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August 27 2008
2008: During the 2008 Democratic Convention Roll Call, Hillary Clinton suspends the vote to name Barack Obama the Democratic nominee for President of the United States by acclamation.
August 27 2007
2007: Roll Call breaks the news that Republican Larry Craig, Senator from Idaho had been arrested in Minneapolis on June 11 on charges of lewd conduct.
The 2000s
2007: Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Michael Vick pleads guilty to charges of Dogfighting
The 1970s
- 1975: Halie Selassie the last Emperor of Ethiopia dies in Addis Ababa
The 1920s
- 1928: The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, France. Eventually 61 Nations signed the treaty that was designed to outlaw War.
The 1800s
1883: The volcano Krakatoa erupts off the coast of Indonesia causing the lives of many on the islands of Java and Sumatra
1859: Edwin Drake struck oil in Titusville, Pennsylvania