Wednesday, July 18, 2007, #135 (1402)

Today in history

390 BC - Roman-Gaulish Wars: Battle of the Allia - A Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome
64 - Great fire of Rome: A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome and soon burns completely out of control while Emperor Nero reportedly plays his lyre and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance
1536 - The authority of the Pope is declared void in England
1863 - American Civil War: Battle of Fort Wagner/Morris Island - The first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, unsuccessfully assaults Confederate-held Battery Wagner but their valiant fighting still proves the worth of African American soldiers during the war
1898 - Marie and Pierre Curie announce the discovery of a new element and proposed to call it polonium
1925 - Adolf Hitler publishes his personal manifesto Mein Kampf
1940 - Democratic National Convention, Chicago: President Franklin D. Roosevelt is nominated for an unprecedented third term in office
1953 - Rock star Elvis Presley made his first recording in Sun Studios
1976 - Gymnast Nadia Comaneci, age 14, scores first ever perfect 10 at the Olympics

Birthdays

1811 - William Makepeace Thackeray, English author (d. 1863)
1867 - Margaret Brown, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Titanic survivor (d. 1932)
1894 - Isaac Babel, Ukrainian writer (d. 1940)
1913 - Red Skelton, American actor and comedian (d. 1997)
1918 - Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa, Nobel Peace Prize laureate
1921 - John Glenn, Mercury Seven astronaut and United States Senator from Ohio
1933 - Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Russian poet
1938 - Paul Verhoeven, Dutch film director
1947 - Steve Forbes, American entrepreneur and politician
1967 - Vin Diesel, American actor
1975 - Daron Malakian, American guitarist (System of a Down)

Georgian words of the day

merchant - savachro
area - partobi, raioni
fire - khandzari
blaze - tsetskhli

A fire begins to burn in the merchant area of Rome while Emperor Nero plays his lyre and sings while watching the blaze from a safe distance

romis savachro ubanshi khandzari mdzvinvarebda, mashin rotsa imperatori neroni liraze ukravda da tsetskhls saimedo adgilidan akvirdeboda



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