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Jetée · 07-30-2007, 02:03 AM

This Day in History...

Otto von Bismarck—who, as prime minister of Prussia (1862–73, 1873–90), used ruthlessness and moderation to unify Germany, founding the German Empire (1871) and serving as its first chancellor (1871–90)—died this day in 1898.

Historic Events:

Lutheran clergyman Robert Barnes was burned as a heretic after being used by Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII to gain European support for their antipapal movement in England (1540)
Baltimore: port town and industrial center was founded (1729)
The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men. (1945) - Shark Week
President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law. (1965)
Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found. (1975)

Today's Birthday:
Henry Moore, born this day in 1898, was an English sculptor whose organically shaped, abstract figures in bronze and stone constitute the major 20th-century manifestation of the humanist tradition in sculpture.

(Henry Moore in his studio, mid-1960s)

Other Notables:
Emily Brontë: author of Wuthering Heights (1818)
Henry Ford: inventor who popularized mass production with the Ford Motor Company, Model-T car (1863)
Laurence Fishburne (46), Lisa Kudrow (44), Hilary Swank (33): actors

uncle phil · 07-31-2007, 02:53 AM

On July 31, 1948, President Harry Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field...

uncle phil · 08-01-2007, 02:55 AM

On August 1, 1936, the Olympic games opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler...

uncle phil · 08-02-2007, 02:57 AM

On August 2, 1876, "Wild Bill" Hickock was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory...

BadNick · 08-02-2007, 06:27 AM

uncle phil & all,
being I'm from Philadelphia, I'm sorry I missed saying this yesterday, and I would certainly prefer remembering this history rather than the reminder about A.H. above:

“Dick Clark’s American Bandstand” premiered on August 1, 1957 and was an instant hit. It debuted nationally on August 5th-9th of that same year on ABC-TV. The first song played on the show was Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin Goin’ on. The first guests to appear on the Dick Clark hosted show was Billy Williams and the Chordettes. B.B. King also performed live in the first show and was the only performer who did not lip synch. The “American Bandstand” theme song was written by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman. The music was written by Charles Albertine.

The Philadelphia “Bandstand” began as a local dance show in October of 1952 on WFIL-Channel 6. It was decided in August of ’57 that the show needed a fresh face, which was Dick Clark, as television was becoming a popular medium. Dick Clark was 26yo at that time.

uncle phil · 08-03-2007, 02:39 AM

On August 3, 1936, the U. S. State Department urged Americans in Spain to leave because of that country's civil war...

uncle phil · 08-04-2007, 02:43 AM

On August 4, 1735, freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous."

uncle phil · 08-05-2007, 02:58 AM

On August 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills...

uncle phil · 08-06-2007, 03:04 AM

On August 6, 1926, Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system in New York with a showing of "Don Juan" featuring musical and sound effects...

uncle phil · 08-07-2007, 03:09 AM

On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving president Lyndon Johnson broad powers in dealing with North Vietnamese attacks on U. S. forces...

uncle phil · 08-08-2007, 07:15 AM

On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced he would resign following damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal...

Jetée · 08-09-2007, 03:06 PM

This Day in History...

During the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC, Julius Caesar's troops on this day in 48 decisively defeated the army of Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, causing Pompey to flee to Egypt, where he was subsequently murdered.

The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States in World War II struck the city of Nagasaki.

to be continued...

Jetée · 08-13-2007, 04:02 PM

omidelilah... four days never happened.

EDIT EDIT EDIT:

August 10...

Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida—a Spanish painter whose style was a variant of Impressionism and whose best works, painted in the open air, vividly portray the sunny seacoast of Valencia—died this day in 1923.

Two Sisters, Valencia, oil on canvas by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1909; in the Art Institute of Chicago.

August 11...

American painter Jackson Pollock, a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism who received great fame and serious recognition for his radical poured, or “drip,” technique, died this day in 1956 in an automobile accident.

Jackson Pollock painting in his studio on Long Island, New York, 1950.

August 12...

On this day in 1877, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made perhaps his most original discovery, the phonograph, and his early recordings were indentations embossed into a sheet of tinfoil by a vibrating stylus.

Thomas Alva Edison demonstrating his tinfoil phonograph, photograph by Mathew Brady, 1878.

August 13...

Film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock—a master of suspense who used innovative techniques and a sound grasp of human psychology to create such immensely popular movies as Psycho (1960)—was born in London this day in 1899.

