Today In History: January 1, 2008

WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTER, LABOR, SMOKE NAZIS, CIVIL RIGHTS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, WATERGATE, PRISONS, POPULATION, SPORTS, NANNY STATE, TAXES, MUSIC, COMICS, COMPUTERS, MONEY, VITAMINS, DAREDEVILS, BORN, DEATH



1922 Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road

WAR!

1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army.

1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China.

1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines.

1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic.

DISASTER

1926 Rhine flood strikes Cologne.

1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213.

1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico.

LABOR

1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9�-hour work day.

1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City NY subway.

SMOKE NAZIS

1966 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health".

1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV.

1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City NY's MTA.

1998 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

2008 Colorado bans smoking in casinos. Anti-smoking advocates argue that any tents or enclosures to make it more comfortable to smoke outdoors are illegal also.

TERRORISM

1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms.

1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran.

CIVIL RIGHTS

1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published.

1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City NY.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto.

1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune.

1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead).

1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo.

WATERGATE

1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime.

PRISONS

1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison.

POPULATION

1960 US census at 179,245,000.

1998 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733.

NANNY STATE

1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY).

SPORTS

1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown).

1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery.

1935 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl.

1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16.

1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa.

1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts.

1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee.

POPE

1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland.

TAXES

1862 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000).

1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages.

MUSIC

1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville.

1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars.

1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful.

1966 Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1.

1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut.

COMICS

1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)

COMPUTERS

1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert.

MONEY

1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion).

FIRSTS

1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot).

1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio.

1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY.

VITAMINS

1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin.

SCIENCE

1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year).

DAREDEVILS

1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain

BORN

1449 Lorenzo de' Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence
1729 Edmund Burke British author/famous Whig (Philosophy & Inquiry, Reflections on the Revolution)
1735 Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne General
1854 Sir James Frazer Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
1863 Pierre de Coubertin France, baron (revived Olympic games)
1867 Charles Edward Montague English author/critic (Fiery Particles)
1879 E[dward] M Forster London England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
1895 J Edgar Hoover Washington DC, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation
1900 Xavier Cugat [Francisco de As�s Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo] Tirona Catalonia Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1909 Barry Goldwater (Senator-R-AZ, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964)
1911 Hammerin' Hank Greenberg Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1912 Kim Philby British spy/Soviet mole
1912 Victor Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1919 J[erome] D[avid] Salinger New York City, NY, novelist (Catcher in the Rye)
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
1943 Don Novello [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula OH, comedian (SNL)
1958 Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], New York City, NY, rocker (Message)
1967 Derrick Thomas NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1986 Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley

DEATH

1557 Jacques Cartier French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1782 Johann Christian Bach German composer/Mozart's tutor, dies at 46
1787 Arthur Middleton US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 44
1953 Hank Williams country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1972 Maurice A Chevalier French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83

January 1, 2008, the first day of the year. New Years Day, there are 365 days left in the Year.

compiled by Mondoreb
[image: hatrickpatrick]
Source: Today in History





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Today in History: December 31, 2007

WAR!, DISASTER, ECONOMICS, SMOKING, NANNY STATE, POLITICS, DICTATORS, IMMIGRATION, COMPUTERS, SCIENCE, SERIAL KILLERS, COUP, CULTURE, 2nd AMENDMENT, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, ROCK AND ROLL, BORN, DEATH



In 1991, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) last day of existence.

WAR!

In 406, 80,000 Vandels attack the Rhine at Mainz.

In 1775, Battle of Québec; Americans unable to take British stronghold.

In 1862, Union ironclad ship "Monitor" sinks off Cape Hatteras NC.

In 1946, President Truman officially proclaims end of WWII.

DISASTER

In 1986 Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in San Juan, Puerto Rico kills 97

ECONOMICS

In 1600, British East India Company chartered.

In 1776, Rhode Island establishes wage & price controls to curb inflation: Limit is 70¢ a day for carpenters, 42¢ for tailors.

In 1896, 25th auto built in US.

In 1961, Marshall Plan expires after distributing more than $12 billion.

In 1974, Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panamá's Gold 100 balboa coin.

In 1991, Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83.

SMOKING



In 1910, US tobacco industry produced 9 billion cigarettes in 1910.
In 1930, US tobacco industry produced 123 billion cigarettes in 1930.

POLITICS

In 1857, Queen Victoria chooses Ottawa as new capital of Canada.

In 1862, President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to the Union.

In 1897, Brooklyn's last day as a city, it incorporates into NYC (1/1/1898).

In 1945. Ratification of UN Charter completed.

In 1984, US leaves UNESCO.

In 1978, Taiwan's final day of diplomatic relations with the US.

In 1999, Control of Panamá Canal reverts to Panamá.

DICTATORS

In 1958, Cuban dictator Batista flees from advancing rebels led by Fidel Castro.

IMMIGRATION

In 1890, Ellis Island (New York NY) opens as a US immigration depot.

COMPUTERS

In 1997, Intel cuts price of Pentium II-233 MHz from $401 to $268.

In 1997, Microsoft buys Hotmail E-mail service.

SCIENCE

In 1879, Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp.

In 1911, Marie Curie receives her 2nd Nobel Prize.

In 1923, 1st transatlantic radio broadcast of a voice, Pittsburgh-Manchester.

In 1924, Edwin Hubble announces existence of distant galactic systems.

In 1958, International Geophyscial Year (IGY) ends.

