This Day in History.

AUG. 10th.

1897 England Automobile Club of Great Britain: The first ever Auto Club is formed as the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland, later known as the (RAC) Royal Automobile Club.

1903 U.S.A. Master Forger: Charles Becker, master forger, referred to as “the Dutchman” will be released from San Quentin prison. Becker was sentenced to seven years for counterfeiting $22,000.

1921 U.S.A. Franklin D. Roosevelt Polio: While staying on holiday at his summer home on the Canadian island of Campobello, Franklin D. Roosevelt at 39 years old suffers from the first signs of Polio (paralytic poliomyelitis) during the next 7 days the paralysis spreads over the rest of his body.

1921 U.S.A. Bootleggers: During prohibition a large ring of bootleggers was discovered in Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York. The bootleggers hid their illegal operations under the guise of being a “medicinal manufacturers” company.

1936 U.S.A. Lincoln Steffens: Seventy year old famous journalist Lincoln Steffens died in California of a heart ailment. He started his career in 1902 as editor of McClure’s magazine. President Theodore Roosevelt described Steffen’s style of writing as “muck raking”.

1942 India Rioting Follows Arrest Of Ghandi: In India rioting and strikes occurred in Bombay and Delhi over the arrest of Mohandas K. Ghandi who advocated non-violent protests.

1945 Japan Surrender Terms: Following the Atomic bombs Japan announced its willingness to surrender to Allies provided that the status of their Emperor Hirohito remains unchanged.

(I EDITED) 1947 Ian Scott Anderson: (born) a Scottish singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the leader of British rock band Jethro Tull.

1954 U.S.A. St. Lawrence Seaway: Construction on the St. Lawrence Seaway began at Massena, New York.

1957 U.S.A. “protective milk”: Dr. W.E. Peterson feels confident that the invention of “protective milk” can cure a variety of human illnesses such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, and even the common cold.

1969 France Franc Devalued By 12 1/2%: France has devalued its currency, the franc, by 12 1/2 %. This has produced depression in the country, but elation among tourists. Labor officials and the opposition have criticized President Charles de Gaulle’s financial policies for bringing France to this state.

1974 U.S.A. Gerald Ford: In the wake of scandal, Richard Nixon’s resignation was accepted by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Gerald Ford stepped into the oval office.

1977 U.S.A. Son Of Sam Arrested: The "Son Of Sam" Serial killer David Berkowitz, a 24-year-old postal worker, was arrested after admitting that he was Son of Sam, the New York City serial killer.

1986 Lebanon Terry Anderson: In Beirut, Lebanon one of the hostages, Terry Anderson aged 38, was reported to be ill and in bed. Anderson was an American journalist with The Associated Press. He was taken prisoner on March 16, 1985. White House officials could not confirm the report of his illness.

1990 Space Magellan Space Craft Arrives At The Planet Venus : The Magellan spacecraft begins it's orbit of the planet Venus after a 15-month journey from Earth.

1999 Russia Vladamir Putin: Vladamir Putin was newly installed as acting prime minister in Russia. However, he was quickly pressed into service by Boris Yelsin to help suppress Islamic fundamentalists in the south of Russia. Putin was a former KGB officer.

2002 U.S.A. Concerns Over Corporate Corruption: Stock market losses, corporate corruption, and a sagging economy have hit senior citizens hard and have become an election issue.

2003 UK Heatwave First Time Over 100 Degrees Fahrenheit: The United Kingdom records its first ever temperature over 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

2006 UK Terrorist Plot Foiled: British police have announced the arrest of 24 suspects on suspicion of a terrorist plot to blow up 10 aircraft bound for US Airports. The terrorists had planned to blow up the aircraft with liquid explosives (acetone peroxide (TATP) or hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD)) which would be in Lucozade or similar other innocuous bottles carried in hand luggage. Many of those arrested are British-born Muslims, some of Pakistani descent with possible links to the militant Islamic organization al-Qaeda.

2007 Space Damage Spotted On Space Shuttle Endeavour: While docking with the International Space Station (ISS) damage has been spotted believed to have been caused during takeoff. The damage is 9 pieces of foam which have broken away.

2007 Canada Announced Two military facilities Arctic: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced plans for the construction of two military facilities to be built in the Northern territory of the Arctic..

2008 U.S.A. Isaac Hayes Dies: American music legend Isaac Hayes died of a stroke on this day at the age of 65. Hayes was known as a popular artist from the 1970s who contributed to the development of the hip-hop and R&B genres. He was also known for voicing the character of Chef in the popular cartoon comedy South Park.

2009 Sweden Greenpeace: The environmental group Greenpeace began dropping large boulders of the coasts of Denmark and Sweden.

2009 Slovakia Mine Explosion: An explosion in a coal mine in Handlova, Slovakia killed twenty workers and injured nine. The explosion occurred after a large build-up of gases ignited as the miners fought off a fire in the mine.

AUG. 11th

1904 U.S.A. Presidential Candidate: At his home in Rosemount, democrat Judge A.B. Parker was formally appointed as a presidential candidate. He accepted the nomination and gave a thirty minute speech to a crowd of 600 people who clapped enthusiastically at some of his comments and opinions.

1920 Russia Food Shortage: In the Soviet Union there was a shortage of food and clothing. The spectre of starvation stalks threateningly as far reaches give up their cry for the necessities of life, from a people who are forced to heed the demands of want.”

1929 U.S.A. Babe Ruth: Babe Ruth became the first player in the history of baseball to hit 500 home runs.

1934 U.S.A. Flood: Sun-scorched Kentucky experienced a flood temporarily. Farmers were hoping that this wet weather would put an end to the triple digit temperatures and drought. Apparently, the rain storm was a temporary convergence of hot air from the northern central states and cool air from central Canada and it lasted just a short time.

1934 U.S.A. Alcatraz: The Prisoners that are considered the most dangerous are sent to Alcatraz " The Rock " because it is considered to be one of the hardest prisons in the world to escape from due to the strong tides

1944 Philippines B29 Bombers: The Allies pounded away at the Philippines, bombed Japan with B29 planes, and liberated Guam. Super-Fortress planes flew out of China and bombed Nagasaki’s aircraft factory. Other parts of Japan were also bombed.

