Mid-air Collision. Wreckage found in the Amazon.

Today, the wreckage of the Brazilian Airline Gol Transportes Aéreos flight 1907, that went down yesterday into the Brazilian Jungle was found. Search teams from the Brazilian Air force today located pieces of the wreckage from the Boeing 737 which was carrying 149 passengers and 6 crew in the state of Mato Grosso in the Amazon Rainforest.

Sony laptop battery recall widens

Today

• Sony is planning to replace up to 10 million laptop batteries
• Toshiba Corp to recall around 830,000 batteries made by sony
• Other companies recalling their laptop batteries made by Sony Corp. are Dell Inc., Apple Computer Inc. Lenovo.
• I haven't seen any news or updates regarding Sony recalling batteries used on Sony laptops..
• From MSNBC : House approves wiretap law
• WASHINGTON - The House approved a bill Thursday that would grant legal status to President Bush’s warrantless wiretapping program with new restrictions. Republicans called it a test before the election of whether Democrats want to fight or coddle terrorists.
• Oliver Stone said, "I'm ashamed for my country".
• A Brazilian Plane with 140 - 150 passengers reported missing in the jungle. According to reports the airplane a Gol Boeing 737 went missing after a mid-air collision with a smaller executive jet.
  

Today is the 272nd day of the year
273rd in leap year.

In history

• 1938 - Britain, France, Nazi Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  
• 1918 - The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces during World War I.
  
• 1907 - The cornerstone is laid at Washington National Cathedral in the U.S. capital.
  
• 1864 - American Civil War: The Battle of Chaffin's Farm is fought.
  
• 1850 - The Catholic hierarchy is re-established in England and Wales by Pope Pius IX.
  
• 1829 - London's reorganized police force, the Metropolitan Police, becomes the first official police department in the world.
  
• 1789 - The first U.S. Congress adjourns.
  
• 1789 - The U.S. War Department first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men.
  
• 1650 - Henry Robinson opens his Office of Addresses and Encounters - the first historically documented dating service - in Threadneedle Street, London.
  
• 1364 - Battle of Auray: English forces defeat French at Brittany; end of the Breton War of Succession. 1567 - At a dinner, the Duke of Alba arrests the Count of Egmont and the Count of Horne for treason.
  
• 855 - Pope Benedict III becomes pope.
  
• 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated after landing in Egypt on his 58th birthday (records are unclear, may have occured September 28).
  
• 61 BC - Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
  

Father of the Blues

In the News:

• HP's Chief Counsel Resigns.
• Two dead in yesterday's Colorado hostage drama. One of the hostages was shot in the back of her head when she tried to escape. The suspect a certain Duane Morrison, 53, shot himself after shooting the young hostage.
  
• Owens denies suicide attempt.
• Hundreds of homes in California might be affected by forest wild fire. The fire has been burning since Labor Day and has flared several times.
• More Sony notebook batteries recalled. At least 560,000 notebook batteries made by Sony and are used by Lenovo ThinkPad Laptops have been recalled according to Consumer Product Safety Commission.
• U.S. to send an additional 12,000 Soldiers to Afghanistan to help and serve NATO.
• E-Tutoring Outsourcing now growing rapidly. Cost, only $2.50 /hr.
  

From the Library of Congress
FATHER OF THE BLUES
On September 28, 1912, the publication of William Christopher Handy's "Memphis Blues" changed the course of American popular song. Handy introduced an African-American folk tradition, the blues, into mainstream music. By the 1960s, the blues sound had significantly influenced the development of jazz and rock and roll, quintessential American musical forms.

Today is the 271st day of the year
272nd in leap years.

Today Hilary Duff turns 19 years.

In History:

• 1989 :Deposed Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos died in exile in Hawaii at age 72.
  
• 1964 : nmJNJAjJaThere was no Conspiracy in President Kennedy's murder.
  The Warren Commission concludes that there was no conspiracy surrounding the assassination of President Kennedy and that gunman Lee Harvey Oswald acted on his own.
• 1944 :Soviet Army troops liberate Klooga concentration camp in Klooga, Estonia.
• 1944 :Battle of Arnhem - Germans defeat British airborne at Arnhem, Netherlands.
• 1939 :Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II.
  
