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This day in History August 18th

1920 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution Ratified

1931 Yangtze River Floods causing the death of 3.7 million people directly and indirectly

1937 Toyota Motor Company Founded

1963 James Meredith graduates

2006 60hr workweek at Apple iPod plant for $60 per month
 

Today here is August 17th
  • 1903 Joe Pulitzer donates $1 million to Columbia University & begins the Pulitzer Prizes in America

  • 1945 Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta declare Indonesia (Dutch East Indies) independent from the Netherlands

1945 Korea is divided into North and South Korea along the 38th parallel
  • 1947 The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed
  • 1998 Monica Lewinsky scandal: US President Bill Clinton admits in taped testimony he had an "improper physical relationship" with the intern and on the same day admits before the nation he "misled people" about the relationship
 

August 18th
1896
Adolph Ochs buys New York Times for $75,000
1909
Yukio Ozaki,mayor of Tokyo presents 2,000 cherry blossom trees in Washington,DC Pres. William Taft has them planted by near the Potomac River
1930
Eastern Airlines,based in Miami,Fla begins operations,goes bankrupt on March 3,1989
1962
folk singers, Peter,Paul,Mary release their single'If I Had A Hammer' debuts at #10 on music charts
2017
civilian researchers led by Paul Allen re discover USS Indianapolis 18,000ft below Pacific Ocean,72 yrs after it was sunk by Japanese torpedos
 
1793
The yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia{at the time was U.S. capital} lasts until Nov killing around 5,000 people
1897
The 1st electric taxis were driven in London
1960
U.S. CIA pilot,Francis Gary Powers was convicted of spying on USSR,he was sentenced to 3 yrs in prison,along with 7 yrs at hard labor camp.He served 17 months,was exchanged for a captured Soviet KGB spy
1993
Toy companies, Mattel&Fisher Price merge
2010
Operation Iraqui Freedom ends with the last U.S. combat troops crossing the border into Kuwait
 
This day in History August 20th

1920 First Commercial Radio Station Detroit, Michigan

1940 Winston Churchill makes a speech "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

1968 "Prague Spring", Czechoslovakia Soviet troops crush protests and restore order.

1989 Marchioness Disaster River Thames London
 
1896
Alexander Keith ,2 co-workers designed&patented dial telephone
1975
Viking 1 an unmanned spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral,Fla on a mission to Mars. It successfully landed on July 20,1976,sent back 1st closeup pictures that day.Its last transmission was on Nov 11th,1982
1998
Canadian Supreme Court rules Quebec can't secede from Canada without Federal Government's approval
2018
In Europe,measle cases reached a record high,infecting 41,000 people in the 1st 6 months of 2018 with 37 deaths
 
This day in History August 21st

1906 U.S.A Illegal Abortion
Scandal rocked polite Virginia society when it was discovered that a local optician, a dentist, and a doctor performed an illegal abortion on a prominent woman. Miss Keener who had the abortion worked as a receptionist at Dr Badgley’s dental office. Each of the doctors had to post a bond of $3,000 each and were to appear in court later.

1911 France The Mona Lisa Stolen
The Mona Lisa, the famous portrait by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen today from the Louvre in Paris. The painting was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia an employee of the Louvre who believed Leonardo's painting should be returned to Italy for display in an Italian gallery. The Mona Lisa was recovered two years later when he tried to sell it to an Italian Gallery.

1924 Russian Turkestan Earthquake
An earthquake in the Oah area of Russian Turkestan left 8,000 homeless and killed 41 people. Also, 4,000 houses were destroyed. Turkestan has 5 provinces and an area of 721,277 square miles.

1938 US Pledges To Protect Canada
President Roosevelt publicly pledged to defend Canada should it be invaded by an enemy and in return he expected Canada to come to American aid if the U.S. was attacked. Canada and the U.S. did not have any formal allegiance, but Roosevelt said the two countries had a mutual interest in defending each other. The former Munroe doctrine was stripped of its paternalism and encouraged an allegiance between, “free peoples which geographical proximity strengthens in the case of Canada and the United States.”
 