1956 Egypt Tells Federation Wants Control Of The Suez Canal: At the Federation of Arab Trade Union meeting, President of Egypt Garnal Abdel Nasser, asserted that he wanted to have control of the Suez Canal and revive Arab nationalism.

Edited to add : 1956 "TPP Conifer" aka "Jake" was born.

1965 U.S.A. Watts Riots: Race riots begin in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. By the end of the riots the following week 34 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured.

1967 Cuba Violence: In Havana, Cuba, President Fidel Castro spoke to the Latin American Solidarity Organization (LASO).

1971 Britain Admiral's Cup: The British Admiral's Cup team wins the Admiral's Cup beating the United States ( Previous holders ) into 2nd place and Australia into third place. The British Prime Minister Edward Heath was the captain of the British team.

1974 U.S.A. “At Long Last Love”: Big-time producer/director Peter Bogdanovich who was famous for “Paper Moon” and “The Last Picture Show” is now directing “At Long Last Love”.

1984 U.S.A. Olympics Mary Decker / Zola Budd Trip?: The talented controversial runner from South Africa (currently banned from Olympic competition due to apartheid policies) Zola Budd who was representing the British Team (after fast track British citizenship) at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles has caused further controversy during the final of the 3,000 metres when she collides with the American favorite Mary Decker causing the American athlete to fall and drop out of the race, the American crowd began booing and Zola Budd who many believed would be a medal winner together with Mary Decker came in seventh place .

1985 U.S.A. University Costs Increase Faster Than Inflation: University costs for American students have gone up by 7% annually which is more than the inflation rate. The average college costs are $9,659 for those who stay in residence.

1991 U.S.A. 911 Emergency Number: The 911 emergency number, which brings police and paramedics to the sick or injured person’s side is being pioneered in Schaumburg. Other northwestern cities will also participate to test out the new system and the number is very easy to remember.

1992 U.S.A. Mall of America: The Mall of America with 2.5 million sq ft of retail space over four floors and with more than 500 shops, opened in Bloomington, Minn. The Mall Of America also includes an indoor amusement park including roller coasters and an Aquarium.

1999 World Total Eclipse Of The Sun: The total eclipse of the sun is seen around beginning in the Atlantic, a few hundred miles east of Boston, and seen throughout Europe, Asia, The Middle East, below is a small image of the path of the eclipse

2002 U.S.A. Tornado Salt Lake City: A rare tornado has struck Salt Lake City, Utah causing severe damage in the city with at least one death reported.

2002 U.S.A. US Airways: US Airways who were badly affected following the Washington-Reagan airport's extended closure following the September 11th terrorist attacks filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, they were given a government guaranteed loan through the Air Transportation Stabilization Board and able to exit bankruptcy the following year.

2005 U.S.A. Ford Hybrid Escape Announced: Responding to concerns about gas guzzling cars, Ford has announced its first hybrid car called the Ford Escape Hybrid. In urban traffic this car is capable of running completely on its electric power.

2006 U.S.A. Mike Douglas Dies: The popular television host, Mike Douglas died on this day, the same day as his birthday. Mike Douglas hosted a talk show that was widely popular in the 1960s and 1970s and featured such guests as John Lennon, Aretha Franklin, and a two-year old Tiger Woods. His show ran for 21 years.

2007 Sierra Leone Elections: The African nation of Sierra Leone held its second major election since the end of the country’s civil war in 2002.

2008 Iraq King of Jordan Visit: The King of Jordan became the first Arab head of state to visit Iraq since 2003 after the US invasion and overthrow of Saddam Hussein. King Abdullah talked with the prime minister and vice-president of Iraq.

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AUG. 12th

1901 Italy Signor Crispi: Signor Crispi, a prominent Italian politician, whose career was full of turbulence and hints of scandal died in Naples with his family and close friends in attendance.

1921 U.S.A. Buck Jones: Buck Jones was a famous horse trainer, cowboy, and movie heart-throb who read Alexander Dumas and Charles Dickens books to prepare him for his romantic roles.

1930 U.S.A. Al Capone: In Chicago, Al Capone’s liquor business and headquarters was to be stormed by police on orders from Judge H. Lyle.

1944 England Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr: Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr the older brother of the future president of the United States President John F. Kennedy is killed with his co-pilot when 21,170 pounds of Torpex explosive in their aircraft explodes over England during World War II.

1947 U.S.A. Trygve Lie: Trygve Lie, secretary of the U.N., claimed that the split between the Soviet Union and the U.S. was the culprit for the world’s economic crisis and predicted that World War III was festering and ready to break out. Lie claimed that the global economy was worse than the year before.

1955 U.S.A. Minimum Hourly Wage $1.00 Per Hour: The minimum hourly wage is raised in the United States from 75 cents per hour to $1.00 per hour (for a 40 hr week this would provide about $2,000 PER YEAR).

1959 U.S.A. Clark Gable Affair: In Hollywood the editor of “Confidential” magazine tattled that actor Clark Gable was having a love affair with brunette, Francase DeScaffe, former wife of actor Bruce Cabot.

1964 South Africa Barred from the Olympic Games: Following the IOC conditions including dismantling it's Apartheid Policies which South Africa refuses they are barred from the Olympic Games in Tokyo. South Africa was not allowed back into the Olympics in 1992 after 28 years suspension.

1976 U.S.A. “Political Hot Air”: Four young people were looking to turn a profit at the Republican National Convention in Kansas city. They spent $1,904 for 1,500 cans of “political hot air”. The cans were patriotic red, white, and blue, with a picture of Washington on them. The labels read, “Hold hot air six inches away from scandal and spray for two seconds. Hot air will immediately begin a cover-up and will also mask any unpleasant stink. If an irritation develops, discontinue use and consult your lawyer.”

1981 U.S.A. IBM Releases It's First Personal Computer: IBM released its first PC, or personal computer, the IBM 5150 which sold for around $1,600 as a basic config but to get a fully working PC with with 64 kb of RAM and a single 5 1/4 inch floppy drive and monitor cost $3,005.

1984 U.S.A. Four Inch Lobster In Swimming Pool: An Annapolis, MD man found a four inch lobster in his swimming pool after torrential rain fell.

