Friday, October 26, 2007, #205 (1472)

Today in history

1905 - Norway becomes independent from Sweden
1947 - The Maharaja of Kashmir agrees to allow his kingdom to join India
1965 - The Beatles are appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBEs)
1999 - Britain's House of Lords votes to end the right of hereditary peers to vote in Britain's upper chamber of Parliament
2002 - Moscow Theater Siege ends: Approximately 50 Chechen rebels and 150 hostages die when Russian Spetsnaz storm a theater building in Moscow, which had been occupied by the rebels during a musical performance three days before

Birthdays

1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer (d. 1757)
1759 - Georges Jacques Danton, French Revolutionary leader (d. 1794)
1911 - Mahalia Jackson, American singer (d. 1972)
1916 - Francois Mitterrand, former president of France (d. 1996)
1942 - Bob Hoskins, British actor
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton, former first lady of the United States and United States Senator

Georgian words of the day

talks - molaparakebebi
fail - sheusrulebloba
reach - mightseva
agreement - shetankhmeba

Talks fail to reach agreement.
molaparakebebi ushedegot dasrulda.



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