1888
William Seward Burroughs patents adding machine
1942
Walt Disney's animated movie'Bambi' is released
1950
President Dwight Eisenhower signs proclamation making Hawaii ,U.S. 50th state
1980
PETA{People for Ethical Treatment of Animals} is founded in Takema,Maryland
1987
movie'Dirty Dancing' starring Patrick Swayze,Jennifer Gray is released.It would become the highest grossing movie world wide for '87, with $170 million.A couple cast members no longer with us:
Patrick Swayze,Jerry Orbach{played Jennifer's dad},Jack Weston"Max Kellerman' owner of the resort where the movie takes place
 
1851
100 Guineas Cup raced around Isle of Wight, US schooner'America' defeated British cutler'Aurora' in 24 minutes. This was the 1st race for the 'America's Cup,yachting's trophy
1865
William Sheppard issued 1st U.S. patent for liquid soap
1932
BBC begins experimental regular TV broadcasts
2018
a discovery of a 90,000 yr old bone,half Neanderthal,half Denisovan from Anry River Siberia published in Nature magazine
 
This day in history August 23rd

23 Aug 1905 New Orleans Yellow Fever
In New Orleans, yellow fever was running rampant and there were 1478 sick and 218 dead. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph read, “The depressing heat probably caused a number of deaths. Small towns are affected by the ‘quarantine madness’ which is depriving numerous localities of supplies and should it long continue a food famine may result.”

23 Aug 1920 England Irish Freedom
The Friends of Irish Freedom condemned the British government and Prime Minister David Lloyd for its alleged mistreatment of the Australian Archbishop Mannix. In the middle of the high seas, the British navy arrested the archbishop aboard an ocean liner. The FIF declared that Britain and Ireland were in a state of war.

23 Aug 1926 U.S.A. Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino died from complications following an operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers.

23 Aug 1937 China Shanghai
In Shanghai, China 400 people were dead and 1,000 injured after three heavy artillery shells exploded over a congested department store, a U.S. navy warehouse, and a prison. Six thousand five hundred inmates had to be evacuated from the prison and it wasn’t clear whether it was a Japanese missile or Chinese bomb.
 
1839
British capture Hong Kong from China
1904
Henry D. Weed patents automobile tire chain
1947
The 1st Little League Baseball World Series was played in Williamsport,Pa.Maynard Midgets defeated Lock Haven All Stars 16-7.This series continues to be played every Aug in Williamsport{except last yr because of pandempic}
2007
'hashtag' was brought to Twitter by U.S. product designer,Chris Messina
2017
The driest place in the world,Chile's Atacama Desert blooms after unexpected rainfall
 
1456
The printing of Gutenberg Bible is completed
1853
The 1st potato chips were prepared by chef,George Crum at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs,NY
1869
Cornelius Swarthout patents the stove top waffle iron
1981 Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs-life for killing John Lennon.His next scheduled parole hearing is Aug 2022
2012
A Calif. jury finds Samsung guilty of patent infridgement,awards Apple $1 billion in damages
 
This day in history August 25th

1944 Paris Liberated

1950 President Harry S. Truman Places Railroads Under Army Control

1975 Bruce Springsteen album "Born to Run" Released

2005 Hurricane Katrina Makes Landfall In Florida 4 days before striking New Orleans
 
1718
hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisana,New Orleans is founded
1940
Lithiania,Lativa&Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
1970
singer,Elton John's 1st U.S. appearance at the Troubador night club in West Hollywood,Calif
2006
Hyperion,a redwood is the world's tallest living tree standing 380 ft{115.5. meters} was discovered by 2 naturalists, Chris Atkins,Michael Taylor in Redwood National State Park,Calif. Its estimated to be 600-800 yrs old.Every yr it grows 1.5 inches,its higher than the Statue of Liberty
 
moviequeen1 said:
1718
hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana, New Orleans is founded
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One of the poorest choices of location in history. Right on the Mississippi delta floodplain, prone to regular flooding and hurricanes. Destined to be abandoned by the River when (not if) it relocates to the Atchafalaya. Still probably my favorite city in the US.
 
