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1911 - The number of representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives was established at 435. There was one member of Congress for every 211,877 residents.
1974 - U.S. President Nixon announced that he would resign the following day.
BIRTHDAYS...
Dustin Hoffman 1937
Connie Stevens 1938
Keith Carradine 1949
AUGUST 9...
1678 - American Indians sold the Bronx to Jonas Bronck for 400 beads.
1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1969 - Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered at Tate's residence in Los Angeles, CA.
1974 - U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
BIRTHDAYS...
Melanie Griffith 1957
Whitney Houston 1963
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.
1965 - Riots and looting took place in the Watts section of Los Angeles, CA. During the week that followed 34 people were killed. In addition, over 1,000 were injured, 3,000 were arrested and over $40 million in damage was done.
1993 - A massive deficit-reduction bill was signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
BIRTHDAYS...
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 1947
My wedding song....
AUGUST 11...
1934 - Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first time.
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1965 - Riots and looting took place in the Watts section of Los Angeles, CA. During the week that followed 34 people were killed. In addition, over 1,000 were injured, 3,000 were arrested and over $40 million in damage was done.
1994 - A U.S. federal jury awarded $286.8 million to about 10,000 commercial fishermen for losses as a result of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
1998 - British Petroleum became No. 3 among oil companies with the $49 billion purchase of Amoco. It was the largest foreign takeover of a U.S. company.
AUGUST 12...
1867 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him when he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
1877 - Thomas Edison invented the phonograph and made the first sound recording.
1898 - The Spanish-American War was ended with the signing of the peace protocol. The U.S. acquired Guam, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. Hawaii was also annexed. 1990 - The first U.S. casualty occurred during the Persian Gulf crisis when Air Force Staff Sergeant John Campisi died after being hit by a military truck.
1993 - U.S. President Clinton lifted the ban on rehiring air traffic controllers that had been fired for going on strike in 1981.
AUGUST 13...
1846 - The American Flag was raised for the first time in Los Angeles, CA.
1907 - The first taxicab started on the streets of New York City.
1961 - Berlin was divided by a barbed wire fence to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later work on the Berlin Wall began.
BIRTHDAYS...
Alfred Hitchcock 1899
Fidel Castro 1926
AUGUST 14...
1848 - The Oregon Territory was established.
1935 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created unemployment insurance and pension plans for the elderly.
1941 - The U.S. Congress appropriated the funds to construct the Pentagon (approximately $83 million). The building was the new home of the U.S. War Department.
1941 - U.S. President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the Atlantic Charter. The charter was a statement of principles that renounced aggression.
1973 - The U.S. bombing of Cambodia ended. The halt marked the official end to 12 years of combat in Indochina by the U.S.
1998 - A U.S. federal appeals court in Richmond, VA, ruled that the Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco. The FDA had established rules to make it harder for minors to buy cigarettes.
BIRTHDAYS...
David Crosby 1941
Steve Martin 1945
Halle Berry 1968
AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS by Portia Nelson
I I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out. II I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out. III I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately. IV I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it. V I walk down another street.
(Thank you, Mellow. I like to think that is me.)
this one has a message too
HAVE A GREAT WEEK, Y'ALL!
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
Morning, everyone. It's family birthday week, too; Dad turns 85 this week, and my sister turns...nevermind.
Weather advisory in effect from 1PM today till tomorrow night. Right now it's 80 degrees and humidity is 76. I'm going to run out to the farmer's market and run right back, as the heat index will range from 108 to 115 today and tomorrow. Good time to stay indoors with a book - but then, what isn't?
Nice opener, Olyve - and I'm glad you like the poem.
Julia A 45’s quicker than 409 Betty’s cleaning’ house for the very last time Betty’s bein’ bad
Wow, Jeff. Nice touch for today. I watched every bit of it. Thank you.
I hope you're staying cool, Mellow. It's actually cooler here...low 90s. Happy birthday to your dad and sister. Tell her steady on. It's better than the alternative (if I hear that one more time!).
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1969 - Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered at Tate's residence in Los Angeles, CA.
"In for a dollar, in for a dime"
Currently reading: Best American Mystery Stories edited by Lee Child and Otto Penzler. AARGH!
Hi everybody, Would y'all remind me again next year not to go to the gym the first Monday after the students get back? Have mercy. There was a whole sorority house group there. Talk about not knowing protocol! They sure were young and pretty though. Do you have to be blond to be in one?
Yes, Phil. I would imagine Rick will like that one.
Still very hot here but I don't think we've got the hot spot in the country.
Going go make bread now (I hope) Olyve
"Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass...it's about learning how to dance in the rain."
Hi everybody, Would y'all remind me again next year not to go to the gym the first Monday after the students get back? Have mercy. There was a whole sorority house group there. Talk about not knowing protocol! They sure were young and pretty though. Do you have to be blond to be in one?
Yes, Phil. I would imagine Rick will like that one.
Still very hot here but I don't think we've got the hot spot in the country.
Going go make bread now (I hope) Olyve
Hahaha-it takes me back to my college sorority days! And when my daughter invited all of her sorority sisters over for a movie, when their house was getting painted. I went trying to keep my
milk and Girl Scout cookies ;-)
Save your breath-You may need it to blow up your date.
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