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August 7, 2012

Today in history

Today is the 220th day of 2012 and the 49th day of summer.

 

TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1958, playwright Arthur Miller won a two-year-long appeal battle against his contempt of Congress conviction for refusing to give a list of names in his House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) testimony.

In 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Lyndon Johnson wide discretionary power in responding to reported Vietnamese attacks.

In 1998, U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya were bombed.

 

TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Ralph Bunche (1904-1971), activist/Nobel laureate; Garrison Keillor (1942- ), writer/entertainer; David Duchovny (1960- ), actor; Charlize Theron (1975- ), actress; Sidney Crosby (1987- ), hockey player; Mike Trout (1991- ), baseball player.

 

TODAY'S SPORTS: In 2007, Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hit his 756th career home run, surpassing the record set by Hank Aaron.

 

TODAY'S FACT: Ronald Reagan quoted Thomas Jefferson during his HUAC testimony, which he gave in 1947.

 

TODAY'S QUOTE: "Heads are wisest when they are cool, and hearts are strongest when they beat in response to noble ideas." -- Ralph Bunche

 

TODAY'S NUMBER: 2 -- senators who voted against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. Democratic Sens. Wayne Morse of Oregon and Ernest Gruening of Alaska opposed the joint resolution, which passed 88-2 in Congress and 415-0 in the House of Representatives.

 

TODAY'S MOON: Between full moon (Aug. 1) and last quarter moon (Aug. 9).

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