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I didn't know WHAT to do here, there are so many people that have followed this man through his life. Suffice it to say, anything that anyone can put together to present as a tribute to this great man will fall short of encompassing what he has meant to the world. So, I have at least done this -
Some quick quotes:
...the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Coercion, after all, merely captures man. Freedom captivates him.
Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.
The ultimate determinant in the struggle now going on for the world will not be bombs and rockets but a test of wills and ideas.
I know in my heart man is good...what is right will always eventually
triumph...there's purpose and worth to each and every life.
In a world wracked by hatred, economic crisis, and political tension, America remains mankind's best hope.
We are a nation of freedom..under God..all citizens must have the opportunity to
grow, create wealth, build a better life for those who follow.
Well, one of the worst mistakes anybody can make is to bet against Americans.
We in govt should learn to look at our country thru the eyes of the
entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only problems.
A truly successful army is one that, bc of its
strength/ability/dedication, will not be called..to fight..no one will
dare..provoke it.
When we've taken up arms, it has been for the defense of freedom for
ourselves and for other peaceful nations who needed our help.
At home, our enemy is no longer Red Coats, but red ink.
Balancing the budget is a little like protecting your virtue: You just have to learn to say "no."
...the problem is not the size of the deficit, it's the size of government's claim on our economy.
We cannot reduce the deficit by raising taxes.
Oh, and this, from me: No remarks from Obama on Ronald Reagan's 103rd, no @NYC Empire State Building lights ( #Seahawks are happy though, no doubt), no @WhiteHouse tweet.
Had to share this:
Ronald Reagan’s 31 Most YOLO Moments
“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement.”
Ronald Reagan was the presidential master of YOLO.
It seems that, even when a school system can proclaim itself 'proud American' (Fort Collins HS in Colorado gave up the ghost of its denial of 'American Day' for the student body) the actions of another speak even louder:
Daisy Luther, Organic Prepper/The Daily Sheeple
The game is called “Cross the Line” and many outraged parents believe that it does just that.
A middle school in Marinette, Wisconsin got a group of 5th-8th graders together and organized a really fun game that asked students to step forward to answer “yes” to a series of highly personal questions. Questions like…
Do your parents drink?
Do you cut yourself?
Has anyone in your family been to jail?
Have you ever wanted to commit suicide?
Do you or your parents do drugs?
Unbelievably, school administrators believed that this “game” would help the kids to be better and kinder friends. “The intent of this activity was to build stronger, more respectful relationships among students,” said Principal Shawn Limberg. The “game” was part of an anti-bullying program.
Of course, Limberg also said the “game” was completely voluntary, an assertion that was disputed by one young girl who told her mother she’d have to go to in-school suspension if she didn’t participate.
Several parents voiced their concerns and had them brushed off. Amanda Fifarek, mother of a 7th grade student, told FOX 11, “They basically told us that all the students were lying…all the students got together and planned it out and if they weren’t lying, it was all misperceptions. They didn’t specifically say do your parents do drugs.”
Of course. We all know those silly children must have just misunderstood the whole thing.
Here’s the report from the local Fox station: Cross the Line Game at Marinette Middle School
Reading between the lines, it doesn’t look as though Marinette Middle School was duly chastised. It sounds like they every intention of playing the “game” again. According to a Yahoo news report, ”Principal Limberg said they will let parents know the next time they plan on playing this game.”
No, there currently isn't one: The National Desert Storm Memorial
History tends to overlook the uncertainty and delicate nature of the whole operation. The fact that a coalition of
34 countries had to be held together and the looming threat of Chemical and Biological warfare tends to get
brushed aside when talking of Desert Shield/Storm. The 100-hour antiseptic nature of the war as presented by the news media is really what is remembered. However, as brief as it might have been, there were 293 American men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice in extracting the Iraqis and liberating Kuwait.. This site as well as
The National Desert Storm Memorial is dedicated to honor all those who served, as well as remembering all those who didn’t make it home!!!
It is our duty, and solemn obligation to NEVER FORGET OperationDesert Shield/Storm and the veterans who served. We need to rememberthis shining moment in history so that future generations know the meaning of the words: Courage, Honor, Sacrifice, and doing the right thing.
H.R. 503: National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act
H.R. 503, the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield War Memorial Act,
which seeks to create a national memorial honoring the service members
who honorably served and died in Operation Desert Shield and Desert
Storm.
Thank you for contacting me to convey your support for a continuing investigation into the attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya last September 11 and for establishment of a "select" Congressional committee to probe these tragic events. I appreciate having the benefit of your views as I share them!
A remarkably able and effective ambassador was killed in a terrorist assault. Those who were hired to protect him also paid with their lives. All four were left unprotected and apparently abandoned by their own government.
Despite all of the president's declarations about "getting to the bottom" of this, no one individual or organization has been held accountable or responsible. On this point, be assured that our enemies and our friends are watching and learning from our lack of response.
Granted, investigations are already underway in Congress, albeit behind closed doors by several different committees. However, the Benghazi case cuts across multiple national security agencies, and the White House, involving sensitive information, thereby putting it in a league of its own among the various Obama Administration scandal investigations now underway. Therefore, I have become convinced that the most effective way to uncover all the facts in a timely manner is through a single transparent Congressional committee with subpoena power. That is why I have cosponsored House Resolution 36, introduced by Rep. Frank Wolf (VA).
Time is wasting. Sources are disappearing and leads are drying up. In my view, the Select Committee legislation needs to be swiftly brought to the floor for a vote, so the House can hold public hearings over the summer .. and attempt to provide a final public report by the first anniversary of this attack.
Civilian or uniformed, Americans serving their country abroad deserve protection and respect for the dangerous missions they assume on our behalf. This tragedy did not need to happen. It is our job to see that it is not repeated. Establishment of a House Select Committee on the Benghazi Attack will advance us toward that goal.
Happy Thanksgiving! Make yours great! And remember reverence, family,
country, and to not take freedom for granted..."The Pilgrims made seven
times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished
than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." -H.U.
Westermayer.
When the Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621, it wasn’t for the purpose of focusing on their hard life. It was to give thanks for the bountiful harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony following a severe winter. ...
