1937
In Hamilton, Ontario a man who was charged with beating his wife was deemed to be within his legal rights. Canadian judge, William McLeary cited the English Common Law made in 1879 which stated that a man has a right in certain cases to ?chastise or confine? his wife.
1968
Richard Nixon accepts Republican nomination in Miami Beach, Florida.
1974
President Nixon announces in a televised speech to the nation that he will resign from office effective the next day.
1988
US Secretary of State George Schultz narrowly escapes assassination attempt in Bolivia.
The 8888 Uprising begins in Burma while Aung San Suu Kyi was visiting her ailing mother. ?The daughter of a the founder of modern Burma would begin her political involvement shortly thereafter and literally becomes the face of the movement.
2011
Standard and Poor?s downgrades U.S. public debt.
Birthdays
79 ? Mel Tillis
74 -?Dustin Hoffman
73 ? Connie Stevens
65 ? Ken Dryden
56 = Celia Roth
50 ? The Edge
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