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MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008

Today is Monday, August 18, the 231st day of 2008. There are 135 days left in the year. 1587 _ First English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare) 1834 _ Mt. Vesuvius erupts 1868 _ Pierre Janssan discovers helium in solar spectrum during eclipse 1894 _ Congress creates Bureau of Immigration 1914 _ President Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality 1958 _ Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published 1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1967 _ Rolling Stones release ``We Love You" 1988 _ FDA approves Minoxidil as a hair loss treatment 1988 _ Largest house (130 rooms) on Long Island sold for $22 million

Aug 17, 2008

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008

Today is Saturday, August 16, the 229th day of 2008. There are 137 days left in the year. 1743 _ Earliest boxing code of rules formulated in England (Jack Broughton) 1863 _ Emancipation Proclamation signed 1876 _ The opera ``Siegfried" is produced (Bayreuth) 1898 _ Roller coaster patented 1936 _ 11th Olympic games close in Berlin 1954 _ Sports Illustrated publishes its first issue 1960 _ Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms 1960 _ Joseph Kittinger parachutes from balloon at 31,330 meters (84,700 feet) 1985 _ Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn 1988 _ IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence

Aug 15, 2008

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008

Today is Friday, August 15, the 228th day of 2008. There are 138 days left in the year. 1057 _ Macbeth, King of Scotland, slain by son of King Duncan 1620 _ Mayflower sets sail from Southampton with 102 Pilgrims 1914 _ Panama Canal opens (under cost) 1918 _ U.S. and Russia sever diplomatic ties 1939 _ ``Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood 1945 _ Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1948 _ Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed (National Day) 1966 _ Radio Free Asia (South Korea) begins radio transmission 1971 _ Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents 1974 _ South Korean President Park Chung-hee escapes assassination

Aug 14, 2008

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 2008

Today is Thursday, August 14, the 227th day of 2008. There are 139 days left in the year. 410 _ Alaric sacks Rome 1248 _ Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun 1457 _ Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg) 1862 _ Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president 1880 _ Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed 1893 _ France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test 1900 _ Intl forces including US Marines enter Beijing to put down Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at ridding China of foreigners 1917 _ China declares war on Germany & Austria at start of WW I 1947 _ India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1947 _ Pakistan gains independence from Britain

Aug 13, 2008

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008

Today is Wednesday, August 13, the 226th day of 2008. There are 140 days left in the year. 1521 _ Spanish conquerors captured Mexico City from Aztecs 1868 _ Quakes kill 25,000 and causes $300 million damages (Peru and Ecuador) 1907 _ First taxicab (NYC) 1923 _ Mustapha Kemal elected president of Turkey 1928 _ Soviet Union Spartacan Games begins 1935 _ Transcontinental Roller Derby begins (Chicago Coliseum) 1945 _ 35 Jews sacrifice their lives to blow up Nazi rubber plant in Silesia 1953 _ President Eisenhower establishes Government Contract Compliance Committee 1960 _ Central African Republic and Chad proclaim independence from France 1961 _ Construction on Berlin Wall begins in East Germany (Dark day)

Aug 12, 2008

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008

Today is Tuesday, August 12, the 225th day of 2008. There are 141 days left in the year 1851 _ Isaac Singer granted patent for his sewing machine 1877 _ Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device 1879 _ First National Archery Association tournament (Chicago) 1898 _ Hawaii formally annexed to U.S. 1915 _ ``Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1953 _ Soviet Union conducts secret test of its first hydrogen bomb 1955 _ Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from $0.75 to $1 an hour 1972 _ Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1985 _ Japanese Boeing 747 crashes, 520 die (worst in-flight toll) 1990 _ Iraq President Saddam Hussein says he is ready to resolve the Gulf crisis if Israel withdraws from occupied territories

Aug 11, 2008

MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008

Today is Monday, August 11, the 224th day of 2008. There are 142 days left in the year. 1866 _ World's first roller rink opens (Newport, R.I.) 1929 _ Babe Ruth becomes first to hit 500 homers 1933 _ Temp reaches 136 degrees Fahrenheit (58 degrees Celsius) at San Luis Potos, Mexico (world record) 1934 _ First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in S.F. Bay 1945 _ Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito 1952 _ Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan 1954 _ Formal peace takes place, ending more than seven years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh 1956 _ Elvis Presley releases ``Don't Be Cruel" 1966 _ Last Beatle concert tour of the U.S. begins 1975 _ U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to U.N.

Aug 10, 2008

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2008

Today is Saturday, August 9, the 222nd day of 2008. There are 144 days left in the year. 480 B.C. _ Persia defeats Spartan king Leonidas at Thermopylae 1786 _ First ascent of Mt. Blanc 1849 _ Hungarian Republic crushed by Austria and Russia 1854 _ Henry David Thoreau publishes ``Walden" 1936 _ Jesse Owens wins fourth gold medal of Berlin Olympics 1942 _ British arrests Indian nationalist Mohandas K. Gandhi 1945 _ U.S. drops second atomic bomb ``Fat Man" on Japan destroys part of Nagasaki 1965 _ Singapore gains independence from Malaysia (National Day) 1974 _ Richard Nixon resigns presidency, V.P. Gerald Ford becomes 38th president 1992 _ 25th Olympic Summer games close in Barcelona, Spain

Aug 8, 2008

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2008

Today is Friday, August 8, the 221st day of 2008. There are 145 days left in the year. 1609 _ Venetian senate examines Galileo Galilei's telescope 1709 _ First known ascent in hot-air balloon, Bartolomeu de Gusmao (indoors) 1815 _ Napoleon Bonaparte set sail for exile on St. Helena 1864 _ Red Cross Anniversary 1876 _ Thomas Edison patents mimeograph 1945 _ President Harry S. Truman signs U.N. Charter 1945 _ USSR declares war against Japan in WW II 1945 _ USSR establishes a communist government in North Korea 1953 _ U.S. and South Korea initial a mutual security pact 1974 _ President Richard M. Nixon announces he'd resign his office 12 p.m.

Aug 7, 2008

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2008

Today is Thursday, August 7, the 220th day of 2008. There are 146 days left in the year. 1498 _ Columbus arrives in Caribbean 1934 _ U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel ``Ulysses" 1960 _ Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) gains independence from France 1964 _ U.S. Congress approves Gulf of Tonkin resolution 1966 _ Race riot in Lansing, Mich. 1970 _ First computer chess tournament 1983 _ First World Track & Field Championships 1987 _ Five Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala 1990 _ Saudi Arabia allows U.S. troops on their soil to stop an Iraqi invasion 1991 _ Court rules Manuel Noriega, may access some secret U.S. documents

Aug 6, 2008

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