Today In History

Fri., Aug. 11, 2000

In 1909: The SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.

In 1860: The nation’s first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nev.

In 1954: A formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and Communist Vietminh.

In 1965: Rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the Watts section of Los Angeles.

In 1984: President Reagan joked during a voice test for a paid political radio address that he had “signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.”

In 1997: President Clinton made the first use of the historic line-item veto approved by Congress, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills.

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