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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
This week in history
Today's highlight in history:
On Aug. 18, 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born on American soil, on what is now Roanoke Island, N.C. (However, the colony she was born into ended up mysteriously disappearing.)
On this date:
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In 1838, the first marine expedition sponsored by the U.S. government set sail from Hampton Roads, Va., the crews traveled the southern Pacific Ocean, gathering scientific information.
in 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration.
in 1846, U.S. forces led by Gen. Stephen W.Keaney
sold Sequoia Fort S.M.
In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which guarantees the right of all American women to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 16th state to approve it.
In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King dedicated the Thousand Islands Bridge connected the United States and Canada.
In 1963, James Meredith became the first black student to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair ended in Sullivan County, N.Y., with a mid-morning set performed by Jimi Hendrix.
In 1983, Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 21 dead and causing more than $1 billion worth of damage.
In 1976, two U.S. Army officers were killed in Korea's demilitarized zone as a group of North Korean soldiers wielding axes and metal pikes attacked U.S. and South Korean soldiers.
Ten years ago: A day after his grand jury testimony, President Clinton left Washington on a vacation with his family. Meanwhile, some lawmakers called for Clinton to resign in the wake of his admissions concerning Monica Lewinsky, while a spokeswoman for Hillary Rodham Clinton said the first lady "believes in this marriage."
Five years ago: A senior French health official resigned after Frances' health minister admitted that as many as 5,000 people might have died in a heat wave. The Liberian government and rebels signed a peace accord. Islamic extremists freed 14 European tourists six months after they were kidnapped by an al-Qaida-linked group in the Algerian desert.
One year ago: Alarmed tourists Jammed Caribbean
airports for flights out of Hurricane Dean's path as the monster storm began sweeping past the Dominican Republic and Haiti. NASA, meanwhile, ordered space shuttle Endeavour back to Earth a day early out of fear Dean might disrupt flight operations. A seven-alarm fire ripped through an abandoned skyscraper next to ground zero in lower Manhattan, killing two firefighters who responded to the blaze. Michael K. Deaver, a close adviser to President Reagan, died in Bethesda Md., at age 69.
Today's birthdays. Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter is 81. Actor Robert Redford is 71. Actor Christopher Jones is 67. Agent Henry G. Sanders is 66. Rhythm-and-blues singer Sarah Dash (Labelle) is 65. Actor-comedian Martin Mull is 65. Rock musician Dennis Elliott is 65. Come-
dianyl Eanney Boooser is 56. Actor Patrick Swayer is 56. Country singer Steve Wilkinson (The Wilkinsons) is 53. Actor Denis Leary is 51. Actress Madeline Stowe is 50. News anchor Bob Woodruff is 47. Actor Craig Bierko is 43. Rock singer-musician Zac Maloy (The Nixons) is 40. Hop-hip artist Everlast is 39. Rapper Mastilla Killa (Wu-Tang Clan) is 39. Actor Christian Slater is 39. Actor Edward Norton is 39. Actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner is 38. Actress Kaitlin Olson is 33. rock musician Dirk Lance is 32. Actor-comedi-ian Andy Samberg (TV: "Saturday Night Live") is 30. Artist Peter McKenna Penney is 13
Tuesday
Today's highlight in history:
Thought for today: "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common." — John Locke, English philosopher (1632-1704).
On Aug. 19, 1812, the USS Constitution defeated the British frigate Guerriere off Nova Scotia during the War of 1812.
On this date:
In 1807, Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York.
In 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the
in 1918, "Yip Yip! YipYankh", a musical revue by Irving Berlin featuring Army recruits from Camp Upton in Yankh, N.Y., opened on Broadway.
in 1929, the radio comedy program "Amos n' Andy," starring Freeman Godsen and Charles Correll, made its debut on the NBC Blue Network.
housing of sole executive power in Adonii Hitler. In 1942, during World War II, about 6,000 Canadian and British soldiers launched a disastrous raid against the Germans at Dieppe, France, suffering more than 50 percent casualties.
In 1955, severe flooding in the northeastern U.S. claimed some 200 lives.
In 1960, a tribunal in Moscow convicted American U2 pilot Francis Gay Powers of espionage.
In 1976, President Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in Kansas City. Mo.
In 1991, Soviet hard-liners announced to a shocked world that President Mikhail S. Gorbachev had been removed from power. (The coup collapsed two days later.)
Ten years ago: President Clinton spent a quiet 52nd birthday with his family on Martha's Vineyard, Mass., as controversy continued to swirl over his admissions to a grand jury concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.
Five years ago: A suicide truck bomb struck U.N. headquarters in Baghdad, killing 22, Including the top U.N. envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello. A suicide bombing of a bus in Jerusalem killed 22 people.
One year ago: Hurricane Dean, which had already killed eight people on its destructive march across the Caribbean, pummeled Jamaica with gusting winds and torrential rains as a Category 4 storm. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner paid an unannounced and highly symbolic visit to Baghdad — the first by
a senior French official since the war started. Elvia Arellano, an illegal immigrant who had taken refuge in a Chicago church to avoid being separated from her U.S.-born son, was deported to Mexico.
