Today....

[DeliriousKris]

July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year.

1609 – Bohemia is granted freedom of religion.
1785 – The dollar is unanimously chosen as the monetary unit for the United States.
1942 – Anne Frank and her family go into hiding in the "Secret Annexe" above her father's office in an Amsterdam warehouse.
1986 – Davis Phinney becomes the first American cyclist to win a road stage of the Tour de France.

[JediJohnnie]

July 22....
Terence Stamp,the original (and best) General Zod was born in 1938
Alex Trebek was born in 1940
Bobby Sherman was born in 1943
Danny Glover was born in 1946
Albert Brooks, was born in 1947
Don Henley was born in 1947
Willem Dafoe was born in 1955
David Spade was born in 1964


John Dillinger died in 1934
Estelle Getty died in 2008

[DeliriousKris]

August 8 is the 220th day of the year (221st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 145 days remaining until the end of the year.

1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden.
1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph.
1885 – More than 1.5 million people attend the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in New York City.
1960 – South Kasai secedes from the Congo.
2008 – Opening of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

[marcar1008]

Missed it by one day !

I was born on Oct. 8 

I also have a brother and two sisters from October and that is Oct. 17,18,19 with a few years apart from each other.

[plennis]

August 8th

1978: Odie, dog, made his first appearance in the "Garfield" comic strip.

1945 President Harry S. Truman signs United Nations Charter

1864 Red Cross forms in Geneva

[DeliriousKris]

August 14 is the 226th day of the year (227th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 139 days remaining until the end of the year.

1848 – Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.
1893 – France becomes the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opens at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games are held in Singapore.

[dancer139]

I was born on July 6th 1956  ( telling my age )  LOL  i guess it is the 187th day of the year.  that is interesting  lol  guess i never thought jof it that way.    but i will from now on  I'll just say my birthday is the 187th day of the year (188th leap year)  and see if anyone can figure it out    ha ha 

[wsnyyankees2009]

                                                             

[jmccaskill]

OTAY Buckwheat!

[DeliriousKris]

August 15 is the 227th day of the year (228th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 138 days remaining until the end of the year.

1185 – The cave city of Vardzia is consecrated by Queen Tamar of Georgia.
1519 – Panama City, Panama, is founded.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1969 – Woodstock rock and roll concert opens.
2013 – The Smithsonian announces the discovery of the olinguito, the first new carnivoran species found in the Americas in 35 years.

[ricdsm]

Gee, this post is a little old.

[DeliriousKris]

August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 132 days remaining until the end of the year.

1831 – Nat Turner leads black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion.
1897 – Oldsmobile, a brand of American automobiles, is founded.
1911 – The Mona Lisa is stolen by a Louvre employee.
1993 – NASA loses contact with the Mars Observer spacecraft.
2013 – Hundreds of people are reported killed by chemical attacks in the Ghouta region of Syria.

[texasmom32]

I think its pretty cool this post has been going for almost 2 full years!  Always fun to look back in time and see what was happening on a day in the past.

[DeliriousKris]

August 22 is the 234th day of the year (235th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 131 days remaining until the end of the year.

1848 – The United States annexes New Mexico.
1902 – Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1932 – The BBC first experiments with television broadcasting.
1996 – Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing major shift in US welfare policy
2007 – The Texas Rangers rout the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.

[DeliriousKris]

August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year.

708 – Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
1898 – The Goodyear tire company is founded.
1922 – The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.
1958 – Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor, was born.
2005 – Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.