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Post by BillG on Aug 26, 2020 5:56:56 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 26, 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago. The four-day event that resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets.
 
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Post by soutxed on Aug 26, 2020 18:29:24 GMT -5
August 26, 1920 19th Amendment to the US Constitution Takes Effect
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 26, 2020 21:15:31 GMT -5
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On August 27th National Just Because Day offers up an opportunity to do stuff…just because. Feel free to celebrate this day any way you choose. Just because!
Every day we all do things that are expected or required of us. Sometimes we even do things because we have to do them, we don’t know why. Well, on this occasion, that does not apply. This day is a chance to do something without rhyme or reason.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 27, 2020 0:05:35 GMT -5
The spikes on the end of a stegosaurus' tail are known among paleontologists as the "thagomizer" —
a term coined by cartoonist Gary Larson in a 1982 Far Side drawing.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 27, 2020 6:02:55 GMT -5
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August 27, 2003
Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
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Post by BillG on Aug 27, 2020 6:52:19 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 27, 2005: Coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to get out of the way of Hurricane Katrina, which was headed toward New Orleans.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 27, 2020 11:23:34 GMT -5
Hello everyone,
Thanks for your posts.
Keeping those in the path of the hurricanes in my prayers.
Take care & have a thankful Thursday!
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 27, 2020 21:29:52 GMT -5
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Post by soutxed on Aug 27, 2020 22:38:24 GMT -5
On August 27, 2008, Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 28, 2020 0:51:03 GMT -5
During World War II, the crew of the British submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown
reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel for six weeks
(it was a gift from the Russians).
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Post by johnmori on Aug 28, 2020 5:22:26 GMT -5
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August 28, 1898
Caleb Bradham's beverage "Brad's Drink" is renamed "Pepsi-Cola"
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Post by BillG on Aug 28, 2020 6:36:09 GMT -5
Who knew??? On August 28,2005 : One day before Hurricane Katrina strikes New Orleans it is upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane and the Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin orders everyone in the city to evacuate ahead of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. 1,000,000 evacuate the city of New Orleans.
 
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Post by soutxed on Aug 28, 2020 7:58:49 GMT -5
On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000 people listened as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 28, 2020 8:10:07 GMT -5
 Hope you all have a great weekend!
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 28, 2020 20:11:29 GMT -5
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