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Osama Bin Laden Declares Jihad
Declares jihad against all Jews and Crusaders. "All these crimes and sins committed by the Americans are a clear declaration of war on God, his messenger, and Muslims. And ulema have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries."-Bin Laden -
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Liberty Bell Space Capsule
The Mercury capsule, flown by astronaut Gus Grissom for 15 minutes in space on July 21, 1961, was hoisted to the surface on 2:15 a.m, on Tuesday July 20th from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. It was found at a depth of more than 15,000, feet 3,000 feet deeper than the wreck of the Titanic. -
300 Gallons of Black Sludge Released In Kentucky
One of the most serious US environmental disasters east of the Mississippi River (until 2008 and the TVA ash disaster). Over 300 million gallons of thick, black coal slurry sludge is released whan a Massey Energy Co. impoundment dam collapses near Inez (Martin County), Kentucky into the Big Sandy River’s Tug Fork and its tributaries. The spill destroyed 100 miles of streams and killed millions of fish. -
Stampede (120 dead)
At least 120 people died in a soccer stadium stampede in Ghana.According to press reports, some 102 dead were brought to the military hospital and officials at two other hospitals confirmed a further 18 fatalities. Others are suffering from fatal and non-fatal injuries.
"Some died of suffocation but the majority seem to have been killed by being crushed," an official said. It was Africa's worst soccer disaster ever and the third on the continent in the past month. -
Ice Reservoirs Found on Mars
Water-ice has been found in vast quantities just below the surface across great swathes of the planet Mars.
Ice shows up blue on the gamma-ray spectrometer
The finding by the American space agency (NASA) is undoubtedly one of the most important made about the Red Planet. It solves one of its deepest mysteries, points the way for manned exploration and reignites the question of whether life may exist on the planet. -
Search For Mass Destruction Weapon
As U.S. forces moved through Iraq, there were initial reports that chemical or biological weapons might have been uncovered, but closer examinations produced negative results. In May 2003, the Bush administration decided to establish a specialized group of about 1,500 individuals, the Iraq Survey Group , to search the country for WMD - replacing the 75th Exploitation Task Force, which had originally been assigned to the mission. -
Statue of Liberty Re-opened
The Statue of Liberty, which has been closed to the public since the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, is set to partially reopen on August 3, Interior Secretary Gale Norton announced.The reopening will allow visitors to tour the base of the statue, which houses a museum, but access to the statue itself will remain off limits.Prior to the attacks, visitors could climb to the monument's crown.The Interior Department said visitors will be allowed to gaze up into the statue's internal structure. -
George W. Bush Re-elected
George W. Bush, having won a majority of the vote in the 2004 election, began his second term with a self-declared "historic victory" and with "political capital". He is the sixteenth president to win a full second term. As in his first term, he began his second administration with a majority of his party, the Republicans, in both the House and Senate. -
California Suffers Heatwave
In late July 2006, California suffered through its worst heat wave on record. The thermometer hit 115 degrees for several days in a row in parts of the state. Dr. Colleen Buono works in the emergency department at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest. She says the elderly are especially vulnerable to heat. -
Nancy Pelosi First Female Minority Leader
Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi born March 26, 1940 is the Minority Leader of the United States House of Representatives and served as the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. She was the first woman to hold the office and to-date has been the highest-ranking female politician in American history. -
Cloned Animals Products
FDA OKs meat, milk from most cloned animals on January 15, 2008. Food from healthy clones of cattle, swine and goats is as safe as food from non-cloned animals, the Food and Drug Administration said in a report. But the FDA said it needs more information to determine the safety of meat and milk from cloned sheep. The FDA also concluded that food from newborn cattle clones "may pose some very limited human risks. -
First Colored President
The 2008 Democratic presidential nominee, Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, 47, is projected to win at least 349 electoral votes, more than enough to clinch the Presidency of the United States. Obama is the first African American to be elected President in U.S. history. He ran against John McCain. -
Ipad Released
Apple introduced iPad, a revolutionary device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading e-books and much more. iPad’s responsive high-resolution Multi-Touch display lets users physically interact with applications and content. iPad is just 0.5 inches thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds, thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. -
Osama Gets Killed
Osama Bin Laden is dead, President Obama announced a Sunday night, in a televised address to the nation. His death was the result of a U.S. operation launched in Abbottabad, Pakistan, against a compound where bin Laden was believed to be hiding, according to U.S. intelligence. After a firefight, a small team of American forces killed bin Laden and took possession of his body, the president said.
