1888 – Mary Ann Nichols was murdered; the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
1962 – Trinidad and Tobago became independent, within the British Commonwealth.
1980 – The Solidarity Movement began in Poland against the Soviet Union. It was led by Lech Walesa.
1997 – Princess Diana was killed in a car crash, involving photographers chasing her and alcohol in the system of her driver.
If you were born on August 31st, You were likely conceived the week of… December 8th (prior year)
Jack The Ripper
Jack the Ripper is probably a name you’ve come across at some point in time. The memories of the infamous serial killer of the 19th century still haunt people today, thanks to his merciless tactics to kill women. According to historical sources, the man had killed at least five women, and all of them were prostitutes by profession.
While serial killers have existed throughout the history of humankind, this case had people’s attention for a long period of time. Despite many attempts to solve it, the police forces and crime investigation departments were almost helpless and eventually gave up, and ever since then, it has remained an unsolved mystery.
Even though there are only five murders to his name so far, investigators of the time suspected that he killed over a dozen women between 1888 and 1892. Among some of his victims were Mary Ann Nichols, Mary Jane Kelly, Catherine Eddowes, Elizabeth Stride, and Annie Chapman. Interestingly, one of his victims managed to escape, but all the rest were killed ruthlessly.
The killer had the same pattern in almost every instance. He would lure them into having sex with him and would clit their throat later. Moreover, he would mutilate the body in a manner where it became apparent that he had good knowledge of human anatomy.
The killer once sent a half-cut human kidney to the police after extracting it from a victim. There were also occasional notes sent to the police by someone who called himself “Jack the Ripper.”
As police forces and investigation officers failed to catch the killer and bring justice to the victims, there was a huge uproar demanding the authorities to either catch him or resign. Unfortunately, the failure to do so led one of the commissioners to resign. Since serial killing instances are known more commonly today than over a century ago, the case managed to retain its hold on people’s minds for a long time.
Only a few decades after the case came to the surface, several dramatic and literary works started taking inspiration to write their plots. For example, the famous 1913 horror novel called “The Lodger” was based on the case and also went on to inspire numerous films in the future. So far, more than a hundred books on the subject have been written and published.
Moreover, several conspiracies were also formulated around the true identity of Jack the Ripper. One such theory stated that Walter Sickert, a famous Victorian painter, was the culprit, while others suspected Queen Victoria’s grandson as the face to the name. Some forensic evidence points to a man named Aaron Kosminski.
Hence, there is widespread folklore that took birth after 1888 when several wrong suspects were accused of being Jack the Ripper. Even today, it remains a mystery as to who was the serial killer who killed women in a similar fashion for many years.
August 31st is…
Diatomaceous Earth Day Eat Outside Day Matchmaker Day South Carolina Day Trail Mix Day
August 31st Birthday Quotes
” Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves.” – Maria Montessori
“It’s not an act, it’s just my way. “ – Arthur Godfrey
“As a child, my family’s menu consisted of two choices: take it or leave it.” – Buddy Hackett
“It takes intelligence to make real comedy, and it takes a reality base to create all that little stuff I like to do that makes you giggle inside.” – Chris Tucker
“Music is spiritual. The music business is not.” – Van Morrison
“The first job I went out on in New York I got, and when I came back, the first job I went out on, I got.” – James Coburn
“I don’t just want to be successful I want to have fun” – Julie Brown
August 31st Birthdays
12 AD – Caligula, Roman emperor (died in 41 AD) 1870 – Maria Montessori, Italian physician, and educator (died in 1952) 1897 – Fredric March, American actor (died in 1975) 1903 – Arthur Godfrey, American radio and television host (died in 1983) 1913 – Helen Levitt, American photographer, and cinematographer (died in 2009) 1914 – Richard Basehart, American actor (died in 1984) 1924 – Buddy Hackett, American comedic actor (died in 2003) 1928 – James Coburn, American actor (died in 2002) 1944 – Roger Dean, English illustrator, and painter 1945 – Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter 1945 – Bob Welch, American singer (died in 2012) 1954 – Julie Brown, American comedic actress 1957 – Glenn Tilbrook, English singer-songwriter 1962 – Dee Bradley Baker, American voice actor 1970 – Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter 1971 – Chris Tucker, American comedian, and actor
August 31st History
1803 – Lewis and Clark started their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
1888 – Mary Ann Nichols was murdered, the first of Jack the Ripper’s confirmed victims.
1897 – Thomas Edison received his patent (# 589168) for his Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
1957 – #1 Hit August 31, 1957 – September 13, 1957: Debbie Reynolds – Tammy
1962 – Trinidad and Tobago became independent from Britain.
1963 – #1 Hit August 31, 1963 – September 20, 1963: The Angels – My Boyfriend’s Back
1965 – The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy aircraft made its inaugural flight.
1987 – Comic strip Crankshaft by Tom Batiuk, debuted in syndication.
1993 – Barney’s Favorites Volume 1, featured 27 songs by the purple dinosaur.
