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08-11-2009, 12:05 AM #221
Steel Tycoon, Andrew Carnegie dead - 11 August 1919
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie
P.S. : I noticed this nice thread, today. =)
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08-11-2009, 09:45 AM #222
August 11, 1934 - First Federal Prisoners Arrive at Alcatraz
A group of federal prisoners classified as "most dangerous" arrives at Alcatraz Island, a 22-acre rocky outcrop situated 1.5 miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. The convicts--the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary--joined a few dozen military prisoners left over from the island's days as a U.S. military prison.
Other significant events....
August 11, 3114 BC - The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Colombian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
August 11, 1909 - The SOS distress signal was first used by an American ship, the Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
August 11, 1992 - The Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minn.
August 11, 1998 - British Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion.
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08-11-2009, 09:51 AM #223
Well...me so American too, maybe me should use that calendar to show me patriotism?
I couldn't resist...
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08-11-2009, 10:08 AM #224
Took me a few times but I finally got it :)
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08-11-2009, 10:24 AM #225
Blame my father...I inherited his extremely corny sense of humor.
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08-12-2009, 09:58 AM #226
August 12, 1990 - Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton Discovered
On this day in 1990, fossil hunter Susan Hendrickson discovers three huge bones jutting out of a cliff near Faith, South Dakota. They turn out to be part of the largest-ever Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever discovered, a 65 million-year-old specimen dubbed Sue, after its discoverer. Amazingly, Sue's skeleton was over 90 percent complete, and the bones were extremely well-preserved. Hendrickson's employer, the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, paid $5,000 to the land owner, Maurice Williams, for the right to excavate the dinosaur skeleton, which was cleaned and transported to the company headquarters in Hill City. The institute's president, Peter Larson, announced plans to build a non-profit museum to display Sue along with other fossils of the Cretaceous period.
Other significant events...
August 12, 30 BC - Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, commits suicide allegedly by means of an asp bite.
August 12, 1851 - Isaac Singer was granted a patent on his sewing machine.
August 12, 1898 - The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.
August 12, 1898 - Hawaii was formally annexed to the United States.
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08-13-2009, 10:13 AM #227
August 13, 1961 - Berlin Divided
Shortly after midnight on this day in 1961, East German soldiers begin laying down barbed wire and bricks as a barrier between Soviet-controlled East Berlin and the democratic western section of the city. After World War II, defeated Germany was divided into Soviet, American, British and French zones of occupation. The city of Berlin, though technically part of the Soviet zone, was also split, with the Soviets taking the eastern part of the city. After a massive Allied airlift in June 1948 foiled a Soviet attempt to blockade West Berlin, the eastern section was drawn even more tightly into the Soviet fold. Over the next 12 years, cut off from its western counterpart and basically reduced to a Soviet satellite, East Germany saw between 2.5 million and 3 million of its citizens head to West Germany in search of better opportunities. By 1961, some 1,000 East Germans--including many skilled laborers, professionals and intellectuals--were leaving every day.
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August 13, 1521 - Tenochtitlán (present day Mexico City) falls to conquistador Hernán Cortés.
August 13, 1792 - Louis XVI of France is formally arrested by the National Tribunal, and declared an enemy of the people.
August 13, 1831 - Nat Turner and 70 other slaves kill approximately 55 whites in Southampton County, Virginia.
August 13, 2008 - American Michael Phelps swam into history as the winningest Olympic athlete ever with his 10th and 11th career gold medals.
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08-13-2009, 04:56 PM #228
Good Information. I'm still keeping track, I've learned a lot.
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08-19-2009, 09:38 AM #229
Sorry guys, missed quite a few days!
August 19, 1909 - First Race Held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
On this day in 1909, the first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, now the home of the world's most famous motor racing competition, the Indianapolis 500. In that first five-mile race on August 19, 1909, 12,000 spectators watched Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win with an average speed of 57.4 miles per hour. The track's surface of crushed rock and tar proved a disaster, breaking up in a number of places and causing the deaths of two drivers, two mechanics and two spectators.
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August 19, 1561 - An 18-year-old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland, after spending 13 years in France.
August 19, 1812 - War of 1812: American frigate USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerrière off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada earning her nickname "Old Ironsides".
August 19, 1934 - The first All-American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton, Ohio.
August 19, 1934 - A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
August 19, 1945 - Vietnam War: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi, Vietnam.
August 19, 1960 - A tribunal in Moscow convicted American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage.
August 19, 2004 - Internet search engine Google went public.
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08-19-2009, 09:59 AM #230
What a great day for racing...the first soap box derby!
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Originally Posted by OnePimpTiger 
