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Today In History, Aug. 3: Christopher Columbus
Today is Monday, August 3.
Today's Highlight in History:
1492: Christopher Columbus
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, on a voyage that took him to the present-day Americas.
AP1807: Aaron Burr
In 1807, former Vice President Aaron Burr went on trial before a federal court in Richmond, Virginia, charged with treason. (He was acquitted less than a month later.)
AP1936: Jesse Owens
In 1936, Jesse Owens of the United States won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics as he took the 100-meter sprint.
AP1943: George S. Patton
In 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped a private at an army hospital in Sicily, accusing him of cowardice. (Patton was later ordered by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to apologize for this and a second, similar episode.)
AP1958: USS Nautilus
In 1958, the nuclear-powered submarine USS Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole underwater.
ASSOCIATED PRESS1966: Lenny Bruce
In 1966, comedian Lenny Bruce, 40, was found dead in his Los Angeles home.
ASSOCIATED PRESS1981: Air Traffic Controller Strike
In 1981, U.S. air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Ronald Reagan they would be fired, which they were.
Handschuh1993: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
In 1993, the Senate voted 96-3 to confirm U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Doug Mills1994: Stephen G. Breyer
In 1994, Arkansas carried out the nation's first triple execution in 32 years. Stephen G. Breyer was sworn in as the Supreme Court's newest justice in a private ceremony at Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist's Vermont summer home.
BRIAN KERSEY2005: "Snuppy"
Ten years ago: The journal Nature reported that a South Korean researcher had created the world's first cloned dog, an Afghan hound named "Snuppy." (Although the scientist, Hwang Woo-suk, was later disgraced over faked research, the cloning of Snuppy was independently confirmed.)
AHN YOUNG-JOON2005: Space Shuttle Discovery
Ten years ago: Spacewalking astronaut Stephen Robinson removed two worrisome pieces of filler material from the shuttle Discovery's belly in an unprecedented space repair job.
ASSOCIATED PRESS2010: Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill
Five years ago: Engineers began pumping heavy drilling mud into the blown-out Gulf of Mexico oil well in an attempt to permanently plug the leak.
Anonymous2010: Manchester, Connecticut
Five years ago: A warehouse driver killed eight co-workers and himself in a shooting rampage at a Manchester, Connecticut, beer distributorship.
Jessica Hill2014: China Earthquake
One year ago: A strong earthquake in China's southern Yunnan province toppled thousands of homes, killing more than 600 people.
Hou Pengy2014: Israel
One year ago: Israel withdrew most of its ground troops from the Gaza Strip in an apparent winding down of a nearly monthlong operation against Hamas that had left more than 1,800 Palestinians and more than 60 Israelis dead.
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