Friday, August 10- August 24, 2007, #152 (1419)

Today in history
610 - In Islam, the traditional date of the Laylat al-Qadr, when Muhammed began to receive the Qur'an
1519 - Ferdinand Magellan's five ships set sail from Seville to circumnavigate the globe
1792 - French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace. Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody
1913 - Second Balkan War ends: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war
1949 - US President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act Amendment, streamlining the defense agencies of the United States government, and replacing the National Military Establishment with the United States Department of Defense
1977 - In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings in the New York City area over a year's period
1995 - Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain agreement for his testimony

Birthdays
1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
1912 - Jorge Amado, Brazilian novelist (d. 2001)
1943 - Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan
1960 - Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor

Georgian Words of the Day
bombing - dabombva

missile - churvi

aircraft - tvitmprinavi

military - samkhedro

Georgia is abuzz with theories about the military aircraft which left a one-ton missile on Georgia territory.

sakartveloshi jer kidev aktualuria teoriebi da varaudebi samkhedro tvitmprinavis irgvliv romelmats sakartvelos teritoriaze erttoniani churvi chamoagdo

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