1985 Japan Plane Crash: A Japan Airlines Boeing 747 Flight 123 crashed into into Mount Osutaka 32 minutes after takeoff with the loss of 505 passengers and 15 crew members.

1990 U.S.A. Tyrannosaurus Rex / Sue: The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is discovered in Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota, It turns out to be one of the most complete skeletons of T-Rex ever found and is named after Sue Hendrickson, the paleontologist who found her. Sue (T-Rex) can now be seen at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois.

1997 U.S.A. Line Item Veto: President Clinton made history by using his line-item veto power. His veto nixed financial help to farmers, American financial firms, overseas military spending, and New York State.

2000 Russia K-141 Kursk Submarine: The Russian Oscar-II class nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk and its 118-man crew were lost during naval exercises in the Barents Sea, the cause was believed to have been an explosion on board the submarine which caused the sub to sink to the ocean depths.

2004 U.S.A. Storm Eye Institute: Storm Eye Institute in Charleston, Carolina is touted as the top ophthalmology center in America, even outranking Harvard.

2004 U.S.A. Debate Over Use of Therapeutic Cloning of Embryos: The continued debate over the use of therapeutic cloning for stem cell research continues to gather pace both in America and other countries of the world.

2006 UK Norwich Provides Free WiFi: Norwich in the UK is piloting a scheme the first in the country to provide free WiFi access in three quarters of the city. The scheme involves more than 200 antennas so far around the city, mainly on lampposts, with more being added all the time to provide blanket wi-fi coverage.

2007 Hungary 8 Million year old cypress forest: Archaeologists discovered an eight million year old cypress forest in Hungary. Sixteen preserved tree trunks were found in an open coal mine in Bukkabrany.

2009 France Wild Salmon In Seine River: The Seine river in France has wild salmon fish returning to the river for the first time in nearly one hundred years.

AUG. 15th

1914 Panama Panama Canal Opens: The Panama Canal, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, was officially opened, the original construction began in 1880 by French Engineers but after 20,000 workers died of malaria, yellow fever and other diseases during construction the French gave up and American money and engineers completed the project.

1910 England Ireland Home Rule Discussions: President Theodore Roosevelt conferred with King George and asserted that Home Rule in Ireland would be beneficial. Roosevelt offered Great Britain support for its ongoing problems with Ireland.

1927 Jamaica Canadian Lumber Imports: Jamaica has been importing Canadian lumber which for the most part is Douglas Fir. Its trade with Canada has increased 100 per cent in the last year.

1930 U.S.A. US Hit by Drought: Following the stock market crash in Late 1929 , America is hit by one of the worst droughts ever seen which combined with the market crash leaves many hundreds of thousands without food and shelter.

1934 Germany Paul von Hindenburg: In his last will and testament, the dying Reich president, Paul von Hindenburg endorsed Hitler’s revival of the fatherland and this fact was used to gain popular support for Hitler.

1945 U.S.A. / UK VJ Day: Following the US President Harry S Truman telling the world at a press conference at the White House yesterday that Japan has surrendered unconditionally.

1945 U.S.A. Gas Rationing: World War II gas rationing in America ended . Gasoline rations depended on your need for gas and there were a number of different criteria including basic use to different amounts depending on your job needs for example farmers of firemen would gain a larger number of units than an ordinary individual.

1947 Denmark Rebuilding: Denmark’s population in this decade is 4,000,000 people and it occupies a peninsula and several islands. In the past this country was famous for its dairy products, but German occupation had decimated it.

1947 India and Pakistan Gains Independence: India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain ending 200 years of British rule much of the thanks for this should be given to the Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi as because of his many effective passive resistance campaigns he had managed to get many of the other world leaders to pressurize the British government into giving India and Pakistan independence.

1950 Great Britain: The future queen of England Princess Elizabeth, has given birth to a daughter at Clarence House in London it is almost 2 years since her first son, Prince Charles was born.

1953 China Jeer Mao Tse Tung: In Panmunjom rebellious Chinese POWs dealt the communists a blow, by jeering and refusing to go home to China and Mao Tse Tung.

1965 U.S.A. Beatles Live Concert at Shea Stadium: At the peak of American Beatlemania the Beatles play at Shea Stadium in New York City where 55,000 Beatles fans mostly young teenage girls screamed and cried through the concert.

1965 U.S.A. Watts Riots: The violence and destruction of the Watts area of Los Angeles has continued over the weekend and Armed National Guards have been put on the streets with orders to arrest looters and others who have been setting fires to local businesses.

1969 U.S.A. Woodstock Music Festival: The Woodstock Music Festival opens with 500,000 rock music fans going to this Peace and Harmony Music Festival the groups who performed includes some of the greatest performers of late 60s pop music. Day 1 - Richie Havens, Swami Satchidnanda, Country Joe McDonald, John B. Sebastion, Sweetwater, Incredible String Band, Bert Somner, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shanker, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, Joan Biaz, Day 2 - Quill, Keef Hartley Band, Santana, Canned Heat, Grateful Dead, Mountain, Credence Clearwater Revival, Sly & The Family Stone, Janis Joplin, The Who, Day 3 - Jefferson Airplane, Joe Cocker, Country Joe & The Fish, Ten Years After, The Band, Day 4 - Blood Sweat and Tears, Johny Winter, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Sha-Na-Na, Jimi Hendrix.

1969 India Elections: India has 539 million people and complex politics. Many of the voters cannot read. For the last 22 years Sanjiva Reddy had ruled, but his coalition started crumbling.

1971 U.S.A. Inflation, Wage Freeze: President Richard M. Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents in an attempt to bring inflation that was increasing under control.

1972 Israel Hijackers Life Sentence: In Israel hijackers get a life sentence. Two Arab girls who helped hijack a Sabena Airlines plane of Belgian origin got a sentence of 25 years in prison. The accused apparently had weapons and explosives with them and planned to use them.

1983 U.S.A. Hurricane Alicia: Hurricane Alicia forms in the Gulf of Mexico and three days later hits the Texas Gulf Coast causing 21 deaths, thousands of injuries and billions of dollars in damages.

1989 Iran American Hostage Murdered: American hostages were being held in Iran and Lt. Col. William Higgins was murdered. President George H. Bush said that he didn’t retaliate militarily because the rest of the eight hostages might be killed if he did.

