Today is the day of the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
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Full Version: Congrats Nessie
According to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_22
Today is the day of the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
Hooray!!!
Today is the day of the first reported sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
Hooray!!!
Cool. 
Guess what else!
1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses.
1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War.
1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States.
1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
1770 - James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.
1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1780 - James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
1798 - French troops land in Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion.
1831 - Nat Turner revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.
1846 - The United States annexes New Mexico.
1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded.
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1910 - Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.
1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered.
1914 - World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
1922 - Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1941 - World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
1942 - World War II: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan).
1944 - World War II: Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany.
1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.
1944 - World War II: Romania captured by the Soviet Union.
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
1953 - The jail on Devil's Island is closed.
1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
1962 - The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles).
1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1969 - Elvis Presley begins performing live again in Las Vegas.
1970 - Neil Young released his album, After The Gold Rush.
1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State.
1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
1979 - Led Zeppelin released their album, In Through The Out Door.
1988 - The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued.
1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.
1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
2004 - The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2006 - Pulkovo_Airlines_Flight_612 crashes killing 171 people, including 45 children and toddlers
[edit]
Births
1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 - Leo XII, Italian religious leader, 252nd Pope (d. 1829)
1764 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1771 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor and tool-maker (d. 1831)
1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author, poet (d. 1860)
1800 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1802 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (d. 1886)
1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1860 - Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, World War II German minister of finance (d. 1977)
1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
1893 - Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
1900 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1909 - Julius Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1915 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
1915 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (d. 2005)
1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
1922 - Micheline Presle, French actress
1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer
1930 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author
1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1938 - Paul Maguire, American football player
1939 - George Reinholt, American actor
1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
1945 - Ron Dante, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Archies)
1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, wold record holder
1949 - Doug Bair, Baseball player
1950 - Ray Burris, Baseball player
1953 - Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
1955 - Will Shetterly, writer
1955 - Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor
1956 - Paul Molitor, baseball player
1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player
1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
1958 - Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
1959 - Juan Croucier, American musician
1961 - Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1963 - Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
1966 - GZA, American rapper
1966 - Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
1967 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (d. 1986)
1970 - Charlie Connelly, English writer
1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, chef and host of Everyday Italian
1972 - Steve Kline, baseball player
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1977 - Heidar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1984 - Sarah Wright, American actress
[edit]
Deaths
408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
1188 - Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)
1241 - Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. 1143)
1280 - Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. 1216)
1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 - Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
1553 - John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. 1501)
1572 - Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)
1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1609 - Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
1652 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
1711 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1752 - William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)
1773 - George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
1793 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. 1713)
1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)
1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
1818 - Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (b. 1732)
1828 - Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758)
1850 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (b. 1802)
1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1918 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
1922 - Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. 1890)
1926 - Charles W. Eliot, American President of Harvard University (b. 1834)
1940 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. 1851)
1942 - Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880)
1953 - Jim Tabor, baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903)
1974 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. 1908)
1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1977 - Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. 1918)
1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892)
1979 - James T. Farrell, American novelist (b. 1904)
1980 - James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
1991 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (b. 1924)
2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. 1914)
2003 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2005 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
[edit]
Holidays and observances
RC feasts - Mary queen of angels, Immaculate Heart
2006 - Islamic celebration of the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1) [1]
[edit]
External links
BBC: On This Day
The New York Times: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
Guess what else!1485 - The Battle of Bosworth Field decisively ends the Wars of the Roses.
1559 - Bartholome de Carranza, Spanish archbishop, is arrested for heresy.
1642 - Charles I calls the English Parliament traitors. Beginning of the English Civil War.
1654 - Jacob Barsimson arrives in New Amsterdam. He is the first Jewish immigrant to what is later the United States.
1717 - Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
1770 - James Cook's expedition lands on the east coast of Australia.
1775 - King George III declares the American colonies to be in open rebellion.
1780 - James Cook's ship Resolution returns to England (Cook having been killed on Hawaii during the voyage).
1791 - Beginning of the Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue.
1798 - French troops land in Kilcummin, County Mayo, Ireland to aid Wolfe Tone's United Irishmen's Irish Rebellion.
1831 - Nat Turner revolt commences just after midnight in Southampton, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.
1846 - The United States annexes New Mexico.
1851 - The first America's Cup is won by the yacht America.
