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Post by soutxed on Aug 6, 2020 8:12:50 GMT -5
August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 6, 2020 22:30:53 GMT -5
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Purple Heart Day, on August 7th, commemorates the creation of the oldest American military decoration for military merit. The Purple Heart honors the men and women who are of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. During the American Revolutionary War, the Badge for Military Merit decorated six known soldiers.
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Post by BillG on Aug 7, 2020 5:49:59 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 7, 1990, the U.S. deploys troops to Saudi Arabia beginning 'Operation Desert Shield'.
 
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Post by johnmori on Aug 7, 2020 6:03:19 GMT -5
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August 7, 1947
Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 7,000 kilometres (4,300 mi) journey across the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 7, 2020 21:00:26 GMT -5
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Post by johnmori on Aug 8, 2020 7:11:21 GMT -5
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August 8, 1876
Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 8, 2020 9:56:10 GMT -5
August 8, 1950 the first Whataburger opened in Corpus Christi Texas. OK, only Texans know about Whataburger.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 8, 2020 21:04:59 GMT -5
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Post by johnmori on Aug 9, 2020 4:00:51 GMT -5
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August 9, 1944
The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 9, 2020 8:43:41 GMT -5
August 9, 2014, Michael Brown Jr., an unarmed 18-year-old Black man, was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri; Brown’s death led to sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson and other U.S. cities, spawning a national “Black Lives Matter” movement.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 9, 2020 8:44:14 GMT -5
August 9, 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400meter relay.
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Post by BillG on Aug 9, 2020 9:14:14 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 9, 1898 Rudolf Diesel of Germany obtains patent #608,845 for his internal combustion engine, later known as the diesel engine.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 9, 2020 20:20:34 GMT -5
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 9, 2020 20:24:31 GMT -5
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Post by BillG on Aug 9, 2020 23:27:52 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 10, 1993, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as the second female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
 
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