Praying I'll hear more of these two together for years to come! Real Class!
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On This Date In 1595 Mexican explorer Don
Juan de Oñate's petition and contract for the conquest of New Mexico was presented to LuÃs de Velasco,
the viceroy of Nueva Vizcaya. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep21.html
On This Date In 1638 The Treaty of
Hartford divided the spoils of, and brought to an end, the Pequot War,
virtually eliminating the Pequot Indians.
On This Date In 1676 Blessed Pope Innocent
XI (May 16, 1611 – August 12, 1689), born Benedetto Odescalchi, was elected
Pope, and served until his death in 1689.
On This Date In 1779 During the American
Revolution, the Louisiana governor and Spanish
military officer Bernardo de Galvez, with the aide of American troops and
militia volunteers, captured the British post and garrison at Baton
Rouge, located in what was then British-controlled West Florida.
On This Date In 1780 During the American
Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold met with British Major John Andre
to discuss handing over West Point to the
British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position
in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero,
became synonymous with the word “traitor.”
On This Date In 1784 The nation's first
daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, began
publication.
On This Date In 1792 The National
Convention, or the executive government of the French First
Republic, proclaimed the
abolition of kingship.
On This Date In 1846 Through September 24,
the Battle of Monterrey was fought during the Mexican-American War. General
Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North was defeated by U.S.
forces under the command of Zachary Taylor and William J. Worth.
On This Date In 1864 The Battle of
Fisher's Hill was fought as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the
American Civil War. A Union victory, four Union Army enlisted men and one
officer received the Medal of Honor in the action at Fisher's Hill, located
near Strasburg, Virginia.
On This Date In 1912 Harry Houdini's first
public performance of theChinese Water
Torture Cell was at the Circus Busch in Berlin,
Germany.
On This Date In 1917 Austria-Hungary and Germany made separate replies to
the proposal issued by Pope Benedict XV at the beginning of the previous month
calling for an immediate armistice between the Allied and Central Powers in
World War I. The one exception to the general rejection, by all sides, of the
Papal Peace Note of August 1917 was Austria-Hungary.
On This Date In 1921 The Oppau explosion
occurred when a tower silo storing 4,500 tons of a mixture of ammonium sulfate
and ammonium nitrate fertilizer exploded at a BASF plant in Oppau, now part of
Ludwigshafen, Germany, killing 500–600 people and injuring about 2,000 more.
On This Date In 1937 During the Second
Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service, commanded by Prince
Naruhiko Higashikuni, began aerial bombardment of Nanking.
On This Date In 1937 “The Hobbit,” a
fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien, was published. The book
was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York
Herald Tribune for best juvenile fiction.
On This Date In 1937 During World War II,
and the Invasion of Poland, the second Battle of Tomaszów Lubelski was fought.
The largest tank battle of the campaign, this German victory resulted in the
destruction of the Polish forces.
On This Date In 1938 The New England
Hurricane of 1938 was the first major hurricane to strike New
England since 1869. Making landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Long Island, New
York, the hurricane was estimated to have killed
between 682 and 800 people, damaged or destroyed over 57,000 homes, and caused
property losses estimated at US$306 million ($4.7 Billion in 2012). To date it
remains the most powerful, costliest and deadliest hurricane in recent New England history, eclipsed in landfall intensity
perhaps only by the Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635.
On This Date In 1943 The Massacre of the
Acqui Division took place, the mass execution of approximately 5000 men of the
Italian 33rd Acqui Infantry Division by the Germans on the island of Cephalonia,
Greece,
following the Italian armistice during World War II.
On This Date In 1955 “Tennessee's Partner,” a Western film
starring Ronald Reagan in what Peter Bogdanovich called his “most likeable
performance,” was released by RKO Radio Pictures. It co-starred John Payne as Tennessee, and was
directed by Allan Dwan.
On This Date In 1961 During the Vietnam
War, the U.S. Army's 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces,
was activated at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina. The Special
Forces were formed to organize and train guerrilla bands behind enemy lines.
President John F. Kennedy, a strong believer in the potential of the Special
Forces in counterinsurgency operations, visited the Special
Warfare Center
at Fort Bragg to review the program and
authorized the Special Forces to wear the headgear that became their symbol,
the Green Beret.
On This Date In 1968 Jeannie C. Riley
became the first female performer to top the Billboard Country and Pop charts
simultaneously, with “Harper Valley P.T.A.”
On This Date In 1981 Philadelphia Phillies
pitcher Steve Carlton struck out the 3,118th batter of his career to break Bob
Gibson’s National League record for career strikeouts. Despite Carlton’s 10 shutout
innings and 12 strikeouts, the Phillies lost the marathon game to the Montreal
Expos in the 17th inning, 1-0.
On This Date In 1984 “Places in the Heart,”
a drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, was released by TriStar
Pictures. The movie stars Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan,
John Malkovich, Danny Glover, and Terry O'Quinn.
On This Date In 1987 “Dirty Dancing,"
an American romance film written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile
Ardolino, was released by Vestron Pictures. The film features Patrick Swayze
and Jennifer Grey in the lead roles, as well as Cynthia Rhodes and Jerry
Orbach.
On This Date In 1987 Jaco Pastorius
(December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987), an influential American jazz musician,
composer and electric bass player, died from a massive brain hemorrhage. John
Francis Anthony Pastorius III was inducted into the Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame
in 1988, one of only six bassists to be so honored (and the only electric bass
guitarist).
On This Date In 1989 The Senate Armed
Forces Committee unanimously confirmed President George H. Bush's nomination of
Army General Colin Powell as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell was
the first African American to achieve the United States' highest military
post.
On This Date In 1990 “The Razors Edge,”
the 12th Australian and 11th international studio album by Australian hard rock
band AC/DC, was released on Atco Records. The album reached #2 on the US
Billboard 200 and #4 in the UK,
a smash commercial success that returned the band to the popularity of its
glory years between the mid-1970s and early 1980s. The album has been certified
5x platinum (5 million copies sold) in the US.
On This Date In 1990 “Goodfellas,” an
American crime film directed by Martin Scorsese, was released by Warner Bros.
