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Post by VanIsleRover on Aug 18, 2024 20:23:38 GMT -5
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1969: The Woodstock Music and Art Fair—a legendary rock festival near Bethel, New York, that attracted some 400,000 fans—ended.
1958: Russian-born American author Vladimir Nabokov published his controversial novel Lolita, about a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with a 12-year-old girl.
1896: According to lore, more than 200 outlaws from regional gangs gathered at Brown's Hole in the American West, where Butch Cassidy proposed to organize a Train Robbers' Syndicate, which became familiarly known as the Wild Bunch.
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Post by BillG on Aug 19, 2024 5:52:53 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 19TH is "National Soft Ice Cream Day"!
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Post by johnmori on Aug 19, 2024 7:36:22 GMT -5
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August 19, 1934 The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
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Post by soutxed on Aug 19, 2024 7:57:24 GMT -5
August 19, 1848, New York Herald is the first major eastern newspaper to report the discovery of gold in California.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 19, 2024 21:11:21 GMT -5
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National Aviation Day on August 19 recognizes the pioneers of human flight.For centuries, humans have been fascinated by flight. In ancient China, kites flew to investigate the weather. Inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci developed many ideas about flight, too. Gliders and balloons lifted humans into the sky, but none of the inventions gave a person control of where they flew.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 20, 2024 2:27:52 GMT -5
Pope Francis Is an Honorary Harlem Globetrotter. He's one of only 10 high-profile people to receive the honor, including Nelson Mandela, Bob Hope, Henry Kissinger, Whoopi Goldberg, and fellow pope John Paul II. Who knew?
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Post by BillG on Aug 20, 2024 5:25:16 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 20TH is "National Radio Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Aug 20, 2024 8:01:13 GMT -5
August 20, 1619, Slavery begins in America when the first known African Americans (approximately 20) land at Point Comfort, Virginia, before being sold or traded into servitude.
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Post by johnmori on Aug 20, 2024 9:44:51 GMT -5
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August 20, 1975 Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 21, 2024 0:13:44 GMT -5
Lakes Can Explode. When we think of lakes, we usually think of tranquility and summers relaxing by them—not lethal explosions. But Africa has experienced just that sort of thing over the years, when bursts of volcanic gases rise to the surface, leaving destruction in their wake.
For example, in August 1986, gases below Lake Nyos in Cameroon, which sits above the 950-mile-long chain of volcanoes known as Cameroon Volcanic Line, became concentrated and when it came to the surface, "an explosive degassing of 1.6 million tons of carbon-dioxide occurred, forming a 160 feet high cloud," according to Forbes. It killed 1,700 people and 3,500 livestock as a result.
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Post by sandipaws on Aug 21, 2024 0:30:02 GMT -5
Who Knew??? On August 21, National Senior Citizens Day recognizes the achievements of the more mature representatives of our nation. The day provides an opportunity to show our appreciation for their dedication, accomplishments, and services they give throughout their lives.According to the 2017 census, 47 million seniors live in the United States. By 2060, that number will nearly double. Their wealth of knowledge, skill, and experience offer so much to the next generation. As technologies advance, these are the people who've experienced each step of change. Not only have they contributed to it, but they understand first hand the benefits and the drawbacks. They know life without the advancements that exist today.
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Post by BillG on Aug 21, 2024 6:44:25 GMT -5
Who Knew??? August 21ST is "National Spumoni Day"!
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Post by johnmori on Aug 21, 2024 8:31:33 GMT -5
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August 21, 1991 Latvia declares renewal of its full independence after its occupation by the Soviet Union since 1940.
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Post by MidnightSun on Aug 21, 2024 19:58:37 GMT -5
Earth Used to Be Purple. At least, that's one scientific theory based on the idea that ancient microbes may have relied on a molecule called retinal, rather than chlorophyll, to absorb the sun's rays. Retinal (which can be found in organisms such as halobacteria) absorbs green light and reflects back red and violent light, creating a purple color. Who knew?
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Post by VanIsleRover on Aug 21, 2024 21:23:52 GMT -5
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21 August: 2017: For the first time in nearly 40 years, the continental United States experienced a total solar eclipse, which was viewed from Oregon to South Carolina.
1987: The romantic drama Dirty Dancing, starring Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey, was released in American theatres, and it became a huge—and enduring—hit.
1959: Hawaii became the 50th U.S. state.
On this day in 1911 Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre by three Italian handymen; it was not recovered until 1913, and the media sensation helped make it one of the world's most famous paintings.
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