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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2007

Today is Saturday, September 8, the 250th day of 2007. There are 115 days left in the year. 1380 _ Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars 1522 _ Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes the first circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan 1943 _ Italy surrenders to the allies in WWII 1945 _ The U.S. invades Japanese-held Korea 1951 _ Japan signs a treaty of peace with 48 countries in San Francisco 1952 _ Ernest Hemingway's ``Old Man and the Sea" published 1971 _ John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington, D.C. 1974 _ President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes 1990 _ Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, NYC

Sep 7, 2007

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Today is Friday, September 7, the 249th day of 2007. There are 116 days left in the year. 1714 _ The Treaty of Baden-French retain Alsace, Austria gets right bank of Rhine 1822 _ Brazil declares independence from Portugal 1914 _ The New York Post Office building opens to the public 1934 _ Luxury liner ``Morro Castle" burns off N.J., killing 134 1940 _ German Air Force blitz London for first of 57 consecutive nights 1963 _ The first U.S. TV appearance of the Beatles (Big Night Out-ABC) 1986 _ Desmond Tutu installed to lead the South African Anglican Church 1988 _ Guy Lafleur, Tony Esposito and Brad Park inducted in NHL Hall of Fame 1988 _ The New York Daily News reports boxer Mike Tyson is seeing a psychiatrist 1988 _ The Security & Exchange Commission accuses Drexel of violating security laws 1990 _ Miss America 1991 crowned 1991 _ Monica Seles wins the U.S. Open

Sep 6, 2007

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Today is Thursday, September 6, the 248th day of 2007. There are 117 days left in the year. 1620 _ Pilgrims set sail from Plymouth England to the New World 1853 _ Women's Rights Convention met (NYC) 1920 _ The first radio broadcast of a prizefight 1941 _ Jews of Vilna Poland are confined to a ghetto 1948 _ Juliana becomes queen of the Netherlands 1966 _ ``Star Trek" premiers on NBC TV 1968 _ Swaziland gains independence from Britain 1975 _ A 6.8 quake along Anatolian Fault kills over 2,000 in Lice, Turkey 1976 _ Russian pilot defects to Japan in a Mig 25 jet 1978 _ Begin and Sadat meet at Camp David to discuss peace 1982 _ Paul McCartney releases ``Tug of War" 1983 _ The USSR admits to shooting down KAL 007 on Sept. 2 1984 _ Today Show begins live remote telecasts from Moscow 1986 _ The USSR charges correspondent Nicholas Daniloff with spying 1991 _ The USSR recognizes independence of the three Baltic republics

Sep 5, 2007

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007

Today is Wednesday, September 5, the 247th day of 2007. There are 118 days left in the year. 1774 _ The first Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia 1836 _ Sam Houston elected president of the Republic of Texas 1882 _ 10,000 workers march in the first Labor Day parade in NYC 1900 _ France proclaims a protectorate over Chad 1905 _ The Treaty of Portsmouth ends Russo-Japanese War 1944 _ Allies liberate Brussels 1958 _ ``Doctor Zhivago" by Boris Pasternak published in the U.S. 1958 _ The first color video recording on magnetic tape presented in Charlotte, N.C. 1972 _ 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics 1977 _ Voyager 1 (US) launched toward fly-by of Jupiter, Saturn 1978 _ Sadat, Begin and Carter began peace conference at Camp David, Md. 1980 _ The world's longest auto tunnel opens in St. Gotthard, Swiss Alps 1990 _ Iraqi President Saddam Hussein urges Arabs to rise against the West 1991 _ Actor John Travolta weds Kelly Preston 1991 _ U.S. trial of former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega begins

Sep 4, 2007

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Today is Tuesday, September 4, the 246th day of 2007. There are 119 days left in the year. 476 _ Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed 1609 _ Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan 1833 _ The first newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-New York Sun) 1886 _ Geronimo is captured, ending the last major U.S.-Indian war 1888 _ George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers ``Kodak" 1918 _ U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months 1945 _ The U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan 1948 _ Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates 1957 _ Ford Motor introduces the Edsel 1964 _ NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) 1967 _ A 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200 1986 _ 189.42 million shares traded in the New York Stock Exchange 1988 _ Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, N.Y.