1994 Sudan Carlos the Jackal Captured: The terrorist Illich Ramirez Sanchez, known as Carlos the Jackal, is captured in Khartoum, Sudan, by French intelligence agents, he had had associations with some of the most ruthless terrorist groups including: The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, The Organization for Armed Arab Struggle, The Japanese Red Army.

1995 U.S.A. Captain Wang Prosecuted: The accidental shooting down of two U.S. military helicopters by seven American officers probably will cost them their military careers. Twenty-six individuals were killed in the April 14, 1994 incident.

1998 Northern Ireland Omagh Bombing: A massive car bomb in the market town of Omagh, County Tyrone has left at least 27 dead and more than 100 injured in the worst paramilitary bombing since the start of the Northern Ireland conflict thirty years ago.

1998 U.S.A. Apple Launches iMac: Apple computers who have been having a hard time over with last 3 years with poor sales and financial problems are lauching a new concept in home computers the iMac.

2000 Korea Family Reunions: The first family reunions since 1985 between North and South Koreans took place in an atmosphere of highly charged emotion.

2005 Israel Neve Dekalim Settlement: Following an agreement between Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to end four years of Middle East violence which included the hand over of five West Bank towns to Palestinian control.

2005 U.S.A. Latest Census Figures: The US Census Bureau has released it's latest figures showing that 35 million immigrants (those not born in the United States) in the US making up 12.4% of the US population, and Hispanics have increased to the US largest minority group, at 14.4% of the population.

2006 New Zealand Maori Queen Dies: Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, the Maori queen of forty years died at the age of 75 on this day. Dame Te Ata, as she was known, served the longest as the head of the Kingitanga movement, a 150 year old royal line.

2007 Peru Earthquake: An earthquake measuring 8.0 strikes the central coastal area of Peru affecting the cities of Pisco, Ica and Chincha Alta in the Ica Region leaving some small villages completely devastated, the death toll is believed to be over 500 with many more now homeless.

AUG. 16th

1900 South Africa Boer War: In preparation for war with Great Britain, the Boers had started importing vast quantities of food as early as 1898.

1920 Ireland Fighting: Crowds around Dublin Castle tried to shoot their way in at nine o’clock at night. The source of the trouble began when the restive crowd spotted soldiers from the Lancaster fusiliers who they believed were guilty of murdering a boy.

1931 India Ghandi: After the doldrums of world war, Mahatma Ghandi in India offered hope and inspiration to his own people and those around the world. He was empathetic and loyal to those living in poverty and would not participate in the caste system. Even so, wealthy Indians vied to entertain him. Ghandi sold all his possessions and gave them to the poor. His people called him “mahatma” meaning “great soul”.

1945 Germany Carved Up By Allies: A defeated German Reich was carved up into 7 areas so that the allies – France, Britain, the U.S., and Russia could put troops to occupy it.

1951 China Nationalist China Party: In a speech at Chautauqua in the U.S., T.F. Tsiang leader of the Nationalist China party appealed to Americans for financial and technical aid to overthrow the communist regime in China.

1952 England Lynmouth, Devon Flooding: The holiday village of Lynmouth in North Devon has been devastated by flooding caused by the local rivers East and West Lyn overflowing due to the torrential rain in the previous 24 hours.

1960 Costa Rica Communist Infiltration South America: In San Jose, Costa Rica foreign officials of the American republics met to discuss problems such as the Soviet Union’s infiltration of Cuba and Venezuela.

1977 Israel Control Of The West Bank: In Jerusalem Prime Minister Menaham Begin declared that his government had an equal treatment policy for both Arabs and Jews alike.

1977 U.S.A. Elvis Presley Dies Of Heart Attack: Elvis Presley dies at the age of 42, leaving rock and roll fans worldwide mourning his loss. Elvis was found dead at his Graceland mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.

1978 U.S.A. Xerox Fined: Xerox was forced to pay a $25.6 million fine for blocking Smith Corona and other companies from entering the photocopier market by the Federal Trade Commission for not allowing other companies to compete in the market.

1987 U.S.A. Plane Crash: Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in Michigan kills 156 people.

1989 U.S.A. Julian Lennon: Julian Lennon, son of the celebrate John Lennon the Beatle is now 26 and is on his third music album.

1991 Poland John Paul II and Catholic Woodstock: In Czestochowa, Poland the Polish-born pontiff, John Paul II, rejoiced about the demise of communism in Eastern Europe. At the Roman Catholic World Day of Youth an excess of one million young people attended. It was dubbed the “Catholic Woodstock”.

2002 Germany Dresden Flooding: After some of the worst flooding since records began in Europe officials are hoping that the River Elbe in the historic city of Dresden has peaked at record levels cresting 31 feet, but other rivers in Germany are still continuing to rise.

2003 Libya Accepts Responsibility for Lockerbie Bombing in 1988: Libya Accepts Responsibility for Lockerbie Bombing in 1988 in a letter to a United Nations Security Council meeting formally taking responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1988.

2003 Iraq Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana: Reuters cameraman Mazen Dana has been shot dead by US soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison when his camera is mistaken for a rocket propelled grenade launcher.

2004 England Flash Flooding: Flash floods in the village of Boscastle, Cornwall have left the area in ruins sending dozens of cars off the coast road straight into the sea. A number of buildings have also collapsed.

2006 U.S.A. California More Trees Needed: In California, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Climate Action Team endorsed growing trees to combat climate change brought on by carbon emissions. In particular, it was found that young trees absorb the most carbon.

AUG. 17th

1907 U.S.A. Opium Smuggling: A customs officer discovered that dogs were being utilized to smuggle opium and silk into the country. The chief smuggler was Thomas Smith who was taken to prison.

1926 Jamaica Fruit Growing Encouraged: In Jamaica the Producers Association was awarded with 1,250 pounds out of a special fund of 1 million pounds earmarked for it. Britain wanted to encourage production of fruit from its empire and trade between the mother country and the colonies.

1935 Germany Freemasons Banned: Wilhelm Frick, Minister of the Interior in Germany, disbanded freemasonry in the Reich. Earlier secret police also dissolved the Confessional Synod, charging that it had lied to the people.

1947 Switzerland Locomotive Travel: Mrs. Orchner returned to her native Switzerland after 45 years of absence from it. She had immigrated to the U.S. in 1903. The traveller was enthusiastic about the fact that in Zurich 600 locomotives travelled to and fro all day.