Sir Alfred Hitchcock

uncle phil · 08-13-2007, 04:09 PM

thanks for carrying my water, js...i'll be back tomorrow morning...

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act int law...

Jetée · 08-14-2007, 10:01 AM

This Day in History...
lite

Cologne Cathedral, lit up at night, and the Hohenzollern rail and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany.

Originally started in 1248, construction of the cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany—the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the city's major landmark—was finally completed on this day in 1880.

Today's Birthday...

Happy birthday to romance novelist Danielle Steel, who turns 60 today. The author of some 70 bestselling novels, Steel has had a book on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly 400 consecutive weeks; when her books reached 381 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, she received an entry in Guinness World Records. Steel wrote her first book when she was 19 years old. She still types on a 1946 Olympia manual typewriter.

"Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down." — Danielle Steel

uncle phil · 08-15-2007, 02:49 AM

On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York...

uncle phil · 08-16-2007, 02:50 AM

On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, TN, at age 42...

uncle phil · 08-18-2007, 03:31 AM

sorry i missed yesterday...

On August 18, 1227, Mongol ruler Genghis Khan died...

uncle phil · 08-19-2007, 03:40 AM

On August 19, 1934. a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler...

uncle phil · 08-20-2007, 04:06 AM

On August 20, 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb...

On August 21, 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, NY...

uncle phil · 08-22-2007, 03:07 AM

On August 22, 1989, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, CA...

On August 23, 1965, not a whole hell of a lot happened at the Noth Pole...

uncle phil · 08-24-2007, 02:33 AM

On August 24, 1814, British forces invaded Washington, DC, setting fire to the Capitol and the White House, among other buildings...

Not Right Now · 08-24-2007, 04:55 AM

on this day...

Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera.

uncle phil · 08-25-2007, 02:23 AM

On August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot to death at a shopping center in Arlington, VA...

uncle phil · 08-26-2007, 02:57 AM

On August 26, 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto, Canada...

Strange Famous · 08-26-2007, 08:11 AM

according to wiki, on 26 August:

55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain.

mixedmedia · 08-26-2007, 08:19 AM

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

uncle phil · 08-27-2007, 03:07 AM

On August 27, 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes...

uncle phil · 08-28-2007, 03:18 AM

On August 28, 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic national convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president...

Not Right Now · 08-28-2007, 07:16 PM

On this day, in 1916 Germany declared war on Romania, and Italy in turn declared war on Germany.

uncle phil · 08-29-2007, 02:32 AM

On August 29, 1877, the second president of The Church of the Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, UT, at age 76...

uncle phil · 08-30-2007, 03:00 AM

On August 30, 1963, the "Hot Line" communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation...

uncle phil · 08-31-2007, 03:06 AM

On August 31 in history, not a whole hell of a lot happened that was even marginally noteworthy...

uncle phil · 09-01-2007, 03:11 AM

On September 1, 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Cofederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada, eh...

uncle phil · 09-02-2007, 03:35 AM

On September 2, 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair...

On September 3, 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution...

uncle phil · 09-04-2007, 03:01 AM

On September 4, 1957, Ford Motor Company began selling its ill-fated Edsel...

On September 5, 1957, the novel "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac, was first published by Viking Press...

uncle phil · 09-06-2007, 02:42 AM

On September 6, 1941, Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the yellow Star of David...

noodle · 09-06-2007, 02:56 AM

On September 6, 1860, Jane Addams was born.
And social work was never the same again once she got her hands on it. Thank goodness.

uncle phil · 09-07-2007, 02:25 AM

On September 7, 1927, American television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting the image of a line through purely electronic means with a device called an "image dissector..."

uncle phil · 09-08-2007, 04:10 AM

On September 8, 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon...

On September 9, 1948, The People's Democratic Republic of Korea was created...

