On September 1, 1715, following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days before his 77th birthday.
Ten years ago
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin issued a “desperate SOS” as his city descended into anarchy amid the flooding left by Hurricane Katrina. Al-Qaida’s number-two made the terror group’s first direct claim of responsibility for the July 7 bombings in London in a videotape.
Five years ago
President Barack Obama convened a new round of ambitious Mideast peace talks at the White House as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the first face-toface negotiations in nearly two years.
One year ago
President Barack Obama, addressing a union crowd in Milwaukee, renewed his push for Congress to raise the minimum wage in a buoyant accounting of the economy’s “revving” performance. The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved the Iraqi government’s request for an investigation into alleged crimes against civilians committed by the Islamic State group in its rampage across northeastern Syria and parts of Iraq.
— By The Associated Press
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