Croton Blog: 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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