1997 – Diana, Princess of Wales, her companion Dodi Fayed (with driver Henri Paul) died in a car crash in Paris.
2006 – Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, was recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.
#1 Hit August 31, 2019 – September 6, 2019: Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello – Señorita
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
If you stopped by the Pop Culture Madness office and looked at the television, chances are, Full House would be on! #nowyouknow
What’s the difference between a nook and a cranny? A nook is a corner and cranny is a crack.
A duck’s quack does not echo. (actually, there is a slight echo-ey sound, according to TV’s Mythbusters)
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.
A jellyfish is 95% water. You are about 60% water.
The first human-made object to break the sound barrier was a whip.
There are 63,360 inches in a mile.
The Capitol building in Washington DC has 365 steps fro the basement to the top of the dome.
You weigh less at the top of a mountain then sea level.
The first lighthouse to use electricity was the Statue of Liberty in 1886.
There are more than 30,000 different diets you can try.
Heard in Summer School: “Germinate: To become a naturalized German.”
Emus and Kangaroos cannot walk backward.
The first penny had the motto “Mind your (own) business”
If you doubled your money, starting with a penny, just one penny, every day for 30 days, you would have $5,368,709.
Brady Bunch Address: Carol, Mike, Greg, Marcia, Jan, Peter, Bobby, Cindy, and Alice Nelson lived at 11222 Dilling St., Studio City, California, NOT the fictional 4222 Clinton Way, somewhere around Los Angeles
A “jiffy” is actually 1/100 of a second.
In 1878, the first telephone book ever issued contained only 50 names, all New Haven CT businesses (that had phones).
70 – Titus ended the siege of Jerusalem after destroying The Second Temple.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1984 – The Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-41-D) takes off on its maiden voyage.
If you were born on August 30th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 7th (prior year)
August 30th is…
Beach Day Frankenstein Day Grief Awareness Day Marshmallow Toasting Day Toasted Marshmallow Day
August 30th Birthday Quotes
“Live, and be happy, and make others so.” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
‘There’s a very fine line between underacting and not acting at all. And not acting is what a lot of actors are guilty of. It amazes me how some of these little numbers with dreamy looks and a deadpan are getting away with it. I’d hate to see them on stage with a dog act. ‘ – Joan Blondell
“Too often, we spend our days thinking about what we don’t have rather than what we do have. Be grateful every day.” – Lisa Ling
“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett
“It’s absolutely stupid that we live without an ozone layer. We have men, we’ve got rockets, we’ve got saran wrap – fix it!” – Lewis Black
“You don’t have journalists over there anymore, what they have is public relations people. That’s what they have over in America now. Two-hundred and fifty thousand people in public relations. And a dwindling number of actual reporters and journalists.” – Robert Crumb
August 30th Birthdays
1797 – Mary Shelley, English novelist, and playwright, Frankenstein (died in 1851) 1893 – Huey Long, American lawyer, and politician, 40th Governor of Louisiana (died in 1935) 1898 – Shirley Booth, American actress (died in 1992) 1906 – Joan Blondell, American actress (died in 1979) 1908 – Fred MacMurray, American actor (died in 1991) 1918 – Ted Williams, American baseball player (died in 2002) 1919 – Maurice Hilleman, American microbiologist and vaccinologist (died in 2005) 1919 – Kitty Wells, American singer-songwriter (died in 2012) 1926 – Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program (died in 2010) 1927 – Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (died in 2004) 1927 – Bill Daily, American comedic actor (died in 2018) 1930 – Warren Buffett, American businessman, and philanthropist 1935 – John Phillips, American singer-songwriter (died in 2001) 1943 – Robert Crumb, American illustrator 1946 – Peggy Lipton, American model, and actress (died in 2019) 1948 – Lewis Black, American comedian, and author 1963 – Michael Chiklis, American actor 1972 – Cameron Diaz, American actress 1973 – Lisa Ling, American journalist, and author 1989 – Bebe Rexha, American singer-songwriter
August 30th History
1835 – Melbourne, Australia was founded.
1836 – The city of Houston, named after former General Sam Houston, was founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen.
1945 – Hong Kong was liberated from Japan by the British Armed Forces.
1963 – The Moscow to Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union went into operation.
1967 – Thurgood Marshall was confirmed as the first African American Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1975 – #1 Hit August 30, 1975 – September 5, 1975: KC and the Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
1980 – #1 Hit August 30, 1980 – September 5, 1980: Christopher Cross – Sailing
1983 – Lt. Col. Guion S. Bluford, JR was the first African American in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.
1984 – The Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage.
1986 – #1 Hit August 30, 1986 – September 5, 1986: Steve Winwood – Higher Love
1993- David Letterman premiered his late-night talk show on CBS.
1997 – #1 Hit October 4, 1997 – October 10, 1997: Boyz II Men – 4 Seasons of Loneliness
1999- Countess Vaughn left the series Moesha for her own spinoff series The Parkers with Monique. She was the first African-American comedienne to receive a spin-off TV show.
