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Gravdigr · 08-31-2016, 12:28 PM

August 31

Today is National Trail Mix Day in the United States.

1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months.

1803 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh at 11 in the morning.

1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta.

1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims.

1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit.

1943 – USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned.

1968 – Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. It was a truly wicked bit of googly.

1990, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang 'Amazing Grace' at a memorial service held for guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan who had been killed in a helicopter crash 4 days earlier.

1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris.

2005 – The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 1,199 people.

2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

Births

12 – Caligula; 1870 – Maria Montessori (Montessori schools); 1897 – Fredric March; 1903 – Arthur Godfrey; 1905 – Sanford Meisner; 1908 – William Saroyan; 1914 – Richard Basehart; 1920 – G. D. Spradlin; 1924 – Buddy Hackett; 1928 – James Coburn; 1931 – Noble Willingham; 1937 – Bobby Parker

; 1939 – Jerry Allison

(Buddy Holly & The Crickets); 1942 – Isao Aoki; 1945 – Van Morrison♪ ♫

, Bob Welch

(Fleetwood Mac); 1948 - Rudolf Schenker

(The Scorpions); 1949 – Richard Gere; 1962 – Dee Bradley Baker (voice of 'Klaus', the goldfish, on American Dad); 1970 – Debbie Gibson; 1972 – Chris Tucker ("You got knocked the fuck out, man!")

Deaths

1422 – Henry V of England

; 1867 – Charles Baudelaire; 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols (Jack The Ripper's first confirmed victim); 1948 – Billy Laughlin ('Froggy' on Our Gang); 1969 – Rocky Marciano

; 1973 – John Ford; 1979 – Sally Rand; 1997 – Dodi Fayed, Diana, Princess of Wales; 2002 – Lionel Hampton

; 2013 – David Frost; 2014 – Jimi Jamison♪ ♫(Survivor)

08-31-2016, 12:28 PM	#232
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	August 31 Today is National Trail Mix Day in the United States. 1422 – King Henry V of England dies of dysentery while in France. His son, Henry VI becomes King of England at the age of 9 months. 1803 – Meriwether Lewis and William Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh at 11 in the morning. 1864 – During the American Civil War, Union forces led by General William T. Sherman launch an assault on Atlanta. 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols is murdered. She is the first of Jack the Ripper's confirmed victims. 1895 – German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon. 1897 – Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector. 1920 – The first radio news program is broadcast by 8MK in Detroit. 1943 – USS Harmon, the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after a black person, is commissioned. 1968 – Garfield Sobers became the first batsman ever to hit six sixes in a single over of six consecutive balls in first-class cricket. It was a truly wicked bit of googly. 1990, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Stevie Wonder sang 'Amazing Grace' at a memorial service held for guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan who had been killed in a helicopter crash 4 days earlier. 1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul die in a car crash in Paris. 2005 – The 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede in Baghdad kills 1,199 people. 2006 – Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police. Births 12 – Caligula; 1870 – Maria Montessori (Montessori schools); 1897 – Fredric March; 1903 – Arthur Godfrey; 1905 – Sanford Meisner; 1908 – William Saroyan; 1914 – Richard Basehart; 1920 – G. D. Spradlin; 1924 – Buddy Hackett; 1928 – James Coburn; 1931 – Noble Willingham; 1937 – Bobby Parker; 1939 – Jerry Allison(Buddy Holly & The Crickets); 1942 – Isao Aoki; 1945 – Van Morrison♪ ♫, Bob Welch(Fleetwood Mac); 1948 - Rudolf Schenker(The Scorpions); 1949 – Richard Gere; 1962 – Dee Bradley Baker (voice of 'Klaus', the goldfish, on American Dad); 1970 – Debbie Gibson; 1972 – Chris Tucker ("You got knocked the fuck out, man!") Deaths 1422 – Henry V of England; 1867 – Charles Baudelaire; 1888 – Mary Ann Nichols (Jack The Ripper's first confirmed victim); 1948 – Billy Laughlin ('Froggy' on Our Gang); 1969 – Rocky Marciano; 1973 – John Ford; 1979 – Sally Rand; 1997 – Dodi Fayed, Diana, Princess of Wales; 2002 – Lionel Hampton; 2013 – David Frost; 2014 – Jimi Jamison♪ ♫(Survivor) __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.