• 48 BC :Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt (may have occurred September 29, records unclear).
  

Feast of Saint Vincent de Paul

Today is the 267th day of the year.
268th in leap years.

I wonder what's happening today. Let's see.

• Dallas Cowboys Terell Owens attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication. Owens told a friend he is depressed.
• New York City wants restaurants to limit the use of Trans Fats by half-gram per serving.
• Accdg to experts Mona Lisa might be pregnant.
• Intel announced starting 2007 they are shipping quad-core computer chip. With Four microprocessors, Intel hopes to win back market from rival AMD (Advanced Micro Devices).
  
• Today Gwyneth Paltrow turns 34.
• Today is the Feast of Roman Catholic Saint, Saint Vincent de Paul. His feast was formerly kept on July 19, but is now observed on September 27 - the day of his death.
• Hostage taking drama in a Colorado Highschool. Shots fired reported. Four people has been taken hostage according to reports. Two schools were evacuated and a bomb squad and swat team is on the scene after gunman claim to have a bomb.
• 7-Eleven drops Citgo.
  

In history

• 1998 :Today Google opens its doors.
• 1996 :In Afghanistan, the Taliban capture the capital city Kabul after driving out President Burhanuddin Rabbani and executing former leader Mohammad Najibullah.
• 1995 : The Government of the United States unveils the first of its redesigned bank notes with the $100 bill featuring a larger portrait of Benjamin Franklin slightly off-center.
• 1988: Johnson stripped of Olympic gold. Sprinter Ben Johnson is sent home from the Seoul Olympic Games in disgrace.
• 1959 :A typhoon slams Japanese island of Honshu, killing almost 5,000 people.
  
• 1940 :Today in Berlin - Germany, Italy and Japan sign pact forming the Axis, known as the Tripartite Pact.
• 1937 :Last Balinese Tiger killed.
• 1928 :The Republic of China is recognized by the United States.
  
• 1905 :Albert Einstein publishes the paper "Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content?" in Annalen der Physik. This paper revealed the relationship between energy and mass.
  
• 1825 :The Stockton and Darlington Railway opens, and begins operation of the world's first service of locomotive-hauled passenger trains.
  
• 1821 :Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
• 1787 :The United States Constitution is delivered to the states for ratification.
  
• 1590 :Pope Urban VII dies 13 days after being chosen as the Pope, making his reign the shortest papacy in history.
  
• 1540 :The Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) receives its charter from Pope Paul III.
  

Afghanistan Slowly Slipping away out of U.S. Hands

And so their back. Today Afghan suicide bomber kills 18 people in an attempt to kill provincial governor Mohammed Daoud Safi. The governor was inside the compound and was not hurt in the attack.

• In Kandahar, Safia Ama Jan, Afghan Minister for Women's Affairs was killed by two gunmen in front of her home.

• Japan elected their new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe. At 52 he is the youngest leader since world war II.
• Chrysler Group may sell Chinese Chery Automobiles. Wow.
• President Bush defends his grounds on war againts terror, saying it isn't true that the Iraq war increased the terrorist threat to the United States.

• Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice challenge Ex-President Clinton's statement.
• "What we did in the eight months [between Bush's inauguration and 9/11] was at least as aggressive as what the Clinton administration did in the preceding years," Rice told the New York Post in comments published Tuesday.
  

• New Zealand voted as the coolest places in the world by UK brand: CoolBrands.

• Google pushing for more electrical efficiency in PCsToday is the is the 269th day of the year.270th in leap year.Today is also European Day of LanguagesCelebrating linguistic diversity, plurilingualism, lifelong language learning.
• Golf Legend Byron Nelson died tonight of natural causes, he is 94 years old.
  

