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August 17, 1962 - Marilyn Monroe made the cover of Life magazine.
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Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people I can trace my lineage back to King Lear's fool so it is genetic. |
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August 17th
Events: August 17, 1997 79th PGA Championship: Davis Love III shoots a 269 at Winged Foot Golf Club August 17, 1997 First of America Senior Golf Classic August 17, 1997 Macy's Tap-o-mania August 17, 1997 Weetabix Women's British LPGA Open August 17, 1996 Soyuz TM-24, launched into orbit August 17, 1995 People's Republic of China military performs nuclear test at Lop Nor August 17, 1994 Lesotho King Letsie II fires premier Ntsu Mokhehle August 17, 1994 New York's Central Park Reservior officially re-named after Jackie Kennedy Onasis August 17, 1992 Kevin Gross of Dodgers tosses only 9-inning no-hitter of season, for a 2-0 win August 17, 1991 Royals Warren Cromartie's first major league home run since 1983 August 17, 1990 "Exorcist 3" premieres (*yawn*) August 17, 1990 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th home run August 17, 1990 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment August 17, 1989 32nd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 12-11 August 17, 1989 Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken moves into 3rd place (1,208th cons game) August 17, 1988 Butch Reynolds runs world record 400m (43.29) August 17, 1988 LIRR says Penn station will get air conditioning in 1991 August 17, 1988 New York City, first case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever (9 year old Bronx boy) August 17, 1988 Republicans nominate George Bush for president August 17, 1988 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 17, 1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games August 17, 1987 Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) August 17, 1987 Mohammad Ali elected to "Ring" magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame August 17, 1986 Bronze pig statue unveiled at Seattle's Pike Place Market August 17, 1986 Cindy Mackey wins LPGA MasterCard International Golf Pro-Am August 17, 1986 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Nestle World Golf Championship August 17, 1986 Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured August 17, 1986 Red Sox trade shortstop Rey Quinones and pitcher Mike Trujillo to Mariners for shortstop Spike Owen and outfielder Dave Henderson August 17, 1985 1,400 meatpackers walk off the job at a George A Hormel & Co plant August 17, 1985 Dave Kingman hits his 400th home run August 17, 1985 Rajiv Gandhi announces Punjab state elections in India August 17, 1985 Sara Trollinger forms House of Hope in Orlando August 17, 1984 Pete Rose returns to Cincinatti Reds as player-manager (gets 2 hits) August 17, 1983 Hurricane Alicia, kills 17 in Texas August 17, 1982 LA Dodgers beat Chicago Cubs, 6-5, in 21 innings (game completed 8/18) August 17, 1982 South Bend, Indiana jury acquits self-avowed racist Joseph Paul Franklin August 17, 1980 "Blackstone" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 104 performances August 17, 1980 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 17, 1980 George Brett goes 4-for-4, raising his batting average to .401 August 17, 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed August 17, 1979 Monty Python's "Life of Brian" premieres August 17, 1978 1st successful crossing of the Atlantic by balloon (3 Americans) August 17, 1977 Russian nuclear submarine "Artika" is 1st to North Pole August 17, 1977 USSR performs nuclear test in Eastern Kazakh at Semipalitinsk USSR August 17, 1977 Thomas Wessinghage/Harald Hudak/Michael Lederer/Karl Fleschen walk world record 4x1500m (14:38.8) August 17, 1976 An earthquake and tsunamai (tidal wave) in the Philippines kills up to 8,000 August 17, 1975 Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Patty Berg Golf Classic August 17, 1973 Lee Trevino's 1st hole-in-one August 17, 1973 Willie Mays hits 660th and last home run (off Don Gullett of Cincinnati) August 17, 1972 Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game August 17, 1970 Venera 7 (US), 1st softlanding on Venus, launched August 17, 1969 Hurricane Camille...like Nick said! August 17, 1969 51st PGA Championship: Ray Floyd shoots a 276 at NCR GC Dayton Ohio August 17, 1969 Carol Mann wins LPGA Southgate Ladies' Golf Open August 17, 1969 NY Jets beat NY Giants 37-14 in their 1st meeting (pre season) August 17, 1968 Dick Beyers (Dr X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ August 17, 1966 Pioneer 7 launched into solar orbit August 17, 1966 Willie Mays takes 2nd place on all-time home run list August 17, 1964 Ford's new automotive sensation the "Mustang" smashes all previous sales records for consecutive sales over a 2 month period August 17, 1963 Jim Hickman becomes 1st New York Met to hit for cycle August 17, 1963 Oriole's Dick Hall retires his 28th consecutive player in relief August 17, 1962 The Beatles replace drummer Pete Best with Liverpool drumming sensation Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr) August 17, 1962 East German border guards shoot and kill 18 year old Peter Fechter while attempting to cross Berlin Wall into western sector August 17, 1961 Building of Berlin Wall begins August 17, 1961 Kennedy administration establishes Alliance for Progress August 17, 1960 Francis Gary Powers "U-2 Incident" spy trial opens in Moscow August 17, 1960 Gabon gains independence from France (National Day) August 17, 1960 Indonesia halts diplomatic relations with Netherlands August 17, 1959 USSR & Iraq signs contract for building Iraqi nuclear reactor August 17, 1958 Bonnie Hoffman wins LPGA Kansas City Golf Open August 17, 1958 World's firstst Moon probe, US's Thor-Able, explodes at T +77 sec August 17, 1957 Richie Ashburn, fouls hit fan Alice Roth twice in same at bat 1st one breaks her nose, 2nd one hits her while she is on the stretcher August 17, 1956 7.1 quake strikes Yellowstone National Park August 17, 1955 Hurricane Diane, following hurricane Connie, floods Connecticut River killing 190 & doing $1.8 billion damage August 17, 1952 Term "Fallout" 1st used (NY Times) August 17, 1952 Betty Jameson wins LPGA World Golf Championship August 17, 1951 18th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Cleveland 33, All-Stars 0 (92,180) August 17, 1951 Hurricane winds drive 6 ships ashore, Kingston, Jamaica August 17, 1950 Indonesia gains independence from Netherlands August 17, 1950 Pee Wee Reese (Dodgers) & Sam Calderone (Giants) hit inside park HRs August 17, 1948 Alger Hiss denies ever being a Communist agent August 17, 1948 Phillies commit 8 errors in a game August 17, 1948 Tom Henrich hits his then record tying 4th grand slam of season August 17, 1946 Arthur Honegger's 3rd Symphony "Liturgique," premieres August 17, 1945 Indonesia (Dutch E Indies) declares independence from Netherlands August 17, 1945 Koreas divided on 38th parallel with US occupying the southern area August 17, 1944 4th Canadian Armour division occupies Trun Normandy August 17, 1944 Canadian 2nd division conquerors Falaise Normandy August 17, 1944 German Reich-Fieldmarshal Model replaces von Kluge in Normandy August 17, 1944 Russian troops arrive at Austria-Prussia border August 17, 1944 US 12th Army corp occupies Orleans August 17, 1944 US 320th regiment infantry occupies ChÉteaudun August 17, 1944 Yanks Johnny Lindell ties record with 4 consecutive doubles in a game August 17, 1943 498 British bombers attack Peenemunde August 17, 1943 Gen Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies August 17, 1943 US 8th Air Force loses 60 B-17's during the first bombing raid on the ball bearing works at Regensburg/Schweinfurt August 17, 1942 1st European bombing run undertaken by US "Mighty 8th" air force; an attack on railyards at Rouen, France August 17, 1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under Adm. George Murray aboard USS Hornet August 17, 1942 Transport NR-20 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany August 17, 1941 German raider attacks Dutch SS Kota Nopan August 17, 1940 US president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister Willian Lyon MacKenzie King agree to joint defense commission August 17, 1940 Greece mobilizes August 17, 1940 Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain August 17, 1939 "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in New York August 17, 1938 1st aircraft owned by Forest Service in service (Oakland) August 17, 1938 Henry Armstrong won his 3rd concurrent boxing championship August 17, 1933 Lou Gehrig plays record 1,308th consecutive game August 17, 1933 Soviet Union test GIRD-R1 rocket ("Object 09") August 17, 1926 Greek-Serbian/Croatian/Slavic peace treaty signed August 17, 1924 French-German trade agreement signed August 17, 1920 In memory of Ray Chapman (died Aug 16), Yanks cancel game with Indians August 17, 1918 British troops attack Baku Azerbaijan August 17, 1918 Samuel Riddle buys Man o'War for $5,000 August 17, 1918 Turkish troops overthrow Caukasus August 17, 1917 Italy