Today in History

1846
U.S. Act of Congress established Smithsonian Institute now the largest museum& research complex in the world. The majority of the museums are located around the National Mall in Washington, DC
1932
The Lego Group is founded in Billund, Denmark by Ole Kirk Christensen
1954
ground breaking ceremony is held in Massena, NY for St Lawrence Seaway
1984
at the Los Angeles Summer Olympic games, the U.S. basketball team with college& future NBA players inc Michael Jordan, Patrick Ewing, Chris Mullen defeated Spain 96-65 to win gold medal
1993
Ruth Bader Ginsburg is sworn in as U.S. Supreme Court Justice,she served 27 yrs until her death in 2020,Pres Bill Clinton had nominated her
2015
Google announces its reconstructing as Alphabet, a holding company with Google, Youtube, Android&Chrome as subsidiares
 

On This Day In History, August 11th

1999 Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium
The eclipse was visible from Europe, most of Asia and Africa and in parts of North America. Because of its path through heavily populated parts of the world, the solar eclipse is thought to be one of the most viewed eclipses in recorded history.

1992 Mall of America Opens its Doors to Shoppers
Located in in Bloomington, Minnesota, the mall is the largest shopping Mall in the United States. Spanning 4,870,000 sq ft, it has an indoor theme park and attracts about 40 million visitors each year.

1962 The Soviet Space Agency Launches Vostok 3
The spacecraft was piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev, the first cosmonaut to have orbited the Earth 64 times in 4 days.

1960 Chad gains its independence from the French
The Central African country came under French rule in 1900 after the Battle of Kousséri. Francois Tombalbay became independent Chad's first president.

1948 The first Olympic Games after the 1938 Berlin Olympics open in London
The next two games after Berlin, scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Helsinki were cancelled due to the Second World War. The first Olympics to be broadcast on television, the London Olympics was popularly known at the time as the Austerity Games. This was because of the cutbacks the host nation had to do due to the post-war economy.
 

Births On This Day, August 11th 🎂

1978 Jermain Taylor
American boxer

1953 Hulk Hogan
American wrestler, actor

1950 Steve Wozniak
American computer scientist, programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.

1943 Pervez Musharraf
Pakistani general, politician, 10th President of Pakistan

1897 Enid Blyton
English author

Deaths On This Day, August 11th 🪦

1984 Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.
American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf Inc.

1956 Jackson Pollock
American painter

1919 Andrew Carnegie
Scottish/American businessman, founded the Carnegie Steel Company

1908 Khudiram Bose
Indian activist

1890 John Henry Newman
English cardinal
 
1874
Harry S. Parmlee patents sprinkler head
1929
NY Yankee slugger, Babe Ruth becomes the 1st MLB player to hit 500 HR's.He hit #500 off Cleveland pitcher, Willis Hudlin in a 6-5 loss to Cleveland
1945
Allies refuse Japan;s offer to surrender on the condition Emperor Hirohito retains his status
1973
movie', 'American Graffiti' directed by George Lucas is released. The story of coming of age of high school graduates in '62. The movie launched careers of some of the cast, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Harrison Ford, Cindy Williams. It made $140 mill worldwide on a $777,000 budget,shot in 28 days
2003
NATO takes over as peace keeping force in Afghanistan in its 1st major operation in its 54 yr history
2016
A Greenland shark is declared by international team of scientists as the longest living vertebrate in the world at 392 yrs
 
On This Day In History, August 12th

1990 The largest dinosaur fossil is found
American palaeontologist Sue Hendrickson found the fossilised remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex in the state of South Dakota. Sue, as the dinosaur are now informally called after its discoverer, is thought to have been 14 feet tall when alive.

1981 The IBM Personal Computer is stocked in stores for the first time
Known as the IBM PC or the IBM 5150, the computer had no disk drives and sold for about $1500.

1976 About 3000 refugees are killed during a massacre at a Palestinian refugee camp
The UN-run Tel al-Zaatar Palestinian refugee camp in the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon had been sieged by members of a right-wing extremist group called the Phalange during the Lebanese civil war.

1883 The last quagga dies in captivity at the Natura Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam
A native of South Africa, quaggas were a kind of zebra that had stripes only in the front part of their bodies. They were driven into extinction through human activity and excessive hunting for their skin and meat.

1877 Mars' moon Deimos is discovered by American astronomer Asaph Hall
The discovery took place at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Deimos is one of two natural satellites of Mars. The other moon, Phobos was also discovered by Hall and is the bigger satellite of the two. Phobos is also closer to Mars than Deimos is.
 

Births On This Day, August 12th 🎂

1990 Mario Balotelli
Italian footballer

1983 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
Dutch footballer

1949 Mark Knopfler
English singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, composer

1930 George Soros
Hungarian/American businessman, financier, philanthropist

1924 Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Pakistani politician, 6th President of Pakistan

Deaths On This Day, August 12th 🪦

1992 John Cage
American composer

1982 Henry Fonda
American actor, singer, and producer

1964 Ian Fleming
English journalist, author

1900 Wilhelm Steinitz
Austrian/American chess player

1827 William Blake
English poet, painter
 
On This Day In History, August 13th

1997 South Park Makes Its Debut on Comedy Central
The popular American animated series is created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, and it follows the lives and adventures of 4 boys – Eric Cartman, Kenny McCormick, Kyle Broflovski, and Stan Marsh – in a fictional town called South Park, Colorado. While being popular, the show has attracted widespread criticism for profane language and for addressing controversial subjects.

1961: Construction ofthe Berlin Wall starts
The construction on the Berlin Wall, a wall that divided West Berlin from East Berlin started. It was built by the German Democratic Republic or East Germany.

1960 First Two-Way Telephonic Conversation With a Satellite
The conversation was made possible due to NASA’s Echo 1, a balloon satellite. It was launched into space on August 12. The satellite worked as a reflector – signals sent to it were reflected back to the Earth.

1960 Central African Republic Gains its Independence From France.
The landlocked African Country came under French rule in the late 19th century. On this day, Barthélemy Boganda, a nationalist politician, declared the creation of an independent Central African Republic and became the first Prime Minister of the country.

1918 First Woman enlists in the United States Marines
After joining the Marine Corps, Opha May Johnson was assigned desk duty at the Marine Corps headquarters in Arlington, Virginia.
 
Births On This Day, August 13th 🎂

1983 Sebastian Stan
Romanian/American actor

1970 Alan Shearer
English footballer

1926 Fidel Castro
Cuban lawyer, politician, 15th President of Cuba

1899 Alfred Hitchcock
English director, producer

1818 Lucy Stone
American activist

Deaths On This Day, August 13th 🪦

2009 Les Paul
American guitarist and songwriter, who co-designed the Gibson Guitar

2004 Julia Child
American chef, author

1995 Mickey Mantle
American baseball player

1946 H. G. Wells
English author

1910 Florence Nightingale
Italian/English nurse
 
1913
Harry Brearly of Sheffield, England invents stainless steel
1942
The Manhattan Project begins under the direction of U.S. general, Leslie Groves with the goal of developing the atomic bomb
1961
construction of the Berlin Wall begins in East Germany,stood for 28 yrs from Aug 13,1961- Nov 9,1989. The East German gov't wanted to prevent citizens from fleeing to West Berlin and the West
1988
Canadian, Ronald J, Dossenbach sets a world record by pedaling across Canada starting in Vancouver, British Columbia to Hallifax, Nova Scotia in 13 days, 15 hrs ,4 secs
2019
entertainment companies, CBS&Viacom announced they will merge with a combine $28mill in revenue. The name was ViacomCBS,later changed to Paramount Global
 

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