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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007

Today is Monday, August 27, the 238th day of 2007. There are 127 days left in the year. 26 B.C. _ The Origin of Egyptian era 1776 _ Britain defeats America in Battle of Long Island 1789 _ The French National Assembly issues “Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen” 1945 _ The U.S. troops land in Japan after Japanese surrender 1966 ? A race riot in Waukegan Illinois 1982 _ Soyuz T-7 returns to Earth 1984 _ President Reagan announces the Teacher in Space project 1990 _ WWF Summer Slam-Ultimate Warrior beats Rick Rude

Aug 26, 2007

FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007

Today is Friday, August 24, the 235th day of 2007. There are 130 days left in the year. 79 _ Mt. Vesuvius erupts, buries Pompeii & Herculaneum 410 _ Rome overrun by Visigoths, symbolized fall of Western Roman Empire 1572 _ King Charles IX orders massacre of thousands of French Protestants 1662 _ The Act of Uniformity requires English to accept book of Common Prayer 1891 _ Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera 1909 _ Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal 1912 _ The Territory of Alaska organized 1936 _ The Australian Antarctic Territory created 1939 _ Germany and the USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact 1949 _ North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established 1954 _ The Communist Control Act passed, at height of McCarthyism 1966 _ The USSR launches Luna 11 for orbit around Moon 1968 _ France became the world's 5th thermonuclear power 1989 _ Voyager 2 flies past Neptune 1990 _ Iraqi troops surround U.S. and other embassies in Kuwait City 1991 _ Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party 1991 _

Aug 23, 2007

THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007

Today is Thursday, August 23, the 234th day of 2007. There are 131 days left in the year. 1833 _ Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700,000 slaves freed 1866 _ The Treaty of Prague ends Austro-Prussian war 1872 _ The first Japanese commercial ship visits San Francisco, carrying tea 1889 _ The first ship-to-shore wireless message received in the U.S. 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 non-aggression pact 1944 _ Romania liberated from Nazi occupation 1966 _ Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from Moon 1973 _ Intelsat communications satellite launched 1979 _ Bolshoi Ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects in NYC 1979 _ U.N.'s Vienna office opens 1988 _ Mike Tyson and Mitch Green brawl at 4 a.m. in Harlem

Aug 23, 2007

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007

Today is Wednesday, August 22, the 233rd day of 2007. There are 132 days left in the year. 565 _ St. Columba reported seeing monster in Loch Ness 1791 _ The Haitian Revolution begins 1846 _ The U.S. annexes New Mexico 1864 _ The Geneva Convention signed by 12 nations 1902 _ U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt became the first U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1910 _ Japan annexes Korea 1911 _ Mona Lisa stolen from Louvre 1968 _ The papal visit to Latin America (Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogota) 1986 _ NASA announces tests designed to verify ignition pressure dynamics 1988 _ Australia unveils the first platinum coin (Koala) 1989 _ The first complete ring around Neptune discovered 1989 _ Nolan Ryan strikes out his 5,000th batter 1990 _ U.S. President Bush calls up military reserves

Aug 21, 2007

TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007

Today is Tuesday, August 21, the 232nd day of 2007. There are 133 days left in the year. 1680 _ Pueblo Indians took possession of Santa Fe from Spanish 1931 _ Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run (Yanks beat Browns 11-7) 1959 _ Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state 1968 _ Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 a.m. announces a Soviet-led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement 1972 _ The first hot air balloon flight over the Alps 1982 _ Palestinian terrorists are dispersed from Beirut 1988 _ A ceasefire between Iran and Iraq takes effect after eight years of war 1989 _ Voyager 2 begins a flyby of the planet Neptune 1991 _ A Communist coup is crushed in USSR in two days 2017 _ Next total solar eclipse visible from North America

