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1538 - Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.

1661 - Treaty of The Hague is signed by Portugal and the Dutch Republic.

1787 - Sixty proof sheets of the Constitution of the United States are delivered to the Constitutional Convention.

1806 - Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, abdicates, thus ending the Holy Roman Empire.

1819 - Norwich University founded in Vermont as the first private military school in the United States.

1825 - Bolivia gains independence from Spain.

1845 - Russian Geographical Society is founded in Saint Petersburg.

1861 - British annexation of Lagos, Nigeria.

1862 - American Civil War: The Confederate ironclad CSS Arkansas is scuttled on the Mississippi River after suffering damage in a battle with USS Essex near Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Wœrth is fought, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory.

1890 - At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.

1901 - Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.

1909 - Alice Ramsey and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip.

1912 - The Bull Moose Party meets at the Chicago Coliseum.

1914 - World War I: First Battle of the Atlantic - Two days after the United Kingdom declared war on Germany over the German invasion of Belgium, ten German U-boats leave their base in Heligoland to attack Royal Navy warships in the North Sea.

1914 - World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.

1914 - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the French Foreign Legion, becoming the first American to fight in World War I.

1915 - World War I: Battle of Sari Bair - The Allies mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at Suvla Bay.

1917 - World War I: The Battle of Mărăşeşti between the Romanian and German armies begins.

1923 - Henry Sullivan swims the English Channel.

1926 - Gertrude Ederle becomes first woman to swim across the English Channel.

1926 - In New York, the Warner Brothers' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

1926 - Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.

1931 - Bix Beiderbecke dies at age 28 of an Alcohol seizure.

1942 - Queen Wilhelmina is the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States Congress.

1945 - World War II: Hiroshima is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Little Boy", is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly, and some tens of thousands died in subsequent years due to burns and radiation poisoning.

1956 - After going bankrupt in 1955, the American broadcaster DuMont Television Network has its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena.

1958 - Sports: Australian runner Herb Elliot broke the world record for the mile at the Morton Stadium in Dublin, in a time of 3:54.5.

1960 - Cuban Revolution: In response to a United States embargo, Cuba nationalizes American and foreign-owned property in the nation.

1960 - USA The Highest Ever Parachute jump was Made by Joe Kittinger in Excelsior III at 100,000Ft (31KM/23Mi) and lasted for 15 Minutes and 3 Seconds.

1961 - Second successful manned orbital flight (USSR, Gherman Titov)

1962 - Jamaica becomes independent.

1964 - Prometheus, the world's oldest tree, is cut down.

1965 - US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 into United States law.

1966 - Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, NE killing all 42 on board.

1976 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto lays foundation-stone of Port Qasim, Karachi.

1986 - A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the New South Wales coast dumps a record 328 millimeters (13 inches) of rain in a day on Sydney.

1988 - "Tompkins Square Park Police Riot" in New York City. A riot erupted in Tompkins Square Park when police attempted to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists were caught up in the police action that took place on the night of August 6 and the early morning of August 7.

1990 - Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council orders a global trade embargo against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion of Kuwait.

1991 - Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

1991 - Doi Takako, chair of the Social Democratic Party (Japan), becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

1993 - According to Japanese government and Tokyo Broadcasting System networks report, heavy massive rain and debris blow occurred at widely Kagoshima and Aira area, Kyūshū, Japan, killing 72.

1996 - NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

1997 - Microsoft buys $150 million worth of shares of financially troubled Apple Computer.

1997 - Korean Air Flight 801, a Boeing 747-300, crashes into the jungle on Guam on approach to airport, killing 228.

2000 - The Roman Catholic Church's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, under Prefect Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, publishes Dominus Iesus, notable for its lack of the filioque clause in the Latin text of the Nicene Creed.

2001 - White House briefing entitled Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S. delivered to George W. Bush. This document foreshadowed the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2002 - Manindra Agrawal et al prove the long standing number theory conjecture in the article entitled Primes in P.

