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Today's Highlight in History: On August 26th, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson was nominated for a term of office in his own right at the Democratic national convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey. On this date: In 55 B.C., Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain. In 1847, Liberia was proclaimed an independent republic. In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa began erupting with increasingly large explosions. In 1920, the 19th amendment to the US Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect. In 1957, the Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. In 1961, the official International Hockey Hall of Fame opened in Toronto. In 1972, the summer Olympics games opened in Munich, West Germany. In 1974, Charles Lindbergh -- the first man to fly solo, non-stop across the Atlantic -- died at his home in Hawaii at age 72. In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul the Sixth. The new pontiff took the name Pope John Paul the First. In 1985, thirteen-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began attending classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana, via a telephone hook-up at his home -- school officials had barred Ryan from attending classes in person. | 