07-30-2007, 02:03 AM	#121 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	July 30 This Day in History... Otto von Bismarck—who, as prime minister of Prussia (1862–73, 1873–90), used ruthlessness and moderation to unify Germany, founding the German Empire (1871) and serving as its first chancellor (1871–90)—died this day in 1898. Historic Events: Lutheran clergyman Robert Barnes was burned as a heretic after being used by Thomas Cromwell and King Henry VIII to gain European support for their antipapal movement in England (1540) Baltimore: port town and industrial center was founded (1729) The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men. (1945) - Shark Week President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law. (1965) Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found. (1975) Today's Birthday: Henry Moore, born this day in 1898, was an English sculptor whose organically shaped, abstract figures in bronze and stone constitute the major 20th-century manifestation of the humanist tradition in sculpture. (Henry Moore in his studio, mid-1960s) Other Notables: Emily Brontë: author of Wuthering Heights (1818) Henry Ford: inventor who popularized mass production with the Ford Motor Company, Model-T car (1863) Laurence Fishburne (46), Lisa Kudrow (44), Hilary Swank (33): actors __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

07-31-2007, 02:53 AM	#122 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On July 31, 1948, President Harry Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-01-2007, 02:55 AM	#123 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 1, 1936, the Olympic games opened in Berlin with a ceremony presided over by Adolf Hitler... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-02-2007, 02:57 AM	#124 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 2, 1876, "Wild Bill" Hickock was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-03-2007, 02:39 AM	#126 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 3, 1936, the U. S. State Department urged Americans in Spain to leave because of that country's civil war... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-02-2007, 06:27 AM	#125 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	uncle phil & all, being I'm from Philadelphia, I'm sorry I missed saying this yesterday, and I would certainly prefer remembering this history rather than the reminder about A.H. above: “Dick Clark’s American Bandstand” premiered on August 1, 1957 and was an instant hit. It debuted nationally on August 5th-9th of that same year on ABC-TV. The first song played on the show was Jerry Lee Lewis’ “Whole Lotta Shakin Goin’ on. The first guests to appear on the Dick Clark hosted show was Billy Williams and the Chordettes. B.B. King also performed live in the first show and was the only performer who did not lip synch. The “American Bandstand” theme song was written by Barry Manilow and Bruse Sussman. The music was written by Charles Albertine. The Philadelphia “Bandstand” began as a local dance show in October of 1952 on WFIL-Channel 6. It was decided in August of ’57 that the show needed a fresh face, which was Dick Clark, as television was becoming a popular medium. Dick Clark was 26yo at that time.

08-04-2007, 02:43 AM	#127 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 4, 1735, freedom of the press was established with an acquittal of John Peter Zenger. The writer of the New York Weekly Journal had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor of New York. The jury said that "the truth is not libelous." __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-05-2007, 02:58 AM	#128 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 5, 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from an overdose of sleeping pills... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-06-2007, 03:04 AM	#129 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 6, 1926, Warner Brothers premiered its Vitaphone sound-on-disc movie system in New York with a showing of "Don Juan" featuring musical and sound effects... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-07-2007, 03:09 AM	#130 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 7, 1964, Congress passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, giving president Lyndon Johnson broad powers in dealing with North Vietnamese attacks on U. S. forces... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-08-2007, 07:15 AM	#131 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced he would resign following damaging new revelations in the Watergate scandal... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-09-2007, 03:06 PM	#132 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	August 9 This Day in History... During the Roman Civil War of 49–45 BC, Julius Caesar's troops on this day in 48 decisively defeated the army of Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, causing Pompey to flee to Egypt, where he was subsequently murdered. The second atomic bomb dropped on Japan by the United States in World War II struck the city of Nagasaki. to be continued... __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

08-13-2007, 04:02 PM	#133 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	omidelilah... four days never happened. EDIT EDIT EDIT: August 10... Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida—a Spanish painter whose style was a variant of Impressionism and whose best works, painted in the open air, vividly portray the sunny seacoast of Valencia—died this day in 1923. Two Sisters, Valencia, oil on canvas by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, 1909; in the Art Institute of Chicago. August 11... American painter Jackson Pollock, a leading exponent of Abstract Expressionism who received great fame and serious recognition for his radical poured, or “drip,” technique, died this day in 1956 in an automobile accident. Jackson Pollock painting in his studio on Long Island, New York, 1950. August 12... On this day in 1877, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison made perhaps his most original discovery, the phonograph, and his early recordings were indentations embossed into a sheet of tinfoil by a vibrating stylus. Thomas Alva Edison demonstrating his tinfoil phonograph, photograph by Mathew Brady, 1878. August 13... Film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock—a master of suspense who used innovative techniques and a sound grasp of human psychology to create such immensely popular movies as Psycho (1960)—was born in London this day in 1899. Sir Alfred Hitchcock __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi Last edited by Jetée; 08-14-2007 at 09:57 AM..