Events Treaty of Nagyvarad. ... Bogota redirects here. ... Oil portrait of Gonzalo JimÃ©nez de Quesada (unknown artist, Museo Nacional da Colombia, Bogota) Gonzalo JimÃ©nez de Quesada (1509â€“1579) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador in Colombia. ... 1661 (MDCLXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Map of Dutch Republic by Joannes Janssonius United Netherlands redirects here. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: The United States Constitution The United States Constitution is the supreme law of the United States of America. ... Scene at the Signing of the Constitution of the United States, by Howard Chandler Christy. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Francis I in Austrian coronation regalia, 1832 Austrian thaler of Francis II, dated 1821. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... This article is about the medieval empire. ... Year 1819 (MDCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) in the [[Grhttp://en. ... Norwich University (NU) is a private university located in Northfield, Vermont. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Year 1825 (MDCCCXXV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Russian Geographical Society is a learned society, founded on 6 August 1845 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Year 1861 (MDCCCLXI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Lagos (disambiguation). ... This article is about 1862 . ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... Motto Deo Vindice (Latin: Under God, Our Vindicator) Anthem (none official) God Save the South (unofficial) The Bonnie Blue Flag (unofficial) Dixie (unofficial) States that seceded under CSA control States and territories claimed by CSA without formal secession and/or control Capital Montgomery, Alabama (until May 29, 1861) Richmond, Virginia... Ironclad warships, frequently shortened to just ironclads, were ships sheathed with thick iron plates for protection. ... The CSS Arkansas was a Confederate Ironclad warship during the American Civil War. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... USS Essex was an ironclad river gunboat of the United States Army and later United States Navy during the American Civil War. ... For the Canadian restaurant, see Baton Rouge (restaurant). ... This article is about the U.S. State. ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Combatants Second French Empire North German Confederation allied with South German states (later German Empire) Commanders Napoleon III FranÃ§ois Achille Bazaine Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta Otto von Bismarck Helmuth von Moltke the Elder Strength 400,000 at wars beginning 1,200,000 Casualties 150,000... Combatants Prussia Baden Bavaria WÃ¼rttemberg France Commanders Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Patrice MacMahon Strength 88,000 50,000 Casualties 10,000 dead, wounded, or missing 11,000 dead or wounded 9,000 captured The Battle of WÅ“rth, also known as the Battle of Reichshoffen or as the Battle... Anthem PreuÃŸenlied, Heil dir im Siegerkranz (both unofficial) The Kingdom of Prussia at its greatest extent, at the time of the formation of the German Empire, 1871 Capital Berlin Government Monarchy King - 1701 â€” 1713 Frederick I (first) - 1888 â€” 1918 William II (last) Prime minister - 1848 Adolf Heinrich von Arnim... Year 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Auburn Prison is a prison located in Auburn, New York, USA. Constructed in 1816, it was the first state prison in New York, the site of the first execution via electric chair, and the namesake of the Auburn System, a correctional system believed to rehabilitate prisoners William Kemmler, who murdered... This article is about the state. ... William Kemmler William Kemmler (May 9, 1860â€“ August 6, 1890) of Buffalo, New York was the first person to be executed via electric chair. ... The electric chair is an execution method in which the person being put to death is strapped to a chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the tribe. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... This article is about Native Americans. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Alice Huyler Ramsey lived from 1887 to 1983 and was the first woman to drive across America from coast to coast. ... Year 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Sunday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... ... The Chicago Coliseum was a large building in Chicago, Illinois that served as a sports arena, convention center, and exhibition hall over the course of its history. ... Year 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... The First Battle of the Atlantic (1914â€“1918) was a naval campaign of World War I, largely fought in the seas around the British Isles and in the Atlantic Ocean. ... U-boat is also a nickname for some diesel locomotives built by GE; see List of GE locomotives October 1939. ... For the landscape in Norway, see Helgeland. ... This article is about the navy of the United Kingdom. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... Anthem: Serbia() on the European continent() â€” [] Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, Rusyn 1 Albanian 2 Demonym Serbian Government Parliamentary Democracy - President Boris TadiÄ‡ - Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica - First state 7th century - Serbian Kingdom3 1217 - Serbian Empire 1345 - Independence lost... Legionnaire redirects here. ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... Year 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday[1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... â€œThe Great War â€ redirects here. ... // Combatants British Empire Australia India New Zealand United Kingdom Ottoman Empire Commanders Ian Hamilton Otto von Sanders Mustafa Kemal Strength 4 divisions (initial) 8 divisions (final) Unknown Casualties Suvla: 8,155 Anzac: 12,000+ Total: 20,155+ 12,000 The Battle of Sari Bair, also known as the August Offensive... Look up ally in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Suvla is a bay on the Aegean coast of the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey, south of the Gulf of Saros. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... Combatants Romania Russian Empire German Empire Austria-Hungary Commanders Alexandru Averescu Eremia Grigorescu Field Marshall Mackensen Strength Unknown Unknown Casualties 27,000 47,000 The Battle of MÄƒrÄƒÅŸeÅŸti, Vrancea County, eastern Romania (August 6 to September 8, 1917) was a battle fought during World War I between... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ederle in 1926 Gertrude Caroline Ederle (October 23, 1905 â€“ November 30, 2003) was an American competitive swimmer. ... For the Thoroughbred racehorse of the same name, see English Channel (horse). ... This article is about the state. ... Warner Bros. ... The Warner Brothers Vitaphone logo. ... Don Juan is a 1926s Warner Bros silent film, directed by Alan Crosland. ... This article is about John Barrymore, Sr. ... Houdini redirects here. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bix Beiderbecke (March 10, 1903 â€“ August 6, 1931) was a notable jazz cornet player. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Wilhelmina Helena Pauline Orange-Nassau (August 31, 1880 - November 28, 1962) was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 to 1948 and Queen Mother (with the title of Princess) from 1948 to 1962. ... Type Bicameral Houses Senate House of Representatives President of the Senate President pro tempore Dick Cheney, (R) since January 20, 2001 Robert C. Byrd, (D) since January 4, 2007 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, (D) since January 4, 2007 Members 535 plus 4 Delegates and 1 Resident Commissioner Political... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... For other uses, see Hiroshima (disambiguation). ... The mushroom cloud over Hiroshima after the dropping of Little Boy. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 kilometers (11 mi) above the hypocenter A nuclear weapon derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions of fusion or fission. ... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ... Colonel Paul Tibbets waving from Enola Gays cockpit before the bombing of Hiroshima. ... Radiation poisoning, also called radiation sickness or a creeping dose, is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... The DuMont Television Network was the worlds first commercial television network, beginning operation in the United States in 1946. ... Jan. ... A sport consists of a physical activity or skill carried out with a recreational purpose: for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. ... Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is the sixth-largest country in the world, the only country to occupy an entire continent, and the largest in the region of Australasia/Oceania. ... Herbert James (Herb) Elliott (February 25, 1938) was an Australian athlete, one of the worlds greatest middle distance runners. ... â€œMilesâ€ redirects here. ... Morton stadium is an athletics stadium in Dublin in Ireland. ... For other uses, see Dublin (disambiguation). ... Year 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Belligerents 26th of July Movement Cuba Commanders Fidel Castro Che Guevara Raul Castro Fulgencio Batista The Cuban Revolution refers to the revolution that led to the overthrow of General Fulgencio Batistas regime on January 1, 1959 by the 26th of July Movement and other revolutionary elements within the country. ... The United States embargo against Cuba (described in Cuba as el bloqueo, Spanish for the blockade) is an economic, commercial, and financial embargo imposed on Cuba on February 7, 1962. ... Motto: (traditional) In God We Trust (official, 1956â€“present) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City Official language(s) None at the federal level; English de facto Government Federal Republic - President George W. Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence - Declared - Recognized... Joseph W. Kittinger II (1928- ) Kittinger next to the Excelsior gondola Joseph W. Kittinger II (born July 27, 1928) was a pilot in the United States Air Force. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... State motto (Russian): ÐŸÑ€Ð¾Ð»ÐµÑ‚Ð°Ñ€Ð¸Ð¸ Ð²ÑÐµÑ… ÑÑ‚Ñ€Ð°Ð½, ÑÐ¾ÐµÐ´Ð¸Ð½ÑÐ¹Ñ‚ÐµÑÑŒ! (Transliterated: Proletarii vsekh stran, soedinyaytes!) (Translated: Workers of the world, unite!) Capital Moscow Official language None; Russian (de facto) Government Federation of Soviet republics Area - Total - % water 1st before collapse 22,402,200 kmÂ² Approx. ... Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (Russian: Ð“ÐµÑ€Ð¼Ð°Ð½ Ð¡Ñ‚ÐµÐ¿Ð°Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¢Ð¸Ñ‚Ð¾Ð²; September 11, 1935, Verkhnee Zhilino â€“ September 20, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet cosmonaut and the second person to orbit the Earth. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Prometheus (aka WPN-114) was the nickname given to the then oldest non-clonal organism ever discovered, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) tree at least 5,000 years old which grew at the tree line near Wheeler Peak in eastern Nevada, USA. The tree was cut down in... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth. ... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Federal courts Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal District Courts Elections Presidential elections Midterm elections Political Parties Democratic Republican Third parties State & Local government Governors Legislatures (List) State Courts Local Government Other countries Atlas US Government Portal For other uses, see President of the United States (disambiguation). ... LBJ redirects here. ... The United States Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed requiring would-be voters to take literacy tests and provided for federal registration of African American voters in areas that had less than 50% of eligible voters registered. ... The law of the United States is derived from the common law of England, which was in force at the time of the Revolutionary War. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashed into Falls City, NE on August 6th, 1966. ... Falls City is a city located in Richardson County, Nebraska. ... Year 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (Urdu: , IPA: ; Sindhi: Ø°ÙˆØ§Ù„ÙÙ‚Ø§Ø± Ø¹Ù„ÙŠ Ú€ÙÙ½Ùˆ) (January 5, 1928 â€“ April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani politician who served as the President of Pakistan from 1971 to 1973 and as Prime Minister from 1973 to 1977. ... Port Muhammad Bin Qasim is a port in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan located at , (24. ... (Sindhi: , Urdu: ) is the largest city in Pakistan and is the provincial capital of Sindh province. ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... NSW redirects here. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ... â€œSecurity Councilâ€ redirects here. ... In international commerce and politics, an embargo is the prohibition of commerce and trade with a certain country. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Sir Tim Berners-Lee Sir Tim (Timothy John) Berners-Lee, KBE (TimBL or TBL) (b. ... The World Wide Web and WWW redirect here. ... Doi Takako (土井たか子 Doi Takako, born November 30, 1928) is a Japanese politician. ... The Social Democratic Party (ç¤¾ä¼šæ°‘ä¸»å…š Shakai Minshu-tÅ, often abbreviated to ç¤¾æ°‘å…š Shamin-tÅ; also abbreviated as SDP in English) is a political party of Japan. ... The House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Diet of Japan. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... There is still dispute as to whether Japan is a constitutional monarchy or a republic. ... Image:Tokyo Broadcasting System(å¹´æœ«ç‘žç©‚ç¬¬ä¸€å°å¦æ ¡) in Akasaka . ... Kagoshima (鹿児島市; -shi) the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwest tip of the Kyushu island of Japan. ... Species About 10 species, including: Aira caryophyllea - Silver Hair-grass Aira cupaniana Aira elegantissima Aira praecox - Early Hair-grass Aira provincialis Aira tenorei Aira is a genus of about 10 species of annual grasses, native to western and southern Europe, southwest Asia and Africa. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... For other uses, see NASA (disambiguation). ... meteorite fragment ALH84001 ALH84001 (a contraction of Allen Hills 1984 #001) is a meteorite found in Allen Hills, Antarctica in December 1984 by a team of US meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project, among 7,000 others. ... Adjectives: Martian Atmosphere Surface pressure: 0. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... Apple Inc. ... Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) crashed on August 6, 1997 on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. ... The Boeing 747, sometimes nicknamed the Jumbo Jet,[4][5] is a long-haul, widebody commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing in the United States. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Catholic Church redirects here. ... The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) (Congregatio pro Doctrina Fidei) is the oldest of the nine congregations of the Roman Curia. ... A prefect (from the Latin praefectus, perfect participle of praeficere: make in front, i. ... Papal Arms of Pope Benedict XVI. The papal tiara was replaced with a bishops mitre, and pallium of the Pope was added beneath the coat of arms. ... Dominus Iesus (Latin for Lord Jesus) is a document by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Congregations then secretary, Tarcisio Bertone. ... In Christian theology the filioque clause or filioque controversy (filioque meaning and [from] the son in Latin) is a heavily disputed addition to the Nicene Creed, that forms a divisive difference in particular between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. ... For other uses, see Latins and Latin (disambiguation). ... Icon depicting the Holy Fathers of the First Council of Nicaea holding the Nicene Creed. ... This article is about the year. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... A corner of the front page of the briefing The U.S. White House briefing on terror threats of August 6, 2001 is the briefing given to U.S. president George W. Bush and members of his administration by security agencies on that date, concerning terror threats from Osama bin... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the forty-third and current President of the United States of America, originally inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11â€”pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly... Also see: 2002 (number). ... Manindra Agrawal (à¤®à¤£à¥€à¤¨à¥à¤¦à¥à¤° à¤…à¤—à¥à¤°à¤µà¤¾à¤²) (born 20 May 1966 in Allahabad) is a professor of computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. ... The AKS primality test (also known as Agrawal-Kayal-Saxena primality test and cyclotomic AKS test) is a deterministic primality-proving algorithm created and published by three Indian scientists named Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal and Nitin Saxena on August 6, 2002 in a paper titled PRIMES is in P. The...