Today In History

• 1944 :World War II: Operation Market Garden fails.
• 1934 :Steamship RMS Queen Mary is launched.
• 1918 :World War I: Battle of Meuse.
• 1810 :A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
• 1789 :Thomas Jefferson is appointed the first United States Secretary of State, John Jay is appointed the first Chief Justice of the United States, Samuel Osgood is appointed the first United States Postmaster General, and Edmund Randolph is appointed the first United States Attorney General.
• 1783 :Fayette County, Pennsylvania created
• 1777 :British troops occupy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the American Revolution.
• 1687 :The Parthenon in Athens is partially destroyed after an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who were besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
• 1580 :Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
• 0715 :Ragenfrid defeats Theudoald at the Battle of Compiègne.
• 46 BC : Julius Caesar dedicates a temple to his mythical ancestor Venus Genetrix in fulfilment of a vow he made at the battle of Pharsalus.

Pope Meets Muslim Leaders Today

Today the Pope meets with Muslim leaders today. "our future" depends on dialogue between Christians and Muslims.“Christians and Muslims must learn to work together ... in order to guard against all forms of intolerance and to oppose all manifestations of violence,” said the 79-year-old pope.

Today is the 268th day of the year.
269th in leap years.

In today's headlines

• U.S. Army troops tour of duty, extended, over 4,000 affected.
• Will it ever end?
• What steps does the government needs to take in order bring home our troops?
• If the U.S. Troops pulls out of Iraq now, will it mean defeat for them?

• About the WarOct. 2005, I was on a train going to Dallas, TX from Chicago, IL, I sat with two guys talking about the war on Iraq. Both of them were soldiers, the other a Vietnam Veteran, the other an Army National Guard who just return home after a tour from Somalia, Mogadishu and Korea. Both of them are convinced that the U.S. should stop being the World Police. Americans are getting killed and something has to be done. Helping other country is a great thing, but up to what extent.

In History

• 2005 :Fernando Alonso becomes the youngest FIA Formula One World Champion.
• 2003 :A magnitude-8.0 earthquake strikes just offshore of Hokkaido, Japan.
• 1493 :Christopher Columbus set sail from Cadiz, Spain, with a flotilla of 17 ships on his second voyage to the Western Hemisphere.
• 1513 :Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Another Ryder Cup for the Europeans

Today

• Another Ryder Cup for the Europeans. It's the third straight Ryder Cup for the Europeans dominating today's single play. Tiger Woods and the American team's effort wasn't enough.
• Death toll from Midwest storm now a total of 9.
• Saddam Hussein's defense lawyers are planning an indefinite boycott to his genocide trial.
• Three kids found decompossed in washer,dryer.
• Today, A Islamic Militia group peacefully took over Somalia Seaport.
• In an interview with Fox News Sunday, President Bill Clinton told host Chris Wallace that he worked hard to try to kill bin Landen.

Today is the 267th day of the year.
268th in leap years.

In the Past

• 2005 :Hurricane Rita makes landfal in Sabine Pass, Texas on Sept. 24, 2005, packing 120 mph winds.
• 1991 :Dr. Seuss, died at age 87. Real name Theodor Seuss Geisel
• 1988 :Olympic Gold Medal for Ben Johnson.
• 1975 :Dougal Haston and Doug Scott, First Britons to conquer Mt. Everest.
• 1960 :The first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, The USS Enterprise, was launched at Newport News, Va.
• 1954 :Temple to Roman god found near Mansion House in London
• 1493 :Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World.
• 0622 :Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

September 23 - Battle of Blore Heath

Todays Events:

• French President Jacques Chirac met Russia's Vladimir Putin for dinner at the Elysee Palace on Friday and the two leaders traveled to Compiegne north of Paris early on Saturday for a three-way meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to discuss Energy Security.
• L'Est Republicain, a French regional newspaper, printed an unconfirm report from a French Secret Service stating that Saudi Arabia is convinced that Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid last month in Pakistan.
• Another blast in Baghdad kills at least 37 people, mostly women and children. The bomb claimed by a Sunni Arab extremist group detonated next to a tanker truck.
• Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro was detained by U.S Airport Security in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport.
• Storm hits South, Midwest with a total of 7 dead as of 9:38 PM Eastern Time. Officials urged people to stay off the roads as forecasters warned of more stormy weather to come.