It is a film adaptation of the 1986 non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas
Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. Goodfellas grossed $46.8 million domestically, well above its $25
million budget. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best
Picture and Best Director, and won one for Pesci in the Best Actor in a
Supporting Role category. Scorsese's film won five awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts,
including Best Film, and Best Director.
On This Date In 1993 “Face the Heat,” the
twelfth studio album (14th including major live recordings) by German heavy metal
band Scorpions, was released on the PolyGram label. It was produced by the band
and the late Bruce Fairbairn.
On This Date In 1999 The 921 earthquake,
also known as the Jiji earthquake, occurred in Jiji, Nantou County, Taiwan.
2,415 people were killed, 11,305 injured, and NT$300 billion (US$10 billion)
worth of damage was done. It was the second-deadliest quake in recorded history
in Taiwan,
after the 1935 Hsinchu-Taichung earthquake.
On This Date In 1999 “The Fragile,” the
third studio album by American industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, was
released on Interscope Records. The album was produced by Nine Inch Nails
frontman Trent Reznor and long-time collaborator Alan Moulder. The Fragile peaked at number one on the
US Billboard 200 chart in its debut week, before dropping to number 16 the
following week. The album has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry
Association of America, for shipments of one million copies in the United States.
On This Date In 2001 A huge explosion
occurred in the AZF fertilizer factory in Toulouse,
France,
belonging to the Grande Paroisse branch of the Total group. Three hundred tons
of ammonium nitrate was stored in the hangar #221. The whole factory was
destroyed, making a crater of depth 20 to 30 m (65 to 100 ft), with a diametre
of 200 m (650 ft). The blast measured 3.4 on the Richter scale, with an
estimated power equivalent to 20-40 tons of TNT.
Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or
incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better
opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable. William Pollard
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot
change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw
Change does not necessarily assure progress, but progress
implacably requires change. Education is essential to change, for education
creates both new wants and the ability to satisfy them. George Savile
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from
the known to the unknown. Benjamin Franklin
I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather
strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Thomas Paine
NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) with space shuttle
Endeavour mounted atop arrived Sept. 20 at the agency's Dryden
Flight Research
Center on Edwards Air Force Base in California. Following an
overnight stay, the SCA and Endeavour will salute the Edwards Air Force Base
area early Friday, Sept. 21 with a low flyby northbound...
To honor the sacrifice of service members who were prisoners
of war or are still missing in action, observances of National POW/MIA
Recognition Day, traditionally observed on the third Friday in September, are
held across the country on military installations, ships at sea, state
capitols, schools and veterans' facilities.
There is no justification for
present existence other than its expansion into an indefinitely open future. Simone
de Beauvoir
Only one who devotes himself
to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this
reason mastery demands all of a person. Albert Einstein
On This Date In 1191 The Battle of Arsuf
was fought, a battle of the Third Crusade, in which Richard I of England
defeated Saladin at Arsuf. Following a series of harassing attacks by Saladin's
forces, Richard's forces resisted attempts to disrupt its cohesion until the
Hospitallers broke ranks; he regrouped his forces and led them to victory.
On This Date In 1424 The Hongxi Emperor
succeeded his father, the Yongle Emperor, as the fourth emperor of the Ming
Dynasty in China.
His era name means “Vastly bright”. His reign ended with his death on May 29,
1425.
On This Date In 1533 Anne Boleyn, Queen of
England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in
her own right, gave birth to a baby girl who would later become Queen
Elizabeth.
On This Date In 1776 During the
Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempted to attach a
time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship Eagle in New
York Harbor. It was the first use of a submarine in warfare.
On This Date In 1778 Through September 18,
the Siege of Boonesborough took place during the American Revolutionary War.
The attack on the Kentucky settlement of
Boonesborough was led by Chief Blackfish, a Shawnee leader allied to the British.
Blackfish's siege was unsuccessful and was lifted after ten days.
On This Date In 1813 The United States got its nickname,
Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York,
who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson (1766 – 1854) stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States, but soldiers began
referring to the grub as “Uncle Sam’s.” The local newspaper picked up on the
story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for
the U.S.
federal government.
On This Date In 1863 Through September 9,
the Battle of Cumberland Gap was fought, a victory for Union forces under the
command of Ambrose Burnside during his campaign for Knoxville during the American Civil War. The
bloodless engagement cost the Confederates an army of 2,300 and control of the Cumberland Gap.
On This Date In 1864 During the American
Civil War, and in preparation for his march to the sea, Union General William
T. Sherman ordered residents of Atlanta,
Georgia, to
evacuate the city. In November, he embarked on his march to the sea, during
which his army destroyed nearly everything that lay in its path.
On This Date In 1876 Attempting a bold
daytime robbery of the Northfield
Minnesota bank, the James-Younger
gang suddenly found itself surrounded by angry townspeople and was nearly wiped
out.
On This Date In 1896 An electric car built
by the Riker Electric Motor Company won the first auto race in the United States, at the Narragansett
Trotting Park
- a mile-long dirt oval at the state fairgrounds that was normally used for
horse racing - in Cranston,
Rhode Island. Automobile
companies sponsored the race to show off their newfangled electric-, steam-,
and gas-powered vehicles to an awestruck audience. The carmakers' gimmick
worked: About 60,000 fairgoers attended the event, and many more people read
about it in newspapers and magazines.
On This Date In 1914 Sir John French,
commander in chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), began his first
official dispatch from the Western Front during World War I, summarizing the
events of the first several weeks of British operations.
On This Date In 1914 “The Rounders,” a 16
minute silent comedy short starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle, was
released by Keystone Studios. The film was written and directed by Charles
Chaplin, and produced by Mack Sennett.
On This Date In 1939 Through September 10,
the Battle of Wizna was fought between the forces of Poland
and Germany
during the initial stages of the Invasion of Poland at the beginning of World
War II. It was arguably the most heroic battle in the campaign, in which
according to latest sources, under 720 Poles defended a fortified line for
three days against more than 40,000 Germans.
On This Date In 1939 Through September 16,
the Saar Offensive took place, a French operation into Saarland on the German 1st Army defence
sector in the early stages of World War II. The purpose of the attack was to
assist Poland,
which was then under attack. The assault was stopped by the Anglo French Supreme
War Council and the French forces withdrew.
