{"id":27909,"date":"2016-08-05T08:05:46","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27909"},"modified":"2016-08-05T08:06:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T13:06:10","slug":"today-in-history-234","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27909","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, August\u00a0 05, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn August 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe was found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. (Her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of barbiturates.)
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1861<\/td>\nThe federal government levied an income tax for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1884<\/td>\nThe cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty was laid on Bedloe’s Island in New York Harbor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1924<\/td>\nThe comic strip “Little Orphan Annie” by Harold Gray made its debut.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1930<\/td>\nNeil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\n“American Bandstand,” hosted by Dick Clark, made its network TV debut on ABC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1963<\/td>\nThe United States, Britain and the Soviet Union signed a treaty in Moscow banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, outer space and underwater.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/td>\nThe album “Revolver” by the Beatles was released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1969<\/td>\nThe U.S. space probe Mariner 7 flew by Mars, sending back photographs and scientific data.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nThe federal government began firing striking air traffic controllers.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nAfghanistan’s ruling Taliban jailed eight foreign aid workers, including two Americans, for allegedly preaching Christianity.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nMahmoud Ahmadinejad was sworn in for a second term as Iran’s president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe Senate confirmed Elena Kagan as the Supreme Court’s 112th justice and the fourth woman in its history. The vote was 63-37.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThirty-three workers were trapped in a copper mine in northern Chile after a tunnel caved in. (They were rescued after being entombed for 69 days).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/td>\nStandard & Poor’s lowered the United States’ AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Carl Crawford turns 35 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Loni Anderson<\/td>\nActress (“WKRP in Cincinnati”)<\/td>\n71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rick Derringer<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n69<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Maureen McCormick<\/td>\nActress (“The Brady Bunch”)<\/td>\n60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David Baldacci<\/td>\nAuthor<\/td>\n56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tawney Kitaen<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patrick Ewing<\/td>\nBasketball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jonathan Silverman<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Terri Clark<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Janet McTeer turns 55 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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