Today is the 266th day of the year .267th in leap year

In the Past

• 2005 :FBI killing of Filiberto Ojeda on Plan Bonito Hormigueros, Puerto Rico.
• 2004 :In Haiti at least 1,070 were reported killed by floods due to Hurricane Jeanne.
• 2002 :Birth of Mozilla Firefox (Phoenix) web browser - version 0.1.
• 1999 :Qantas Flight 1 overruns wet runway in Bangkok, while some passengers only received minor injuries.
• 1999 :NASA announces that it lost contact with the Mars Climate Orbiter.
• 1459 :Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Wars of the Roses, is fought at Blore Heath in Staffordshire.
• 63 B.C. : Caesar Augustus was born in Rome.

September 22, 1776, American patriot Nathan Hale was hanged

Today we remember Nathan Hale.Who is Nathan Hale? He is a lieutenant in the Seventh Connecticut militia and later joined the Continental Army in the Nineteenth Continental Regiment and was stationed in Boston.On September 22, 1776, American patriot Nathan Hale was hanged for spying on British troops. As he was lead to the gallows, Hale proclaimed his famous last words —"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country". The Library of Congress.Today is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.266th in Leap Year.Today's Headline
Today Adrea Bocelli turns 48.
In Berlin Germany - The elevated TransRapid Magnetic train carrying at least 30 people crashes on test run killing some passengers.
Pope Benedict XVI has sent an invitation to Leaders of Muslim Nations to meet him on Monday September 25, 2006.
2 year old boy from Idaho died. The death could be linked to the wide outbreak of spinach contaminated with the E. Coli bacteria.
Starbucks announced that they will raised prices of their products, the cappuccinos, lattes and other coffee drinks.
F-14 Tomcat Retires. Today the US Navy retires F-14 Tomcat, it is replaced by the F/A-18 Super Hornet.
HP Chairwoman Patricia Dunn resigns immediately.
Sony announced that the PlayStation 3 will have a 20 percent price cut in Japan.
U.S. Military deaths from Afghanistan and Iraq is now equivalent to 9/11 times two.In the Past:
2004 :On this day CBS owned stations was fined by U.S Federal Communications Commission for Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction. The amount was $550,000. CBS filed an appeal.
1995 :Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
1994 : Friends begins on NBC.
1993 :47 people died when Amtrak train plunges off bridge in Alabama.
1991 :The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the Huntington Library.
1988 :The government of Canada apologized for the World War II internment of Japanese-Canadians and promised compensation.
1980 :Tension break loose. Iraq invaded Iran.
1975 :Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
1951 :The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
1950 :First non-stop jet flight between UK and USA.
1944 :World War II, Red Army enters Tallinn.
1896 :Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1893 :The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
1862 :Emancipation Proclamation was release after it was issued by President Abraham Lincoln, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1789 :The position of United States Postmaster General established.
1784 :Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
1776 :American patriot Nathan Hale was hanged for spying on British troops.
1692 :Last people hanged for witchcraft in the United States.
0066 :Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica.