This day in History August 26th

26 Aug 1920 U.S.A. 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution.

26 Aug 1928 Nicotine Concerns
Since so much material has been written about the dangers of Nicotine in Tobacco, a number of manufacturers are trying to reduce the amount of Nicotine in Cigarettes and Cigars by Re sweating the tobacco using pre-heated steam, and are putting them on the shelves proclaiming they are de-nicotine, but they do still contain some Nicotine as the processes are not perfect.

26 Aug 1932 Temporary Halt On Foreclosures
With America in the depths of the worst depression ever seen millions of people could not keep up with mortgage payments due to the mass unemployment. In a move to offer some relief, the Comptroller of the Currency (or OCC) announced a temporary halt on foreclosures of first mortgages.

26 Aug 1934 Germany Expels Foreign Correspondents
Hitler's Nazi propaganda machine is now expelling foreign correspondents who place a slur or criticize Adolf Hitler and the latest is a US correspondent Dorothy Thompson.

26 Aug 1945 U.S.A. Manhattan Project
It has been revealed that over 25,000 mice were used in the Manhattan project to determine if radiation would have any ill effects on the workers in Atomic Bomb Plants.
 
1682
English astronomer,Edmond Halley 1st observes comet that is named after him
1873
educator,Susan Blow starts the 1st U.S. free kindergarten in Carondelt,Miss{suburb of St Louis}
1959
British Motor Corp introduces the Morris Mini-Minor designed by Alec Issigones. It seated 4 passengers,only 10ft long,5.3 million were sold world wide.It ceased production in 2000
1961
official International Hockey Hall of Fame opens in Toronto,Canada
 
This day in History August 27th

27 Aug 1928 Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright the celebrated architect has remarried his long time girlfriend Olga Millinoff a Montenegrin Dancer in California

1934 Chicago Teachers Given Back Pay
Teachers in Chicago have at last been given their back pay after suffering from no wages for long periods of time. 18,000 teachers were affected because Chicago did not have money to pay them and most will receive over $1,000. Many lined up at the bank from long before the bank opened to cash their checks and it is expected that local traders would see a spending spree and paying off long outstanding bills which would help to boost the local economy.

27 Aug 1955 Guinness Book of World Records
The "Guinness Book of World Records" compiled by student twins Norris and Ross McWhirter is published for the first time and becomes an instant success.

1962 Mariner 2 Space Probe
The American space agency NASA launched the Mariner 2 space probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Mariner 2 flew past Venus 3½ months later collecting radiometric temperature measurements and Interplanetary Magnetic Field measurements.

27 Aug 1967 UK Harold Wilson
Harold Wilson the British Prime minister has announced a major reshuffle of his cabinet and has dropped a number of the old guard Labour members to bring in new blood with fresh ideas to combat the problems of mounting unemployment and the public's disillusionment of the current Labour government.
 
27th August

1660 John Milton's books were burned in London, because of the author's attacks on Charles II.

1896 The start (and end) of the Anglo-Zanzibar War. It is generally considered to be the shortest war in history, lasting for a grand total of 38 minutes.

1950 The BBC transmitted the first ever live television pictures across the Channel.

1967 Brian Epstein died, from an accidental overdose of brandy and barbiturates.

1979 The death of Lord Louis Mountbatten, Prince Philip's and the Queen's cousin (strictly second cousin once removed). The IRA exploded a 50lb, remote controlled bomb on his boat Shadow V off the coast of County Sligo.
 
1869
The 1st international boat race on River Thames,Oxford defeated Harvard
1883
Krakatoa,a volcanic island in Indonesia erupted killing 36,000 people.It was one of the deadliest volcanic eruptions in recorded world history. 4 huge blasts were heard in Perth,Australia which is 2,800 miles away. The victims who survived the initial explosion were met with a 120 ft wall of water which took over nearby islands
2012
The 1st interplanetary human voice recording was broadcast from the Mars Rover'Curiosity"
 

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