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On July 30, 1619, the first representative assembly in America convened in Jamestown, VA. (House of Burgesses...)
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The house of burgesses is getting some historic paintings this week.
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On July 31, 1790, the first U.S. patent was issued to Samuel Hopkins for his process for making potash and pearl ashes. The substance was used in fertilizer...
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On August 1, 1774, oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist Carl Wilhelm and scientist Joseph Priestly...
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On August 1, 2008 somebody must have pissed off the sky controller
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On August 2, 1790, enumeration for the first U. S. census began; the final total was 3,929,214...
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On August 3, 1922, WGY radio in Schenectady, NY, presented the first full-length melodrama on radio. The work was "The Wolf", written by Eugene Walter...
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On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were axed to death in their home in Fall River, MA. Lizzie, Andrew's daughter, was accused of the killings but was later acquitted...
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On this day in 1961 my brother was born. Happy birthday bro.
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On August 5, 1833, the village of Chicago was incorporated. The population was approximately 250...
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On August 6, 1825, Bolivia declared independence from Peru...
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On August 7, 1888, Theophilus Van Kannel received a patent for the revolving door...
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On August 8, 1844, after the killing of Joseph Smith, Bringham Young was chosen to lead the Mormons...
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On August 9, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S...
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On August 10, 1846, the Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress. The "Nation's Attic" was made possible by $500,000 given by scientist Joseph Smithson...
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Aug 10 1628
To assist in the war with Poland, Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus builds a magnificent warship, the Vasa, with 64 bronze cannon on two tiers. But on its maiden voyage, the lower gunports are accidentally left open, and the ship immediately sinks to the bottom of Stockholm harbor. The ship remains submerged until it is raised in 1961 to become a tourist attraction. Aug 10 1966 Last words of James French, sent to the Electric Chair by the state of Oklahoma: "How about this for a headline for tomorrow's paper? FRENCH FRIES." Aug 10 1969 Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are brutally murdered in their Los Feliz, California home by followers of Charles Manson. They take some of their victims' blood and smear HEALTER SKELTER on the refrigerator door. Aug 10 1972 Paul McCartney and his wife Linda are arrested in Sweden after postal officials intercept a parcel of hashish addressed to their band, Wings. Aug 10 1989 Disgruntled postal worker John Merlin Taylor blows his wife's brains out with a .22 Ruger, then drives to his job at the Orange Glen post office in Escondido, California. There he kills two coworkers on the back loading dock, then wounds another inside before blowing his own brains out. Aug 10 1996 Heated by the sun, powerlines begin to sag in Oregon. Somehow this triggers a series of failures which cascades throughout the Western states. Four million people lose electrical service in Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Montana, and Texas. It is probably the worst power outage in US history. |
On August 11, 1874, a patent for the sprinkler head was given to Harry S. Parmelee...
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On this day 1934 Alcatraz Island, having been a military fort opened it's doors as the nations first "super max" federal prison.
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August 12
This Day in History lite
Chicago, the Windy City was founded with a population of 350 in 1833. http://content.answers.com/main/cont...ago_river1.jpg |
On August 12, 1656, "King Phillip's War" came to an end with the killing of Indian chief King Phillip. The war between the Indians and the Europeans lasted for two years...
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On August 13, 1521, present day Mexico City was captured by Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez from the Aztec Indians...
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On August 14, 1756, Daniel Boone married 16-year-old Rebecca Bryan...
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On August 15, 1057, Macbeth, the King of Scotland, was killed by the son of King Duncan...
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On August 16, 1858, a telegraphed message from Britain's Queen Victoria to U.S. President Buchanan was transmitted over the recently laid trans-Atlantic cable...
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On August 17, 1835, Solyman Merrick patented the wrench...
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On August 18, 1894, Congress established the Bureau of Immigration...
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On August 19, 1883, the French dress designer Gabrille "Coco" Chanel was born...
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On August 20, 1741, Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska...
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On August 21, 1923, in Kalamazoo, Michigan, an ordinance was passed forbidding dancers from gazing into the eyes of their partner...
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On August 22, 1567, the "Council of Blood" was established by the Duke of Alba. This was the beginning of his reign of terror in the Netherlands...
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August 22
This Day in History
In present-day Jordan, Swiss explorer Johann Ludwig Burckhardt came upon the ancient city of Petra, on this date in 1812. Petra, the capital of the Nabataeans from the 4th century BCE until the Romans captured it in 106, was taken by the Muslims in the 7th century and by the Crusaders in the 12th century. Referred to by John William Burgon as a "rose red city half as old as time," Petra was walled in by rock mountains, yet controlled the main trade routes in the area. In 1985, Petra was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site; in 2007, it was named one of New Open World Corporation's New Seven Wonders of the World. "A land without ruins is a land without memories; a land without memories is a land without history." — Abram Joseph Ryan http://content.answers.com/main/cont...a_81922680.jpg |
On August 23, 1858, "Ten Nights in a Barroom" opened in New York City at the National Theater. It was a melodrama about the evils of drinking...
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On August 24, 1572, the Catholics began their slaughter of the French Protestants in Paris. The killings claimed about 70,000 people...
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On August 24th, 1814 -British forces invaded Washington, DC and set fire to the White House and Capitol building.
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On August 25, 1825, Uruguay declared independence from Brazil...
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On August, 25th 1944 Allied forces liberated Paris, France ending four years of German occupation.
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On August 26, 1743, Antoine Lavoisier was born. He was the chemist that proved that the union of oxygen and other chemicals is used in burning, rusting of metals and breathing...
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On August 25th, 1910 Mother Teresa was born.
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On August 27, 1828, Uruguay was formally proclaimed to be independent during preliminary talks between Brazil and Argentina...
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On August 27th, 1928 The Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes.
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