declares war on Germany & Turkey August 17, 1916 Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia August 17, 1915 German troops overrun Kovno Lithuiana August 17, 1915 Hurricane strikes Galveston, Texas leaving 275 dead August 17, 1915 Mob lynches Jewish businessman Leo Frank in Cobb County, Ga after death sentence for murder of 13-year-old girl commuted to life August 17, 1914 French troops under gen de Castelnau occupy ChÉteau Salins August 17, 1914 Lithuiana surrenders to Germans August 17, 1908 B Tarkington and HL Wilson's "Man from Home," premieres in NYC August 17, 1908 Bank of Italy opens new headquarters at Clay & Montgomery August 17, 1907 Bishop forbids Christian membership in Dutch Textile Union August 17, 1905 Dutch government of De Master begins August 17, 1904 Boston's Jesse Tannehell no-hits Chicago White Sox, 6-0 August 17, 1903 Joe Pulitzer donated $1 million to Columbia University and begins Pulitzer Prizes August 17, 1897 W B Purvis patents electric railway switch August 17, 1896 George Washington Carmack discoveres gold in Klondike region of Yukon August 17, 1894 Phils get 36 hits, Sam Thompson hits for cycle beating Louisville 29-4 August 17, 1892 Russian General Obruchev and French General Boisdeffre sign Duple Alliance August 17, 1891 First public bathhouse with showers opens in New York City (People's Bath) August 17, 1891 Electric self-starter for automobile patented August 17, 1879 Ferdinand de Lesseps forms French Panama Canal Company August 17, 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars' moon "Phobos" August 17, 1876 Opera "GotterdÑmmerung" premieres in Bayreuth August 17, 1870 1st ascent of Mt Rainier, Washington August 17, 1870 Mrs. Esther Morris becomes 1st woman magistrate (South Pass, Wyoming) August 17, 1869 1st international boat race (Thames River, Oxford beats Harvard) August 17, 1866 Bathe & Prussia sign peace treaty August 17, 1863 Federal batteries & ships attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina August 17, 1863 Fierce skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee August 17, 1862 Confederate troops under Kirby Smith enter Kentucky August 17, 1859 1st air mail (in a balloon) took off from Lafayette Indiana August 17, 1858 1st bank in Hawaii opens August 17, 1846 US fleet officer Robert F Stockton annexes California August 17, 1836 British parliament accept registration of births, marriages and deaths August 17, 1836 Darwin's HMS Beagle leaves South America for the last time August 17, 1835 Solymon Merrick patents wrench August 17, 1834 Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile August 17, 1827 Dutch King Willem I and Pope Leo XII sign concord August 17, 1808 Napoleon asks King Louis for Holland brigade to head towards Spain August 17, 1807 Robert Fulton's steamboat Clermont begins first trip up Hudson River August 17, 1796 English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay August 17, 1795 Slave revolt at Knip plantation, Curaáao August 17, 1788 Losantville, Ohio (now Cincinnati) founded August 17, 1787 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups August 17, 1743 Sweden & Russia sign peace treaty August 17, 1717 France, Russia & Prussia sign co-operative agreement August 17, 1648 Battle at Preston, Lancashire: Henry Ireton defeats the Scotts August 17, 1590 John White returns to Roanoke, Virginia and finds no trace of colonist's he had left there 3 yrs earlier August 17, 1585 Antwerp surrenders after 8 months siege by Duke of Parma August 17, 1579 Francois van Anjou visits England's queen Elizabeth I August 17, 1577 Peace of Bergerac: The Political rights for Huguenots August 17, 1563 King Charles IX of France turns 13 and is declared an adult (What did you expect -- it's France!) August 17, 1544 English armies occupy Saint-Dizier France August 17, 1498 Cardinal Borgia renounced his vows and office to marry a French princess August 17, 1180 In Japan Yoritomo Minamoto leads uprising against emperor Kiyomori Taira August 17, 682 St Leo II begins his reign as Catholic Pope Birthdays: August 17, 1986 Bryton McClure, Lakewood Calif, actor (Richie-Family Matters) August 17, 1977 Jake Patellis, actor (Paul Bowman-Good Life) August 17, 1973 A J Wood, Pittsburgh, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96) August 17, 1973 Kerry Mock, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy) August 17, 1973 Paul Wiggins, offensive linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers) August 17, 1973 Tim Forsyth, Australian high jumper (Olympics-bronze-92, 96) August 17, 1972 Ernie Conwell, tight end (St Louis Rams) August 