Today is Wednesday, Aug. 21. There are 132 days left in the year.
Todays Highlight in
History:
On August 21, 2000, rescue efforts to reach the sunken Russian nuclear submarine Kursk ended with divers announcing none of the 118 sailors had survived.
On this date:
In 1609, Galileo Galilei demonstrated his new telescope to a group of officials atop the Campanile in Venice.
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In 1863, pro-Confederate raiders attacked Lawrence, Kansas, massacring the men and destroying the towns buildings.
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In 1911, Leonardo da Vincis Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris. (The painting was recovered two years later in Italy.)
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In 1912, the Boy Scouts of America named its first Eagle Scout, Arthur Rose Eldred of Troop 1 in Rockville Centre, N.Y.
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In 1940, exiled Communist revolutionary Leon Trotsky died in a Mexican hospital from wounds inflicted by an assassin the day before.
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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.
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In 1993, in a serious setback for NASA, engineers lost contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft as it was about to reach the red planet on a $980 million mission.
Thought for Today:
I dont measure America by its achievement but by its potential. Shirley Chisholm, American politician (1924-2005).
