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Re: This Day in History

August 8 1942:

Six convicted Nazi saboteurs who had landed in the United States were executed in Washington, D.C.

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Today is Sunday, August 9, 2009

Today in
Middle East History

1990 - The U.N. declared the Iraqi annexation of Kuwait void.

2001 - In Jerusalem, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a pizzeria. The lunchtime bombing killed 15 and wounded about 90 others.

2003 - The Israeli army killed two of Hamas' bombmakers in a raid. Hamas claimed responsibility for a bomb at an Israeli bus stop on August 12 in response.

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August 9 1936:

Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics
as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.

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August 10 1969:

Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were murdered in their Los Angeles home by members of Charles Manson's cult,
one day after actress Sharon Tate and four other people were slain.

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1945 - The Allies informed Japan that they would determine Emperor Hirohito's future status after Japan's surrender.

[Aug 11, 2009 10:10:41 AM]

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Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who emerged from a powerful male-dominated political family to found the Special Olympics and become a leading advocate of the mentally disabled, died at the age of 88.

[Aug 11, 2009 11:23:24 AM]

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August 11 1934:

The first federal prisoners arrived at the island prison Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.

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12th August, 1944

Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., eldest son of Joseph and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, was killed when an explosives-laden Navy plane blew up over England during World War II.

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August 12 1898:

Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.

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August 13th, 1929 : Valentine’s Day Massacre

On this day, in Chicago, gunmen suspected to be in the employment of organised-crime boss Al Capone murdered seven members of the George "Bugs" Moran "North Siders" gang in a garage on North Clark Street. The so-called St. Valentine's Day Massacre stirred a media storm centred on Capone and his illegal Prohibition-era activities and motivated federal authorities to redouble their efforts to find evidence incriminating enough to take him off the streets.

I wonder if it was a Friday?

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