°°°What happened today?°°°

[Supafly]

1934 – The creation of the position Führer is approved by the German electorate with 89.9% of the popular vote.

1953 – Cold War: The CIA and MI6 help to overthrow the government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran and reinstate the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

1989 – Several hundred East Germans cross the frontier between Hungary and Austria during the Pan-European Picnic, part of the events which began the process of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

2010 – Operation Iraqi Freedom ends, with the last of the United States brigade combat teams crossing the border to Kuwait.

Birthdays
1883 – Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)

1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (d. 1991)

1945 – Ian Gillan, English singer (Deep Purple)

 

[Ulysses31]

1987: Gunman kills 14 in Hungerford rampage
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/newsid_2534000/2534669.stm

1991: Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/newsid_2499000/2499453.stm

2003: UN envoy dies in Baghdad bombing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/newsid_3504000/3504255.stm

1942: Allies launch daring raid on Dieppe
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/newsid_3560000/3560309.stm

1960: Moscow jails American U-2 spy pilot
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/newsid_2962000/2962600.stm


http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/19/default.stm

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

1458: Pope Pius II is elected. Birth name of Enea Silvio Piccolomini.

 

[Rane1071]

August 19th

1812
The U.S. frigate Constitution, "Old Ironsides", defeated the British ship Guerriere during the War of 1812.

1909
The first car race to be run on "brick" occurred at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

1950
The ABC begins the tradition of Saturday morning kids shows

1960
Sputnik-5 carries 3 dogs into orbit (all later recovered alive)

1977
Comedian Groucho Marx died in Los Angeles at age 86.

 

[L3ggy]

Surströmmingspremiär. :eeew:

Fan va äckligt.

 

[BigSwede]

Fan va äckligt.

:1orglaugh

1772-King Gustav III seized power from the government in a coup d'état and ending the age of liberty.
1871-Orville Wright was born.
1946-Bill Clinton was born.

 

[Ulysses31]

1993: Basinger and Baldwin marry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/basinger-and-baldwin-marry

1991: A Jewish youth is killed by a black mob in New York following the death of seven-year-old Gavin Cato, who had been struck by a car driven by a Hasidic Jew three hours earlier
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-jewish-youth-is-killed-by-a-mob

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

Fan va äckligt.

I second that... anything that you have to stay outside to eat so as not to kill any pets/spouses/children/furniture should not be considered food...

And yes, that is correct, furniture will crumple up and die in the presence of surströmming.

 

[Rane1071]

August 20th

1741
Danish navigator Vitus Jonas Bering discovered Alaska.

1882
Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuted in Moscow.

1955
Col. Horace A. Hanes, a U.S. Air Force pilot, flew to an altitude of 40,000 feet. Hanes reached a speed of 822.135 miles per hour in a Super Sabrejet

1977
The space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth

2000
Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.

 

[Supafly]

- In 1866, the first american union was founded, in Baltimore (National Labor Union)

- 1920: National Football League was founded this day. Eleven teams.

- 1890: Cthulhu's Father is borne!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft

Celebrate, Petra

 

[Rane1071]

August 21st

1560
Tycho Brahe becomes interested in astronomy.

1680
Pueblo Indians drove out the Spanish and took possession of Santa Fe, N.M.

1911
The Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre museum in France by an Italian waiter, Vicenzo Perruggia.

1965
Gemini 5 launched into earth orbit, with two astronauts on board.

1983
Corazon Aquino's husband Benigno, who was Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos's chief political opponent, was assassinated.

 

[Supafly]

1897: Felix Hofmann synthesizes Heroin after the method of C.R. Wright from 1874. The Company Bayer sells it as a product (Ha, again, we germans are crafty :1orglaugh )

Birthday:

1904 – William "Count" Basie, American bandleader (d. 1984)

1952 – Joe Strummer, British musician and singer (The Clash) (d. 2002)

 

[jdb67]

I came to visit, looked around then left.

 

[VampDude]

2005 - Hulk Hogan beat Shawn Michaels at SummerSlam.

Such fun watching an old man think he's still 30something. :funnyshit:

 

[Rane1071]

August 22nd

1485
Richard III slain at Bosworth Field - Last of the Plantagenets.

1642
The English Civil War began between supporters of King Charles I (Royalists or Cavaliers) and those of Oliver Cromwell (Roundheads).

1851
The U.S. yacht, "America", outraced the British "Aurora" off the English coast to win a trophy that became known as the America's Cup.

1910
Korea was annexed by Japan after five years as a protectorate.

1963
NASA's "X-15" attains altitude of 67 miles.

 

[Supafly]

565 – St. Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.

1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico.

1944 – World War II: Holocaust of Kedros in Crete by German forces

2007 – The Storm botnet, a botnet created by the Storm Worm, sends out a record 57 million e-mails in one day

Birthdays:

1880 – Gorch Fock, German author and poet (d. 1916)

1902 – Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)

1912 – John Lee Hooker, American musician (d. 2001)

1963 – Tori Amos, American singer/songwriter

Flag Day (Russia)

 

[Rane1071]

August 23rd

1305
Scottish leader and national hero, William Wallace, was executed in London.

1833
Britain abolishes slavery in colonies; 700 000 slaves freed.

1914
Japan declared war on Germany in World War I.

1963
Beatles release "She Loves You".

1966
Lunar Orbiter 1 takes 1st photograph of earth from the moon.

 

[Supafly]

August 24th

1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed.

1814 – British troops invade Washington, D.C. and burn down the White House and several other buildings.

1815 – The modern Constitution of the Netherlands is signed.

1891 – Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

1995 – Computer software developer Microsoft releases its Windows 95 operating system.

Birthdays:

1948 – Kim Sung-Il, Chief of Staff of Republic of Korea Air Force

1958 – Steve Guttenberg, American actor

 

[Rane1071]

August 24th

79 A.D
Mt. Vesuvius erupts; Pompeii & Herculaneum are buried.

1869
The waffle iron is invented.

1909
Workers start pouring concrete for the Panama Canal.

1960
Temperatue drops to -88ø (-127ø F) at Vostok, Antarctica (world record).

1976
Soyuz 21 returns to Earth.

1989
Voyager 2 flies past Neptune.

 

[Rane1071]

August 25th

1689
Montreal taken by the Iroquois.

1822
William Herschel discoverer of Uranus dies at age 85.

1825
Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.

1919
1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London).

1981
Voyager 2 closest approach to Saturn & discovers thousands of rings.

2003
NASA launched the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.


Silly Quote of The Day.

"Man shoots neighbor with machete."
Miami Herald, headline.

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