Today's birthdays: Actor L.Q. Jones is 81. Author Frank McCounty is 78. Actress Debra Paget is 75. Tennis coach Renee Richards is 74. Actress Diana Muldaur is 70. Rock singer Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) is 63. Former President Clinton is 62. Tipher Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore is 60.Actor Gerald McRaven is 60. Rock musician John Deacon (Queen) is 57.Actor Jonathan Frakes is 56.Actor Peter Gallagher is 53.Actor Adam Arkin is 52.Singer-songwriter Gary Chapman is 51.Actor Martin Donovan is 51.Football Hall-of-Famer Anthony Munoz
is 50. Rhythm-and-blues singer Ian Neville is 49.actor Eric Lutes is 46.Actor John Stamos is 45.actress Kyra Sedgwick is 43.Actor Kevin Dillon is 43. country singer Lee Ann Womack is 42. TV report tabulah Soren is 41. country singer-songwriter Mark McGuinn is 40.Rapper Nate Dogge is 39.actor Matthew Perry is 39.Country singer Clay Walker is 39.Rapper Fat Joe is 38.Olympic gold medal tennis player Mary Joe Fernandez is 37.Actress Tracie Thoms is 33.Country singer Risi Palmer is 27.Actress Erika Christensen is 26.Country singer Kai Osborn (SHeDAIYS) is 24.Actor J.Evan Bonifant is 23.Rapper Romey is 19.
Thought for today: "One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it." — Elizabeth Bowen, Irish author (1899-1973).
Wednesday
Today's highlight in history:
On Aug. 20, 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill paid tribute to the Royal Air Force, saying, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."
On this date:
In 1833, Benjamin Harrison, 23rd president of the United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio. In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over months.
United States, was born in North Bend, Ohio. In 1866, President Andrew Johnson formally declared the Civil War over, months after fighting had stopped.
in 1914, German forces occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War I.
In 1920, pioneering American radio station BMK in Detroit ( later WVU) began daily broadcasting.
In 1948, the United States ordered the expulsion of the Soviet Consul General in New York, Jacob Lomakin, accusing him of attempting to return two consular employees to the Soviet Union against their will.
In 1964, President Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act, a nearly $1 billion anti-poverty measure.
In 1977, the U.S. launched Voyager 2, an unmanned spacecraft carrying a 12-inch copper phonograph record containing greetings in dozens of languages, samples of music and sounds of nature.
In 1986, postal employee Patrick Henry Sherrill went on a deadly rampage at a post office in Edmond, Okla., shooting 14 fellow workers to death before killing himself.
In 1988, eight British soldiers were killed by an Irish Republican Army land mine that destroyed a military bus near Omagh, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Ten years ago: Retaliating 13 days after the deadly embassy bombings in East Africa, U.S. forces launched cruise missile strikes against alleged terrorist camps in Afghanistan and what was described as a chemical plant in Sudan. Monica Lewinsky went before a grand jury for a second round of explicit testimony about her White House encounters with President Clinton.
Five years ago:The United States won the women's overall team gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, Calif.; Romania took the silver medal and Australia, the bronze.
One year ago: Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Rivera in Hurricane Dean roared toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. A roadside bomb killed the governor of the predominantly Shiite Muthana province in Iraq. A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 exploded in a fireball at an airport gate in Okinawa seconds after all 157 passengers and eight crew had safely evacuated. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama expressed irritation with the "Obama Gift" Web video, saying it had upset his daughters. He magnate Leona Helmsley died in Greenwich, Conn., at age 87.
Today's highlight in history:
Today's birthdays: writer-producer-director Walter Bernstein is 89. U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas is 73. Broadcast journalist Connie Chung is 62. Musician Jimmy Pankow (Chicago) is 61. Rock
singer Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) is 60. Rock singer Doug Fieger (The Knack) is 64. Country singer Rud Gattilian is 65. Singer-songwriter John Haiti is 64. actor-director Peter Harton is 55. TV weatherman Al Roker is 54. Actory Ajavecone is 53. Actress Joan Allen is 52. TV personality Asha Blake is 47.actor James Matsers is 46. Apper KRS-One is 43. rock singer Fred Durst (Limp Bip) is 38. rock musician Brad Avery is 37. actor Jonathan Ke Quan is 37. rock singer Monique Powell (Save Ferris) is 33.
In the early hours of Aug. 21, 1968, the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations began invading Czechoslovakia to crush the "Prague Spring" liberalization drive led by Alexander Dubcek.
On this date:
In 1911, Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting turned up two years later, in Italy.)
Insurrection in Virginia. (He was later executed.) In 1858, the first of seven debates between Illinois senatorial contenders Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas took place.
hought for today; "I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature; and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, griee, Give, give!" —Abbigail Adams, American first lady (1744-1818).
In 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, N.Y.
In 1944, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China opened talks at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington that helped pave the way for establishment of the United Nations.
In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in Mexico City from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before.
In 1959, Hawaii became the 50th state as President Eisenhower signed an executive order, five months after he'd signed the Hawaiian statebill bill.
In 1983, Philippine opposition leader Benigno S. Aquino Jr., ending a self-imposed exile in the United States, was shot dead moments after stepping off a plane at Manila International Airport.