1951 Guatemala Strike: Magistrates and court workers in Guatemala staged a strike which brought the legal system in that country to a grinding halt.

1962 England Beatles Replace Pete Best: The Beatles consisting of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison replace the groups drummer "Pete Best" with Ringo Starr.

1962 Germany East German Border Guards Kill Peter Fechter: East German Border Guards Kill Peter Fechter while trying to escape from East Germany over the Berlin Wall. He was shot in the pelvis which did not kill him but when he began screaming in pain for help nobody went to help him and after about an hour he bled to death. The reasons he was left dying by the East and West German authorities can be traced to the animosity between the two countries and because he had landed on the East German side West German Authorities could not help.

1969 U.S.A. Woodstock Ends: This is officially the final day of the Woodstock Music Festival billed as 3 days of peace and music near Bethel, N.Y. The following day the 18th of August the concert continued with 11 artists playing including Jimi Hendrix, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Blood Sweat and Tears.

1969 England Davis Cup Ilie Nastase Beats Mark Cox: At Wimbledon, in England a 23 year old Romanian tennis player upset the British. Ilie Nastase who used to work as a shepherd in Romania challenged Mark Cox.

1969 U.S.A. Hurricane Camille: Hurricane Camille a Category 5 hurricane makes landfall at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi near the mouth of the Mississippi with winds estimated between 150 and 205 mile per hour and 70ft waves.

1977 Iran Modernization: As a result of modernization in Iran the cost of Persian rugs increased dramatically. Also, the quality of the prized rugs deteriorated and manufacturing of them decreased.

1978 France New Trans Atlantic Record Set: Three American balloonists have made the first crossing of the Atlantic by hot air balloon in Double Eagle II, they had left Newfoundland, Canada travelling 3,000 miles to land in Miserey just outside of Paris.

1987 Ireland Dublin Celebrates Diamond Jubilee: In Ireland, Dublin city was celebrating its diamond jubilee. Although the city was much older, it had been a borough for 85 years. Modern and old fashioned events were planned.

1987 Germany Rudolf Hess: The former deputy of Adolf Hilter has died in Spandau Prison where he has been held since 1946 after the Nuremberg war crimes trials. For the last 20 years he has been the only prisoner in Spandau. It is believed he committed suicide.

1990 South Africa Tribal Fighting: One hundred and seventy South Africans were hacked to death in tribal fighting over five days. Police broke up Zulus who were brandishing axes and spears.

1992 U.S.A. Woody Allen / Soon-Yi Previn: Woody Allen (57) admits to an affair with Soon-Yi Previn (22), the adopted daughter of his longtime companion, actress Mia Farrow.

1998 U.S.A. Monica Lewinsky: President Clinton acknowledged to a grand jury and the nation on television that he had an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky. This is the first time since January when the story came to light that President Clinton has admitted having an inappropriate relationship with Monica Lewinsky who was a White House intern at the time.

1999 Turkey Earthquake: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit the city of Izmit in northwestern Turkey one the country's most densely populated areas leaving more than 17,000 people dead and hundreds of thousands more left injured or homeless.

2006 Iraq Bomb Blast: In Baghdad twenty-one persons were killed in a bomb blast and the governor’s office was attacked. The violence was caused by Sunni-Shiite animosity to the current regime.

2007 U.S.A. Stutter Experiments: Six former research subjects were rewarded almost one million dollars in compensation. The six people were orphans used in a 1939 study at Iowa University that sought to test the effects of psychological pressure in the creation of a stutter in children.

2008 Iran Rocket Tests: Iran launched a rocket capable of carrying a satellite successfully. The launch worried the international community because Iran was believed to be working on a nuclear program for weapons purposes and the success of the launch could signal the capacity for launching nuclear weapons.

2009 Mauritania US Peace Corps Withdrawn: United States Peace Corps aid workers were withdrawn from Mauritania after increasing safety concerns.

AUG. 18th

1915 Holland Zeppelin Shot Down: Germans were using Zeppelins to drop bombs over England and when a German Zeppelin appeared over Holland, Dutch soldiers opened fire, shooting it down.

1920 U.S.A. 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed on June 4th , 1919 and ratified when Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it on this day in history guaranteeing women the right to vote, the fight for this right by the women's suffragette movement for 10 years had forced this change.

1921 England Lloyd George: In England, Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons that he recognized Japan’s loyalty during World War I, but at the same time did not want to offend the U.S.

1930 Canada Chief Justice: In St. John’s Newfoundland that province’s Chief Justice, William Horwood, was threatened with a stick by an irate Joseph Burnstein who had just been evicted by court order. Burnstein was frequently in trouble with the law and police abducted him before the Chief Justice was harmed.

1931 China Yangtze River Flood: The Yangtze River in China peaks during flooding which causes the death of 3.7 million people directly and indirectly over the next several months. The Yangtze River was just one of the major rivers in China that flooded and included the Yellow river, and the Huai river.

1937 Japan Toyota Motor Company: Following on from the success of Toyota Industries the son of the original founder Sakichi Toyoda of Toyota Industries Kiichiro Toyoda founds the Toyota Motor Company in Japan

1947 Indonesia Battle For Independence: Despite a U.N. demand for a cease fire, the Indonesian-Dutch conflict heated up recently. President Soekarno insisted that the battle continue for the cause of Indonesian independence. His scorched earth policy frustrated Dutch domination.

1955 Germany West German Mixed Feelings Over Unification: The chief desire of all Germans was the unification of the East and the West of their country. However, the North Atlantic Treaty Alliance had kept Germany partitioned.

1963 U.S.A. James Meredith: James Meredith becomes the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi with a degree in Political Science, he had become the first black student at the University of Mississippi on On October 1, 1962, after having been turned down twice and with support from the then President of the United States John F. Kennedy who sent federal troops and U.S. Marshals to control riots that had broken out on the campus.

1969 U.S.A. Woodstock: Although Woodstock was supposed to run for 3 days on the 15th, 16th and 17th of August bands were still playing on the 18th to the tens of thousands of fans that had not left the Woodstock Music and Art Fair and the final musician to close the concert was non other than the great Jimi Hendrix.