1875 - The Treaty of Saint Petersburg between Japan and Russia is ratified, providing for the exchange of Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands.
1864 - Twelve nations sign the First Geneva Convention. The Red Cross is formed.
1901 - Cadillac Motor Company founded.
1902 - Theodore Roosevelt became the first President of the United States to ride in an automobile.
1910 - Japan illicitly annexes Korea with the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty. The name Korea was abolished and replaced with the ancient name Joseon.
1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered.
1914 - World War I: In Belgium, British and German troops clash for the first time in the war.
1922 - Michael Collins, Commander-in-Chief of the Irish Free State Army is shot dead during an Anti-Treaty ambush at Beal na mBlath, County Cork, during the Irish Civil War.
1926 - Gold discovered in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1941 - World War II: German troops reach Leningrad, leading to the siege of Leningrad.
1942 - World War II: Brazil declares war on the Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan).
1944 - World War II: Last transport of French Jews to concentration camps in Germany.
1944 - World War II: Thirty-two Spaniards & four French Maquis tackle a German column (1,300 men in 60 lorries, with 6 tanks & 2 self-propelled guns), at La Madeiline, France. Three Maquis are wounded, with 110 Germans killed and 200 wounded.
1944 - World War II: Romania captured by the Soviet Union.
1950 - Althea Gibson becomes the first black competitor in international tennis.
1953 - The jail on Devil's Island is closed.
1962 - An attempt to assassinate French president Charles de Gaulle fails.
1962 - The NS Savannah, the world's first nuclear-powered cargo ship, completes its maiden voyage.
1963 - Joe Walker in X-15 test plane reaches altitude of 106 km (67 miles).
1966 - Labor movements NFWA and AWOC merge to become the United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), predecessor of the United Farm Workers.
1968 - Pope Paul VI arrives in Bogotá, Colombia. It is the first visit of a pope to Latin America.
1969 - Elvis Presley begins performing live again in Las Vegas.
1970 - Neil Young released his album, After The Gold Rush.
1972 - Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
1973 - U.S. President Richard Nixon names Henry Kissinger as Secretary of State.
1978 - The Frente Sandinista de Liberacion or FSLN occupies national palace in Nicaragua.
1979 - Led Zeppelin released their album, In Through The Out Door.
1988 - The Australian koala, the first platinum coin, is issued.
1989 - The first ring of Neptune is discovered.
1989 - Nolan Ryan strikes out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5000 strikeouts.
1992 - FBI HRT sniper Lon Horiuchi shoots and kills Vicki Weaver during an 11-day siege at her home at Ruby Ridge, Idaho.
2004 - The Scream, the painting by Edvard Munch, is stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
2006 - Pulkovo_Airlines_Flight_612 crashes killing 171 people, including 45 children and toddlers
[edit]
Births
1601 - Georges de Scudéry, French writer (d. 1667)
1624 - Jean Renaud de Segrais, French writer (d. 1701)
1647 - Denis Papin, French physicist, mathematician, and inventor (d. c. 1712)
1679 - Pierre Guérin de Tencin, French cardinal (d. 1758)
1760 - Leo XII, Italian religious leader, 252nd Pope (d. 1829)
1764 - Charles Percier, French architect (d. 1838)
1771 - Henry Maudslay, English inventor and tool-maker (d. 1831)
1779 - James Kirke Paulding, American author, poet (d. 1860)
1800 - William S. Harney, U.S. general (d. 1889)
1800 - Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (d. 1865)
1802 - Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, American land speculator (d. 1886)
1811 - William Kelly, American inventor (d. 1888)
1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, inventor, aviation pioneer (d. 1906)
1836 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
1848 - Melville E. Stone, American newspaper publisher (d. 1929)
1854 - Milan I, King of Serbia (d. 1901)
1860 - Paul Nipkow, German inventor and television pioneer (d. 1940)
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
1867 - Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician and nutritionist (d. 1939)