On This Date In 1940 Through May 16, 1941,
Germany began its Luftwaffe
Air Raids on the Port
of London. Collectively
known as the Blitz, the sustained strategic bombing of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland by Germany during World War II were major raids (attacks in
which more than 100 tons of high explosives were dropped) on 16 British cities:
London was attacked 71 times, Birmingham, Liverpool and Plymouth eight times,
Bristol six, Glasgow five, Southampton four, Portsmouth three, and there was
also at least one large raid on another eight cities.
On This Date In 1950 Slightly more than
two months after the United Nations approved a U.S.
resolution calling for the use of force to repel the communist North Korean
invasion of South Korea, the
Security Council rejected a Soviet resolution that would condemn the American
bombing of North Korea.
The Security Council action was another victory for the United States in securing U.N. support for the
war in Korea.
On This Date In 1953 Californian tennis
star Maureen Connolly defeated Doris Hart of Florida to win the U.S. Open 6-2, 6-4 and
became the first woman ever to win the “Grand Slam” of tennis, capturing all
four major championships in the same year.
On This Date In 1963 The Pro Football Hall
of Fame opened in Canton, Ohio, with 17 charter enshrinees. With
emphasis on the National Football League (NFL), the hall inducted the most
recent six honorees in February 2012, and there are a total of 267 members. The
Pro Football Hall of Fame is unique among North American major league sports
halls of fame in that officials are not inducted.
On This Date In 1965 During the Vietnam
War, U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese forces launched Operation Pirahna on the
Batangan Peninsula, 23 miles south of the Marine
base at Chu Lai. This was a follow-up to Operation Starlight, which had been
conducted in August. During the course of the operation, the Allied forces
stormed a stronghold of the Viet Cong 1st Regiment, claiming 200 enemy dead
after intense fighting.
On This Date In 1967 During the Vietnam
War, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced plans to build an
electronic anti-infiltration barrier to block communist flow of arms and troops
into South Vietnam
from the north at the eastern end of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The “McNamra
Line,” as it became known, would employ state-of-the-art, high-tech listening
devices to alert U.S.
forces when North Vietnamese troops and supplies were moving south so that air
and artillery strikes could be brought to bear on them. It was estimated that
the cost of completing and maintaining the project would be more than $800
million per year. Construction on the barrier line, initially code named
“Practice Nine” and later changed to “Dye Marker,” began almost at once. But in
the end, the concept proved impractical as the North Vietnamese just shifted
their infiltration routes to other areas.
On This Date In 1973 “Over-Nite Sensation,”
the seventeenth studio album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, was
released on Zappa's DiscReet label. It was subsequently followed by Zappa's
solo album, Apostrophe ('), which is
derived from the same recording sessions.
On This Date In 1976 On the fortieth
anniversary of musician Buddy Holly's birth, English musician, singer,
songwriter and composer Sir James Paul McCartney inaugurated the annual “Buddy
Holly Week” in England.
The festival has included guest performances by famous musicians, songwriting
competitions, drawing contests and other special events. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/06/arts/review-pop-buddy-holly-s-legacy-by-way-of-mccartney.html
On This Date In 1977 President Jimmy
Carter and Panamanian Chief of Government Omar Torrijos signed the Panama Canal
Treaty and Neutrality Treaty. Also known as the Carter-Torrijos Treaty, this
agreement relinquished American control over the canal and transferred
authority to the Panama Canal Authority on December 31, 1999. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep07.html
On This Date In 1978 Keith John Moon
(August 23, 1946 – September 7, 1978), English musician, best known for being
the drummer of the English rock group The Who, died of an overdose. Moon was
cremated on September 13 at Golders Green Crematorium in London, and his ashes were scattered in its
Gardens of Remembrance.
On This Date In 1979 Woodstock Reunion 1979
was held, a concert at Parr Meadows racetrack in the hamlet of Yaphank in the
town of Brookhaven, Suffolk
County, Long Island, New York.
It had an audience of about 40,000 and was organized for the 10th anniversary
of the original Woodstock Festival. Performers included Paul Butterfield and
Rick Danko, Canned Heat, Richie Havens, Jorma Kaukonen, Country Joe McDonald,
John Sebastian, Michael Shrieve, Stephen Stills, and Johnny Winter.
On This Date In 1984 “The Warning,” the
first full-length album by the American heavy metal band Queensrÿche, was
released. The original tracklisting for the album was changed by mix engineer
Val Garay under orders from EMI America against the wishes of the band. The
album was re-released on May 6, 2003, this time containing three bonus tracks.
On This Date In 1986 Bishop Desmond Tutu
became the archbishop of Cape Town, two years
after winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent opposition to apartheid
in South Africa.
As archbishop, he was the first black to head South Africa's Anglican church.
On This Date In 1999 The 1999 Athens earthquake
occurred, registering a moment magnitude of 6.0. The tremor was epicentered
approximately 17 km to the northwest of the city center. Overall, 143 people
lost their lives and more than 2,000 were treated for injuries in what
eventually became Greece's deadliest natural disaster in almost half a century.
On This Date In 1999 “The Ultra Zone.” the
fifth full-length album from guitarist Steve Vai, was released. The Ultra Zone is notable for its
tributes to two legendary guitarists: Frank Zappa (on the track “Frank”), and
Stevie Ray Vaughan (on the track “Jibboom”). Also notable is the fact that this
was Vai's last studio album of original material until 2005's Real Illusions: Reflections; in the
years in between, he released several compilations of his material, as well as
a live album.
On This Date In 2010 “Seeing Eye Dog,” the
seventh studio album by American rock band Helmet, was released via Work Song,
the label imprint shared by singer/songwriter Joe Henry and Helmet mainman Page
Hamilton's manager. It was their first album in four years since the release of
Monochrome in 2006.