2003 – While being towed across the Barents Sea, the decommissioned Russian submarine K-159 sank, taking nine of her crew and 800 kg of spent nuclear fuel with her.
The Late Show with David Letterman debuted on CBS in 1993.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“Toga! Toga!” – John “Bluto” Blutarsky (John Belushi) #moviequotes
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N (me) Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Darth Vader was inspired by Marvel’s Dr. Doom.
Men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning than women.
If you see someone who needs help, stop asking yourself if they need help. Instead, just help.
Every time you put a jigsaw puzzle piece in place you are bringing more order to the universe.
Prior to 1964, the Mr. Potato Head kits didn’t come with a body as it was expected you would supply your own potato.
A group of Cats (feral) is called a Destruction.
What kills the battery on a watch? Time does.
“Inspiration is all around us. Don’t let the brain limit the mind.” – Lisi Harrison
Much like a watched pot never boils, a watched phone never charges.
If I had a genie I would just wish for fairy godparents. #Timmy
29 – The martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist at the order of King Herod.
1839 – The ship Amistad was seized by abducted African slaves. After capture and imprisonment, they were declared free by the United States Supreme Court on March 9, 1841.
1967 – The Fugitive finale, on ABC, starring David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimble, was the most-watched program of all time, until the 1980 series Dallas “who shot J.R.?” episode aired.
1991 – The Soviet Communist Party suspended all activities.
2005 – Hurricane Latrina struck the Gulf Coast, damaging over 90,000 acres, costing $200 Billion in damages, and the loss of thousands of people.
If you were born on August 29th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 6th (prior year)
According to (Edmond) Hoyle Day
In 1751, Edmond Hoyle published “A Short Trait on the Game of Prague,” which described rules for showing, winning, and losing certain hands dealt. Doyle’s “short treatise, game, and whist” not only contained rules but also gave many insights into the winning possibilities. When there was a dispute over the rules of a deck of cards, it was often referred to as the last resort. Hoyle’s book became so popular that rules for cards, table and board games became known as Hoyle books. Finally, in 1761, he published “Easy to make a game of chess, easy to learn when you know the moves, only and with the help of a master”.
August 29th is…
According to Hoyle Day Chop Suey Day Lemon Juice Day More Herbs Less Salt Day Whiskey Sour Day
August 29th Birthday Quotes
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.” – John Locke
“If there’s anything in life you consider worthwhile achieving – go for it. I was told many times to forget show business – I had nothing going for me. But I pursued it, anyway. Voila!” – Isabel Sanford
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes
“You’ve got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.” – Charlie Parker
“Travel is very subjective. What one person loves, another loathes.” – Robin Leach
“You have to fire yourself as the writer when you direct something you’ve written. You have to fire yourself, or else you get precious about what you’ve written. You’ve got to open up and let the actors in, and re-conceive a lot of things.” – Joel Schumacher
“I try to be cool, but I’m not very good at it.” – Liam Payne
August 29th Birthdays
1632 – John Locke, English physician, and philosopher (died in 1704) 1809 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician and author (died in 1894) 1861 – Byron G. Harlan, American singer (died in 1936) 1912 – Barry Sullivan, American actor (died in 1994) 1915 – Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (died in 1982) 1917 – Isabel Sanford, American actress (died in 2004) 1920 – Charlie Parker, American saxophonist, and composer (died in 1955) 1920 – Otis Boykin, American inventor (died in 1982) 1922 – Richard Blackwell, American fashion designer, and critic (died in 2008) 1923 – Richard Attenborough, English actor, and director (died in 2014) 1936 – John McCain, American soldier, and politician (died in 2018) 1938 – Elliott Gould, American actor 1939 – Joel Schumacher, American director, and producer 1941 – Robin Leach, English journalist and television host (died in 2018) 1959 – Rebecca De Mornay, American actress 1971 – Carla Gugino, American actress 1986 – Hajime Isayama, Japanese manga illustrator 1986 – Lea Michele, American actress 1993 – Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter
August 29th History
1758 – The first American Indian reservation was established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
1831 – Michael Faraday discovered electromagnetic induction, opening the door to electric generators.
1885 – Gottlieb Daimler patented the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
1896 – Chinese Ambassador Li Hung-Chang’s chef is credited with inventing Chop Suey.
1898 – The Goodyear tire company was founded.
1922 – The first radio advertisement (for an apartment complex) was broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.
1949 – The Soviet Union tested its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
1958 – United States Air Force Academy opened in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1966 – The Beatles performed their last concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
1967 – 1967 – ABC’s The Fugitive finale (part 2) was one of the most-watched episodes of the decade. Narrator William Conrad stated, “Tuesday, August 29th: The day the running stopped.” A book in Canada, where it aired a week later, was titled: Tuesday, September 5th: The day the running stopped.
