History...8/7/07

From yesterday and finally got to it today...


1912-The Progressive Party nominated Theodore Roosevelt for president.

1964-Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Lyndon B. Johnson broad powers to deal with reported North Vietnamese attacks on U.S. forces.

Now, WHY is that OK for a DEMOCRATIC president and NOT a Republican president, again?

1990 -President George H.W. Bush ordered U.S. troops and warplanes to Saudi Arabia to guard the oil-rich desert kingdom against a possible invasion by Iraq.

1942	U.S. forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive in the Pacific during World War II.
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AP Highlight in History: On Aug. 7, 1998, al Qaida set off bombs at the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, killing 224 people - including 12 Americans - and injuring more than 5,500.

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