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 Former President
Ronald Reagan addressed the 1992 Republican National Convention (GOP) http://reagan2020.us/speeches/RNC_Convention.asp
The video http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/31259-1
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
On This Date In 2010 Former Illinois
Governor Rod Blagojevich was convicted on just one of the 24 felony counts he
faced - a charge that he had lied to FBI agents about his intense involvement
in campaign fundraising. http://www.latimes.com/ct-ex-governor-rod-blagojevich-verdict,0,1812572,full.story
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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
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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.
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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
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