Northern Ireland Pope Paul VI : In Northern Ireland, Pope Paul VI called for Catholics and Protestants to have, “reciprocal pardon and mutual agreement.” However, British troops enforced an uneasy peace in Northern Ireland and Catholics and Protestants remained behind barricades.

1971 Australia / New Zealand Announce Pull Out Of Troops: Following protests in Australia and New Zealand over the Vietnam War both countries announce troop withdrawal by the end of the year leaving America isolated in it's Vietnam Policy.

1977 France Marcel Bich: Sixty-three year old French Baron, Marcel Bich, came into his title and fortune by founding the Bic pens company. He rose from being a door-to-door salesman to baron and business tycoon.

1982 U.S.A. Wang Labs Enters Chapter 11: Following a long period of growth and little competition to it's Word Processing systems, as the PC starts to increase it's market share and new Word Processing Software appears WANG LABS is forced into chapter 11 bankruptcy.

1983 U.S.A. Hurricane Alicia: Hurricane Alicia makes landfall near Galveston, Texas with winds in excess of 100 MPH, leaving 22 dead and causing more than two billion dollars in damages.

1989 Israel Palestinians Strike: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinians stopped working at their jobs in Israel. The protest was ordered by militants in response to the issuing of computerized identity cards by the Israeli government.

1996 Africa 900 million African bees die: Fruit crops and African plants were in danger of dying because 900 million African bees died. The death of the bees was caused by intermingling them with foreign bees that were imported from the Cape.

2001 Philippines Hotel Fire Leaves causes the death of 75: A fire at the Manor Hotel in a suburb of the capital Manila has left 75 dead with a further 70 missing, the cause of the fire in the six story hotel is not known.

2006 Iraq Temperatures Up To 140 degrees: Sgt. Major Joel Arnold of the “Ironman Battalion” recently fought in Iraq and was wounded. He is one of 500 soldiers in Iraq that came from Iowa. Arnold relates that in Iraq sometimes the thermometer gets up to 140 degrees and a friend of his said that it felt like his fingernails were on fire.

2006 China 60hr work week at Apple iPod plant: Following negative commentary by the British and American press Apple have released findings from an internal audit of it's iPod supplier factory in China.

2007 Afghanistan Kidnapping: A German Christian aid worker was kidnapped by a criminal organization unrelated to the Taleban in Kabul. The kidnapping of this woman at gunpoint marked the first kidnapping of a foreigner in the Afghan capital of Kabul in two years. She was released by her captors only a few days after the kidnapping.

2008 Nepal New Prime Minister: The chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal was sworn in as the Prime Minister of Nepal after large political changes in prior months. Prachanda, the Maoist leader, was known as a rebel leader before his party gained a majority of seats in the assembly.

2009 United States Tom Barrett: Mayor of the US city of Milwaukee, Tom Barrett, was injured while trying to protect a woman and a child from an attack. The mayor intervened in a domestic dispute after leaving the state fair with his family.

AUG. 19th.

1902 U.S.A. Chain Of Fire Volcanoes: There have been volcanic eruptions affecting Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. The “chain of fire”, which is a series of volcanoes, starts at Tierra de Fuego and extends for 25,000 miles. The Newark Advocate explains, “The burning craters in Alaska, one of which began to work, unites the chain of fire of the new world with the old, including Japan, Korea, Formosa, and the Philippines.”
(Edited: My Comment: Magnitude: 6.7 Mercalli scale: 8 Date-Time [UTC]: 19 August, 2011 at 05:36:33 UTC
Local Date/Time: Friday, August 19, 2011 at 05:36 at night at epicenter Location: 37� 45.600, 141� 45.600
Depth: 54 km (33.55 miles) Region: Asia Country: Japan
Distances: 58.29 km (36.22 miles) of Futawatashihama, Prefecture of Miyagi
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_update_read&edis_id=NC-20110531-30948-JPN&uid=11208 )

1929 Angola 1,000 Immigrate from US to Angola: One thousand single, young men from California have immigrated to the Portuguese colony of Angola which is in West Africa. Portugal is quickly developing infrastructure there.

1934 Germany Adolph Hitler: The German people vote to give Adolph Hitler complete power combining the positions of chancellor and president into the position of the Fuehrer.

1939 Jamaica Tobacco: Mr. F.W. Winckley, who was in charge of tobacco development in the British colony of Jamaica, told the English government that it should continue its efforts to expand this industry of “cigar leaf” tobacco.

1942 France Dieppe: Allied troops attempt to gain control of the French port of Dieppe in Operation Jubilee, but are forced to retreat after 8 hours of suffering terrible casualties, the toll is believed to be as high as 4,000 dead or injured from the 6,000 who attempted to land on the beaches.

1944 France Liberation Of Paris: Liberation of Paris starts following the invasion by allied troops during operation Overlord.

1944 Germany Surrender Restrictions: The United Nations was considering what restrictions should be placed on Nazi Germany after its surrender. It was a given that allied soldiers would occupy Germany as long as the youth needed to be re-educated in democracy and anti-Nazi thinking. Holland, Denmark, Belgium, and France would keep all Nazi military equipment and guard Germany from waging war again.

1953 Iran Military Coup Supported By United States: A military coup supported and financed by the United States overthrows the government of Premier Mohammed Mosaddeq and reinstates the Shah of Iran.

1955 U.S.A. Hurricane Diane: Hurricane Diane hits the Carolinas leaving over 170 people dead in it's wake with massive damage to homes and property in the area affected.

1955 Morocco Protesters Against Europeans: Protesters in Kenifra, Morocco went on the rampage setting fires and killing in a rampage against Europeans. It was the one year anniversary of the previous sultan’s exile which sparked the outburst of violence.

1958 U.S.A. Packard Cars End Production: Production of the luxury Packard automobiles is ended shortly after Packard is merged with Studebaker.

1960 Soviet Union U2 Pilot Sentenced: The captured American U2 pilot Gary Powers is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for espionage by a Soviet military court.

1967 Soviet Union Pravda Accuses China: The Soviet Union’s communist newspaper, Pravda, accused China of making unwarranted attacks on the Soviet embassy in Peking and straining relations between Russia and China. Pravda blared, “Literally not a single day passes without a malicious invention about the Soviet Union” (by China). Russia claimed that China was launching an anti-Soviet campaign to keep the focus off of Chinese domestic problems.