1970 – #1 Hit August 29, 1970 – September 18, 1970: Edwin Starr – War
1982 – The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, was first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
1987 – #1 Hit August 29, 1987 – September 18, 1987: Los Lobos – La Bamba
1991 – Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union ended all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
2005 (Hurricane) Katrina devastated the US Gulf Coast, from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The more I learn, the more I learn than I didn’t learn anything. Screw you, knowledge.
Is the S or C silent in Scent? Yes. Because of science. #science
You share your birthday with 9 million others in the world.
Baby Face Nelson – Real Name: Lester Gillis
Although it’s only 2% of our body weight, the brain uses 20% of the calories we take in.
Experience is life’s consolation prize.
At the top of a hill was probably the worst place for Jack and Jill to search for water.
A loophole was originally a narrow slit window in a castle wall from which castle defenders fired arrows at attackers.
What if Stacey’s mom was also Jesse’s girl? #goodfriendofmine #gotitgoinon
An average cloud weighs 216 thousand pounds.
The first film to have a sequel was “King Kong”, with 1933’s “Son of Kong”.
Mark Twain’s cats were named Sour Mash, Sin, Apollinaris, Beelzebub, Buffalo Bill, Zoroaster, Blatherskite, and Satan.
Isn’t it great how the word for ‘characterized by long, fancy, ornate words’ is ‘sesquipedalian’?
1922 – The first radio ad took place on WEAF in NYC. It was a real estate commercial paid for by the Queensbosr Realty Corporation.
1955 – 14-year-old Emmett Till was beaten and killed for a reputed flirtatious comment to a white girl, in Money, Mississippi.
1963 – The March on Washington was attended by 250,000 people and where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his “I Have a Dream” speech.
If you were born on August 28th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 5th (prior year)
August 28th is…
Bow Tie Day Cherry Turnovers Day Power Rangers Day Rainbow Bridge Remembrance Day Red Wine Day
August 28th Birthday Quotes
“Live simply, so that all may simply live.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton
“I had a ninth-grade teacher who told me I was much smarter and much better than I was allowing myself to be.” – Scott Hamilton
“I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.” – Florence Welch
“If I had to advise parents, I should tell them to take great care about the people with whom their children associate… Much harm may result from bad company, and we are inclined by nature to follow what is worse than what is better.” – Elizabeth Ann Seton
“It’s tougher to look than to leap” – Hugh Cornwell
“I played, like, a year of piano until I learned the Pink Panther theme. That was my goal. Once I was good enough, I quit. Now my music has to have some rock.” – Jack Black
“I try to maintain a healthy dose of daydreaming, to remain sane.” – Florence Welch
August 28th Birthdays
1774 – Elizabeth Ann Seton, American nun, and saint, co-founded the Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition (died in 1821) 1899 – Charles Boyer, French-American actor (died in 1978) 1917 – Jack ‘King’ Kirby – comic book creator, illustrator, and writer (died in 1994) 1918 – L. B. Cole, American comic book illustrator, and publisher (died in 1995) 1921 – Nancy Kulp, American actress (died in 1991) 1924 – Peggy Ryan, American character actress (died in 2004) 1929 – Roxie Roker, American actress (died in 1995) 1930 – Ben Gazzara, American actor (died in 2012) 1943 – David Soul, American actor 1949 – Hugh Cornwell, English singer-songwriter 1952 – Rita Dove, American poet 1956 – Luis Guzmán, Puerto Rican-American actor 1957 – Daniel Stern, American actor 1958 – Scott Hamilton, American figure skater 1959 – Brian Thompson, American character actor 1961 – Jennifer Coolidge, American actress 1965 – Shania Twain, Canadian singer-songwriter 1969 – Jack Black, American comedic actor 1969 – Jason Priestley, Canadian actor 1973 – J. August Richards, American actor 1982 – LeAnn Rimes, American singer-songwriter 1986 – Armie Hammer, American actor 1986 – Florence Welch, English singer-songwriter
August 28th History
1609 – Henry Hudson discovered the Delaware Bay.
1789 – William Herschel discovered another Saturn moon, Enceladus.
1830 – The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad’s (B&O) new ‘Tom Thumb’ steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam’s role in US railroads.
1833 – The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 received Royal Assent, abolishing slavery through most of the British Empire.
1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine was published.
1898 – Caleb Bradham invented the carbonated soft drink that would later be called “Pepsi-Cola”.
1955 – Black 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi, for ‘flirting’ with a white woman, galvanizing the nascent American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 – #1 Hit August 28, 1961 – September 3, 1961: Joe Dowell – Wooden Heart (Muss I Denn)
1963 – At the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his I Have a Dream speech.
August 28, 1979 Birthday (fictional) Michael Peterson, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Marvel Cinematic Universe
1996 – Charles, Prince of Wales, and Diana, Princess of Wales got divorced.
August 29, 1997 (fiction) Skynet began the attack on mankind, The Terminator, Film
August 28, 2009 – Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie aired on The Disney Channel
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
Pocahontas is the only Disney princess with a tattoo.
