On this day :
1947 Wood raft makes 4300mile voyage, 1782 Washington creates the Purple Heart, 1944 Volkswagen halts production during World War II, 1836 Confederate General Evander Law is born, 1964 Congress passes Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 1945 Georgia institutes a State Board of Corrections, 1956 Mysterious explosions in Colombia, 1912 Teddy Roosevelt nominated as Bull Moose candidate, 1959 US satellite photographs earth, 1998 US embassies in East Africa bombed, 2005 Trapped Russian sub rescued, 1975 Actress Charlize Theron born, 1754 Henry Fielding leaves London for Lisbon, 1997 A free concert by Garth Brooks draws the last sixfigure crowd to New York Citys Central Park, 1869 Astronomer impresses Indians with eclipse, 1990 Bush orders Operation Desert Shield, 1987 Lynne Cox swims into communist territory, 1964 Tonkin Gulf Resolution is passed, 1967 North Vietnam and Peoples Republic of China sign aid agreement, 1914 Battle of Mulhouse begins, 1942 US forces invade Guadalcanal,
_1451827273_60x45.jpg "The Mis-Trek")
