Willard Kitchener MacDonald wanted nothing to do with people. He terrified small children. Many townspeople regarded him with compassion; others with contempt. He became the first Canadian in history to receive a pension without having to sign for it. And now MacDonald’s remarkable life is the subject of a documentary film.
Willard: The Hermit of Gully [...]

Ko San, who works at the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will fly with two Russian cosmonauts to the International Space Station in 2008.
He will spend seven or eight days there, conducting a series of scientific tests.
Mr Ko was chosen over female engineer Yi Soo-yeon, 29, after the two spent time training in Russia.
The candidates, who [...]

Scientists at University of Southampton are now examining the samples, which were taken from 11,000 women in Guernsey over the past 30 years.
Some of the women later developed cancer and the research has been able to spot the disease in the blood by identifying certain tell-tale signs.
It is hoped the study could lead to “the [...]

On Sept. 5, 1972, Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team at the summer games in Munich; 11 Israeli athletes and coaches, five terrorists and a police officer were killed. (Go to article.)
1698 Russia’s Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards.
1774 The first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
1793 The Reign of Terror began during the French Revolution [...]