In 1968, 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian Tupolev TU-144).

SERIAL KILLERS

In 1977, Ted Bundy escapes from jail in Colorado.

CULTURE

In 1907, for the 1st time a ball drops at Times Square to signal the new year.

1921 Last San Francisco firehorses retired.

In 1923, BBC begins using Big Ben chime ID.

In 1935, Charles Darrow patents Monopoly.

In 1990, The Sci-Fi Channel on cable TV begins transmitting.

In 1995, Cartoonist Bill Watterson ends his "Calvin & Hobbes" comic strip.

2nd AMENDMENT

In 1984, NYC subway gunman Bernhard Goetz surrenders to police in New Hampshire.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

In 1981, CNN Headline News debuts.

COUP

In 1961, failed coup by Syrian group in Lebanon.

NANNY STATE

1938 Dr R N Harger's "drunkometer", 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana

ROCK AND ROLL

In 1963, Jerry Garcia & Bob Weir played music together for the 1st time.

In 1966, Monkee's "I'm a Believer" hits #1 & stays there for 7 weeks.

DEMOGRAPHY

1997 More Swedes died than were born in 1997, 1st time since 1809

BORN

1880 George C Marshall Uniontown PA, authored Marshall Plan (Nobel 1953)
1892 Jason Robards Sr Hillsdale MI, actor (Acapulco)
1908 Simon Wiesenthal Polish/Austrian nazi hunter (Wiesenthal Center)
1921 Rocky Graziano New York NY, boxer (Middleweight champion)/actor (Miami Undercover)
1942 Andy Summers Blackpool England, rock guitarist (Police-Roxanne)
1943 Ben Kingsley Scarborough England, actor (Gandhi, Betrayal, Maurice)
1943 John Denver [Henry John Deutschendorf Jr] Roswell NM, singer/songwriter/actor (Rocky Mountain High, Thank God I'm a Country Boy, Oh God!)
1946 Patti Smith Chicago IL, singer (Radio Ethiopia)
1947 Burton Cummings rock guitarist (Guess Who-These Eyes)
1947 Tim Matheson California, actor (Animal House, Fletch, Up the Creek)
1948 Donna Summer Boston MA, singer (Love to Love You Baby, On the Radio)
1959 Val [Edward] Kilmer actor (The Saint, Top Gun, The Doors)
1959 Bebe Neuwirth Princeton NJ, actress (Lilith-Cheers, Damn Yankees)
1970 Bryon Russell NBA forward (Utah Jazz)

DEATH

0192 Lucius Aurelius Commodus Emperor of Rome (180-192), murdered at 31
1384 John Wycliffe English religious reformer/bible translator, dies
1862 Joshua Woodrow Sill US Union Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31
1972 Roberto Clemente Pittsburgh Pirate slugger, dies in a plane crash at 38
1980 Marshall McLuhan Canadian cultural philosopher, dies at 69
1985 Rick Nelson singer/actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), dies at 45
1990 George Allen US football coach (Los Angeles Rams, Washington Redskins), dies
1995 Calvin/Hobbes (comic strip), dies
1996 61 law enforcement officers killed by felons in US this year
1997 76 law enforcement officers killed by felons in US this year

HOLIDAYS

Austria : Imperial Ball
Benin : Feed Yourself Day
Congo : National Day
Japan : Omisoka Day/Grand Purification
Scotland : Hogmanay Day
World : New Year's Eve/Watch Night

December 31, 2007, the last day of the year. There are no days left in the year.

compiled by Mondoreb
Sources:
* Today in History
* Today in History





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Computers! Zombies! Syphilis!Storm Virus Inspires CyberTerror

John Kerry seeks protection from Storm Virus
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"Turns Your PC into a Zombie!"

"The Syphilis of Computers"

"Eat's Your Computer's Brain!

A nasty computer virus proves hard to eradicate. It also inspires great quotes from computer geeks. From The Star:

This year's NFL season arrived with a twist for millions of computer users, who discovered emails in their inboxes advertising free "online game trackers" and links to an official-looking website adorned with the National Football League's logo.

Fans who tried to download the program from the compromised website unwittingly infected their computers with a version of the Storm Worm, a malicious piece of software that, despite being flagged more than half a year earlier, has proven to be remarkably resilient.


Once installed, the "malware" drafts the unwitting user's computer into a vast army of infected machines that can be remotely instructed to spread Storm Worm, shut down Internet sites or pump out millions of spam emails promoting everything from stock market scams to sketchy pharmaceuticals – usually without the user's knowledge.

Storm makes for great copy, this time it's described as creating "zombies"

Estimated to have infected at least a million machines, the Storm Worm is believed to have been created in Russia and so far appears to be focused on building a large botnet, a network of hijacked "zombie" computers.

A look at Storm as urban legend?
In a recent column in Wired Magazine, Bruce Schneier, a security specialist and author,

dubbed the worm the "future of malware" and compared it to a difficult-to-detect but potentially deadly illness. "Symptoms don't appear immediately, and an infected computer can sit dormant for a long time," he wrote. "If it were a disease, it would be more like syphilis, whose symptoms may be mild or disappear altogether, but which will eventually come back years later and eat your brain."

It morphs?

As well, the code used by the Storm Worm to spread itself morphs constantly, making typical anti-virus techniques less effective.

Storm reappears and causes an outbreak of descriptive language throughout cyberspace. Reading all the labels almost turns one into a zombie.



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