The Messenger #137 (1404)

Friday, July 20, 2007, #137 (1404)

Today in History

1833 - An anti-Mormon mob in Independence, Missouri, destroys the printing press for the Book of Commandments, now among the most valuable 19th century books.
1921 - Congresswoman Alice Mary Robertson became the first woman to preside over the US House of Representatives.
1924 - Teheran, Persia comes under martial law after the American vice consul, Robert Imbrie, is killed by a religious mob enraged by rumors he had poisoned a fountain and killed several people.
1928 - The government of Hungary issues a decree ordering Gypsies to end their nomadic ways, settle permanently in one place, and subject themselves to the same laws and taxes as other Hungarians.
1933 - In London, 500,000 march against anti-Semitism.
1933 - Germany: Two-hundred Jewish merchants are arrested in Nuremberg and paraded through the streets.
1941 - Soviet leader Joseph Stalin consolidates the Commissariats of Home Affairs and National Security to form the NKVD and names Lavrenti Beria its chief.
1944 - World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt (known as the July 20 Plot) led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.
1951 - King Abdullah I of Jordan by a Palestinian is assassinated while attending Friday prayers in Jerusalem.
1969 - Apollo Program: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon.
1977 - The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind control experiments.
2005 - Canada becomes the fourth country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, after the bill C-38 receives its Royal Assent.

Birthdays

356 BC - Alexander the Great, Greek king and military leader (d. 323 BC)
1304 - Francesco Petrarch, Italian poet (d. 1374)
1757 - Garsevan Chavchavadze, Georgian diplomat and politician (d. 1811)
1822 - Gregor Mendel, father of modern genetics (d. 1884)
1847 - Max Liebermann, German artist (d. 1935)
1919 - Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountain climber
1938 - Natalie Wood, American actress (d. 1981)
1947 - Carlos Santana, Mexican guitarist

Georgian words of the day

food - satchmeli
delivery - mitana
price - pasi
order - shekveta

I want to order food to be delivered