1784: Grigory Shelikhov, a Russian fur trader, founded the first permanent Russian settlement in Alaska on Kodiak Island.
1900: Some 2,000 U.S. Marines joined with European forces to capture Beijing, ending the Boxer Rebellion against the Western presence in China.
1945: U.S. President Harry Truman announced that Japan had accepted terms for unconditional surrender, ending World War II.
1966: The unmanned U.S. Orbiter 1 spacecraft began orbiting the moon.
1994: The notorious international terrorist known as Carlos the Jackal was captured in Sudan. He was extradited to France the next day.
2003: A massive power failure spread through Ohio, Michigan, the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, leaving 50 million people in eight states and the province of Ontario without electricity for as long as two days.
2003: The French health ministry said sweltering heat in Europe could be responsible for as many as 3,000 deaths in France.
2004: In the US, Hurricane Charley raked the coast of the Carolinas and moved back ashore at Georgetown, S.C., with 75 mph winds. Meanwhile, Florida, hard hit the day before, searched for more victims and assessed damage.
2004: At least 115 people were reported killed by Typhoon Rananim, the 14th typhoon to hit China this year.
2005: Authorities say the crash of a Helios Airways plane in Greece with 121 people aboard could have been caused by a sudden drop in cabin pressure. A report from the scene said there were no survivors.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Yesterday in recent history - August 13th...
1889: William Gray patented the coin-operated telephone.
1930: Capt. Frank Hawkes set an air speed record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours, 25 minutes.
1961: East Germany closed the Brandenburg Gate and prepared to start building the Berlin Wall.
1980: U.S. President Jimmy Carter was nominated for a second term by the Democratic National Convention in New York but lost in November to Ronald Reagan.
1990: Singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield was left paralyzed when he was hit by a wind-blown lighting rig on an outdoor stage in New York. He died in 1999.
1992: A gunman dressed in military fatigues went on a shooting spree in a plant nursery in Watsonville, California, killing three and wounding four others before killing himself.
1993: Israel agreed for the first time to negotiate with a Palestinian delegation whose members belonged officially to the PLO.
1994: North Korea agreed to allow U.N. monitors to inspect a secret nuclear laboratory.
1930: Capt. Frank Hawkes set an air speed record by flying from Los Angeles to New York in 12 hours, 25 minutes.
1961: East Germany closed the Brandenburg Gate and prepared to start building the Berlin Wall.
1980: U.S. President Jimmy Carter was nominated for a second term by the Democratic National Convention in New York but lost in November to Ronald Reagan.
1990: Singer/songwriter Curtis Mayfield was left paralyzed when he was hit by a wind-blown lighting rig on an outdoor stage in New York. He died in 1999.
1992: A gunman dressed in military fatigues went on a shooting spree in a plant nursery in Watsonville, California, killing three and wounding four others before killing himself.
1993: Israel agreed for the first time to negotiate with a Palestinian delegation whose members belonged officially to the PLO.
1994: North Korea agreed to allow U.N. monitors to inspect a secret nuclear laboratory.
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