1979 Switzerland Sebastian Coe: In Zurich, Switzerland track records were being broken by English runner, Sebastian Coe, who overturned legendary track stars like John Walker and Alberto Juantorena.

1980 Saudi Arabia Plane Crash: A fire caused by a passenger using a portable butane stove as the plane started to make it's emergency landing it burst into flames killing all passengers and crew.

1987 England Hungerford Killing Spree by Michael Ryan : Michael Ryan goes on a killing spree in Hungerford, Berkshire armed with an automatic rifle, a pistol and a hand grenade.

1989 Lebanon U.S.A. Hostages: Eight U.S. hostages were being held in Lebanon and the Reagan government was struggling to get them back home.

1991 Soviet Union Attempted Coup: Leaders of the Army, the KGB and the Police in the Soviet Union are attempting a coup backed by tanks and troops and have the Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev under house arrest. The coup failed and shortly after control is back in the hands of the president and the Coup Leaders are arrested.

1997 Thailand Cambodian Refugees: A massive influx of Cambodian refugees fled into Thailand to escape the bloody conflict between coup leader Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Ranaridh.

2003 France Heat Wave: In France a 104 degree heat wave killed approximately 5,000 people who perished from dehydration and complications of heat related illnesses.

2003 Iraq United Nations Baghdad Headquarters Bombed: A terrorist bomb attack on The United Nations Baghdad headquarters has left at least 17 dead including UN top envoy Brazilian Sergio Vieira de Mello.

2004 U.S.A. Google IPO: The Google IPO (initial public offering) raises US$1.67 billion.

2005 U.S.A. Vioxx: A Texas jury found Merck & Co. liable for the death of of Robert Ernst, a 59-year old man who'd taken the once-popular painkiller Vioxx, awarding his widow $253.4 million in damages.

2006 Belgium Prisoners Escape: A total of 28 prisoners escaped from the Dendermonde jail in Belgium. Six escapees were captured immediately but the others were able to scale the prison walls to get out.

2007 Jordan School Admissions Increased For Iraqi Children: The country of Jordan relaxed its rules regarding displaced Iraqi families to allow more Iraqi children an education opportunity.

2008 Zambia President Dies: The Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa died in Paris two months after having a stroke. He had the stroke in June of 2008 during an African Union summit in Egypt and was flown to France for medical care.

AUG. 22nd

1902 U.S.A. President Theodore Roosevelt: President Theodore Roosevelt during his tour of New England became the first President to ride in an automobile in public when he was driven round Hartford in a victoria automobile.

1902 U.S.A. Cadillac Started In Detroit: The Cadillac Company to sell the Cadillac range of cars is formed, The Cadillac is named after the 17th century French explorer Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, who founded Detroit in 1701.

1911 Germany Morocco: Germany and France were having a standoff over Morocco and the German War Office was getting more aggressive.

1922 Italy Crisis Of Confidence: Post war Italy had four different governments in rapid succession in only three years after their war government fell in 1919.

1935 Ethiopia Italy In Conflict: Italy was in severe conflict with Ethiopia and the emperor of the African nation, Haile Selassie, feared a global conflict, “between the white and black races, (and) the very existence of humanity itself … .” Selassie prophesized, “We will be back in 1914, there will be no more security for the world than there was then. International treaties will have no more validity than the word of a thief.”

1941 Russia Germany Attacks Leningrad: German troops attack Leningrad as part of Operation Barbarossa, but fail in it's capture and are forced to start a siege of the city known as the "Siege of Leningrad" when all railway links were cut and all routes that could supply Leningrad closed including by water, and the city was encircled by German controlled troops until January 18 1943.

1944 France Hitler Promises To Destroy Landmarks In Paris: Following the D-Day landings Hitler decrees that if Germany is forced out of Paris the city and all it's landmarks should be left a smoldering ruin.

1948 Belgium Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad: In Belgium Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad acted as regent of the kingdom on behalf of his exiled brother, Leopold who was exiled in Switzerland. Leopold was banned due to allegations that he was too friendly to the Germans during the occupation of Belgium.

1954 South Korea American Withdraw: A build up of red air power made the American army withdraw four out of six U.S. military units from South Korea. After President Syngman Ree leaked the information to the south, protests erupted in the streets of the capitalist nation.

1962 France Charles de Gaulle: President Charles de Gaulle narrowly escaped an assassination attempt.

1966 England Oxford Playhouse Company In England, The Oxford Playhouse Company was preparing to show the play, “The Trial of Lee Oswald” by Mark Lane and producer Frank Hauser. Lane was a lawyer in the U.S. who was asked by Hauser to help put the play on.

1968 Czechoslovakia Soviet invasion: Czechs protest against Soviet invasion In Prague and at the United Nations headquarters in New York City .

1972 U.S.A. China Relations: In the wake of President Richard Nixon’s visit to Peking, China, Secretary of State, William P. Rogers, called for American young people to meet “the new generation of Chinese leaders.” Rogers told the San Francisco Commonwealth Club that the exchange of youth and boosting trade with China was desirable. He continued, “Chinese leaders are establishing people-to-people contacts that avoid the complications of official visits…”.

1972 Rhodesia Forced Out Of Olympics: Rhodesia is thrown out of the Olympic Games in the face of mounting international pressure and pressure from African nations who threatened to boycott the games if Rhodesia.

1988 Israel 241 Palestinians Killed: Two hundred and forty-one Palestinians and three Israelis have been killed since the December 9th Palestinian protest broke out in the territories seized by Israel in the 1967 Six Day War. Recently, three Palestinians attempted to sabotage the Israeli army by launching attacks inside Israel.

1992 U.S.A. Hurricane Andrew: Hurricane Andrew strikes the Bahamas and two days later makes landfall in South Florida followed by Southern Louisiana, Hurricane Andrew was a Category 5 hurricane and had some of the highest winds ever recorded of 175 MPH.

1993 Japan Japan’s Ise Shine: Japan’s Ise Shine is said to be the home of the royal family’s ancestral deities and has had 61 restorations since 685. Japanese pilgrims have flocked to the shrine since the 15th century and the shrine is supposed to represent cleansing and restoration for the country. Ise is rebuilt every 20 years, except in times of war or disaster.

