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Also on July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.
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Also on July 25, 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm off the New England coast, claiming the lives of 51 people.
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July 25
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http://content.answers.com/main/cont..._spotlight.jpg Even though K. R. Narayanan was an Untouchable in his country, he managed to rise to the highest ranks in India's government. A Dalit — someone from the poorest and least educated group in India — Narayanan was determined to get an education; he walked miles to school each day, often listening to lessons while standing outside the classroom because he hadn't paid the tuition fees. His brother borrowed schoolbooks and copied them for Narayanan, helping him to eventually graduate with a degree in English literature from the University of Travancore. On this date in 1997, Narayanan became the first Dalit president of India. "If you set goals and go after them with all the determination you can muster, your gifts will take you places that will amaze you." — Les Brown |
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Also on July 26th, 1948- President Harry S. Truman signed executive orders prohibiting discrimination in the U.S. armed forces and federal employment.
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...also on this day in history in 1975, "The Hustle" reached the top of
the billboards in disco history so get out your white suit and do the hustle today :lol: ...c'mon all you history buffs...dance! ...where's that disco ball when we need it...oh and John Travolta in Saturday Night Live! ...in case you forgot how: |
On July 27, 1953, the Korean War armistice was signed at Panmunjom, ending three years of fighting.
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Also on July 27,1940 "A Wild Hare" introduced Bugs Bunny for the first time
Also, July 27th is Finland's National Sleepyhead Day: |
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Today... throughout the years, these Famous People Died on this Date |
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On this date, July 28, 1982... 27 years ago, Christian singer/songwriter, Keith Green died at the age of 28.
Known for his songs "Asleep in the Light", and "You Put This Love in My Heart", Green tragically and ultimately met his end as the result of a plane crash. |
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Anyway... Also on July 28th, 1945- A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York City's Empire State Building, killing 14 people. |
...also on July 28, 1952..."Alice In Wonderland" was released
..."we're all mad here" ~ alice in wonderland ..."If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is, because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary wise, what is, it wouldn't be. And what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?" ...and if you don't mind me jumping into the future for a sec...here is Tim Burton's new "Alice In Wonderland" movie due out for release March of 2010 starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter: |
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July 29
This Day in History...
Easy come, easy go. On this date in 2005, astronomers announced the discovery of Eris, a heavenly body slightly larger than Pluto, and called it the 10th planet. The International Astronomical Union did a little further research and decided that both bodies were too small to be official planets, so Eris and Pluto were demoted to the official designation of dwarf planet. Along with its moon, Dysnomia, Eris is the most distant known object in orbit around the sun. The word "pluto" took on a new meaning with this move — it came to be defined as "to demote or devalue someone or something." "Mmm. Lost a planet, Master Obi-Wan has. How embarrassing. How embarrassing." — Yoda, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones http://img2.allposters.com/images/SPA/1354.jpg |
On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis, which had just delivered key components of the Hiroshima atomic bomb to the Pacific island of Tinian, was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Only 316 out of 1,196 men survived the sinking and shark-infested waters.
Years later the re-telling of this event became a great scene in the movie Jaws. |
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On July 31st, 1914- The New York Stock Exchange closed due to the outbreak of World War I. Didn't open again until December.
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Also on July 31, 1951, Evonne Goolagong was born...
Evonne Goolagong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
July 31
This Day in History...
* Trinidad: island in the Caribbean was discovered by Christopher Columbus (1498) * Christchurch: became the first New Zealand city to be chartered (1856) * NYSE: closed due to the outbreak of World War I, but opened again four months later to help the war effort by selling bonds (1914) * K2: the world's second-highest peak, also known as Mount Godwin-Austen, was summited for the first time, by an Italian team (1954) |
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Also on August 1st, 1966- Charles Joseph Whitman shot and killed 14 people at the University of Texas before he was gunned down by police.
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...also on August 1, 1960, the song titled "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini" by Brian Hyland hit the top of the charts
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...also, on august 2, Wild Bill (James Butler) Hickok was gunned down by Jack McCall, a desperado from Texas, in Saloon #10 at Deadwood, in the Dakota Territory on this day in 1876. Hickok was playing poker (with his back to the door) at the time of the shooting. McCall shot Wild Bill in the back, and was hanged for the shooting, never revealing his motive.
Hickok, a Union army spy, a scout for General Custer, a marshal for Abilene, Kansas, and a crack shot with a pistol, was handsome, longhaired, and a flamboyant gambler. Doc Pierce, who prepared Wild Bill for burial was quoted as saying, “Wild Bill was the prettiest corpse I have ever seen.” The poker hand Hickok was holding when he died consisted of a pair of black aces and a pair of black eights. This combination became known as the "dead man’s hand". ...a little photoshop of WildBillHickok and Calamity Jane and then the real thing: :rose: |
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On August 4th, 1790- The Coast Guard had its beginnings as the Revenue Cutter Service.
My brother was always born on this day in in 1961. Let me tase you bro? |
Also on August 4, 1958, Mary Decker Slaney was born...
Mary Decker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Also on August 5th, 1864 Union Adm. David G. Farragut is said to have given his famous order "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" as he led his fleet against Mobile Bay, Ala., during the Civil War.
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On Aug. 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, that instantly killed an estimated 66,000 people in the first use of a nuclear weapon in warfare
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Also on August 6, 1976, Soleil Moon Frye was born...
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...also on august 6, 1981 - Golfing legend Lee Trevino was disqualified from the PGA Championship in Duluth, GA when the ‘Super Mex’ had his scorecard signed by Tom Weiskopf instead of himself. Ouch! |
On Aug. 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, giving President Johnson broad powers in dealing with reported North Vietnamese attacks on United States forces.
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Also on August 7, 1975, Charlize Theron was born...
Charlize Theron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
On August 8th 1974, President Richard Nixon announced he would resign following damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.
On August 8th 1975 my brother and I, having saved the local newspaper from the event, replaced our dad's paper in the box. When he came home from work he stop at the end of the driveway, as usual, and picked up the paper. He came in the house sat down and began reading. My brother and I watched and watched... no reaction. ??? Finally when he got to the car ads he said "what the hecks going on here? This is last years paper!" Apparently he thought the front page thing was a one year review type article, but he was and avid car man and when he saw the car prices he knew something was up. |
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August 8
This Day in History...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/75/21...4e2dc889_m.jpg Even if you're not a tennis fan, it would have been hard not to have been swept up, lob for lob, when Roger Federer faced Andy Roddick in last month's men's single finals at Wimbledon. The match took more than four hours, setting a new Grand Slam record of 30 games in the fifth set, which alone lasted 95 minutes. The 77 games played in the championship match made it the longest men's singles finals in Grand Slam history. Federer won the match and achieved a new record of playing in 20 Grand Slam finals, surpassing the record 19 previously held by Ivan Lendl. Happy birthday to tennis champ Roger Federer, who turns 28 today. Roger Federer moves like a whisper and executes like a wrecking ball. It is simply impossible to explain how he does what he does." — Nick Bollettieri |
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