Monday, October 29, 2007, #206 (1473)

Today in history

1863 - Sixteen countries meeting in Geneva agree to form the International Red Cross
1923 - Turkey becomes a republic following the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire
1929 - The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday," ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression
1956 - Suez Crisis begins: Israel forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal
1960 - In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay (who later takes the name Muhammad Ali) wins his first professional fight
2004 - In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution

Birthdays

1891 - Fanny Brice, American singer (d. 1951)
1897 - Joseph Goebbels, Nazi minister of propaganda (d. 1945)
1947 - Richard Dreyfuss, American actor
1971 - Winona Ryder, American actress

Georgian words of the day

privatization -   privatizatsia
deal - garigeba
company - kompania
bid - shetavazeba

Several companies submitted their bids for privatization.
ramodenime kompaniam tavisi saprivatizatsio tzinadadebebi tzarmoadgines.



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