Today in History - Aug. 23
98264
In 1754, 250 years ago, France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles. In 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 ...
453897
Today in HistoryToday is Saturday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2007. There are 331 days left in the year.  Highlights in history:  On Feb. 3, 1959, a plane crash near Clear Lake, Iowa, claimed the lives of rock 'n' roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P.
327735
By American News, Aberdeen, S.D.  Jun. 5
434636
Obama seeks to distance himself from indicted donor ... Retired Gen. Schwarzkopf backs McCain for president ... Former Arkansas Gov. Huckabee created fund for portrait, special events
148740
Ford will return hundreds of electric cars to Norway after protests about its plans to scrap them. Also: IBM and SCO Group tussle over Unix lawsuit & hellip;. Former Enterasys Networks CEO pleads guilty to fraud conspiracy charge & hellip;. and more.
351312
Huckabee bags a pheasant in Iowa ... Obama promises to watch over veterans' health care ... Giuliani's doctor says he's in good health ... Edwards shores up NH support ... Poll says George W. Bush, Hillary Rodham Clinton are the man and woman most admired by Americans
430881
August 31: Car blows up outside a Moscow subway stop, killing at least 10 people. Federal Security Services blame a female suicide bomber, according to news reports.
493032
John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. The space program really takes off after this. Compiled by Tony Long.
386243
roundup Plus: Turn your fingerprints into passwords...IBM gives grants to universities...Sun expands pay-as-you go supercomputing.
281232
1906 &#151; Ed Walsh of the Chicago White Sox pitched a two-hitter over the Chicago Cubs for a 3-0 win and a 2-1 lead in the World Series.
151512
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily Black History Month feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23: CATHY HUGHES  Profile America for the 23rd day of Black History Month.
466619
1919 &#151; Bert Adams of the Philadelphia Phillies tied a National League record for catchers as he recorded seven assists in one game.
566252
roundup Plus: Business Objects to bundle IBM tools...Linux clusters gear up for simulated combat...Sprint to bake in BlackBerry for businesses.
323977
Jobs recaps the news. There's MacBook Air, iPhone tweaks and iTunes movie rentals. Is there one more thing? Nope.
175171
Upcoming events around the world.
456511
Compiled by PAUL MONTELLA Sept. 19
297607
Also: Ancestry.com puts 90M war records online. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.