WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (UPI) -- The first day of the Democratic National Convention in Denver went exactly the way Barack Obama wanted it to -- and it was a catastrophe for him and his party.

EUGENE, Ore., March 20 (UPI) -- Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., may have the distinction of holding one of the last in a string of presidential campaign rallies at an Oregon landmark.

UPI Almanac for Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007.

PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (UPI) -- The FBI has recovered a typewritten copy of "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck and other materials courtesy of a tip from a Philadelphia auction house.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- Human rights activist and sculptor Sally Lilienthal has died at a San Francisco hospital at the age of 87.

UPI almanac for Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2006.

WASHINGTON, June 20 (UPI) -- PNC Bank of Pittsburgh may have inherited a treasure trove of U.S. historical artifacts in its take over of the Riggs Bank in Washington.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Audioslave guitarist Tom Morello and actor Danny Glover will be honored during the second Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Awards in Washington.

PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Martin Luther King may be regarded as the greatest civil rights leader of the 20th century but he is revered more in death than he ever was admired in life. About 25 percent of U.S. workers had MLK Day off Monday, 20 years after King's birthday became a f