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Post by BillG on Aug 13, 2021 5:25:16 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 13th, 2021 is "National Blame Someone Else Day".
 
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Post by johnmori on Aug 13, 2021 5:54:27 GMT -5
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August 13, 2016
American swimmer Michael Phelps ends his career at the Rio Olympics as part of the winning 4x100 medley relay, his record 23rd gold medal
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Post by soutxed on Aug 13, 2021 8:41:39 GMT -5
1889, William Gray of Hartford, Conn., received a patent for a coin operated telephone.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 14, 2021 6:04:15 GMT -5
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August 14, 1959
Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 14, 2021 8:20:12 GMT -5
August 14, 1935 Social Security Act is Signed into Law in the United States. The act, which was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, provided benefits to the unemployed, retirees, and the disabled.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 14, 2021 12:13:44 GMT -5
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Each year on August 14th, National Navajo Code Talkers Day honors the contributions of the Native Americans who brought their unique abilities to the World War II effort. The day also highlights their impact on U.S. code and the Native American language that made it possible.
While code talkers were instrumental during World War II, the United States military used the Native American language in their coded messages before. During World War I, the Choctaw tribe’s language was called upon to relate coded messages.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 15, 2021 7:46:11 GMT -5
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August 15, 1965
The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 15, 2021 8:33:18 GMT -5
August 15, 1945, in a pre-recorded radio address, Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced that his country had accepted terms of surrender for ending World War II.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 15, 2021 9:46:29 GMT -5
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 National Lemon Meringue Pie Day on August 15th gives pie lovers and lemon lovers a chance to celebrate.
Tart lemon curd and delicate meringue sing together in this deliciously bright pie.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 16, 2021 6:43:23 GMT -5
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August 16, 1954
The first issue of Sports Illustrated is published.
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Post by BillG on Aug 16, 2021 9:20:17 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 16th is "National Roller Coaster Day".
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 16, 2021 12:42:38 GMT -5
Who Knew??? National Airborne Day on August 16th honors the military’s airborne divisions of the Armed Forces.
August 16, 1940, marks the date of the first official Army parachute jump at Ft. Benning, Georgia. The successful jump validated the innovative concept of inserting U.S. ground combat forces behind a battle line by parachute. These sky soldiers represent some of the most prestigious and expertly trained forces in the United States Army.
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Post by BillG on Aug 17, 2021 6:11:27 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 17th is "Baby Boomers Recognition Day".
 
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Post by johnmori on Aug 17, 2021 6:24:06 GMT -5
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August 17, 1970
Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will later become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet (Venus).
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Post by soutxed on Aug 17, 2021 8:03:01 GMT -5
August 17, 1915, a mob in Cobb County, Georgia, lynched Jewish businessman Leo Frank, 31, whose death sentence for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan had been commuted to life imprisonment. (Frank, who’d maintained his innocence, was pardoned by the state of Georgia in 1986.)
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