The Gerber Baby was drawn by Dorothy Hope Smith and was her four-month-old neighbor Ann Turner
The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and we just left it outside like old lawn furniture.
“Every time I put my line in the water I said a Hail Mary, and every time I said a Hail Mary I caught a fish.” – Fredo Corleone #moviequotes
The length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are on.
This isn’t not a double negative.
“Bless this highly nutritious microwavable macaroni and cheese dinner and the people who sold it on sale. Amen.” – Kevin McCallister in Home Alone #moviequotes
My Brain- 5% Names, 3% Phone #’s, 2% stuff I should know for Work, 90% Song Lyrics.
If you lose one shoe, you’ve really lost two shoes.
Jodie Foster – Real Name: Ariane Munker
“Success isn’t permanent and failure isn’t fatal.” – Mike Ditka
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.” – Lucille Ball
1776 – In what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeated Americans under General George Washington in The Revolutionary War’s Battle of Long Island..
1859 – Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
2003 – The initial six-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, convene to find a peaceful resolution to the security concerns of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
If you were born on August 27th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 4th (prior year)
Margaret Hungerford
Perhaps the most important reason to celebrate this day is to honor Margaret Hungerford, who made great contributions to literature. She captured the essence of modern society at the time, often using the setting of Ireland as the setting for her novels, but also as the backdrop for her stories. To maintain morality appropriate to the time, relying on flirtatious dialogue and tender love scenes, Margaret’s turn-of-the-century romance style was very en vogue, keeping moral values upright and morally contemporary. The Irish author Margaret Wolfe Hungerford was not actually a duchess, but a celebrated novelist of the late 19th century who wrote largely under the assumed name “The Duchess”.
August 27th is…
Banana Lovers Day The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day Just Because Day Pots du Creme Day
August 27th Birthday Quotes
“Poor quality is remembered long after low prices are forgotten.” – Charles Rolls
“Anyone can love you when things are alright. It takes courage to love when things are not good and it does not feel right.” – Yolanda Adams
“What’s so great about television. You’re able to tell a long story, where you couldn’t really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.” – Aaron Paul
” Being happy or unhappy – is that really the most important thing? Knowing the truth would be a different kind of happiness – a more satisfying kind, I think, even if it turned out to be a sad kind.” – Ira Levin
“Ask any girl what she’d rather be than beautiful, and she’ll say more beautiful.” – Martha Raye
“Human beings are not meant to lose their anonymity and privacy.” – Sarah Chalke
August 27th Birthdays
1877 – Charles Rolls, English engineer, and businessman, co-founded Rolls-Royce Limited (died in 1910) 1890 – Man Ray, American-French photographer, and painter (died in 1976) 1906 – Ed Gein, American murderer, and body snatcher, The Butcher of Plainfield (died in 1982) 1908 – Lyndon B. Johnson, American politician, 36th President of the United States (died in 1973) 1916 – Martha Raye, American actress, and comedian (died in 1994) 1929 – Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (died in 2007) 1941 – Harrison Page, American character actor 1943 – Tuesday Weld, American actress 1947 – Barbara Bach, American actress 1961 – Yolanda Adams, American singer 1969 – Chandra Wilson, American actress 1976 – Sarah Chalke, Canadian actress 1979 – Aaron Paul, American actor 1992 – Blake Jenner, American actor, and singer 2022 – George Jetson, fictional character, digital index operator for Spacely Space Sprockets.
August 27th History
410 – The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
1813 – French Emperor Napoleon I defeated a larger force of Austrians, Russians, and Prussians at the Battle of Dresden.
1859 – Petroleum was discovered in Titusville, Pennsylvania leading to the world’s first commercially successful oil well.
1893 – Sea Islands Hurricane, Georgia, South Carolina.
1939 – First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world’s first jet aircraft, in Germany.
1955 – The first copy of the Guinness Book of Records was issued.
1962 – The Mariner 2 unmanned space mission was launched to Venus by NASA.
1967 – Beatles manager Brian Epstein died of an accidental Carbitral overdose.
1988 – #1 Hit August 27, 1988 – September 9, 1988: George Michael – Monkey
1994 – #1 Hit August 27, 1994 – December 2, 1994: Boyz II Men – I’ll Make Love To You
2003 – The first 6-party talks, involving South and North Korea, the United States, China, Japan, and Russia, convened to find a resolution to the security concerns as a result of the North Korean nuclear weapons program.
2003 – Mars made its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing just 34,646,418 miles away.
2011 – #1 Hit August 27, 2011 – September 9, 2011: Katy Perry – Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
2011 (Hurricane) Irene struck the United States east coast, killing 47 people.
#1 Hit August 27, 2022 – September 2, 2022: Super Freaky Girl – Nicki Minaj
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
One less than infinity is still infinity.
Mosquitoes are the deadliest animal, killing more people each year than any other species including other humans.
“We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.” – George Bernard Shaw
The Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of the only animals referred to by their scientific name.