17, 1970 Bernard Wilson, NFL defensive tackle (Arizona Cardinals) August 17, 1970 Brad Bretz, WLAF quarterback (Frankfurt Galaxy) August 17, 1970 Jim Courier, Sanford Florida, tennis champ (1990, 91 French) August 17, 1969 Christian Laettner, NBA forward/center (Atlanta Hawks, Oly-gold-92) August 17, 1969 Donald E Wahlberg Jr, Boston, rocker (New Kids-Hangin' Tough) August 17, 1969 Ed Cunningham, NFL center (Arizona Cardinals) August 17, 1969 Maria Strandlund, Akersberga Sweden, tennis star (1987 Futures NOR) August 17, 1968 Ed McCaffrey, NFL wide reciever (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32) August 17, 1968 Vince Marrow, WLAF TE (Frankfurt Galaxy) August 17, 1967 James Jenkins, NFL tight end (Washington Redskins) August 17, 1967 Kenny Davidson, NFL defensive end (Houston Oilers) August 17, 1967 Nelson Emerson, Hamilton, NHL right wing (Hartford Whalers) August 17, 1966 Cedric Figaro, WLAF linebacker (Amsterdam Admirals) August 17, 1966 Zefross Moss, NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, NE Patriots) August 17, 1965 Dottie Mochrie Pepper, Saratoga Springs NY, golfer (1992 Dinah Shore) August 17, 1965 Fred Grim, soccer player (Cambuur L, Ajax) August 17, 1965 Glen Goldsmith, rocker (What You See is What You Get) August 17, 1965 Robert Manry, Cleve newspaper editor/sailed the Atlantic (in craft) August 17, 1965 Steve Gorman, Hopkinsville Ky, rock drummer (Black Crowes) August 17, 1964 Pete McCutcheon, Boston Mass, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Quebec Open) August 17, 1963 Carmen Berg, Bismark ND, playmate (July, 1987) August 17, 1962 Gilby Clarke, US pop guitarist (Guns n' Roses-Civil War) August 17, 1961 Jamie Macoun, Newmarket, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs) August 17, 1960 Bruce Penhall, Balboa CA, actor (Savage Beach) August 17, 1960 Sean Penn, Santa Monica Calif, actor (Fast Times at Ridgemont High) August 17, 1958 Belinda Carlisle, Hollywood Ca, (GoGos lead singer, Heaven on Earth) August 17, 1955 Colin Moulding, English pop guitarist (XTC) August 17, 1955 Janet Quist Austin TX, playmate (Dec, 1978) August 17, 1955 Kevin Welch, Calif, country songwriter/actor (Thing Called Love) August 17, 1953 Kevin Rowlands, rock vocalist (Dexy's Midnight Runners-Come on Eileen) August 17, 1953 Robert Brent Thirsk, North Vancouver BC Canada, astronaut (STS 78) August 17, 1952 Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ (US Open-1977) August 17, 1952 Kathryn C Thornton, Montgomery Ala, PhD/astronaut (STS 33, 49, 61, 73) August 17, 1952 Nelson Piquet, auto racer, 3-time Formula One champ (1981, '83, '87) August 17, 1952 Thomas J Hennen, Albany GA, astronaut (STS 44) August 17, 1951 Alan Minter, England, light-middleweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1972) August 17, 1951 Robert Joy, Montreal Quebec, actor (Big Shots, Suicide Club) August 17, 1949 Sib Hashian, Boston Mass, rock drummer (Boston) August 17, 1948 Bo Rucker, Tampa FL, actor (Superman, Soup for One, Lock Up) August 17, 1947 Gary Talley, Memphis Tn, rock guitarist (Box Tops) August 17, 1946 Hans Vandenburg, Dutch singer/guitarist (Gruppo Sportivo) August 17, 1943 Edward Cowie, composer August 17, 1943 Koos Postema, editor-in-chief (Vrije Volk)/Dutch TV host August 17, 1943 Robert De Niro, NYC, actor (Bang the Drum Slowly, Taxi Driver) August 17, 1943 Yukio Kasaya, Japan, 70m ski jumper (Olympic-gold-1972) August 17, 1941 Boog Powell, baseball player (AL MVP 1970) August 17, 1941 Ibrahim Babangida, president of Nigeria (1985- ) August 17, 1940 David E Price, (Rep-D-North Carolina) August 17, 1940 Thomas Williams, US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960) August 17, 1939 Luther Allison, Mayflower Ark, rock guitarist (Bad News is Coming) August 17, 1937 Yevgeni Aleksandrovich Illyin, Russia, cosmonaut August 17, 1936 Ivan Parik, composer August 17, 1934 Maureen Connally, champion tennis player (Wimbledon) August 17, 1932 Chet Allen, Chickasha Okla, actor (Jerry-Bonino, Slats-Troubleshooter) August 17, 1932 Vidiadhar S Naipaul, Trinidad, novelist (Middle Passage) August 17, 1931 Alain Mimoun O'Kacha, Fran, marathoner (Olympic-gold-1956) [or 1/1/21] August 17, 1930 James Gulliver, businessman August 17, 1930 Ted Hughes, British poet laureate August 17, 1929 Francis Gary Powers, US spy (USSR captures him in 1959 U-2 incident) August 17, 1928 Jean R Adams, entomologist August 17, 1928 Thomas Jefferson Anderson, composer August 17, 1928 Willem Duys, Dutch radio/TV host August 17, 1927 Bernard "Bernie" Cornfeld, Romanian/US financier (Fund of Funds) August 17, 1927 Robert Moore, Detroit