UPI Almanac for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2007.

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2006 with 116 to follow.

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2005 with 116 to follow.

The weekly UPI Almanac package for Sept. 5-11, 2005.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Ossie Davis -- an actor who promoted civil rights onstage, on camera and in countless protest demonstrations -- has died at 87 at a hotel in Florida.

Today is Monday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2004 with 116 to follow.

Today is Saturday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2003 with 116 to follow.

John Keegan's biography of Winston Churchill seems positively meteoric compared to the usual heavy tomes, yet this brilliant little book illuminates the life and career of one of the most important men of the 20th century and tells a sweeping story in a w