“I wish I had a guardian angel to tell me what to do. You know, like Debbie Reynolds had in Tammy.” – Frenchy #moviequotes
“This sonic transducer…it is, I suppose, some kind of audio-vibratory-physio-molecular transport device?” – Dr. Scott #moviequotes
The vacuum has a double “u” but not a “W”. #theenglishlanguage
“I’ve won Satan’s lottery.” – Christopher Moore
For a medium designed to be about free-thinking and expression, Haiku sure has strict rules.
In 1913, Hitler, Freud, Tito, Stalin, and Trotsky all lived within 2 square miles of each other in Vienna.
“I’m driving here I sit, cursing my government, for not using my taxes to fill holes with more cement!” #songlyrics
Maybe aliens abduct crazy people cause they know we won’t believe them.
1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1883 – Krakatoa erupted in Indonesia. It created tidal waves that killed thousands of people and was heard 3,000 miles away. It affected the atmosphere for years afterward.
1939 – The first televised baseball game was played between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds on WXBS in New York.
If you were born on August 26th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 3rd (prior year)
Traditional August 26th Information
August 26th is…
Cherry Popsicle Day Dog Appreciation Day WebMistress Day Women’s Equality Day
August 26th Birthday Quotes
“Peace begins with a smile” – Mother Teresa
“Try to pick a profession in which you enjoy even the most mundane, tedious parts. Then you will always be happy.” – Will Shortz
” You know, we have two families: the one we’re born into, and the one that we make for ourselves afterward.” – Valerie Simpson
“I hope I’m remembered as the king of the world, the nobleman who united all the nations of the earth. But that probably won’t happen.” – Macaulay Culkin
“I paid $120,000 for someone to tell me to read Jane Austen, and then I didn’t.” – John Mulaney
“Never say “never” about anything, because if you do, life has a way of humbling you.” – Mike Colter
August 26th Birthdays
1909 – Jim Davis, American actor (died in 1981) 1910 – Mother Teresa, Macedonian-Indian nun, Catholic saint and Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1997) 1911 – Otto Binder, American comic book and sci-fi author and screenwriter (died in 1974) 1920 – Brant Parker, American illustrator, Wizard of Id (died in 2007) 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro, American politician (died in 2011) 1940 – Vic Dana, American dancer 1940 – Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (died in 2008) 1946 – Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter 1952 – Will Shortz, American journalist and New York Times puzzle creator 1960 – Ola Ray, American model, and actress 1971 – Thalía, Mexican-American singer-songwriter 1976 – Mike Colter, American actor 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, American actor 1980 – Chris Pine, American actor 1982 – John Mulaney, American comedian
August 26th History
1498 – Michelangelo began his work to carve the Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary after the Crucifixion.
1789 – The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was approved by the National Constituent Assembly of France.
1791 – John Fitch was granted a United States patent (# X00028) for the steamboat.
1883 (Volcano Eruption & Tsunami) Krakatoa began. It was one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history, with at over 36,000 deaths being attributed to the eruption itself and the tsunamis it created. Small eruptions, mostly of mud, continued into October 1883.
1918 – Broadway Show – Lightnin’ (Play) August 26, 1918
1967 – #1 Hit August 26, 1967 – September 22, 1967: Bobbie Gentry – Ode to Billie Joe
1968 – Dan Bankhead became the first African American to pitch in a major-league baseball game.
1972 – #1 Hit August 26, 1972 – September 15, 1972: Looking Glass – Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)
1976 – While camping in Allagash, Maine Jim Weiner, Jack Weiner, Charles Foltz, and Charles Rak claimed to have been abducted by ‘four-fingered beings’ that performed experiments on them including alien probing.
1978 – #1 Hit August 26, 1978 – September 8, 1978: Frankie Valli – Grease
1978 – Pope John Paul I was elected.
1995 – #1 Hit August 26, 1995 – September 1, 1995: Seal – Kiss From A Rose
2000 – #1 Hit August 26, 2000 – September 15, 2000: Janet Jackson – Doesn’t Really Matter
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
A fortnight is 14 nights or two weeks
“Now cut that out!” – Jack Benny (The Jack Benny Program)
Hulk Hogan – Real Name: Terry Bollea
The charcoal drawing of Kate Winslet in James Cameron’s “Titanic” was actually drawn by James Cameron.
What if houseflies buzz around and land on us because they love us just as dogs do?
A group of Worms is called a Bed or Clew or Bunch or Clat.
Food poisoning doesn’t come from undercooked food. It comes from under-cooked bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
You probably never read this sentence before.
In the far future, when our gifs and memes are considered fine art, the creators will only be remembered by their usernames
Any 3 consecutive numbers added together will always be divisible by three.
E FP TOZ LPED PECFD EDFCZP
The star with the most screen credits is John Carradine (1906-1988), who has been in over 230 movies.
1835 – The first Great Moon Hoax article was published in The New York Sun, announcing the discovery of life and civilization on the Moon.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz was released in theaters.