Happy Birthday Donald Henderson (1928), Bruce
Gray (1936), June Harding (1940), Joe Klein (1946), Susan Blakely (1948), Gloria
Gaynor (1949), Peggy Noonan (1950), Chrissie Hynde (1951), Corbin Bernsen
(1954), Michael Emerson (1954), Mira Furlan (1955), Diane Warren (1956), Toby
Jones (1966), Angie Everhart (1969), Diane Farr (1971), Shane Mosley (1971), Shannon
Elizabeth (1973), Tara Slone (1973), Oliver Hudson (1976), Devon Sawa (1978), Alyssa
Diaz (1985), and Evan Rachel Wood (1987).
RIP Queen Elizabeth I (1533 – 1603), Anna
Mary Robertson “Grandma” Moses (1860 – 1961), Edith Sitwell (1887 – 1964), Merna
Kennedy (1908 – 1944), Elia Kazan (1909 – 2003), Seymour Durst (1913 – 1995), Jacob
Lawrence (1917 – 2000), James Van Allen (1919 – 2006), Peter Lawford (1923 –
1984), Don Messick (1926 – 1997), Charles Hardin “Buddy” Holley (1936 – 1959), Jermaine
Stewart (1957 – 1997), and LeRoi Moore (1961 – 2008).
Quotes
There are stars whose light only reaches the earth long
after they have fallen apart. There are people whose remembrance gives light in
this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest
nights on the road we must follow. The Talmud
Always remember to slow down in life; live, breathe, and
learn; take a look around you whenever you have time and never forget everything
and every person that has the least place within your heart. Jeremy
Irons
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with
mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. Psalm 77:6
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence
is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears.
Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of
disorder. Lao Tzu
It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer,
or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own
interest. Adam Smith
The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.
The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant. – “Leadership
Is an Art.” Max De Pree
History will remember Neil Armstrong, foremost, as the first
human to step foot on another heavenly body. But his NASA family and many
admirers worldwide will forever appreciate him for more than just that one,
albeit world-changing, accomplishment.
In late 2012, a team of British scientists will use a
hot-water drill to bore through nearly 2 miles of ice to reach Lake Ellsworth
in West Antarctica. An animation shows how the
team will reach the buried lake, and fetch its waters for analysis.
The Mars Science Laboratory took in samples of the Martian
atmosphere, started driving towards its first target site (Glenelg) and will
park to test all the functions of its arm carrying scientific remote sensing
intruments.
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Everyone can make a difference in the life of a Veteran,
whether it's sticking by a loved one when times get tough, asking the right
questions to make sure a Veteran is doing alright, or reaching out for support
if you're concerned about a Veteran you know. It's OK to not understand what
Veterans go through during their service, or when they come back. No matter
what's going on, support is available. The Veterans Crisis Line (1-800-273-8255
and Press 1, chat online at http://www.VeteransCrisisLine.net,
or text to 838255) is a free, confidential resource for Veterans and Service
members, as well as their families and friends, in times of crisis. The
Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans and their loved ones with qualified,
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The frustrated follow a
leader less because of their faith that he is leading them to a promised land
than because of their immediate feeling that he is leading them away from their
unwanted selves. Surrender to a leader is not a means to an end but a
fulfillment. Whither they are led is of secondary importance. Eric
Hoffer
A good leader inspires others
with confidence in him; a great leader inspires them with confidence in
themselves. Unknown
To lead people, walk beside
them... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The
next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the
next, the people hate... When the best leader's work is done the people say,
‘We did it ourselves!’ Lao Tzu
On This Date In 79 Stratovolcano Mount Vesuviusis
erupted in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, one of the most catastrophic and famous
eruptions of all time. The towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were
obliterated and buried underneath massive pyroclastic flows. An estimated 3,000
people died from the eruption.
On This Date In 410 The Sack of Rome took
place. The city was attacked by the Visigoths, led by Alaric I. At that time, Rome was no longer the capital of the Western Roman
Empire, replaced in this position initially by Mediolanum and then later Ravenna.
On This Date In 1572 King Charles IX of France, under the sway of his mother, Catherine
de Medici, ordered the assassination of Huguenot Protestant leaders in Paris, setting off an orgy of killing, known as the Saint
Bartholomew's Day Massacre, that resulted in the massacre of tens of thousands
of Huguenots all across France.
On This Date In 1682 The Duke of York
awarded Englishman William Penn a deed to the “Three Lower Counties” that make
up the present state of Delaware,
recently transferred from Dutch to British jurisdiction. Penn acquired this
tract of land just west of the Delaware Bay in order to ensure ocean access for
his new colony of Pennsylvania.
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On This Date In 1781 During the American
Revolutionary War, the Lochry Massacre occurred near present-day Aurora, Indiana, in the United States.
The battle was short and decisive: about one hundred Indians under Joseph
Brant, a Mohawk war leader who was temporarily in the west, ambushed about an
equal number of Pennsylvania
militiamen led by Archibald Lochry. Brant and his men killed or captured all of
the Pennsylvanians without suffering any casualties.
On This Date In 1814 During the War of 1812,
British forces under General Robert Ross overwhelmed American militiamen at the
Battle of Bladensburg, Maryland, and marched
unopposed into Washington, D.C. Most congressmen and officials fled the
nation's capital as soon as word came of the American defeat, but President
James Madison and his wife, Dolley, escaped just before the invaders arrived.
Earlier in the day, President Madison had been present at the Battle of
Bladensburg and had at one point actually taken command of one of the few
remaining American batteries, thus becoming the first and only president to
exercise in actual battle his authority as commander in chief. British soldiers
would later set the city aflame in revenge for the burning of Canadian
government buildings by U.S.
troops earlier in the war. The White House, a number of federal buildings, and
several private homes were destroyed. The still uncompleted Capitol building
was also set on fire, and the House of Representatives and the Library of
Congress were gutted before a torrential downpour doused the flames.
On This Date In 1821 The Treaty of Córdova
was signed in Córdoba, Veracruz,
Mexico, establishing Mexican
independence from Spain
at the conclusion of the Mexican War of Independence. The signatories were the
head of the Army of the Three Guarantees, AgustÃn de Iturbide, and Jefe
PolÃtico Superior Juan O'Donojú. The treaty was rejected by Spanish government.