Mich, actor (Marshall-Diana) August 17, 1926 Haakon Barfod, Norway, yachting (Olympic-gold-1948, 52) August 17, 1926 Jean Poiret, French actor/writer (Le Dernier Metro) August 17, 1925 John Hawkes, US writer (2nd Skin) August 17, 1925 John Howard Purnell, scientist August 17, 1924 Evan S Connell, US writer August 17, 1924 Helen Wallis, cartographer/librarian August 17, 1924 John A Emmens, art historian/poet (Kunst & Vliegwerk) August 17, 1924 Laurence Richard Deniz, jazz guitarist August 17, 1923 Anton Kersjes, violinist/conductor (Amsterdam Philharmonic Orch) August 17, 1923 Larry Rivers, [Grossberg], NYC, painter (Wash crossing Delaware-1953) August 17, 1922 Paul Wiens, writer August 17, 1922 Ralph Roberts, Salisbury NC, actor (Tradition, Gone are the Days) August 17, 1922 Roy Tattersall, cricketer (brilliant England off-spinner early 50's) August 17, 1921 Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer August 17, 1921 Maureen O'Hara, [Fitzsimmons], Dublin, actress (Miracle on 34th St) August 17, 1920 Georgia Gibbs, Worcester Mass, singer (Ballin the Jack, Kiss of Fire) August 17, 1918 Mort Marshall, NYC, actor (Cully-Dumplings) August 17, 1917 P Roger Peyrefitte, French writer (Singular Love) August 17, 1917 Safa Khulusi, writer August 17, 1916 Eleanor Steber, opera singer August 17, 1916 John de Young, resistance fighter August 17, 1914 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, son of FDR/(Rep-D-NY, 1949-55) August 17, 1912 Edgar Fernhout, Dutch painter/son of Charley Toorop August 17, 1911 Frederik de Merode, Belgian prince August 17, 1911 Jan Lode Cantens, Flemish dramatist (God's Murderer) August 17, 1910 Eric Aaltonen, composer August 17, 1910 J A Manusama, Moluccan politician August 17, 1910 R Peyrefitte, writer August 17, 1908 Kurt Hessenberg, composer August 17, 1907 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer August 17, 1906 Hazel Bishop, chemist/cosmetics manufacturer August 17, 1906 Marcello J das Neves Alves Caetano, premier of Portugal (1968-74) August 17, 1905 John Hay Whitney, publisher (NY Herald Trib 1961-67) August 17, 1903 Abram Chasins, composer August 17, 1901 Henri Tomasi, Marseilles France, composer (Don Juan de Manara) August 17, 1900 Quincy Howe, Boston Mass, newscaster (CBS Weekend News) August 17, 1898 Gerard Schmook, Flemish librarian/historian/custodian August 17, 1896 Henry P de Vries, Dutch painter/poet (Laws of the Americas) August 17, 1894 Erik A Blomberg, Swedish art historian/poet/author (Jorden) August 17, 1894 Johan Polet, Dutch sculptor August 17, 1892 Mae West, Bkln, actress (Go Up & See Her Sometime, Klondike Annie) August 17, 1890 Harry L Hopkins, US politician (Loan & Lease law) August 17, 1888 Monty Wooley, NYC, actor (Pied Piper, Man Who Came to Dinner) August 17, 1887 Charles I, last emperor of Austria-Hungary (1916-18) August 17, 1887 Marcus Garvey, began back-to-Africa movement among US blacks August 17, 1885 Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist (Wife & Society) August 17, 1885 Kurt Hiller, writer August 17, 1882 Samuel Goldwyn, [Goldfish], movie producer (MGM) August 17, 1880 Leo Ascher, composer August 17, 1880 Percy Sherwell, cricketer (great S African batsman-keeper-captain) August 17, 1878 Reg Duff, cricketer (Australian bat, century on debut 1902) August 17, 1876 DÑubler, writer August 17, 1876 Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations (1919-33) August 17, 1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 August 17, 1876 Theodor Daubler, German writer (Northern Lights) August 17, 1870 Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine August 17, 1856 Violet Paget, [Vernon Lee], British author (Satan the master) August 17, 1851 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist August 17, 1844 Menelik II, King of Ethiopia (1896-1913) August 17, 1841 Lu°s NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet August 17, 1840 Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, England, writer (Irish Land League) August 17, 1839 Hubert Platt Main, composer August 17, 1839 Thijs [Matthijs] Maris, Dutch painter/etcher August 17, 1834 Peter Benoit, Flemish composer/conductor (Leie/Rubens Cantata) August 17, 1828 George William Warren, composer August 17, 1819 James Henry Van Alen, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1886 August 17, 1817 Joseph baron Kervyn de Lettenhove, Belgian Internal minister (1870-71) August 17, 1811 Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will) August 17, 1786 Davy Crockett, US, frontiersman/adventurer/politician (Alamo) August 17, 1779 Franz de Paula Roser, composer