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1180 - Emperor Go-Toba of Japan (d. 1239)

1504 - Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1575)

1609 - Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (d. 1675)

1619 - Barbara Strozzi, Italian singer and composer (d. 1677)

1638 - Nicolas Malebranche, French philosopher (d. 1715)

1644 - Louise de la Vallière, French mistress of Louis XIV of France (d. 1710)

1656 - Claude de Forbin, French naval commander (d. 1733)

1666 - Maria Sofia of the Palatinate, queen of Portugal (d. 1699)

1697 - Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1745)

1715 - Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues, French writer (d. 1747)

1766 - William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist (d. 1828)

1768 - Jean-Baptiste Bessières, French marshal (d. 1813)

1775 - Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician (d. 1847)

1809 - Alfred Lord Tennyson, English poet (d. 1892)

1844 - James Henry Greathead, British engineer (d. 1896)

1844 - Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1900)

1861 - Edith Roosevelt, American First Lady of the United States (d. 1948)

1868 - Paul Claudel, French poet (d. 1955)

1874 - Charles Fort, American writer and researcher (d. 1932)

1877 - Wallace H. White, Jr., American politician (d. 1952)

1880 - Hans Moser, Austrian actor (d. 1964)

1881 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (d. 1961)

1881 - Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1955)

1881 - Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (d. 1972)

1887 - Dudley Benjafield, British racing driver (d. 1957)

1888 - Heinrich Schlusnus, German baritone (d. 1952)

1889 - John Middleton Murry, English poet (d. 1957)

1889 - George Kenney, American Air Force General (d. 1977)

1891 - William Slim, British general (d. 1970)

1892 - Hoot Gibson, American actor (d. 1962)

1893 - Wright Patman, American politician (d. 1976)

1900 - Cecil H. Green, American geophysicist (d. 2003)

1902 - Dutch Schultz, American bootlegger (d. 1935)

1904 - Henry Iba, American basketball coach (d. 1993)

1906 - Vic Dickenson, American trombonist (d. 1984)

1908 - Helen Jacobs, American tennis player (d. 1997)

1908 - Will Lee, American actor (d. 1982)

1910 - Charles Crichton, British film director (d. 1999)

