August 1, 2006
Historically Speaking of August 1st
Today is the 213th day of the year – there are 152 days remaining in 2006
Notable events from this date:
- 1997 - Boeing purchases McDonnell-Douglas for $16.3 Billion
- 1995 - Westinghouse buys CBS for $5.4 Billion
- 1972 - George W. Bush is suspended from flight duty in TX Air National Guard for failing to show up for annual physical
- 1966 - Ex-Marine Charles Whitman shoots 46 people, killing 16 from atop the University of Texas tower in Austin, TX
- 1914 - World War I begins in full as many European nations begin allying and battling each other
- 1876 - Colorado is admitted as the 38th state
- 1789 - The U.S. passes its first tariff legislation
- 1774 - Joseph Priestly discovers oxygen
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