Today in 1987 - Walt Disney's 50-year old classic movie, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", was re-released. The film was the most popular animated movie in film history, grossing nearly $20 million in its first two weeks of re-release.
And in 1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as the regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they performed some 300 times over a two-year period.
Also - in 1958 - The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.
Today in 1988 - The Soviet Union released Mathias Rust, the young West German pilot who had landed a light plane in Moscow's Red Square in May 1987.
And in 1492 - Navigator Christopher Columbus set sail before sunrise from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, at the head of three ships (Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria) and a crew of about 90 men. They were headed to "Cathay" (Asia) but found instead the Caribbean. About two months after the ships' departure, they arrived at Guanahani (also known as San Salvador, an island in the Bahamas). Columbus sailed to the American continent a total of four times.
Today in 1984 - At the Olympic Summer Games, in Los Angeles, California, Joan Benoit won the first women’s Olympic marathon.
And in 1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills, in Los Angeles, California. Her death was viewed by many critics as suicide, by others as murder. Others felt she accidentally killed herself. Questions concerning Monroe's death are still unanswered.
In 1936 - At the Olympic Games in Berlin, African American athlete Jesse Owens broke the Olympic record in the 200-meter race. By the end of the Olympic Games, Owens had won four gold medals. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler had planned the Games to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, but Owens turned them into his own personal victory.
Today in 1996 - United States scientists revealed they had found evidence of ancient life on Mars in remnants of a meteorite discovered in Antarctica.
And in 1945 - American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb exploded about 1,800 ft. (600 m) above ground, killing more than 100,000 civilians and devastating the city. At least 100,000 more people died later due to radiation exposure. It was the first time an atomic bomb had been dropped over a populated place; and the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in warfare.
In 1926 - New York native, 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. Ederle's time of 14 hours, 39 minutes for the 35-mile distance broke the previous 35-year old women's record.
"the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, Japan" Having lived in Japan for several yeaars, as a Naval Attache and visiting Hiroshima on several occasions, the memorial there is a dramatic testament pleading to stop the insanity of war. It was only much later that I was told that the Honorable Professor, for whom this Cafe is named, bemoaned "My God, what have we wrought?" When he found how his precious theories were perverted to distructive ends.
Would it have not been better, had the elders and leaders, after such an inhumane event, would have pledged, along with Chief Josephy of the Nez Perce, "I shall make war no more, forever!"
August 02 Wes Craven (born
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August 02
Wes Craven (born 1939)
Peter O’Toole (born 1933)
Myrna Loy (born 1905)
Today in 1987 - Walt Disney's 50-year old classic movie, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", was re-released. The film was the most popular animated movie in film history, grossing nearly $20 million in its first two weeks of re-release.
And in 1961 - The Beatles began their engagement as the regular headliners at Liverpool's Cavern Club, where they performed some 300 times over a two-year period.
Also - in 1958 - The nuclear-powered submarine Nautilus became the first vessel to cross the North Pole under water.
August 03 Martha Stewart
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August 03
Martha Stewart (born 1941)
Martin Sheen (born 1940)
Tony Bennett (born 1926)
Today in 1988 - The Soviet Union released Mathias Rust, the young West German pilot who had landed a light plane in Moscow's Red Square in May 1987.
And in 1492 - Navigator Christopher Columbus set sail before sunrise from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, at the head of three ships (Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria) and a crew of about 90 men. They were headed to "Cathay" (Asia) but found instead the Caribbean. About two months after the ships' departure, they arrived at Guanahani (also known as San Salvador, an island in the Bahamas). Columbus sailed to the American continent a total of four times.
August 04 Mary Decker
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August 04
Mary Decker (born 1958)
Louis Satchmo Armstrong (born 1901)
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes Lyon (born 1900)
Today in 1966 - John Lennon proclaimed that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ.
And in 1957 - Juan Fangio won his last car race, winning the world auto driving championship for the fifth consecutive year.
In 1954 - Britain's first supersonic fighter plane, the English Electric Lightning P-1, made its maiden flight.
August 5 1945 Jean Kyler
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August 5 1945
Jean Kyler McManus, poet my wife's pseudonym, who sold her poems over 40 years ago to pay for her University Education.
Many Happy Returns!!!
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Many Happy Returns!!!
August 05 Neil Armstrong
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August 05
Neil Armstrong (born 1930)
John Huston (born 1906)
Today in 1984 - At the Olympic Summer Games, in Los Angeles, California, Joan Benoit won the first women’s Olympic marathon.
And in 1962 - Actress Marilyn Monroe died, apparently from an overdose of sleeping pills, in Los Angeles, California. Her death was viewed by many critics as suicide, by others as murder. Others felt she accidentally killed herself. Questions concerning Monroe's death are still unanswered.
In 1936 - At the Olympic Games in Berlin, African American athlete Jesse Owens broke the Olympic record in the 200-meter race. By the end of the Olympic Games, Owens had won four gold medals. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler had planned the Games to be a showcase of Aryan supremacy, but Owens turned them into his own personal victory.
RE: Many Happy
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John....Thank you.....Stan
Happy, joyous Birthday!
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Happy, joyous Birthday!
"We must be the change we wish to see."
Mahatma Gandhi
August 06 Geraldine
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August 06
Geraldine Halliwell (born 1962)
Andy Warhol (born 1928)
Sir Alexander Fleming (born 1881)
Today in 1996 - United States scientists revealed they had found evidence of ancient life on Mars in remnants of a meteorite discovered in Antarctica.
And in 1945 - American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb exploded about 1,800 ft. (600 m) above ground, killing more than 100,000 civilians and devastating the city. At least 100,000 more people died later due to radiation exposure. It was the first time an atomic bomb had been dropped over a populated place; and the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in warfare.
In 1926 - New York native, 19-year-old Gertrude Ederle became the first American woman to swim the English Channel. Ederle's time of 14 hours, 39 minutes for the 35-mile distance broke the previous 35-year old women's record.
"the Enola Gay, dropped an
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"the Enola Gay, dropped an atomic bomb over the center of Hiroshima, Japan" Having lived in Japan for several yeaars, as a Naval Attache and visiting Hiroshima on several occasions, the memorial there is a dramatic testament pleading to stop the insanity of war. It was only much later that I was told that the Honorable Professor, for whom this Cafe is named, bemoaned "My God, what have we wrought?" When he found how his precious theories were perverted to distructive ends.
Would it have not been better, had the elders and leaders, after such an inhumane event, would have pledged, along with Chief Josephy of the Nez Perce, "I shall make war no more, forever!"
"We must be the change we wish to see."
Mahatma Gandhi