Today is Wednesday, Aug. 25, the 238th day of 2004. There are 128 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Aug. 25, 1944, during World War II, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.
On this date:
In 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil.
In 1875, Capt. Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, getting from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in 22 hours.
In 1916, the National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.
In 1921, the United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.
In 1943, U.S. forces overran New Georgia in the Solomon Islands during World War II.
In 1944, Romania declared war on Germany.
In 1950, President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.
In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager II came within 63,000 miles of Saturn's cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.
In 1984, author Truman Capote was found dead in a Los Angeles mansion; he was 59.
In 1998, retired Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell died in Richmond, Va., at age 90.
Ten years ago: The Senate passed a $30 billion crime bill by a 61-38 vote, handing a major victory to President Clinton (news - web sites).
Five years ago: The FBI (news - web sites), reversing itself after six years, admitted that its agents might have fired some potentially flammable tear gas canisters on the final day of the 1993 standoff with the Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas, but said it continued to believe law enforcement agents did not start the fire which engulfed the cult's compound.
One year ago: A pair of car bombs killed 53 people in Bombay, India. Rwandans re-elected Paul Kagame in their country's first real presidential election. Tennis champion Pete Sampras announced his retirement during a news conference at the U.S. Open (news - web sites) in New York.
Today's Birthdays: Actor Van Johnson is 88. Actor-producer Mel Ferrer is 87. Game show host Monty Hall is 83. Actor Sean Connery is 74. Actor Page Johnson is 74. Talk show/game show host Regis Philbin is 73. Actor Tom Skerritt is 71. Jazz musician Wayne Shorter is 71. Movie director Hugh Hudson is 68. Actor David Canary is 66. Movie director John Badham is 65. Filmmaker Marshall Brickman is 63. Rhythmn and blues singer Walter Williams (The O'Jays) is 62. Actor Anthony Heald is 60. Actress Anne Archer is 57. Rock singer-actor Gene Simmons is 55. Actor John Savage is 55. Country singer-musician Henry Paul (Blackhawk) is 55. Rock singer Rob Halford is 53. Rock singer Elvis Costello is 50. Movie director Tim Burton is 46. Actress Ally Walker is 43. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus is 43. Rock musician Vivian Campbell (Def Leppard) is 42. Actress Joanne Whalley is 40. Actor Blair Underwood is 40. Rap DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 38. Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 34. Actor Kel Mitchell is 26.
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