GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS TUESDAY, July 22, the 203rd day of 2014 with 162 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:26 and sunset is @ 8:15. The moon is waning. The morning stars are stars are Mercury, Neptune, Uranus & Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mars & Saturn. ON THIS DAY IN: 1587 - A second English colony, also ill-fated, was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina. 1793 - Sir Alexander Mackenzie arrived at Canadas Pacific coast. 1796 - Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by General Moses Cleveland. 1894 - The first automobile race took place between Paris and Rouen, France. 1933 - American aviator Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world in 7 days, 18 hours, and 49 minutes. 1934 - Notorious criminal John Dillinger, Americas Public Enemy No. 1, was shot and killed outside a Chicago theater by federal agents. 1943 - American forces led by General George S. Patton captured Palermo, Sicily. 1944 - The Bretton Woods Conference, (in New Hampshire), created the International Monetary Fund. 2003 - Saddam Husseins sons Uday Hussein and Qusay Hussein were killed when American forces stormed a villa in Mosul, Iraq.
Posted on: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:22:13 +0000
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