Sep 3, 2007

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2007

Today is Monday, September 3, the 245th day of 2007. There are 120 days left in the year. 590 _ St. Gregory I begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1189 _ England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster 1783 _ The Treaty of Paris signed, ending the U.S. Revolutionary War 1852 _ Anti-Jewish riots break out in Stockholm 1900 _ Britain annexes Natal (South Africa) 1914 _ Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV 1916 _ Allies turned back Germans in WWI's Battle of Verdun 1930 _ Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 in the Dominican Republic 1939 _ Britain declares war on Germany. France follows 6 hours later quickly joined by Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Canada 1943 _ Allies invade Italy 1945 _ Japanese forces in the Philippines surrender to Allies 1971 _ Qatar regains complete independence from Britain 1976 _ Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos 1978 _ Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29 1978 _ Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

Sep 3, 2007

FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2007

Today is Friday, August 31, the 242nd day of 2007. There are 123 days left in the year. 1535 _ Pope Paul II deposes and excommunicates King Henry VIII 1887 _ Thomas Edison patents Kinetoscope, (produces moving pictures) 1889 _ The start of Sherlock Holmes adventure ``Cardboard Box" 1907 _ England, Russia and France form the Triple Entente 1919 _ The Communist Labor Party of America formed in Chicago 1954 _ Hurricane Carol (first major named storm) hits New England, 70 die 1955 _ The first sun-powered automobile demonstrated in Chicago, Ill. 1957 _ Malaysia gains independence from Britain 1960 _ The Agricultural Hall of Fame established 1962 _ Trinidad & Tobago gain independence from Britain 1968 _ 6,000 die in a 7.8 quake destroying 60,000 buildings in Iran 1980 _ Poland's Solidarity labor union founded

Aug 30, 2007

THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 2007

Today is Thursday, August 30, the 241st day of 2007. There are 124 days left in the year. 31 B.C. _ The Origin of Era of Augustus 1645 _ Dutch and Indians sign a peace treaty 1854 _ John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels 1885 _ 13,000 meteors seen in 1 hour near Andromeda 1941 _ The siege of Leningrad by Nazi troops began during WWII 1944 _ Soviet troops enter Bucharest, Romania 1945 _ Hong Kong liberated from Japan 1963 _ A hotline communications link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow begins 1967 _ The U.S. Senate confirms Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice 1976 _ Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of the Today Show 1986 _ Soviet authorities arrested Nicholas Daniloff (U.S. News and World Report) 1987 _ Ben Johnson of Canada runs 100 m in world record 9.83 seconds 1991 _ Dan O'Brien sets U.S. decathalon record with 8,812 points

Aug 29, 2007

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2007

Today is Wednesday, August 29, the 240th day of 2007. There are 125 days left in the year. 284 _ The Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) 1758 _ The first Indian reservation established 1854 _ Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) 1944 _ 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1949 _ The USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb 1957 _ Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957 1964 _ Walt Disney's ``Mary Poppins" released 1990 _ Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq

Aug 28, 2007

TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007

Today is Tuesday, August 28, the 239th day of 2007. There are 126 days left in the year. 1609 _ Delaware Bay explored by Henry Hudson for the Netherlands 1850 _ The opera ``Lohengrin" is produced (Weimar) 1907 _ United Parcel Service begins service, in Seattle 1916 _ Italy declares war against Germany during WWI 1957 _ U.S. Sen. Thurmond begins 24-hour filibuster against civil rights bill 1963 _ Martin Luther King’s ``I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1974 _ Soyuz 15 returns to Earth 1986 _ U.S. Navy officer Jerry A. Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying 1990 _ Iraq declares Kuwait its 19th province 1991 _ Five die in a NYC subway's third worst accident

Aug 27, 2007

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