Marilyn Monroe (Photo credit: sasha065)
AMERICAN REVOLUTION DeLancey and Hull battle for the Bronx, 1779
AUTOMOTIVE First electric traffic signal installed, 1914
CIVIL WAR Union scores a victory at the Battle of Mobile Bay,1864
COLD WAR Nuclear Test Ban Treaty signed, 1963
CRIME Mother charged with smothering her eight children, 1998
DISASTER Earthquake causes deadly landslides in Ecuador, 1948
GENERAL INTEREST First transatlantic telegraph cable completed, 1858
Marilyn Monroe is found dead, 1962
Reagan fires 11,359 air-traffic controllers, 1981
HOLLYWOOD Risky Business debuts, launches Cruise to stardom, 1983
LITERARY Guy de Maupassant’s birthday, 1850
MUSIC American Bandstand goes national, 1957
OLD WEST Texas Ranger Ira Aten dies, 1953
PRESIDENTIAL Lincoln imposes first federal income tax, 1861
SPORTS NBA merges with ABA,1976
VIETNAM WAR Navy flies retaliatory strikes against North Vietnam, 1964
Congress cuts military aid to South Vietnam,1974
WORLD WAR I German assault on Liege begins first battle of World War I, 1914
WORLD WAR II Hundreds of Jews are freed from forced labor in Warsaw, 1944
This Day in Wisconsin History
1825 – Council Held at Fort Crawford
1850 – Order of the Druids Organized in Milwaukee
1862 – (Civil War) Battle of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1908 – Italian Rail Yard Workers Strike
1910 – Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show Performs
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ATLANTA, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A 30-year-old Atlanta woman is OK after accidentally swallowing a butter knife, doctors said.
Booze swapping scandalizes N.Y. golf club
BROOKVILLE, N.Y., Aug. 4 (UPI) — A new scandal is brewing at a Long Island country club where an ex-bartender claimed he was ordered to refill top-shelf liquor bottles with the cheap stuff.
Internet appeal for implants pays off
MIAMI, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A Florida plastic surgeon said he recently helped out an Ohio bartender who had taken to Internet panhandling to raise money for breast implants.
Scottish innkeeper sues on bad Web review
STORNOWAY, Scotland, Aug. 4 (UPI) — The owner of a small Scottish inn is suing a worldwide travel Web site over what he said was a suspicious review of his establishment.
Woman spots her child for sale on Internet
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A Canadian woman called police when she found an online ad offering her baby for sale based on photos she’d posted on Facebook.
Collector seeks wife after car auction
OMAHA, Aug. 4 (UPI) — A 74-year-old Nebraska man is selling off his vast collection of antique cars, and he hopes to replace all of them with a wife.
August 5, 2012
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