1999 Hong Kong Plane Crash: A passenger jet Flight CI642 attempting to land at Hong Kong's new Chek Lap Kok airport in severe winds has crashed causing the death of 2 and severe injuries to a further 20.

2003 U.S.A. Roy Moore Suspended: The Alabama chief justice, Roy Moore, is suspended when he refuses to obey a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse.

2005 Portugal Wild Fires Sweeping Country: Wild fires in Portugal which have left at least 15 dead so far and 140,000 hectares destroyed are the worst ever experienced in the country.

2006 Iran U.N. Inspectors Turned Away: Although the United Nations demanded that Iran stop uranium enrichment, Tehran remains defiant. U.N. inspectors were turned away and the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty has been violated.

2006 Liberia New Postal Stamps: The country of Liberia produced two sets of stamps from their post office, the first to be made since the start of the civil war in 1989. The civil war ended in 2003, and the stamps featured the new president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

2006 India Healthcare: The United Kingdom pledged to help lower the mortality rate of children and mothers in India. The proposed plan was projected to cost £252 million and was aimed at improving healthcare for the poor.

2009 South Korea Meeting With North Korea: A meeting between North and South Korean officials was held for the first time in two years.

AUG. 23rd

1905 U.S.A New Orleans Yellow Fever: In New Orleans yellow fever was running rampant and there were 1478 sick and 218 dead. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph read, “The depressing heat probably caused a number of deaths.

1920 England Irish Freedom: The Friends of Irish Freedom condemned the British government and Prime Minister David Lloyd for its alleged mistreatment of the Australian Archbishop Mannix. In the middle of the high seas, the British navy arrested the archbishop aboard an ocean liner. The FIF declared that Britain and Ireland were in a state of war.

1926 U.S.A. Rudolph Valentino: Rudolph Valentino died from complications following an operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers.

1937 China Shanghai: In Shanghai, China 400 people were dead and 1,000 injured after three heavy artillery shells exploded over a congested department store, a U.S. navy warehouse, and a prison.

1939 Germany Non Aggression Pact: Germany announces it has signed a non aggression pact with the Soviet Union.

1942 Hawaii Pearl Harbour: In Pearl Harbour, American marines were busy taking revenge on the Japanese for past offences. In the first battle, the Japanese fought on until the last man of their 92 soldiers was dead. Only six marines were killed.

1944 England Bomber Crashes Into Village School: An American Liberator bomber crashes into English village school leaving 35 children and 20 others dead.

1953 Korea Mao Tze Tung: Captain George C. Davison of Staten Island, New York was thrown into a Korean prison for fifteen days because he penciled a moustache on a picture of Mao Tze Tung.

1963 UK Beatles release "She Loves You": Beatles release "She Loves You" in UK which becomes goes to Number 1 on September 12 and staying number 1 for 4 weeks. Number 1 on November 28 and staying number 1 for 2 weeks.

1966 Indonesia Starvation Lombak: The island of Lombak which is part of Indonesia was facing the starvation of its 20,000 people. Health Officer Mohammed Jusof urged officials in Jakarta to send emergency aid to the islanders who live east of Bali.

1966 Space Lunar Orbiter 1: The Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from an orbit around the Moon.

1974 U.S.A. Pan American: Pan American World Airways asked the Civil Aeronautics Board today for an emergency subsidy.

1978 India Indira Ghandi: In New Delhi, Indira Ghandi went to court facing fraud charges. Ghandi was cautioned by the judge not to leave the country and was freed on $1,875 bail.

1979 Iran Kurdish Rebels: Kurdish Rebels near the borders with Iraq, are fighting with Iranian government troops in the hope of gaining independent status from Iran. They have now gained control of Mahabad, in the north-west of the country. Ayatollah Khomeini has ordered the arrest of Kurdish leaders.

1979 U.S.A. Alexander Godunov Defects: Soviet ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects seeking political asylum in the United States while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.

1989 Lithuania Human Chain: Fifty thousand individuals crowded into Vilnius, Lithuania on the 50th anniversary of their annexation by Stalin and Hitler.

1990 West Germany Abortions: Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his government decided to prosecute women who sought abortions in East Germany. In West Germany abortions were only carried out if the mother’s life was in danger.

1990 Iraq Western Hostages: Saddam Hussein, parading some of his Western captives on TV, ruffled the hair of a British child and told the uneasy group that they are not hostages but peacemakers.

1990 U.S.A. Naked Aggression By Iraq: Following the declaration by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein of annexing Kuwait, prompting President George Bush to deride the invasion as an act of "naked aggression." oil prices marched upward, in turn causing the Dow to lose 6 percent of its total value. .

1999 U.S.A West Nile virus: The first cases of an encephalitis (West Nile virus) outbreak are reported in New York City. Between this first reported case up to the end of 2008 over 30,000 cases have been reported in the United States causing the death of more than 1,100 people.

2000 U.S.A First Survivor Series / Richard Hatch: An estimated 51 million viewers watched the first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" on CBS which sparked a reality show revolution on TV screens with dozens more shows being shown in the next 8 years.

2005 Canada Meat Recall: One thousand, eight hundred and fifty-six pounds of beef that originated from a Canadian cow was transported to six different states and then was recalled. Apparently, the animal was old which put it at greater risk of having mad cow disease.

2006 U.S.A. US Marine Inactive Reservists Call Up: Following on from the call up earlier this year of 10,000 Inactive Reserve Soldiers by the US Army, US Marines now face a similar situation with up to 2,500 being recalled.
The US has about 300,000 members of the IRR which could well provide the additional forces required to fight the "Global War on Terror" (GWOT).

2006 Austria Natascha Kampusch: Natascha Kampusch who was abducted by Wolfgang Priklopil at the age of 10 in 1998 and held in a small cellar underneath Priklopil's garage escapes after eight years.

2007 U.S.A. Texas Executions Reach 400: The state of Texas completed its 400th criminal execution since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated. Since 1976, executions in Texas have made up over one third of the total executions in the United States.

2007 Russia Romanov Family Remains: Archaeologist found the remains of two children of the Romanov family, the last tsar of Russia. The two were executed in 1918 during the Bolshevik revolution.

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