1911 - Lucille Ball, American actress (d. 1989)

1914 - Arthur Charles Dobson, British racing driver (d. 1980)

1916 - Richard Hofstadter, American historian (d. 1970)

1916 - Dom Mintoff, Maltese Prime Minister

1917 - Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997)

1918 - Norman Granz, American record producer (d. 2001)

1920 - Ella Raines, American actress (d. 1988)

1922 - Sir Freddie Laker, English entrepreneur (d. 2006)

1923 - Jess Collins, American artist (d. 2004)

1925 - Barbara Bates, American actress (d. 1969)

1926 - Clem Labine, American baseball player (d. 2007)

1926 - Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (d. 1999)

1926 - Frank Finlay, British actor

1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)

1928 - Herb Moford, American baseball player (d. 2005)

1929 - Roch La Salle, Canadian politician (d. 2007)

1930 - Abbey Lincoln, American jazz singer

1932 - Howard Hodgkin, British painter

1934 - Piers Anthony, English writer

1937 - Barbara Windsor, English actress

1937 - Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist (d. 2000)

1938 - Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)

1938 - Peter Bonerz, American actor

1940 - Mukhu Aliyev, Dagestanian politician

1941 - Lyle Berman, American poker player

1941 - Ray Culp, American baseball player

1942 - George Jung, American convicted drug felon

1943 - Jon Postel, American computer scientist (d. 1998)

1945 - Andy Messersmith, American baseball player

1945 - Ron Jones, British TV director (d. 1995)

1946 - Allan Holdsworth, British musician

1946 - Roh Moo-hyun, South Korean politician

1946 - Masaaki Sakai, Japanese comedian

1949 - Dino Bravo, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 1993)

1949 - Alan Campbell, Northern Irish clergyman

1949 - Clarence Richard Silva, Catholic Bishop of Honolulu

1950 - Dorian Harewood, American actor

1951 - Daryl Somers, Australian television personality

1951 - Catherine Hicks, American actress

1952 - Vinnie Vincent, American musician (ex-Kiss)

1954 - Paul Steigerwald, American sports announcer

1957 - Jim McGreevey, American politician

1957 - Bob Horner, American baseball player

1962 - Michelle Yeoh, Chinese-Malaysian actress

1962 - Marc Lavoine, French singer and actor

1963 - Kevin Mitnick, American computer hacker

1964 - Moosie Drier, American actor and director

1965 - Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer

1965 - David Robinson, American basketball player

1965 - Mark Speight, British television presenter (d. 2008)

1967 - Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko)

1967 - Mike Greenberg, American sportscaster

1967 - Julie Snyder, Quebec talk show host and producer

1969 - Elliott Smith, American musician (d. 2003)

1970 - M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-born American film director

1971 - Merrin Dungey, American actress

1971 - Scott Minto, English footballer

1972 - Geri Halliwell, British singer (Spice Girls)

1973 - Vera Farmiga, American actress

1973 - Max Kellerman, American sportscaster

1973 - Stuart O'Grady, Australian cyclist

1974 - Luis Vizcaino, Dominican baseball player

1975 - Victor Zambrano, Venezuelan baseball player

1975 - Jamie McGonnigal, American Actor, Director, Producer

1975 - Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier

1976 - Melissa George, Australian actress

1976 - Soleil Moon Frye, American actress

1977 - Leandro Amaral, Brazilian footballer

1977 - Jennifer Lyons, American actress

1977 - Jimmy Nielsen, Danish footballer

1977 - Luciano Zavagno, Argentine footballer

1978 - Marisa Miller, American supermodel

1980 - Danny Collins, Welsh footballer

1980 - Wilber Pan, American-born Taiwanese singer

1982 - Adrianne Curry, American model and reality television personality

1982 - Justin Germano, American Major League Baseball Player

1982 - Karl Davies, British actor

1982 - Derek Mount, American guitarist (Family Force 5)

1982 - Ryan Sypek, American actor

1983 - Robin van Persie, Dutch footballer

1987 - Matt Di Angelo, English Actor

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