Aug. 1, 2002
The three months that a federal judge allowed for mediation of the lingering Oneida Indian land claim dispute is up on Saturday. On May 3, U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn ordered that John W. Tabner, an Albany lawyer, mediate negotiations.
BOONVILLE — The Boonville Concert band will perform at 8 p.m. Friday at the Boonville Village bandstand as the next installment of the band’s summer series.
Aug. 1, 1992
City Hall, a modern $2.8 million building constructed on Liberty Plaza in years 1976-78, is starting to look shabby in places. Public Works Commissioner Robert A. Comis said he didn’t have an estimate of how much it would cost to do everything that needs doing.
Aug. 1, 1982
State Regent Emlyn I. Griffith of Rome will wage a Republican primary battle against County Executive Sherwood L. Boehlert for the Republican nomination for the newly formed 25th Congressional District.
Aug. 1, 1972
A proposal for a countywide health department, estimated to cost $1.3 million, has been forwarded by County Executive William E. Bryant to the Board of Legislators’ Social Services Committee. The county’s share of the department’s cost is put at $674,692, with the remainder provided under state and federal programs.
Aug. 1, 1962
Gilbert W. Hagerty, director of Fort Stanwix Museum, is making a careful examination of the soil in the walls and floor of the cellar hole recently exposed by the razing of the house at 119 E. Dominick St. on the site of Fort Stanwix.
Aug. 1, 1952
Jet fighters from Griffiss Air Force Base patrolled a wide area in southern New York last night looking for flying saucers but reported none. Nevertheless, persons in many areas of the state insist they saw strange objects in the skies.
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 1, the 214th day of 2012. There are 152 days left in the year.
Today in History
On Aug. 1, 1912, the U.S. Marine Corps’ first pilot, 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, went on his first solo flight as he took off in a Burgess/Curtis Hydroplane from Marblehead Harbor in Massachusetts.
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In 1714, Britain’s Queen Anne died at age 49; she was succeeded by George I.
In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state.
In 1894, the First Sino-Japanese War erupted.
In 1907, the U.S. Army Signal Corps established an aeronautical division, the forerunner of the U.S. Air Force.
In 1911, Harriet Quimby became the first woman to receive a U.S. pilot’s certificate from the Aero Club of America. (Quimby was killed in an accident in July 1912 at age 37.)
In 1936, the Summer Olympics opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler.
In 1944, an uprising broke out in Warsaw, Poland, against Nazi occupation; the revolt lasted two months before collapsing.
In 1946, President Harry S. Truman signed the Fulbright Program into law. The Atomic Energy Commission was established.
In 1957, the United States and Canada agreed to create the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD).
In 1966, Charles Joseph Whitman, 25, went on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 14 people. Whitman, who had also murdered his wife and mother hours earlier, was gunned down by police.
In 1971, the Concert for Bangladesh, organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar, took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden.
In 1981, the rock music video channel MTV made its debut.
Ten years ago
Two former WorldCom executives were arrested on charges of falsifying the books at the bankrupt long-distance company. (Scott Sullivan and David Myers admitted wrongdoing and received prison sentences.) Two teenage girls were abducted from their dates at a lovers’ lane outside Lancaster, Calif.; they were rescued 100 miles away after their kidnapper, Roy Ratliff, crashed his getaway car and was shot to death by sheriff’s deputies. The United States and a bloc of Southeast Asian nations signed a sweeping anti-terrorism treaty.
Five years ago
The eight-lane Interstate 35W bridge, a major Minneapolis artery, collapsed into the Mississippi River during evening rush hour, killing 13 people.
One year ago
The U.S. House of Representatives passed, 269-161, emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever financial default; Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords returned to the House for the first time since being shot in January 2011 to cast a "yes" vote.
Today’s Birthdays
Actor-director Geoffrey Holder is 82. Singer Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is 81. Former Sen. Alfonse D’Amato, R-N.Y., is 75. Actor Giancarlo Giannini is 70. Basketball Hall of Fame coach Roy Williams is 62. Blues singer-musician Robert Cray is 59.
Singer Michael Penn is 54. Rock singer Joe Elliott (Def Leppard) is 53. Rock singer-musician Suzi Gardner (L7) is 52. Rapper Chuck D (Public Enemy) is 52. Actor Jesse Borrego is 50. Actor Demian Bichir is 49. Rapper Coolio is 49.
Actor John Carroll Lynch is 49. Rock singer Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) is 48. Movie director Sam Mendes is 47.
Country singer George Ducas is 46. Country musician Charlie Kelley is 44. Actress Jennifer Gareis is 42. Actor Charles Malik Whitfield is 40. Actress Tempestt Bledsoe is 39.
Actor Jason Momoa is 33. Singer Ashley Parker Angel is 31. Actress Taylor Fry is 31. Actor Elijah Kelley is 26. Actor James Francis Kelly is 23.
Thought for Today
"The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him." - Stanislaw J. Lec, Polish writer (1909-1966).
