Monday, July 23, 2007, #138 (1405)

Today in history

1829 - In the United States, William Austin Burt patents the first typewriter
1903 - Ford Motor Company sold its first car
1914 - Austria-Hungary issues an ultimatum to Serbia allowing the Austrians to find out who killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand. When Serbia denies Austria-Hungary their demands World War I is sparked on July 28, 1914
1929 - Fascist government in Italy ban the use of foreign words
1942 - The Holocaust: The Treblinka extermination camp is opened
1967 - 12th Street Riot: In Detroit, Michigan, one of the worst riots in United States history begins on 12th Street in the predominantly African American inner cit
1982 - Actor Vic Morrow and two child actors are killed on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie when a helicopter spins out of control
1984 - Vanessa Williams becomes the first Miss America to resign when she surrenders her crown after nude photos of her appeared in Penthouse magazine
1986 - In London, Prince Andrew, Duke of York marries Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey
1992 - A Vatican commission, led by Joseph Ratzinger, establishes necessary to limit rights of homosexual people and non-married couples

Birthdays

1892 - Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia (d. 1975)
1940 - Don Imus, American talk radio host
1957 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch film director (d. 2004)
1961 - Woody Harrelson, American actor
1965 - Slash, English guitarist (Guns N' Roses)
1967 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor
1971 - Alison Krauss, American singer and fiddler
1972 - Marlon Wayans, American actor
1973 - Monica Lewinsky, former American White House intern
1989 - Daniel Radcliffe, English actor

Georgiam words of the day

wizard  - jadokari
spell - shelotsva
deathly - sasikvdilo, sabedistzero
hallows - tzminda natzilebi

The seventh book in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, was released on July 21

otsda ert ivliss gamovida meshvide tzigni seriashi, “hari poteri da sabedistsero tzminda natsilebi”



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