On This Date In 1857 The major financial
catalyst for the panic of 1857 took place, the falure of the New York branch of the Ohio Life Insurance
and Trust Company. It was soon reported that the entire capital of the Trust's
home office had been embezzled. What followed was one of the most severe
economic crises in U.S.
history.
On This Date In 1873 William Henry Jackson
became the first person to photograph Colorado's
elusive Mount of the Holy Cross, providing
reliable proof of the extraordinary cross of snow.
On This Date In 1875 Captain Matthew Webb
became the first recorded person to swim the English
Channel without the use of artificial aids. He swam from Dover to Calais
in less than 22 hours.
On This Date In 1914 Through September 7,
1914, the Siege of Maubeuge took place with the French garrison of the Maubeuge
Fortress finally surrendering to the Germans at the start of World War I on the
Western Front.
On This Date In 1939 The Treaty of
Non-Aggression between the Third German Reich and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was signed
in Moscow. It
was a Non-Aggression Pact between the two countries and pledged neutrality by
either party if the other were attacked by a third party. Each signatory
promised not to join any grouping of powers that was “directly or indirectly
aimed at the other party.” It remained in effect until June 22, 1941 when Germany implemented Operation Barbarossa,
invading the Soviet Union.
On This Date In 1940 During World War II,
Nazi German Luftwaffe night-time air raids began on the English City of
Portsmouth, when 1,320 of high explosive bombs, 38,000 incendiary devices were
dropped on the city, damaging The Guildhall, 30 churches, 8 schools, 1 hospital
and over 80, 000 homes. 930 people were killed and 1,216 people were injured.
While most of the city has since been rebuilt, to this day developers still
occasionally find unexploded bombs.
On This Date In 1940 “London After Dark”
began, a joint venture radio program between CBS Radio and BBC Radio that ran
during the 1940 London Blitz. CBS News Chief Paul White and CBS European Events
Director Edward R. Murrow arranged the show by cable and short wave conference,
and it was broadcast live from Trafalgar
Square in London.
On This Date In 1942 During World War II, U.S.
forces continued to deliver crushing blows to the Japanese, sinking the
aircraft carrier Ryuho in the Battle of the East Solomon Islands. Key to the Americans' success in
this battle was the work of coastwatchers, a group of volunteers whose job it
is to report on Japanese ship and aircraft movement. Footnote: It was a
coastwatcher who arranged for the deliverance and safe return of John F.
Kennedy and his crew when they were stranded in the Solomons in 1943.
On This Date In 1942 “Saludos Amigos,” an
animated feature package film produced by Walt Disney, was released by RKO
Radio Pictures. It is the sixth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated
Classics series, and the first of six package films made by the Disney studio
in the 1940s.
On This Date In 1943 Through December 23,
1943, the Lower Dnieper Offensive took place during World War II. It was one of
the largest Second World War operations, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on
both sides and stretching on a 1400 kilometer long front. During this
four-month operation, the eastern bank of the Dnieper
was recovered from German forces by five of the Red Army's Fronts, which
conducted several river assault crossings to establish several bridgeheads on
the western bank. One of the costliest operations of the war, the casualties
are estimated at being from 1,700,000 to 2,700,000 on both sides.
On This Date In 1954 The Communist Control
Act was signed into law by Dwight Eisenhower, which outlawed the Communist
Party of the United States and criminalized membership in, or support for the
Party or “Communist-action” organizations and defined evidence to be considered
by a jury in determining participation in the activities, planning, actions,
objectives, or purposes of such organizations. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=9999
On This Date In 1958 Maria Teresa de
Filippis, the first woman ever to compete in Formula One racing, drove a
Maserati in the Portuguese Grand Prix at Oporto.
She was forced to quit the race due to engine troubles.
On This Date In 1963 During the Vietnam
War, Cable 243 was sent, a high-profile message by the United States Department
of State to Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., the US
ambassador to South Vietnam.
The cable came in the wake of the midnight raids on August 21 by the Catholic
regime of Ngo Dinh Diem against Buddhist pagodas across the country, in which
hundreds were believed to have been killed. The raids were orchestrated by
Diem's brother Ngo Dinh Nhu and precipitated a change in US policy. The
cable declared that Washington
would no longer tolerate Nhu remaining in a position of power and ordered Lodge
to pressure Diem to remove his brother. It said that if Diem refused, the
Americans would explore the possibility for alternative leadership in South Vietnam.
In effect, the cable authorized Lodge to give the green light to Army of the
Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) officers to launch a coup against Diem if he did not
willingly remove Nhu from power. The cable marked a turning point in US-Diem
relations and was described in the Pentagon Papers as “controversial”.
Historian John W. Newman described it as “the single most controversial cable
of the Vietnam War”.
On This Date In 1969 During the Vietnam
War, Company A of the Third Battalion, 196th Light Infantry Brigade refused the
order of its commander, Lieutenant Eugene Schurtz, Jr., to continue an attack
that had been launched to reach a downed helicopter shot down in the Que Son
valley, 30 miles south of Da Nang. The unit, in fierce combat for five days
against entrenched North Vietnamese forces, had taken heavy casualties. Schurtz
called his battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Robert C. Bacon, and
informed him that his men had refused to follow his order to move out because
they had “simply had enough” and that they were “broken.” The unit eventually
moved out when Bacon sent his executive officer and a sergeant to give
Schurtz's troops “a pep talk,” but when they reached the downed helicopter on
August 25, they found all eight men aboard dead. Schurtz was relieved of his
command and transferred to another assignment in the division. Neither he nor
his men were disciplined. This case of “combat refusal,” as the Army described
it, was reported widely in U.S.
newspapers.
On This Date In 1970 “Spirit in the Dark,”
an album by Soul and R & B singer Aretha Franklin, was released. Despite
having two hit singles “Don't Play That Song (You Lied)” which peaked at #1
R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and “Spirit in the Dark” peaking at #3 R&B and
#23 Hot 100 in Billboard magazine, it was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall
short of Billboard's Top 20. The album is considered one of Aretha's classic
Atlantic Records LPs.
On This Date In 1981 “Tattoo You,” the
16th British and 18th American studio album by The Rolling Stones, was
released. The follow-up to Emotional
Rescue, it proved to be a big critical and commercial success. A very popular
album upon release, it is the last Rolling Stones album to reach the top
position of the US
charts, concluding a string of #1's dating back to 1971's Sticky Fingers.
