August 10, 1966 - A daylight meteor was seen from Utah to Canada. It is the only known case of a meteor entering the Earth's atmosphere and leaving it again.

August 10, 2004 - La Juliette got a raise at work on this day.

August 10, 1897: On this date a thirty-year old German chemist, Felix Hoffman, synthesized a batch of acetylsalicylic acid, a combination of salicylic acid and acetyl chloride. Salicylic acid occurs in the bark of certain willow trees and has been known as an analgesic since at least the first century A.D. In 1838 salicylic acid was isolated, but alone produces stomach pain and in large doses gastrointestinal bleeding. A French scientist combined it with acetyl chloride in 1853 to produce a less irritating analgesic, but his discovery was forgotten until Hoffman's work. Hoffman's employer, the Bayer Company, quickly began to market the drug as Aspirin.

August 11, 1911: When Duke Kahanamoku broke the world record in the 100-yard free-style swim by 4.6 seconds in Honolulu Harbor on August 11, 1911, the Hawaiian Amateur Athletic Union telegraphed the news to Union headquarters. Officials in New York were incredulous and reportedly replied, "What are you using for stop watches? Alarm clocks?!"

Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku went on to become a three-time Olympic gold medal winner in swimming, and the father of modern surfing.

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Yay for LaJ!

August 11

1866 - World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)

1896 - Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain

1914 - John Wray patents animation

1939 - Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe

1962 - Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"

1964 - Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in NYC

1966 - Last Beatle concert tour of US begins

August 11, 1972 - The last US ground forces withdrew from Vietnam.

August 11, 1934

The first federal inmates arrived at the island prison of Alcatraz.

August 11 1896

Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, CT received a patent for the pull-chain, electric-light socket! Pull the chain, the light goes on. Pull it again, the light goes off. Pull it again and the chain comes off...

~Colly

1806 Meriwether Lewis is shot. While hunting for elk along the Missouri River, Meriwether Lewis is shot in the hip, probably by one of his own men.


Yes Colly it does come off and usually right at the top where you can't fix it.

August 11, 1961 - Actress Sophia Loren made the cover of Life magazine.


Life Magazine 1961

August 11, 1965

The Watts riots begin.

Overview:
LAPD pulled over Marquette Frye, whom they suspected of driving drunk. While police questioned Frye and his brother, a group of people began to gather around the scene. A struggle ensued shortly after Frye's mother Rena arrived on the scene, resulting in the arrest of all three family members. Police used their batons to subdue Frye and his brother, angering the growing crowd. Shortly after police left, tensions boiled over and the rioting began. What followed was six days of rioting that claimed the lives of 34 people, injured 1,100 and caused an estimated $100 million dollars damage.

August 12, 1851

Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.

August 12

12/08/1492 - Christopher Columbus discovers Canary Islands

12/08/1508 - Juan Ponce de Le¢n arrives in Puerto Rico

12/08/1812 - Dr Joseph Lister is 1st surgeon to use disinfectant during surgery

12/08/1856 - Anthony Fass patents accordion

12/08/1877 - Thomas Edison invents Edisonphone, a sound recording device

12/08/1896 - Gold discovered at Klondike River at Dawson

12/08/1915 - "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published

12/08/1935 - Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand

12/08/1955 - Pres Eisenhower raises minimum wage from 75› to $1 an hour

August 12th

1508 - Ponce de Leon arrived in Puerto Rico.

1851 - Isaac Singer of New York City patented the double-treadle sewing machine in 1851. Although a sewing machine had already been patented, Singer's sewing machine was revolutionary, having a double treadle. He set up business in Boston with $40 in capital.

1867 - President Andrew Johnson sparked a move to impeach him as he defied Congress by suspending Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.

1908 - On 12 August, the first Model T Ford motor car rolled out of the factory in Detroit, replacing the Model A. Costing just $900, the Model T brought its maker, Henry Ford, one step closer to fulfilling his dream to manufacture a popular vehicle that everyone could afford. The Model T owed its low cost to new techniques of mass production - breaking down the complex job of building a car into a succession of simple operations. The car was assembled so quickly that it was only in black, because black enamel was the only paint that dried fast enough. Known affectionately as Tin Lizzy, the Model T was an immediate success. 16.5 million Model Ts were found on the road in the next few years.

1935 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the US Social Security Bill.

1937 - Comedian Red Skelton got his first taste of network radio, as he appeared on the Rudy Vallee Show on NBC.

1942 - Screen actor Clark Gable, at the age of 41, enlisted in Los Angeles as a US Army private.

1959 - Born this day, A.Fenton.

1970 - Janis Joplin performed her final concert, at Harvard University.

1999 - The Kiss-produced movie, Detroit Rock City opened.

1898 Armistice ends the Spanish-American War

August 13

Birthdays

1655 Johann Christoph Denner inventor (clarinet)

1860 Annie Oakley Drake Ohio, frontierswoman (Buffalo Bill's Wild West)

1899 Alfred Hitchcock London, director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window

1951 Dan Fogelberg Peoria Ill, rocker (Same Auld Lang Syne)


Events

1784 - The United States Legislature met for the final time in Annapolis, MD.

1889 - A patent for a coin-operated telephone was issued to William Gray.

1907 1st taxicab (NYC)

1931 - The first community hospital in the U.S. was dedicated in Elk City, OK.

August 13, 1934
Cartoonist Al Capp began his famous comic strip, Li'l Abner. The cartoon strip was carried in eight newspapers. Eventually, it would be in more than 500, and would be the basis for a Broadway play and a Hollywood movie.

August 13, 1994 -
Over 400,000, fans attend Woodstock 94, billed as two more days of peace and music, with Dylan, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Aerosmith, Crosby Stills Nash and Young plus dozens of other acts, it rained.

Mudpit '94

August 13, 1521

Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernan Fernando Cortes.

August 13, 1940

Opening engagements of the Battle of Britain. Luftwaffe forces launch a series of attacks against British fighter bases, a key radar installation and four bomber bases.

A personal one...

August 13, 1944

PFC Edward Thomas Keddick is awarded the Silver Star for bravery and service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of Saipan.

Ted Keddick
March 21, 1923 - November 10, 2003
Rest in peace, my friend.