August 17 in History August 17th is… Black Cat Appreciation Day National I LOVE My Feet Day! National Massachusetts Day National Nonprofit Day National Thrift Shop Day Vanilla Custard Day 1807 – Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat left New York, New York, to Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat […]
August 16 in History August 16th is… National Airborne Day Black Cat Appreciation Day National Roller Coaster Day Rum Day National Tell a Joke Day 1858 – President James Buchanan inaugurated the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria in the United Kingdom. “Europe and America are united by telegraphy. Glory to
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August 15 in History August 15th is… National Leathercraft Day Lemon Meringue Pie Day National Relaxation Day 1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrated the Sistine Chapel and dedicated it to the Virgin Mary. 1519 – Panama City, Panama, was founded. 1549 – Jesuit priest Francis Xavier came ashore at Kagoshima, Japan. 1843 – Tivoli Gardens,
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August 14 in History August 14th is… National Code Talkers Day Creamsicle Day National Spirit of ’45 Day V-J Day World Lizard Day 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan’s The Lost Chord, one of the first recordings of music ever made, was played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison’s phonograph in
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August 13 in History August 13th is… Filet Mignon Day Left-Handers Day National Prosecco Day 1521 – Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes captured Aztec leader Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. 1868 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Arica, Chile 1889 – Samuel Leeds Allen was issued a patent (#408,681) for his Flexible Flyer sled. 1898 –
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August 12 in History August 12th is… National Julienne Fries Day National Middle Child Day National Vinyl Record Day 30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide employing an asp bite. 1851 – Isaac Singer was granted a patent (#8,294) for his sewing machine. 1877 – Asaph
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August 11 in History August 11th is… Global Kinetic Sand Day National Presidential Joke Day National Raspberry Bombe Day National Son’s and Daughter’s Day 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, began. This calendar caused the fears of Friday, December 21, 2012 end of the world. 1858 –
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August 10 in History August 10th is… Agent Orange Awareness Day National Connecticut Day National Lazy Day S’mores Day National Shapewear Day Spoil Your Dog Day 1519 – Ferdinand Magellan set sail from Seville, Spain to circumnavigate the globe. 1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, England was laid. 1846
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August 9 in History August 9th is… National Book Lovers Day National Rice Pudding Day National Veep Day 1483 – Opening of the restored Sistine Chapel in Rome. Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli, Pietro Perugino, Pinturicchio, Domenico Ghirlandaio and Cosimo Roselli contributed. Michelangelo added his work on the ceiling in 1508-1512. 1854 – Henry David Thoreau
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