Wednesday, August 15, 2007

This Day In History

1769: Napoleon Bonaparte was born on the island of Corsica.

1914: Panama Canal open to traffic.

1939: The MGM musical "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

1944: Allied forces landed in southern France during World War II.

1945: The Allies proclaimed V-J Day (Victory over Japan), one day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.

1947: India became independent after some 200 years of British rule.

1948: The Republic of Korea (South Korea) was proclaimed.

1961: Berlin Wall built.

1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York.

1971: President Richard M. Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.

1998: The day that changed my life.

2001: Astronomers announced the discovery of the first solar system outside our own - two planets orbiting a star in the Big Dipper.

2005: Iraqi leaders failed to meet a key deadline for finishing a new constitution.

2006: Israel began withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon.

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