UPI Almanac for Monday, Aug. 17, 2015 - UPI.com
They include French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1601. frontiersman Davy Crockett in 1786. movie producer Samuel Goldwyn in 1882. Jamaican black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey in 1887. actor Monty Woolley in 1888. actor Mae West in 1893.... In 1807, Robert Fulton began the first American steamboat trip between Albany, N. Y. , and New York City. In 1915, a hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing 275 people. In 1998, addressing the American people, U. S. President Bill Clinton said he had a relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky that was "not appropriate. In 1999, an earthquake in a densely populated region of northwestern Turkey killed at least 17,000 people and injured about 40,000. In 2001, Ford Motor Co. announced it would dismiss up to 5,000 of its salaried employees -- 10 percent of its... Source: www.upi.com
