Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:25 pm
On This Day: August 16
This is the 228th day of the year.
Fact of the Day: homo sapiens
Behavior particular to Homo sapiens, together with the material objects used as an integral part of this behavior includes: language, ideals, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, works of art, rituals, and ceremonies.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Armel, and St. Arsacius.
Dominican Republic: Restoration of the Republic (1863).
Events
1777 - American forces won the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bennington (Vermont).
1777 - France declared bankruptcy.
1812 - Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan and Britain's Queen Victoria exchanged messages inaugurating the first transatlantic telegraph line.
1896 - Gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Canada's Yukon Territory, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1906 - Earthquakes erupted in San Francisco, California, and Valparaiso, Chile.
1954 - "Sports Illustrated" was first published by Time Incorporated.
1960 - Britain granted independence to the crown colony of Cyprus.
1962 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, handed drummer Pete Best his walking papers.
1965 - The Watts riots ended in south-central Los Angeles after six days.
1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
2007 - Governer of NY signs bill A1241 into law allowing the display of switchblades as historical artifacts.
Births
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American basketball and football Hall-of-Famer, coach.
1894 - George Meany, American, first president of the AFL-CIO.
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister.
1951 - Larry Vickery, American Schrade collector and web site author.
1958 - Madonna (Louise Veronica Ciccone), American entertainer, singer.
Deaths
1948 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Hall of Fame and popular professional baseball player.
1977 - Elvis Presley, popular American singer died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
2003 - Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda.
This is the 228th day of the year.
Fact of the Day: homo sapiens
Behavior particular to Homo sapiens, together with the material objects used as an integral part of this behavior includes: language, ideals, beliefs, customs, codes, institutions, tools, techniques, works of art, rituals, and ceremonies.
Holidays
Feast day of St. Stephen of Hungary, St. Armel, and St. Arsacius.
Dominican Republic: Restoration of the Republic (1863).
Events
1777 - American forces won the Revolutionary War's Battle of Bennington (Vermont).
1777 - France declared bankruptcy.
1812 - Detroit fell to British and Indian forces in the War of 1812.
1858 - U.S. President James Buchanan and Britain's Queen Victoria exchanged messages inaugurating the first transatlantic telegraph line.
1896 - Gold was discovered in the Klondike region of Canada's Yukon Territory, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush.
1906 - Earthquakes erupted in San Francisco, California, and Valparaiso, Chile.
1954 - "Sports Illustrated" was first published by Time Incorporated.
1960 - Britain granted independence to the crown colony of Cyprus.
1962 - Brian Epstein, manager of The Beatles, handed drummer Pete Best his walking papers.
1965 - The Watts riots ended in south-central Los Angeles after six days.
1984 - The U.S. Jaycees voted to admit women to full membership in the organization.
2007 - Governer of NY signs bill A1241 into law allowing the display of switchblades as historical artifacts.
Births
1862 - Amos Alonzo Stagg, American basketball and football Hall-of-Famer, coach.
1894 - George Meany, American, first president of the AFL-CIO.
1913 - Menachem Begin, Israeli Prime Minister.
1951 - Larry Vickery, American Schrade collector and web site author.
1958 - Madonna (Louise Veronica Ciccone), American entertainer, singer.
Deaths
1948 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Hall of Fame and popular professional baseball player.
1977 - Elvis Presley, popular American singer died at Graceland Mansion in Memphis, Tennessee.
2003 - Idi Amin, former dictator of Uganda.