1944- Paris was liberated from Nazi forces.
2012 – Richard III’s remains were found under a parking lot in Leicester, England. The last king of England to die in battle.
If you were born on August 25th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 2nd (prior year)
The US National Park Service
The National Park Service (NPS) was established by a Congressional Act called the Organic Act and signed by President Woodrow Wilson on August 25, 1916. As the Federal Office of the Interior, it was originally responsible for the protection of 35 parks and monuments. Today, it manages more than 400 national parks, employs over 20,000 people, They span across more than 84 million acres in the contiguous states and extend into the territories, including parks in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and Guam.
The Great Moon Hoax
The Great Moon Hoax refers to a series of six articles published in the New York Sun starting on August 25, 1835, about the alleged discovery of a new moon on the moon. The discovery was mistakenly attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the most famous astronomers of his time, and the story was advertised as an upcoming feature film (reprinted). The first of these six issues appeared four days later, on August 25; the second on the same day; and the third three days later.
The article described how a team of astronomers had found clear and unambiguous evidence of life on the moon. The article describes the animals of the moon, including winged humanoids, birds, reptiles, and other animals, some of which had built temples. It describes how the team’s astronomers found “clear, unambiguous” evidence of life on the moon.
August 25th is…
Banana Split Day Kiss and Make Up Day Park Service Founders Day Secondhand Wardrobe Day
August 25th Birthday Quotes
“There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man.” – Sean Connery
“Wealth for its own sake is an empty shell. Wealth that includes making other people’s lives better will reward you even more than the beautiful mansion you live in.” – Gene Simmons
“All you can do is do the best you can and I did that. I had a great time. I made a product and I was not embarrassed by it at all so you do it and you move on.” – Blair Underwood
“Inspiration is wonderful when it happens, but the writer must develop an approach for the rest of the time… The wait is simply too long. – Leonard Bernstein
“I’m amazed when I see mothers wearing high heels. If your kids run off you can’t run after them.” – Claudia Schiffer
” Don’t sell out who you really are to make others happy.” – Jo Dee Messina
August 25th Birthdays
1530 – Ivan the Terrible, Russian ruler (died in 1584) 1819 – Allan Pinkerton, Scottish-American detective, and spy (died in 1884) 1913 – Walt Kelly, American illustrator, and animator, Pogo (died in 1973) 1916 – Van Johnson, American actor (died in 2008) 1918 – Leonard Bernstein, American pianist, composer, and conductor (died in 1990) 1930 – Sean Connery, Scottish actor 1930 – Graham Jarvis, Canadian character actor (died in 2003) 1933 – Tom Skerritt, American actor 1947 – Michael Kaluta, American comic book author and illustrator 1949 – Gene Simmons, Israeli-American singer-songwriter, KISS 1951 – Bill Handel, Brazilian-American lawyer, and radio host 1954 – Elvis Costello, English singer-songwriter 1958 – Tim Burton, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1961 – Billy Ray Cyrus, American singer-songwriter, 1963 – Shock G, American rapper 1964 – Blair Underwood, American actor 1968 – Rachael Ray, American chef, author, and television host 1970 – Jo Dee Messina, American singer-songwriter 1970 – Claudia Schiffer, German model 1978 – Kel Mitchell, American comedic actor 1981 – Rachel Bilson, American actress 1987 – Blake Lively, American actress 1998 – China Anne McClain, American actress
August 25th History
1609 – Galileo Galilei demonstrated his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers.
1835 – The New York Sun perpetrated the Great Moon Hoax a six-part article falsely attributed to Sir John Herschel, one of the best-known astronomers of his time.
1916 – The United States National Park Service was created.
1921 – The largest civil uprising in US history since the Civil War occurred when 10,000 Coal Miners battled 3,000 cops and “strikebreakers”. The coal miners were attempting to unionize the coal mines of West Virginia. US Troops were eventually brought in by Presidential Order.
1944 – Paris was liberated by the Allies.
1950 – President Harry Truman ordered the US Army to seize control of the country’s railroads to avert a strike.
1958 – #1 Hit August 25, 1958 – September 28, 1958: The Elegants – Little Star
1962 – #1 Hit August 25, 1962 – August 31, 1962: Little Eva – The Loco-Motion
1973 – #1 Hit August 25, 1973 – September 7, 1973: Stories – Brother Louie
1979 – #1 Hit August 25, 1979 – October 5, 1979: The Knack – My Sharona
1980 – Broadway Show – 42nd Street (Musical) August 25, 1980
1994 – My So-Called Life premiered on ABC.
2001 – Singer Aaliyah, along with 8 others, was killed in an overloaded plane in the Bahamas.
August 25, 2006 – The Cheetah Girls 2 aired on The Disney Channel
2012 – Voyager 1 spacecraft entered interstellar space beyond our solar system becoming the first man-made object to do so.
