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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2007

Today is Friday, October 5, the 278th day of 2007. There are 87 days left in the year. 869 _ The fourth Council of Constantinople (8th ecumenical council) opens 1582 Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy and other Catholic countries 1762 _ The opera ``Orfeo Ed Euridice" is produced (Vienna) 1864 Most of Calcutta destroyed by cyclone (approx 60,000 die) 1908 _ Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1910 _ Portugal overthrows monarchy, proclaims republic 1923 Edwin Hubble identifies Cepheid variable star 1931 _ The first nonstop transpacific flight, Japan to Washington (Herndon & Pangborn) 1953 _ Earl Warren sworn in as the 14th chief justice of the U.S. 1962 _ Beatles release their first record ``Love Me Do" 1970 _ Quebec separatists kidnap British trade commissioner James Cross 1978 _ Isaac Bashevis Singer wins the Nobel Prize for literature 1983 _ Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize 1986 _ The London Sunday Times reports Israel is stocking nuclear arms

Oct 4, 2007

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2007

Today is Thursday, October 4, the 277th day of 2007. There are 88 days left in the year. 1582 _ The last day of the Julian calendar in Italy and many other Catholic countries 1824 _ Mexico becomes a republic 1830 _ The provisional government declares secession of Belgium from the Netherlands 1900 _ The start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ``The Problem of Thor Bridge" 1910 _ Portugal becomes a republic, King Manuel II flees to England 1940 _ Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps 1957 _ USSR launches Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite 1958 _ The fifth French republic established 1959 _ USSR Luna 3 sent back the photos of Moon's far side 1963 _ Gambia achieves full internal self-government 1965 _ Pope Paul VI becomes the first pope to visit Western Hemisphere 1966 _ Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain 1969 _ U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at Geneva headquarters 1978 _ Funeral services held for Pope John Paul I 1984 _ The U.S. government closes down due to budget pr

Oct 3, 2007

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2007

2333 B.C. -- Dangun establishes the legendary Korean kingdom of Gojoseon 1863 -- Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1922 -- The first facsimile photo sent over city telephone lines, Washington, D.C. 1929 -- Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1955 -- Soviet battleship “ Novorossiisk” strikes WWII mine in the Baltic Sea 1990 -- East Germany and West Germany merge to become Germany

Oct 2, 2007

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2007

Today is Monday, October 1, the 273rd day of 2007. There are 92 days left in the year. 2016 B.C. _ The origin of Era of Abraham 331 B.C. _ Alexander the Great of Macedon defeats the Persian army at Gaugamela 366 _ St. Damasus I begins his reign as Catholic pope 1800 _ Spain cedes Louisiana to France in a secret treaty 1890 _ Yosemite National Park established 1908 _ Henry Ford introduces the Model T car (costs $825) 1936 _ Gen. Francisco Franco establishes the state of Spain 1939 _ Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as ``a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma" 1949 _ The People's Republic of China proclaimed by Mao Tse-tung 1949 _ The Republic of China (Taiwan) forms on the island of Formosa 1960 _ Nigeria gains independence from Britain 1971 _ Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens 1977 _ Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games 1982 _ West Germany's Parliament ousts chancellor Helmut Schmidt 1990 _ President Bush at the U.N., condemns Iraq's takeover of Kuwait

Sep 30, 2007

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007

Today is Saturday, September 29, the 271st day of 2007. There are 94 days left in the year. 855 _ Benedict III begins his reign as Catholic pope 1789 _ The U.S. War Department established a regular army 1829 _ London's Metropolitan Police Force goes on duty 1829 _ Scotland Yard formed in London 1944 _ Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1959 _ The Sultan of Brunei promulgates a constitution 1979 _ Gold hits record $400.20 an ounce in Hong Kong 1979 _ Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit Ireland 1988 _ U.N. peacekeeping forces win Nobel Peace Prize 1990 _ Washington National Cathedral construction is completed after 83 years

