This week in history

Today

1981 ÷ Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.

1889 ÷ The Moulin Rouge in Paris first opened its doors to the public.

2001 ÷ Cal Ripken played his last game in the major leagues.

Tuesday

1982÷ The musical "Cats'' opened on Broadway, beginning its record run of 7,485 performances.

1998 ÷ Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, was beaten, robbed and left tied to a wooden fence post outside Laramie, Wyo.; he died five days later.

2001 ÷ The United States and Britain launched air strikes against Taliban positions and Osama bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan; bin Laden praised God for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in a videotaped statement aired on Al-Jazeera, the Arabic satellite station.

Wednesday

1934 ÷ Bruno Hauptmann was indicted for murder in the death of the infant son of Charles A. Lindbergh.

1945 ÷ President Truman announced that the secret of the atomic bomb would be shared only with Britain and Canada.

1956 ÷ Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in a World Series game, as the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 2-0. Sportscaster Bob Wolf called the last out.

Thursday

1776 ÷ A group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.

1936 ÷ The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.

2001 ÷ Letters postmarked in Trenton, N.J., that later tested positive for anthrax spores were mailed to Sens. Tom Daschle, D-S.D., and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.

Friday

1973 ÷ Vice President Spiro T. Agnew pleaded no contest to one count of federal income tax evasion, and resigned his office.

1970 ÷ Quebec Labor Minister Pierre Laporte was kidnapped by the Quebec Liberation Front, a militant separatist group. Laporte's body was found about a week later.

1978 ÷ President Carter signed a bill authorizing the $1 Susan B. Anthony coin.