Day of Peace - September 21

Today September 21 is the International Day of Peace.HAPPY PEACE DAY TO EVERYONE
Today is the 264th day of the year.
Today Shuttle Atlantis and the six astronauts is back safely after a successful mission on the International Space Station
3.3 million-year-old skeleton Fossils of oldest known child hominid found in Ethiopia
AIDS testing recommended for most Americans. Government wants routine screening for all between ages 13 and 60 ... MSNBC.Com
Today, British business mogul and billionaire Richard Branson, promised that he will commit a staggering $3 Million for the next 10 years to fight global warming. The announcement was made at the Clinton Global Initiative news conference in New York. The money will come from Branson's Virgin Group, Train and Airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Prosecutors on Karr's Child porn case lost the computer that allegedly contained evidence
Today IBM announced plan to open a Software Development Center in India that will create an estimated 3,000 Jobs.From the books of history
2005 :On this day Flight 292 JetBlue Airways performs an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport, crippled by a faulty landing gear. They were carrying 140 passengers and 6 crew,
2003 :NASA's Galileo spacecraft dive into Jupiter's atmosphere, bringing a fiery conclusion to a 14-year exploration of the solar system's largest planet and its moons.
2001 :AZF chemical plant explodes in Toulouse, France, killing 29 people.
2001 :Deep Space 1 flies within 2,200 km of Comet Borrelly.
1999 :The Powerful Chi-Chi earthquake struck Taiwan, killing about 2,400 people.
1998 :President Bill Clinton's videotaped grand dury testimony was released to the public. The testimony about his relationship with young female assistant Monica Lewinsky.
1996 :John F. Kennedy Jr. married Carolyn Bessette
1995 - The Hindu milk miracle. It is reported that the statues of the Hindu god Ganesh is drinking milk when spoonfuls were placed near their trunk or mouth. The liquid was said to disappear when a spoonful of milk was held up to the trunk or the mouth of the statue.
1993 :Boris Yeltsin President of Russia suspends parliament and scraps the current constitution, triggering its constitutional crisis of 1993.
1991 :Armenia is granted independence from Soviet Union.
1982 :National Football League (NFL) players began a 57 day strike.
1979 : Harrier strike aircraft crash killing three. A RAF plane has crashed onto houses in a Cambridgeshire town, killing two men and a young boy.
1972 :Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos issues Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.
1970 :Monday Night Football premieres on ABC.
1949 :The People's Republic of China was proclaimed by its Communist leaders.
1942 :Maiden flight of The B-29 Superfortress. One of the largest aircraft to be action during World War II. It is a four engine heavy bomber propeller aircraft flown by the US Army Air Forces during World War II.
1939 :Pro-Nazi members of the Iron Guard assassinated Romanian Prime Minister Armand Calinescu .
1938 :Long Island in New York was hit by The Great Hurricane of 1938. The death toll was estimated at 500-700 people.
1745 :Battle of Prestonpans: A Hanoverian army under the command of Sir John Cope is defeated, in ten minutes, by the Jacobite forces of Prince Charles Edward Stuart
0454 :Day of the assasination of Aëtius in his own throne room by Roman Emperor Valentinian III

September 20 - Shuttle Atlantis Cleared for Landing

September 20
Today is the 263rd of the year
Shuttle Atlantis Cleared for Landing even after an unknown object / debri was captured on video by astronaut Daniel Burbank on Wednesday, September 19, 2006
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Calls President George Bush , "El Diablo" "The Devil"
Steve Irwins Memorial : held at the 5,500-seat Animal Planet Crocoseum at Australia Zoo. His family held a private funeral service for him on September 9 at the zoo.
These are some of the events that happened on this day:
2004 :CBS NEWS Network apologized to the American Public for making a mistake in judgement in it's story regarding President's George W. Bush's Military Service in the National Guard.
2001 :FREEDOM AT WAR WITH FEAR. President George Bush Declares "Freedom at War with Fear" in his Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People. He also name former named Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge to head the new office of Homeland Security.
1989 :Miss Saigon a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil premiered at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, in London on September 20, 1989, closing after 4264 performances on October 30, 1999. On April 11, 1991, it opened at the Broadway Theatre in New York, and closed on January 28, 2001 after 4092 performances.
1984 :US Embassy attacks,kills 20. The US Embassy in Beirut, Capital of Lebanon, was attacked by a suicide bomber, a member of the Islamic Jihad.
1970 :The SOVIET space probe LUNA 16 landed on the Moon to collects rock sample.
1967 :The New Cunard Cruise Liner named after her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was launched at a ceremony at Clydebank.
1519 :Ferdinand Magellan a Portuguese navigator set out on a voyage to find a western passage to the Spice Islands in Indonesia. For the Roman Catholic Church September 20 is the Feast day of the following saints:
The Korean Martyrs
Eustace
Vincent Madelgaire
Yves Mayeuc
Francis de Posadas
Thomas Johnson, John Davy, and companions (martyrs).