This Day in History: August 04, 2004
100 years ago:
1904- Boston
Pilgrims, now the Boston Red Sox, lost 11-1 to the Cleveland Naps, now
the Cleveland Indians.
Source:
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1904_sched.shtml
75
years ago:
1929- Yasser Arafat, the leader of the
Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) who has been blamed for
Palestinian violence against Israel was born.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0804.htm
50
years ago:
1954-
Britain's first supersonic
fighter plane, the English Electric Lightning P-1, made its maiden
flight.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0804.htm
25
years ago:
1979 -Indian
Airlines crashed into the Kiroli Hills while on approach to Bombay at
night. There was a momentary/intermittent loss of electrical contact in
the G/S system of aircraft which gave the pilot an erroneous impression
of the interception of the glide slope resulting in the tragic death of
45 on board.
Source:
http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1979/1979-37.htm
10
years ago:
1994 -
Truck carrying millions of bees overturns on NY parkway.
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0804.htm
5
years ago:
1999 - On the eve of
congressional votes on the Republicans' $792 billion tax cut proposal,
President Clinton again pledged a veto, saying the GOP package was
"risky and plainly wrong."
Source:
http://www.davesdatebook.com/630/630d0804.htm
1
year ago:
2003 - Agape Press reported that Democratic Congressman Dick Gephardt became the first
presidential candidate to join Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians
and Gays (PFLAG) in support of their lesbian daughter Chrissy Gephardt.
Source:
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/8/42003h.asp
Compiled by Ramesh C. Reddy
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