On This Date In 1982 Martin Siegel met
Ivan Boesky at the Harvard Club in New
York City to discuss his mounting financial pressures.
Arbitrageur Boesky offered Siegel, a mergers-and-acquisitions executive at
Kidder, Peabody & Co., a job, but Siegel, who was looking for some kind of
consulting arrangement, declined. Boesky then suggested that if Siegel would
supply him with early inside information on upcoming mergers there would be
something in it for him. In 1986, the resulting illegal schemes, which by then
included many of the biggest traders in the country, came crashing down.
Arrests were made up and down Wall Street, and Boesky and Michael Milken, the
junk bond king charged with violating federal securities laws, were no
exception.
On This Date In 1989 Bart Giamatti,
then-commissioner of baseball, announced that Pete Rose, baseball's all-time
hits leader and one of history's greatest players, had been banned from
baseball for life for gambling on baseball. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/5
On This Date In 1995 The Microsoft Network
debuted as an online service and Internet service provider, to coincide with
the release of the Windows 95 operating system.
On This Date In 2007 “The Dub Room
Special,” an album by Frank Zappa, was released. It is a soundtrack for the
film of the same name, and combines recordings from a TV-show performance on
August 27, 1974, and from a concert in New
York City on October 31, 1981. The album, originally
prepared for vinyl release by Zappa, was first sold at Zappa Plays Zappa shows
in the United States
during August 2007. Shortly thereafter, it became available for mail order.
On This Date In 2009 The Car Allowance
Rebate System (CARS), a U.S.
federal scrappage program colloquially known as "Cash for Clunkers,"
ended.
A bleeding soul is truly a sad thing. But those who fight
against the flow will always rise from the pool of sorrow a stronger, more
determined person. Blake Woodring
What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These
are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they
do is inconceivable. Joseph Addison
Like the moon, come out from behind the clouds! Shine...
Meditate. Live purely. Be quiet. Do your work with mastery. Buddha
Don’t confuse the two: Intelligence is knowing how to make
decisions. Wisdom is knowing which of those decisions you can build your life
upon. J.R. Morales
An important success trait is the ability to detach from
people who aren’t on course with you. It doesn’t mean that everyone you know
and love has to agree totally with your life choices. But don’t waste time with
people who want to diminish you in any way. Nothing destroys passion quicker
than negativity. Lily Chatterjee
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses
life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it. Martin
Luther King Jr.
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Massed Military Bands: Austria,Canada,Chile,France,Germany,United States.
If in our daily life we can smile, if we
can be peaceful and happy, not only we, but everyone will profit from it. This
is the most basic kind of peace work. Thich Nhat Hanh
God asks no man whether he will accept
life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only question is how. Henry
Ward Beecher
On This Date In 1740 Prospero Lorenzo
Lambertini (March 31, 1675 – May 3, 1758) was elected Pope Benedict XIV, and
served until his death.
On This Date In 1785 Jonathan Trumbull,
Sr. (October 12, 1710 – August 17, 1785), governor of both the colony and state
of Connecticut, died in Lebanon, Connecticut,
where he is buried.
On This Date In 1862 Minnesota
erupts in violence as desperate Dakota Indians (more commonly referred to as
the Sioux) attacked white settlements along the Minnesota
River. The Dakota were eventually overwhelmed by the U.S.
military six weeks later.
On This Date In 1864 During the American
Civil War, the Battle of Gainesville was fought (not the First Skirmish of
Gainesville of February 15, 1864) when a Confederate force defeated Union
detachments on a raid from the Union garrison in the Jacksonville, Florida,
area.
On This Date In 1914 Through August 23,
1914, The Battle of Stallupönen was fought between Russian and German armies in
the opening battle of World War I on the Eastern Front. It was a minor German
success, but did little to upset the Russian timetable.
On This Date In 1914 The Russian 1st and
2nd Armies began their advance into East Prussia,
fulfilling Russia’s promise
to its ally, France, to attack Germany
from the east as soon as possible so as to divert German resources and relieve
pressure on France
during the opening weeks of the First World War.
On This Date In 1915 Charles F. Kettering,
co-founder of Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (DELCO) in Dayton, Ohio,
was issued U.S. Patent No. 1,150,523 for his “engine-starting device” - the
first electric ignition device for automobiles.
On This Date In 1933 New York Yankees
first baseman Lou Gehrig played in his 1,308th consecutive game, breaking
former Yankee Everett Scott’s record for consecutive games played. Gehrig would
go on to play in 2,130 games in a row, setting a record that would stand for
over half a century.
On This Date In 1942 Through August 18,
1942, the Makin Island Raid was fought, a successful attack by the United
States Marine Corps during World War II on Japanese military forces on Makin Island
(now known as Butaritari Island) in the Pacific Ocean.
The aim was to destroy Japanese installations, take prisoners, gain
intelligence on the Gilbert Islands area, and divert Japanese attention and
reinforcements from the Allied landings on Guadalcanal
and Tulagi.
On This Date In 1943 During World War II, U.S.
General George S. Patton and his 7th Army arrived in Messina
several hours before British Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery and his 8th
Army, winning the unofficial “Race to Messina”
and completing the Allied conquest of Sicily.
On This Date In 1943 Robert De Niro,
American actor, director and producer, and considered one of the greatest
actors in modern movie history, was born in New York City.
On This Date In 1945 “Animal Farm,” an
allegorical novella by George Orwell was published in England.
According to Orwell, the book reflects events leading up to and during the
Stalin era before the Second World War.
On This Date In 1945 “The Vanishing
Prairie,” a documentary film by Walt Disney, was released through his own Buena
Vista Distribution. It received an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
On This Date In 1962 Almost a year to the
day that construction began on the Berlin Wall, East German guards gunned down
a young man trying to escape across the Berlin Wall into West
Berlin and left him to bleed to death. It was one of the ugliest
incidents to take place at one of the ugliest symbols of the Cold War.