1873 - Alexander Bogdanov, Russian physician and philosopher (d. 1928)
1874 - Max Scheler, German philosopher (d. 1928)
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist (d. 1944)
1887 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, World War II German minister of finance (d. 1977)
1891 - Jacques Lipchitz, Lithuanian-born American sculptor (d. 1973)
1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer, humorist (d. 1967)
1893 - Wilfred Kitching, British Salvation Army general (d. 1977)
1900 - Sergei Ozhegov, Russian lexicographer (d. 1964)
1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (d. 1997)
1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
1909 - Mel Hein, American football player (d. 1992)
1909 - Julius Epstein, American screenwriter (d. 2000)
1913 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (d. 1993)
1915 - Hugh Paddick, British actor (d. 2000)
1915 - Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (d. 2005)
1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
1918 - Mary McGrory, American journalist (d. 2004)
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American writer
1920 - Denton Cooley, American heart surgeon
1922 - Micheline Presle, French actress
1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer
1930 - Gilmar, Brazilian football player
1932 - Gerald P. Carr, American astronaut
1934 - Norman Schwarzkopf, U.S. general
1935 - E. Annie Proulx, American author
1936 - Dale Hawkins, American singer, songwriter, and guitarist
1938 - Paul Maguire, American football player
1939 - George Reinholt, American actor
1939 - Carl Yastrzemski, baseball player
1940 - Valerie Harper, American actress
1941 - Bill Parcells, American football coach
1945 - Ron Dante, American singer, songwriter, and record producer (The Archies)
1947 - Cindy Williams, American actress
1947 - Donna Godchaux, singer (Grateful Dead)
1949 - Diana Nyad, American swimmer, wold record holder
1949 - Doug Bair, Baseball player
1950 - Ray Burris, Baseball player
1953 - Paul Ellering, American wrestling manager
1955 - Will Shetterly, writer
1955 - Chiranjeevi, Telugu film actor
1956 - Paul Molitor, baseball player
1957 - Steve Davis, English snooker player
1958 - Colm Feore, American-born actor
1958 - Lane Huffman, American professional wrestler
1958 - Vernon Reid, American musician (Living Colour)
1959 - Juan Croucier, American musician
1961 - Roland Orzabal, singer and guitarist (Tears for Fears)
1963 - Tori Amos, American singer, songwriter, and pianist
1963 - Terry Catledge, American basketball player
1964 - Mats Wilander, Swedish tennis player
1966 - GZA, American rapper
1966 - Eric Andolsek, American football player (d. 1992)
1967 - Layne Staley, American musician (Alice in Chains) (d. 2002)
1967 - Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, British actor
1967 - Yukiko Okada, Japanese idol singer (d. 1986)
1970 - Charlie Connelly, English writer
1970 - Giada De Laurentiis, chef and host of Everyday Italian
1972 - Steve Kline, baseball player
1973 - Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
1977 - Heidar Helguson, Icelandic footballer
1978 - Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)
1981 - Alex Holmes, American football player
1983 - Theo Bos, Dutch cyclist
1984 - Sarah Wright, American actress
[edit]
Deaths
408 - Stilicho, Roman general (b. 359)
1155 - Konoe, Emperor of Japan (b. 1139)
1188 - Ferdinand II, King of Leon (b. 1137)
1241 - Gregory IX, Italian religious leader, 178th Pope (b. c. 1143)
1280 - Nicholas III, Italian religious leader, 188th Pope (b. c. 1216)
1304 - John II, Count of Hainaut (b. 1247)
1350 - Philip VI, King of France (b. 1293)
1485 - Richard III, King of England (b. 1452)
1553 - John Dudley, English admiral and politician (b. 1501)
1572 - Thomas Percy, Earl of Northumberland (b. 1528)
1584 - Jan Kochanowski, Polish writer (b. 1530)
1599 - Beatrice Cenci, Italian noblewoman (b. 1577)
1599 - Luca Marenzio, Italian composer (b. c. 1553)
1607 - Bartholomew Gosnold, English explorer and privateer (b. 1572)
1609 - Maharal of Prague, Jewish mystic and philosopher (b. 1525)
1652 - Jacob De la Gardie, Swedish soldier and statesman (b. 1583)
1680 - John George II, Elector of Saxony (b. 1613)
1701 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b. 1628)
1711 - Louis François, duc de Boufflers, French marshal (b. 1644)
1752 - William Whiston, English mathematician (b. 1667)
