Friday, July 27, 2007, #142 (1409)

Today in history

1789 - The first U.S. federal government agency, the Department of Foreign Affairs, is established (later renamed Department of State)
1921 - Researchers at the University of Toronto led by biochemist Frederick Banting announce the discovery of the hormone insulin
1940 - A Wild Hare is released, introducing Bugs Bunny
1974 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Richard Nixon: obstruction of justice
1981 - British television: On Coronation Street, Ken Barlow marries Deirdre Langton, which proves to be a national event, with massive viewer numbers earned for the show
1990 - The Supreme Soviet of the Belarusian Soviet Republic declares independence of Belarus from the Soviet Union
1996 - Centennial Olympic Park bombing: In Atlanta, Georgia, a pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics, killing one and injuring 111

Birthdays

1768 - Charlotte Corday, French aristocrat who killed Jean-Paul Marat (d. 1793)
1824 - Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
1915 - Mario Del Monaco, Italian singer (d. 1982)
1917 - Bourvil, French actor (d. 1970)
1948 - Peggy Fleming, American figure skater
1958 - Christopher Dean, English figure skater
1967 - Juliana Hatfield, American musician
1977 - Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Irish actor

Georgian words of the day

folk - polkloluri
craft - kheloba
festival - pestivali
performance - tsarmodgena

Art Gene 2007 was brilliantly organized with the best folk artists participating.

art geni ori atas shvidi brtsqinvaled iqo organizebuli; pestivalze gamovidnen polkloluri khelovanebis sauketeso tsarmomadgenlebi



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