08-13-2007, 04:09 PM	#134 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	thanks for carrying my water, js...i'll be back tomorrow morning... On August 14, 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act int law... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 08-14-2007 at 02:56 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

08-14-2007, 10:01 AM	#135 (permalink)
Jetée The Reforms Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition	August 14 This Day in History... lite Cologne Cathedral, lit up at night, and the Hohenzollern rail and pedestrian bridge over the Rhine River, Cologne, Germany. Originally started in 1248, construction of the cathedral (Kölner Dom) in Cologne, Germany—the largest Gothic church in northern Europe and the city's major landmark—was finally completed on this day in 1880. Today's Birthday... Happy birthday to romance novelist Danielle Steel, who turns 60 today. The author of some 70 bestselling novels, Steel has had a book on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly 400 consecutive weeks; when her books reached 381 weeks on the NYT bestseller list, she received an entry in Guinness World Records. Steel wrote her first book when she was 19 years old. She still types on a 1946 Olympia manual typewriter. "Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down." — Danielle Steel __________________ As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi

08-26-2007, 08:11 AM	#146 (permalink)
Strange Famous follower of the child's crusade?	according to wiki, on 26 August: 55 BC - Julius Caesar invades Britain. __________________ "Do not tell lies, and do not do what you hate, for all things are plain in the sight of Heaven. For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered." The Gospel of Thomas

08-26-2007, 08:19 AM	#147 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	August 26, 1920: The 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote, is formally adopted into the U.S. Constitution __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

08-15-2007, 02:49 AM	#136 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 15, 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair opened in upstate New York... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-16-2007, 02:50 AM	#137 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley died at his Graceland estate in Memphis, TN, at age 42... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-18-2007, 03:31 AM	#138 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	sorry i missed yesterday... On August 18, 1227, Mongol ruler Genghis Khan died... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-19-2007, 03:40 AM	#139 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 19, 1934. a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-20-2007, 04:06 AM	#140 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 20, 1953, the Soviet Union publicly acknowledged it had tested a hydrogen bomb... On August 21, 1878, the American Bar Association was founded in Saratoga, NY... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 08-21-2007 at 02:46 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

08-22-2007, 03:07 AM	#141 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 22, 1989, Black Panther co-founder Huey P. Newton was shot to death in Oakland, CA... On August 23, 1965, not a whole hell of a lot happened at the Noth Pole... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 08-23-2007 at 02:54 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

08-24-2007, 02:33 AM	#142 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 24, 1814, British forces invaded Washington, DC, setting fire to the Capitol and the White House, among other buildings... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-24-2007, 04:55 AM	#143 (permalink)
Not Right Now Insane Location: Far Away	on this day... Thomas Edison patented the motion picture camera. __________________ I only came to dance.

08-25-2007, 02:23 AM	#144 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 25, 1967, George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party, was shot to death at a shopping center in Arlington, VA... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-26-2007, 02:57 AM	#145 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 26, 1961, the original Hockey Hall of Fame was opened in Toronto, Canada... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-27-2007, 03:07 AM	#148 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 27, 1928, the Kellogg-Briand Pact was signed in Paris, outlawing war and providing for the peaceful settlement of disputes... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-28-2007, 03:18 AM	#149 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 28, 1968, police and anti-war demonstrators clashed in the streets of Chicago as the Democratic national convention nominated Hubert H. Humphrey for president... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-28-2007, 07:16 PM	#150 (permalink)
Not Right Now Insane Location: Far Away	On this day, in 1916 Germany declared war on Romania, and Italy in turn declared war on Germany. __________________ I only came to dance.

08-29-2007, 02:32 AM	#151 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 29, 1877, the second president of The Church of the Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, UT, at age 76... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-30-2007, 03:00 AM	#152 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 30, 1963, the "Hot Line" communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

08-31-2007, 03:06 AM	#153 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On August 31 in history, not a whole hell of a lot happened that was even marginally noteworthy... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-01-2007, 03:11 AM	#154 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On September 1, 1905, Alberta and Saskatchewan entered Cofederation as the eighth and ninth provinces of Canada, eh... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

09-02-2007, 03:35 AM	#155 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On September 2, 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair... On September 3, 1967, Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 09-03-2007 at 03:31 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

09-04-2007, 03:01 AM	#156 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On September 4, 1957, Ford Motor Company began selling its ill-fated Edsel... On September 5, 1957, the novel "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac, was first published by Viking Press... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it. Last edited by uncle phil; 09-05-2007 at 02:38 AM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

09-06-2007, 02:42 AM	#157 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	On September 6, 1941, Jews over the age of 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear the yellow Star of David... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.