1773 - George Lyttelton, English writer and politician (b. 1709)
1793 - Louis, 4th duc de Noailles, Marshal of France (b. 1713)
1797 - Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser, Alsatian-born Austrian general (b. 1724)
1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
1818 - Warren Hastings, British Governor-General of India (b. 1732)
1828 - Franz Joseph Gall, Austrian neuroscientist (b. 1758)
1850 - Nikolaus Lenau, Austrian poet (b. 1802)
1861 - Xianfeng, Emperor of China (b. 1831)
1891 - Jan Neruda, Czech author (b. 1834)
1903 - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1830)
1918 - Korbinian Brodmann, German neurologist (b. 1868)
1922 - Michael Collins, Irish revolutionary (b. 1890)
1926 - Charles W. Eliot, American President of Harvard University (b. 1834)
1940 - Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist, spiritualist, pioneer in wireless telegraphy (b. 1851)
1942 - Michel Fokine, Russian choreographer and dancer (b. 1880)
1953 - Jim Tabor, baseball player (b. 1916)
1958 - Roger Martin du Gard, French writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
1967 - Gregory Goodwin Pincus, American endocrinologist (b. 1903)
1974 - Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician & TV presenter (b. 1908)
1976 - Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, President of Brazil (b. 1902)
1977 - Sebastian Cabot, English-born actor (b. 1918)
1978 - Jomo Kenyatta, first Prime Minister of Kenya (b. c. 1892)
1979 - James T. Farrell, American novelist (b. 1904)
1980 - James Smith McDonnell, American aircraft manufacturer (b. 1899)
1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
1991 - Colleen Dewhurst, Canadian actress (b. 1924)
2003 - Arnold Gerschwiler, Swiss-born figure skating trainer (b. 1914)
2003 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (b. 1956)
2004 - Konstantin Aseev, Russian chess player (b. 1960)
2005 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
[edit]
Holidays and observances
RC feasts - Mary queen of angels, Immaculate Heart
2006 - Islamic celebration of the night flight of the prophet Muhammad on the winged horse Buraq, first to "the farthest mosque," usually identified with Jerusalem, and then to heaven and back (c.f., Koran XVII.1) [1]
[edit]
External links
BBC: On This Day
The New York Times: On This Day
On This Day in Canada
This topic is pointless.
QUOTE(Ungodly @ Aug 22 2006, 10:42 PM) [snapback]1317912[/snapback]
This topic is pointless.
Compared to the other Congratulations threads? Not in the least.
Congratulations Nessie, this is the day you officially became a cryptid.
I agree with JayMan
1441 years of the Loch Ness Monster
1441 years of the Loch Ness Monster
This is a 1441 years in the making!
Go Nessie!!
QUOTE(coldethyl @ Aug 23 2006, 07:06 AM) [snapback]1318301[/snapback]
Go Nessie!!
Where did tyou get those things! Thats awesome!
QUOTE(sadistic jellyfish of doom @ Aug 23 2006, 09:53 AM) [snapback]1318363[/snapback]
Where did tyou get those things! Thats awesome!
Right here.
Now tell me I don't love you.
QUOTE(coldethyl @ Aug 23 2006, 07:57 AM) [snapback]1318372[/snapback]
Thanks Ethyl!
1441 years of mass hysteria
QUOTE(frogfish @ Aug 23 2006, 05:21 PM) [snapback]1318686[/snapback]
1441 years of mass hysteria
QUOTE(frogfish @ Aug 23 2006, 10:10 AM) [snapback]1318668[/snapback]
I doubt giant lemurs exist...99% of the megafauna died out...
I miss the old fishboy
lol.
To one DOG of a Cryptid.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Ok, WTF happened here? SJOD, that post was from a different thread...Plus, what old me?
And what the hell is with the 'lol'?
And what the hell is with the 'lol'?
The word futility comes to mind my friend.
But 1441 years ago Nessie was identified as a dragon n the original latin mauscript, now she is apparently an eel or sturgeon with the ability to crawl on land as is sometimes reported.
QUOTE(draconic chronicler @ Aug 27 2006, 08:34 PM) [snapback]1324614[/snapback]
But 1441 years ago Nessie was identified as a dragon n the original latin mauscript, now she is apparently an eel or sturgeon with the ability to crawl on land as is sometimes reported.
I wonder how many more years it will take, to prove these Nessie creatures are there?
Many years will past, and human will never learned.
hhhh.... nessie are so OLD !
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