1588 - Battle of Gravelines ends - Defeated by the English during an invasion attempt, the surviving parts of the Spanish Armada begin to sail home. Only 67 of the original 130 ships will later reach Spain and most of these will be in poor condition.
1942 - World War II: In Washington, DC, six German would-be saboteurs are executed (two others were cooperative and received life imprisonment instead).
1942- Quit India resolution was passed by the Bombay session of the AICC, which led to the start of a historical civil disobidience movement across India
1945 - World War II - The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and invades Manchuria with more than 1 million troops. This action prompts Emperor Hirohito to plead with the war council to reconsider surrender.
1945 _ The United Nations Charter is ratified by the United States, and that nation becomes the first to join the new international organization.
1962 - Elizabeth Ann Duncan becomes the last woman to be executed in the United States prior to the reintroduction of capital punishment in 1977. She and the two men she hired to murder her pregnant daughter-in-law in 1958 died in San Quentin's gas chamber.
A feast for the mind, as well as the eyes, the King Library boasts a collection of roughly 1.5 million items as well as delightful public art installations awaiting your discovery on every floor.” The place was indeed immense, reminding Rae of a busy airport terminal.
The August2003 meeting of the Camera Owners of the Bay Area was held today at the Orange Room at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center.
The three presentations covered the Hasselblad H1 Medium Format camera with the Kodak Pro Digital Back 645H and software for processing and organzing one’s digital photo collection.
Feeds |
Contact