In 1991, the hard-line coup against Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev collapsed in the face of a popular uprising led by Russian federation President Boris N. Yeltsin.
Ten years ago; Samuel H. Bowers, a 73-year-old former ku Klux Klan leader, was convicted in Hattiesburg, Miss., of ordering a 1966 firebombing that killed civil rights activist Vernon Dahmer. (Bowers died in prison in November 2006 at age 82.)
Today's highlight in history:
In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of
New Mexico a state; after the United States.
In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Friday
In 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field. ending the War of the Roses.
On this date:
In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.
On Aug. 22, 1968, Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South America.
Five years ago: Alabama's top judge, Chief Justice Roy Moore, refused to back down in his fight to keep a Ten Commandments monument and lashed out at his colleagues who'd ordered it removed from the rotunda of the state judicial building. Palestinian militants abandoned a two-month-old truce after Israel killed a Hamas leader in a missile attack. The French government acknowledged that as many as 10,000 people might have died in the country's heat wave. Paul Hamm put together a near-perfect routine on the high bar to become the first American man to win the all-around gold medal at the World Championship in
in 1904, Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping was born in Sichuan province.
in 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese colonial rule until 1945.
In 1956, President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republic National Convention in San Francisco.
In 1978, President Kenyatta, a leading figure in Kenya's struggle for independence, died; Vice President Daniel arap Moi was sworn in as acting president.
One year ago, Hurricane Dean struck Mexicos coast as a Category 5 storm. The postwarirajib tribunal former Saddam Hussein aides
In 1985, 55 people died when fire broke out aboard a British Airtours charter jet on a runway at Manchester Airport in England.
In 1989, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, Calif. (Gunman Tyrone Robinson was later sentenced to 32 years in life of prison.)
Ten years ago, President Clinton, in his Saturday ad address, announced he had signed an
opened its third proceeding, putting former Defense Minister Ali Hassan al-Majid, known as "Chemical Ali," and 14 other men on trial. Space shuttle Endeavour safely returned to Cape Canavel, Fla.
Today's birthdays: Actress Kim Cattrall is 52. Rock singer Serj Tankian (System of a Down) is 41. Actress Carissa-Anne Moss is 38. Rock musician Liam Howlett (Prodigy) is 37. Actress Alicia Witt is 33. King Kelis is 29. Singer Melissa Schuman is 24.actor Cody Kasch is 21. Actress Hayden Panettiere is 19. Actor RJ MITT (TV; "Breaking Bad") is 16.
radio address, announced he had signed an executive order putting Osama bin Laden's Islamic Army and two of his main lieutenants on a list of terrorist groups.
Five years ago. Alabama's chief justice, Roy Moore, was suspended for his refusal to abuse a federal court order to remove his Ten Commandments monument from the rotunda of his courthouse, Texas Gov. Rick Perry pardoned 35 people arrested in the 1999 Tulia drug busts and convicted on the testimony of a lone undercover agent. (The agent, Tom Coleman, was later found guilty of aggravated perjury and sentenced to 10 years probation — he's been appealing his conviction.) In Brazil, a rocket exploded on its launch pad during tests just days before liftoff, killing 21 workers.
Thought for today: "Of course, there are a lot of ways you can treat the blues, but it will still be the blues." — Count Basie, American band-leader (born this year in 1904, died 1984).
One year ago: President Bush, addressing the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City, Mo., offered a fresh endorsement of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, calling him "a good guy, good man with a difficult job." A U.S. helicopter crashed in Iraq, killing 14 soldiers. Hurricane Dean slammed into Mexico for the second time in as many days. The Texas Rangers became the first team in 110 years to score 30 runs in a game, setting an American League record in a 30-3 rout of the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader.
Today's birthdays: Author Ray Bradbury is 88.
Baseball Hall-of-Famer Carl Yatzsemski is 69.
Actress Valerie Harper is 68. Football coach Bill
Parcells is 67. CSN newsman Steve Kroft is 63.
Actress Cindy Williams is 61. Musician David
Marks is 60. Country singer Holly Dunn is 51.
Rock musician Vern Reid is 50. Country singer Ricky Lynn Gregg is 49. Country singer Collin Raye is 48. Actress Regina Taylor is 48. Rock singer Roland Czrabial (Tears For Fears) is 48. rock musician Debbi Peterson (The Bangles) is 47. rock musician Gary Lee Corner (Screaming Trees) is 46. Singer Tori Amos is 45. country singer Mila Mesa is 45. Rhythm-and-blue musician James DeBarge is 45. tennis player Wats Miller is 44. Rapper GZA/The Genius is 42. Actor Ty Burrell is 41. Actor Rick Yune is 37. rock musician Paul Doucette (Matchbox Twenty) is 36. Rap-reggae singer Beenie Man is 35. Singer Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) is 35. Actress Leigh Green is 34. Rock musician Jef Stinco (Simple Plan) is 30. Actress Aya Sumik (TV: "Numbars") is 28.
Thought for today: "If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth." — Logan Pearls Smith, Anglo-American essayist (1865-1946).
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