TODAY is Saturday, August 26, the 238th day of 2006. There are 127 days left in the year.

ON THIS DATE:

In 55 B.C., Roman forces under Julius Caesar invaded Britain.

In 1957, the Soviet Union announced it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

In 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto.

In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected the 264th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff took the name Pope John Paul I.

In 1986, in the so-called “preppie murder case,” 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was found strangled in New York’s Central Park; Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

“That which is everybody’s business is nobody’s business.” — Izaak Walton, English writer (1593-1683).