beat Saracens in Battle of Ascalon 1787 _ W. Herschel discovers Enceladus, a moon of Saturn 1888 _ First beauty contest (Spa, Belgium), 18 year-old West Indian wins 1891 _ William Huggins describes astronomical application of spectrum 1909 _ First race at the Indianapolis 500 Speedway 1934 _ Plebiscite in Germany approved sole executive power to Adolph Hitler 1960 _ Sputnik 5 carries two dogs, three mice into orbit (later recovered alive) 1985 _ Japan launches its second probe of Halley's Comet, Suisei 1988 _ Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their eight-year-old war 1991 _ Coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev

Aug 18, 2008

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