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london Olympics
• London hosted the Olympic games in 1908 and 1948.
• We expect 205 nations to take part in 300 events at the Olympic Games in 2012. 147 nations will take part in the Paralympic Games. -
Niel Armstrong dies
• Armstrong made history on July 20, 1969. He was the commander of Apollo 11, the first space mission to land astronauts on the lunar surface. After their famous moonwalk, Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin became icons in the history of science and space exploration
• “Neil was among the greatest of American heroes,” President Barack Obama said in a statement. “When Neil stepped foot on the surface of the moon for the first time, he delivered a moment of human achievement that will neve -
free fall record
• Baumgartner, whose Sunday freefall was watched around the world, was at one point traveling at 833 mph or Mach 1.24, and he shattered the speed of sound during his 4 minute 20 second freefall. He is the only human to do so without the aid of a supersonic jet or space shuttle.
• "It's like swimming without touching the water, and it's hard because every time it turns you around you have to figure out what to do. So I was sticking my arm out then it became worse," he said. "I had a lot of pressu -
hurricane sandy
• It's 7 p.m. in New York City, and Hurricane Sandy is making landfall near Atlantic City, New Jersey, about 120 miles away]
• New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo closed two major tunnels and numerous bridges into Manhattan. Furthermore, the New York State Thruway Authority ordered the Tappan Zee Bridge closed. The George Washington Bridge was also closed. -
Obama gets re-elected
• In defeating Mitt Romney, the president carried Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, New Hampshire, Virginia and Wisconsin, a near sweep of the battleground states, and was holding a narrow advantage in Florida. The path to victory for Mr. Romney narrowed as the night wore along, with Mr. Obama winning at least 303 electoral votes.
• The evening was not without the drama that has come to mark so many recent elections: For more than 90 minutes after the networks projected Mr. Obama as the winner, Mr. Romney
