Friday, August 19, 2011

Events in History for Friday 19th August 2011:

1955 - US raises import duty on bicycles 50%
1967 - Beatles' "All You Need is Love," single goes #1
1973 - Kris Kristofferson weds Rita Coolidge
1988 - Iran-Iraq begin a cease-fire in their 8-year-old war (11 PM EDT)
1993 - Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13
2010 - Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait. (ad lib; really?)