Sep 28, 2007

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

Today is Friday, September 28, the 270th day of 2007. There are 95 days left in the year. 1066 _ William the Conqueror lands in England 1542 _ Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo discovers California at San Diego Bay 1781 _ The Siege of Yorktown begins, last battle of the Revolutionary War 1867 _ Toronto becomes the capital of Ontario 1906 _ U.S. troops reoccupy Cuba, stay until 1909 1912 _ ``Kiche Maru" sinks off Japan, killing 1,000 1914 _ German forces move into Antwerp Belgium (WWI) 1922 _ Mussolini marches on Rome 1939 _ The Soviet-German treaty agrees on the fourth partition of Poland (WWII) and gives Lithuania to the USSR 1958 _ Guinea votes for independence from France 1972 _ Japan and Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations 1978 _ Israeli Knesset endorses the Camp David accord

Sep 27, 2007

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007

Today is Sunday, September 27, the 269th day of 2007. There are 96 days left in the year. 1290 _ Earthquake in the Gulf of Chili, China, reportedly kills 100,000 1540 _ The Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola 1779 _ John Adams negotiates Revolutionary War peace terms with Britain 1821 _ The Mexican Empire declares its independence 1825 _ Railroad transportation is born with the first track in England 1928 _ The U.S. recognizes the Nationalist Chinese government 1938 _ Ocean liner Queen Elizabeth launched at Glasgow 1939 _ Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance 1954 _ School integration begins in Washington, D.C., and Baltimore public schools 1959 _ Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev concludes his U.S. visit 1961 _ Sierre Leone becomes the 100th member of the U.N. 1989 _ Sony purchases Columbia Pictures for $3.4 billion cash 1991 _ President Bush decides to end full-time B-52 bombers alert

Sep 26, 2007

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2007

Today is Sunday, September 23, the 265th day of 2007. There are 100 days left in the year. 1642 _ Harvard College in Cambridge, Mass., holds the first commencement 1862 _ Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers 1868 _ Grito de Lares proclaims Puerto Rico's independence (crushed by Spain) 1908 _ The University of Alberta opens 1932 _ Kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd renamed Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1949 _ Harry Truman announces evidence of USSR's first nuclear device detonation 1952 _ Richard Nixon makes his ``Checker's" speech 1973 _ Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1990 _ PBS begins an 11-hour miniseries on The Civil War 1990 _ Saddam Hussein says he will destroy Israel

Sep 22, 2007

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2007

Today is Saturday, September 22, the 264th day of 2007. There are 101 days left in the year. 530 _ Boniface II begins his reign as Catholic pope 1692 _ Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S. 1792 _ The Origin of the French Republican era 1817 _ John Quincy Adams becomes U.S. secretary of state 1863 _ President Abraham Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech 1949 _ The USSR detonates its first atomic bomb 1955 _ Commercial TV begins in England 1960 _ Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France 1964 _ ``Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances 1970 _ President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses 1973 _ Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish secretary of state 1980 _ Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins 1988 _ South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67-minute sit-in 1990 _ Saudi Arabia expels many Jordanian and Yemeni envoys

Sep 21, 2007

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Today is Friday, September 21, the 263rd day of 2007. There are 102 days left in the year. 687 _ Conon ends his reign as Catholic pope 1451 _ Cardinal Nicholas of Cusa orders Jews of Holland to wear a badge 1792 _ The first French Republic declared 1895 _ The first auto manufacturer opens-Duryea Motor Wagon Company 1922 _ President Warren G. Harding signs a joint resolution of approval to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine 1949 _ The People's Republic of China proclaimed 1954 _ Nuclear submarine ``Nautilus" is commissioned 1964 _ Malta gains independence from Britain 1972 _ Marcos declares martial law in the Philippines 1991 _ Armenia votes on whether to remain in the Soviet Union

Sep 20, 2007

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