Thursday, August 16, 2007, #156 (1423)

Today in history
1841 - U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history
1868 - Arica, Peru (now Chile) is devastated by a tsunami which followed a magnitude 8.5 earthquake in the Peru-Chile Trench off the coast. The earthquake and tsunami killed an estimated 25,000 people in Arica and perhaps 70,000 people in all
1930 - The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks
1960 - Cyprus gains its independence from the United Kingdom
1964 - Vietnam War: A coup d'etat replaces Duong Van Minh with General Nguyen Khanh as President of South Vietnam. A new constitution is established with aid from the U.S. Embassy

Birthdays
1888 - T. E. Lawrence, English writer and soldier (d. 1935)
1913 - Menachem Begin, 6th Prime Minister of Israel, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
1920 - Charles Bukowski, American poet (d. 1994)
1954 - James Cameron, Canadian film director
1958 - Madonna, American singer and actress

Georgian Words of the Day

nature - buneba

visit - viziti

mountain - mta

gorgeous - shesanishnavi

Kazbegi is a gorgeous place to rediscover Georgia's rich nature.

qazbegi shesanishnavi adgilia imisatvis rom kidev ertkhel aghmoachino sakartvelos mdidari buneba.


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