On This Date In 1969 Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe (March 27, 1886, Aachen – August 17, 1969, Chicago), a German-American
architect, died. Along with Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is widely
regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture. After
cremation, his ashes were buried near Chicago's
other famous architects in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery.
On This Date In 1973 During the Vietnam
War, the United States and Thailand agreed to begin negotiations on the
reduction of the 49,000-man American presence in Thailand.
On This Date In 1978 The Double Eagle II
completed the first transatlantic balloon flight when it landed in a barley
field near Paris, 137 hours after lifting off from Preque Isle, Maine. The
helium-filled balloon was piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry
Newman and flew 3,233 miles in the six-day odyssey.
On This Date In 1987 Rudolf Hess, Nazi
leader Adolf Hitler's former deputy, was found strangled to death in Spandau
Prison in Berlin
at the age of 93, apparently due to suicide. Hess was the last surviving member
of Hitler's inner circle and the sole prisoner at Spandau
since 1966.
On This Date In 1992 Through August 20,
1992, the 1992 National Convention of the Republican Party (GOP) of the United States was held in the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
The convention re-nominated President George H. W. Bush of Texas,
and Vice President Dan Quayle of Indiana.
On This Date In 1992 “Force of Habit,” the
fifth album by thrash metal band Exodus, was released. The songs are a
departure from the thrash metal style for Exodus, slower and more experimental.
Force of Habit is Exodus' last
release until their 1997 live album Another
Lesson in Violence and is also their last studio album until 2004's Tempo of the Damned, since the band went
on two extended hiatuses.
On This Date In 1998 Former President Bill
Clinton became the first sitting president to testify before the Office of
Independent Council as the subject of a grand-jury investigation. The testimony
came after a four-year investigation into Clinton and his wife Hillary's
alleged involvement in several scandals, including accusations of sexual
harassment, potentially illegal real-estate deals and suspected “cronyism”
involved in the firing of White House travel-agency personnel.
On This Date In 1999 The Izmit (Kocaeli)
earthquake struck, the largest earthquake of the 20th century in Northwestern Turkey (Magnitude 7.6). This quake and the
aftershocks killed at least 17,118 people, injured nearly 50,000, caused
thousands to be missing, about 500,000 people homeless and an estimated 3 to
6.5 billion U.S. dollars in damage in the Istanbul, Kocaeli and Sakarya
Provinces. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqarchives/year/1999/1999_08_17.php
On This Date In 2000 Through August 20,
2000, the 82nd PGA Championship was held at the Valhalla Golf Club in Louisville, Kentucky.
Tiger Woods won his second straight PGA Championship and fifth major in a
three-hole playoff over Bob May.
On This Date In 2006 Through August 20,
2006, the 88th PGA Championship was played at Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Illinois.
Tiger Woods won his third PGA Championship (and his 12th major championship),
five shots ahead of runner-up Shaun Micheel, the 2003 champion.
On This Date In 2007 “Superbad,” an
American comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and starring Jonah Hill and
Michael Cera, was released. The film was written by Seth Rogen and Evan
Goldberg, and opened at number one at the United States box office, grossing
$33,052,411 in its opening weekend. With a relatively small budget of $20
million, Superbad earned a huge
financial profit, grossing an estimated $121,463,226 in the United States and Canada, and $48,408,493 in other
countries, for a total of $169,871,719 worldwide.
On This Date In 2008 At the 2008 Olympics,
U.S. Olympian Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal in the 4×100-meter
medley relay, breaking Mark Spitz's record of seven gold medals won in a single
Olympic Games, which had stood since 1972. Phelps, along with teammates Brendan
Hansen, Aaron Peirsol, and Jason Lezak, set a new world record in the event
with a time of 3 minutes and 29.34 seconds.
On This Date In 2009 The 2009
Sayano–Shushenskaya hydroelectric power station accident occurred when turbine
2 broke apart violently. The turbine hall and engine room were flooded, the
ceiling of the turbine hall collapsed, 9 of 10 turbines were damaged or
destroyed, and 75 people were killed. The entire plant output, totaling 6,400
MW and a significant portion of the supply to the local grid, was lost, leading
to widespread power failure in the local area, and forced all major users such
as aluminum smelters to switch to diesel generators.
On This Date In 2009 Political fixer, and
frequent fundraiser for then-U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama, Tony Rezko's
foreclosed mansion sold for $2.8 Million. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/17/tony-rezkos-foreclosed-ma_n_261132.html
Happy Birthday Larry Ellison (1944), Columba
Bush (1953), Judith Regan (1953), Tim Bagley (1957), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Sean
Penn (1960), Jon Gruden (1963), David Conrad (1967), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), Tammy
Townsend (1970), Tamar Braxton (1977), Thierry Henry (1977), Cheerleader
Melissa (1982), Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990)
RIP Pierre de Fermat (1601 – 1665), John
III Sobieski (1629 – 1696), Thomas Stothard (1755 – 1834), Davy Crockett (1786
– 1836), Monty Woolley (1888 – 1963), Mae West (1893 – 1980), John Hay Whitney
(1904 – 1982), Evelyn Ankers (1918 – 1985), Francis Gary Powers (1929 – 1977), Ted
Hughes (1930 – 1998), Glenn Corbett (1933 – 1993)
Quotes
All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed
in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope. Winston
Churchill
I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has
endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their
use. Galileo
Galilei
The fiery trials through which we pass will light us down in
honor or dishonor to the latest generation. Abraham Lincoln
To bear defeat with dignity, to accept criticism with poise,
to receive honors with humility - these are marks of maturity and graciousness.
William
Arthur Ward
May the sun shine all day long, everything go right and
nothing wrong. May those you love bring love back to you, and may all the
wishes you wish come true! Irish Blessings
FUKUOKA, Japan (Aug. 12, 2012) - The forward-deployed
U.S. Navy 7th Fleet Band performs a series of concerts in Fukuoka, Japan.
The concerts not only entertained but strengthened ties between the U.S. and their host country of Japan. (U.S.
Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brannon Deugan)
Starring: Jodi Miller; Production: Dialog New Media
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when
he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure
of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this
mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. Albert Einstein
There is a theory which states that if ever for any
reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it
will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and
inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened. Douglas
Adams