Aug 20, 2007

MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007

Today is Monday, August 20, the 231st day of 2007. There are 134 days left in the year. 1866 _ U.S.President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over 1896 _ Dial telephone patented 1908 _ Congo Free State becomes the Belgian Congo 1914 _ German forces occupy Brussels, Belgium during WW I 1918 _ Britain opens offensive on Western front during WW I 1925 _ WJR-AM in Detroit MI begins radio transmissions 1940 _ British PM Winston Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, ``Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1940 _ Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies Aug. 21 1948 _ The U.S. expels Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin 1953 _ Russia publicly acknowledges hydrogen bomb test detonation 1960 _ Senegal breaks from the Mali federation; declaring independence 1960 _ USSR recovers 2 dogs; 1st living organisms to return from space 1968 _ 650,000 Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia 1977 _ NASA launches Voyager 2 towards Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

Aug 20, 2007

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2007

Today is Saturday, August 18, the 229th day of 2007. There are 136 days left in the year. 1587 _ 1st English child born in the New World (Virginia Dare) 1686 _ Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus 1834 _ Mt Vesuvius erupts 1894 _ Congress creates Bureau of Immigration 1914 _ President Wilson issues Proclamation of Neutrality 1920 _ Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 1938 _ FDR dedicates Thousand Islands Bridge connecting US & Canada 1947 _ Naval torpedo & mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 1958 _ Fidel Castro makes a speech on Cuban pirate radio Rebelde 1958 _ Great Britain issues regional stamps (N Ireland, Scotland & Wales) 1967 _ Rolling Stones release “We Love You” 1976 _ USSR’s Luna 24 softlands on Moon

Aug 17, 2007

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007

Today is Friday, August 17, the 228th day of 2007. There are 137 days left in the year. 682 _ St. Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope 1846 _ The U.S. takes Los Angeles 1939 _ ``Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in N.Y. 1942 _ U.S. bombers staged the first independent raid on Europe attack Rouen, France 1945 _ Indonesia declares independence from Netherlands 1959 _ 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park 1960 _ Francis Gary Powers U-2 spy trial opens in Moscow 1960 _ Gabon gains independence from France 1961 _ Building of the Berlin Wall begins 1961 _ The Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress 1962 _ Beatles replaces Pete Best with Ringo Starr 1985 _ Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India 1990 _ ``The Exorcist 3" premiers 1990 _ Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment

Aug 16, 2007

THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007

Today is Thursday, August 16, the 227th day of 2007. There are 138 days left in the year. 1777 _ Americans defeat British in Battle of Bennington, Vt. 1819 _ Manchester Massacre; English police charge unemployed demonstrators 1858 _ Britain's Queen Victoria telegraphs U.S. President James Buchanan 1861 _ President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy 1863 _ Emancipation Proclamation signed 1898 _ Roller coaster patented 1934 _ The U.S. ends occupation of Haiti 1936 _ The 11th Olympic Games close in Berlin 1959 _ USSR introduces installment buying 1960 _ Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1960 _ The Republic of the Congo (Zaire) forms 1963 _ Independence is restored to the Dominican Republic 1985 _ Singer Madonna weds actor Sean Penn 1988 _ IBM introduces software for artificial intelligence 1988 _ Jailed black nationalist Nelson Mandela struck with tuberculosis 1990 _ Iraq orders 4000 Britons and 2500 Americans in Kuwait to Iraq

Aug 15, 2007

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2007

Today is Wednesday, August 15, the 226th day of 2007. There are 139 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 1893 _ The U.S. no longer allowed exclusive rights in Bering Sea 1914 _ Panama Canal opens 1918 _ The U.S. and Russia sever diplomatic ties 1945 _ South Korea liberated from Japanese rule 1947 _ India becomes independent, Islamic part becomes Pakistan 1948 _ The Republic of Korea (South Korea) proclaimed 1960 _ UFO is sighted by 3 California patrolmen 1971 _ Bahrain gains independence from Britain 1991 _ 750,000 attend Paul Simon's free concert in Central Park

Aug 14, 2007

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