August 17, 1775 Philippe Libon, composer August 17, 1720 Charles D J Eisen, French engraver/painter (Contes de La Fontaine) August 17, 1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, composer August 17, 1601 Pierre de Fermat, mathematician who needed wider margins [or Aug 20] August 17, 1586 Johann V Andreae, German vicar/writer (Christenburg) Deaths: August 17, 1996 Edward Digby Baltzell, Ivy League sociologist, dies at 80 August 17, 1995 David Warrilow, actor (Simon, Radio Days, Barton Fink), dies at 60 August 17, 1995 Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92 August 17, 1995 Marjorie Sykes, peace campaigner, dies at 90 August 17, 1995 William Strethan "Wild Bill" Davis, musician, dies at 76 August 17, 1994 Elias Canetti, buried next to James Joyce August 17, 1994 Joseph Paul Jack Sharkey Zukauskas, boxer, dies at 91 August 17, 1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator/interpreter, dies at 72 August 17, 1993 Max de Metz, Dutch publisher/translator, dies at 72 August 17, 1993 Robert C Maynard, CEO (Oakland Tribune), dies at 56 August 17, 1992 AndrÇ de Villiers, South African, murdered August 17, 1992 Barbara Morgan, photographer (Martha Graham), dies at 92 August 17, 1992 Tommy Nutter, fashion designer (bell bottom pants), dies of AIDs at 49 August 17, 1991 Don Dubbins, actor (Enchanted Island, DI), dies at 63 August 17, 1991 Leo Geerts, [Marcel van der Linden], Belgian writer/critic, dies August 17, 1991 Mervyn Nelson, director (Some of My Best Friends Are...), dies at 76 August 17, 1990 Pearl Bailey, actress (Landlord)/singer, dies of heart attack at 72 August 17, 1990 Roderick Cook, actor (Rockabye), dies of apparent heart attack at 58 August 17, 1988 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr, (Rep-D-NY, 1949-55), dies on 74th birthday August 17, 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies at 63 August 17, 1988 Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1978-88), dies in crash at 64 August 17, 1988 Victoria Shaw, actress (Alvarez Kelly, Westworld), dies August 17, 1987 Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84 August 17, 1987 Rudolph Hess, Nazi (46 years in Spandau Prison), commits suicide at 93 August 17, 1984 Holly Roffey, youngest heart transplant, dies at 4 weeks August 17, 1983 Ira Gershwin, lyricist, dies in Beverly Hills at 86 August 17, 1982 Barney Phillips, actor (Dragnet, Felony Squad), dies at 68 August 17, 1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb August 17, 1981 Robert Russell Bennett, US composer/arranger (Oklahoma!), dies at 87 August 17, 1979 Vivian Vance, actress (Ethel Mertz-I Love Lucy), diesof cancer at 67 August 17, 1976 Murvyn Vye, actor (Road to Bali, Escape to Burma), dies at 63 August 17, 1976 William Redfield, actor (Jimmy Hughes Rookie Cop), dies at 48 August 17, 1975 Sig Arno, Hamburg Germany, actor (My Friend Irma), dies at 80 August 17, 1975 Vladimir Kutz, Russian distance runner (Olympic-gold-56) dies at 48 August 17, 1974 Aldo Palazzeschi, [Giurlani], Italian writer, dies at 89 August 17, 1974 Edgar Dearing, actor (Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81 August 17, 1973 Conrad Aiken, US poet (Pulitzer), dies at 74 August 17, 1973 Jean Barraque, French composer, dies at 45 August 17, 1973 Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations), commits suicide at 32 August 17, 1972 Raymond Brulez, Flemish author (Schoone slaapster), dies at 76 August 17, 1972 Wampilow, writer, dies August 17, 1971 Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64 August 17, 1969 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, architect (November Group), dies at 83 August 17, 1969 Philip Blaiberg, after 19 days with artificial heart, dies August 17, 1966 Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test S Africa v England 1927-28), dies August 17, 1966 Michael Garrison, producer (Crowded Sky), dies after a fall at 43 August 17, 1963 Richard Barthelmess, actor (Heroes for Sales), dies of cancer at 68 August 17, 1961 Carlos Leon Salzedo, composer, dies at 76 August 17, 1958 Florent Schmitt, French composer/critic (Jardin Secret), dies at 87 August 17, 1955 Fernand LÇger, French painter (Grand Parade), dies August 17, 1954 Billy Murray, singer (Denver Nightengale), dies at 77 August 17, 1953 Johannes B Tielrooy, literature (French Living Lesson), dies at 66 August 17, 1948 Nico J Polak, Dutch economist, dies at 60 August 17, 1945 Gino Marinuzzi, composer, dies at 61 August 17, 1945 Pater Bleijs, [Louis], resistance fighter, dies in car accident August 17, 1944 John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies August 17, 1936 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery & Foules), dies at 36 August 17, 1927 Horace Alderman, US, murderer, hanged August 17, 1924 Pavel S "Paul" Urysohn, Russian mathematician, drowns at 26 August 17, 1924 Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies August 17, 1920 Ray Chapman, hit in the head by Yanks' Carl Mays pitch, dies August 17, 1915 Leo Frank, lynched for raping 12 year old in Georgia August 17, 1914 James Grierson, British general August 17, 1909 Richard Hoffman, composer, dies at 78 August 17, 1901 Edmond Audran, composer, dies at 61 August 17, 1898 Carl Johann Adam Zeller, composer, dies at 56 August 17, 1896 Bridget Driscoll, 1st Brit to die in an auto-accident August 17, 1893 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Russian poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 August 17, 1889 Ernst Franck, German composer/conductor, dies at 42 August 17, 1888 James Jameson, British nature investigator (Congo), dies August 17, 1887 Franz Commer, composer, dies at 74 August 17, 1880 Ole Bull, composer, dies at 70 August 17, 1878 Richard Upjohn, US architect, died August 17, 1865 Johann Nepomuk Poissl, composer, dies at 82 August 17, 1865 Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle August 17, 1850 Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies August 17, 1804 Barbara Hec, organized 1st methodist church in US, dies August 17, 1792 Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38 August 17, 1786 Frederik II, king of Prussia (1740-86)/composer, dies at 74 August 17, 1785 Jonathan Trumbull, US patriot, dies August 17, 1777 Giuseppe Scarlotti, composer, dies at 54 August 17, 1731 Johann Augustin Kobelius, composer, dies at 57 August 17, 1730 Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61 August 17, 1681 Nikon, [Nikita Minin], patriarch of Rus-orthodox church, dies at 76 August 17, 1676 Grimmelshausen, writer, dies August 17, 1635 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna, dies at 48 August 17, 1553 Charles III, Duke of Savoy, dies August 17, 1536 Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies August 17, 1510 Edmund Dudley, English treasurer, beheaded August 17, 1510 Richard Empson, English treasurer, beheaded August 17, 1464 Nikolaus von Cusa, German theologist/mathematician/philosopher, dies August 17, 754 Karloman, abbot of Monte cassino, dies at 39 I had a bit of spare time on my hands this morning... ... 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August 17, 2004
Ron was bored  Ah...but you forgot one!  August 17, 0682 - St Leo II began his reign as Catholic Pope. Ummm, nope. If you check you'll find that it's there. The last listing in EVENTS. This post has been edited at member's request.Ron, |
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1587 Virginia Dare 1st American born of English parents 1750 Antonio Salieri Italy, composer (Tatare) 1904 Max Factor Jr CEO (Max Factor Cosmetics) 1922 Shelley Winters [Schrift], St Louis Mo, actress (Poisidon Adventure) 1937 Robert Redford Calif, actor (Sting, Candidate, Natural, Great Gatsby) Deaths 1227 Genghis Khan Mongol conqueror, died 1990 B.F. Skinner psychologist (Skinner Box), dies from Leukemia at 86 Events 1920 Tennessee ratifies 19th Amendment, guarantees women voting right 1958 Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov, published 1958 TV game show scandal investigation starts 1961 Construction on Berlin Wall completed 1962 Peter, Paul & Mary release their 1st hit "If I Had a Hammer" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Attention: August 18th is Bad Poetry Day - This is a day to celebrate bad poetry -- really bad poetry. Write yourself some, if you can't find any. Sponsor: Wellness Permission League. The Daily Miscellany • Today is Bad Poetry Day, a day to write a really terrible poem and send it to your old English teacher. Trivia Daily Today is: Bad Poetry Day UselessKnowledge.com This post has been edited at member's request.Galatea, “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain |
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August 18, 1590 - On this date in 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina, returned from a supply-trip to England to find the settlement deserted. White and his men found no trace of the 100 or so colonists he left behind, and there was no sign of violence. Among the missing were Ellinor Dare, White's daughter; and Virginia Dare, White's granddaughter and the first English child born in America. August 18 was to have been Virginia's third birthday.
The only clue to their mysterious disappearance was the word "CROATOAN" carved into the palisade that had been built around the settlement. White took the letters to mean that the colonists had moved to Croatoan Island, some 50 miles away, but a later search of the island found none of the settlers. The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585. The first Roanoke colonists did not fare well, suffering from dwindling food supplies and Indian attacks, and in 1586 they returned to England aboard a ship captained by Sir Francis Drake. In 1587, Raleigh sent out another group of 100 colonists under John White. White returned to England to procure more supplies, but the war with Spain delayed his return to Roanoke. By the time he finally returned in August 1590, everyone had vanished. In 1998, archaeologists studying tree-ring data from Virginia found that extreme drought conditions persisted between 1587 and 1589. These conditions undoubtedly contributed to the demise of the so-called Lost Colony, but where the settlers went after they left Roanoke remains a mystery. One theory has them being absorbed into an Indian tribe known as the Croatans. andbradley.com Bad poetry day you say? Then I have an excuse to post! |
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1840 - The organization of the American Society of Dental Surgeons was founded in New York City.
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August 18, 1227
The Mongol conqueror Ghengis Khan dies after being thrown from his horse. ... We're here for a good time Not a long time So have a good time The sun can't shine every day ~Trooper |
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August 19,
1909 - The first race was run at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. It wasn’t a brick track yet. It started as a crushed stone and tar track. I can trace my lineage back to King Lear's fool so it is genetic. |
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19 August 1972
NBC-TV presented The Midnight Special for the first time. John Denver was the host for the first show. Wolfman Jack was the show’s announcer. *** We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ~ Will Rogers |
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August 19, 1934 - Al Capone was sent to Alcatraz.
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No steel guitar, no fiddle for Jim Reeves. The man who turned country into pop-country, becoming the first big country-crossover artist, and possibly, the most popular, was born on this day in 1923 in Galloway, Panola County, Texas.
In his short life (he died in a plane crash near Nashville in 1964), Jim Reeves played minor-league baseball hoping to pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals (that career was ended by an injury), was a radio announcer and an entertainer (Louisiana Hayride), and had more than forty top-ten country hits and over two dozen in the pop Hot 100. 1885 - The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan, opened at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. 1923 - The first American dirigible, the Shenandoah, was launched at Lakehurst, NJ. 1969 - Andy Williams received a gold record for the album Happy Heart on Columbia Records. 1977 - Best of My Love, by the Emotions, topped the pop charts. It had a number one run of four weeks. 1881 - Edgar Guest writer: syndicated columnist; poet; died Aug 5, 1959 1890 - H.P. (Howard Phillips) Lovecraft author: horror stories, science fiction: The Color Out of Space, The Dunwich Horror, The Thing on the Doorstep, Call of Cthulhu ; died Mar 15, 1937 1947 - Jim Pankow trombonist, song writer; group: Chicago: Make Me Smile, Colour My World 1948 - Robert Plant singer: group: Honeydrippers: Big Log, Sea of Love, Rockin’ at Midnight; Led Zeppelin: Stairway to Heaven, Whole Lotta Love, Immigrant Song, D’yer Mak’er, Fool in the Rain; solo: Little Sister “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain |
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August 20, 1884 - Gloves were used in a boxing match for the first time.
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August 20, 1977 -
The US Voyager II spacecraft was launched on its mission to explore the outer planets. It carried a record containing greetings. It passed close to Jupiter (July 1979), Saturn (August 1981), Uranus (January 1986), Neptune (August 1989) before leaving the solar system. |
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August 20, 1968
SOVIETS INVADE CZECHOSLOVAKIA On the night of August 20, approximately 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invade Czechoslovakia. *** We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ~ Will Rogers |
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August 21
1901 - The Cadillac Motor Company was formed in Detroit, Michigan, USA. It was named after the French explorer, Antoine Cadillac. 1959 - On this date in 1959, the modern United States received its crowning star when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii into the Union as the 50th state. The president also issued an order for an American flag featuring 50 stars arranged in staggered rows: five six-star rows and four five-star rows. The new flag became official on 4 July 1960. |
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Birthdays:
1906 William "Count" Basie jazz pianist 1915 Jack Weston [Morris Weinstein], Cleveland, actor (4 Seasons, Rad) 1921 Nancy Kulp Harrisburg Pa, actress (Jane-Beverly Hillbillies) 1962 Matthew Broderick actor (Ferris Buehler, Biloxi Blues) 1967 Michael Bendetti actor (Officer Tony McCann-21 Jump Street) Deaths: 1940 Leon Trotsky dies of wounds inflicted by an assailant the day before Events: 1841 John Hampson patents venetian blind 1959 Hawaii becomes 50th US state 1968 Radio Prague (Czech) at 12:50 AM announces a soviet led invasion. Warsaw Pact forces enter Czechoslovakia to end reform movement “Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.” Mark Twain |
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August 21, 1878 - The American Bar Association was formed by a group of lawyers in Saratoga Springs, New York.
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