2012 – #1 Hit August 25, 2012 – August 31, 2012: Flo Rida – Whistle
2013 – At the 2013 MTV Video Music Awards, Miley Cyrus created a controversy by ‘Twerking’ during a performance with Robin Thicke.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
A quarter has 199 ridges around the edge.
I wonder if anyone has gone to a Renaissance fair dressed as Doctor Who? #DoctorWho
“If you think about it: your favorite memories, the most important moments in your life…were you alone?” – Ryan Bingham in Up in the Air #moviequotes
At the start of the original trilogy, R2-D2 is about as old as a Commodore 64 in 2015.
1682 – William Penn received the area that is now the state of Delaware, and added it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
August 24, 1960 Birthday (fictional) Tony Soprano
1989 – Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose was banned from baseball ‘forever’ for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti.
1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released to the public in North America.
If you were born on August 24th, You were likely conceived the week of… December 1st (prior year)
August 24th is…
Maryland Day Peach Pie Day Pluto Demoted Day Waffle Day
August 24th Birthday Quotes
“Just take your time – wave comes. Let the other guys go, catch another one.” – Duke Kahanamoku
” An artist’s job is to articulate what might otherwise be incoherent.” – Nancy Spero
“Get in the game. Do the best you can. Try to make a contribution. Learn from today. Apply it to tomorrow.” – Cal Ripken, Jr.
” I’m not afraid of failing. I don’t like to fail. I hate to fail. But I’m not afraid of it.” – Vince McMahon
” You can do anything if you set your mind to it. Look out for kids, help them dream, and be inspired. We teach calculus in schools, but I believe the most important formula is courage plus dreams equals success.” – Marlee Matlin
“I’m famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can’t count on it.” – Dave Chappelle
August 24th Birthdays
1890 – Duke Kahanamoku, American swimmer, actor and surfer (died in 1968) 1905 – Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 1974) 1924 – Louis Teicher, American pianist (Ferrante & Teicher) (died in 2008) 1926 – Nancy Spero, American painter, and academic (died in 2009) 1929 – Yasser Arafat, Egyptian-Palestinian politician, 1st President of the Palestinian National Authority (died in 2004) 1934 – Kenny Baker, English actor, R2-D2 (died in 2016) 1938 – Mason Williams, American guitarist, and composer 1942 – Jimmy Soul, American pop-soul singer (died in 1988) 1945 – Vince McMahon, American wrestler, promoter, co-founded WWE 1949 – Charles Rocket, American actor (died in 2005) 1955 – Mike Huckabee, American minister, and politician 1957 – Stephen Fry, English actor, journalist, and screenwriter 1960 – Cal Ripken, Jr., American baseball player 1965 – Marlee Matlin, American actress 1973 – Dave Chappelle, American comedian, and actor 1977 – John Green, American author, and vlogger 1981 – Chad Michael Murray, American model, and actor 1988 – Rupert Grint, English actor 1995 – Lady Amelia Windsor, member of the British royal family
August 24th History
79 (Volcano Eruption) Mount Vesuvius erupted. The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were buried in volcanic ash, although some scholars believe it was October 24th. Pop/Rock band Bastille wrote a song about the event in 2013.
1215 – Pope Innocent III declared Magna Carta invalid.
1456 – The printing of the Gutenberg Bible was completed.
1635 – Great Colonial Hurricane of 1635, Colonial USA
1662 – The Act of Uniformity requires England to accept the Book of Common Prayer.
1682 – William Penn received the area that is now the state of Delaware and added it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1690 – Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, essentially founding the city.
1875 – Navy Captain Matthew Webb began his swim as the first person to swim the English Channel without a life preserver
1891 – Thomas Edison applied for his patent (#589,168) the motion picture projector (kinetograph). It was approved on August 31.
1932 – Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly across the United States non-stop, from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey.
1959 – #1 Hit August 24, 1959 – September 20, 1959: The Browns – The Three Bells
August 24, 1960 Birthday (fictional) Tony Soprano, The Sopranos, TV
1974 – #1 Hit August 24, 1974 – September 13, 1974: Paul Anka and Odia Coates – (You’re) Having My Baby
1979 – The Facts of Life premiered on NBC.
1985 – #1 Hit August 24, 1985 – September 6, 1985: Huey Lewis and the News – The Power of Love
1989 – Pete Rose was banned from baseball for life.
August 24, 1995 – Microsoft Windows 95 was released.
1998 – First radio-frequency identification (RFID) human implantation was tested in the United Kingdom.
#1 Hit August 24, 2019 – August 30, 2019: Billie Eilish – Bad Guy
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“Besame, Besame mucho.” #songlyrics
All known elements are created from helium and hydrogen inside a star with a process called nucleosynthesis.
In the “Fifth Element”, the hero (Corbin) and the villain (Zorg) never meet each other. They never even know that the other exists.
“If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice” – #songlyrics
The first movie ever given the title ‘Blockbuster’ was ‘Jaws.’
“Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.” – W. C. Fields
Having a creative password is really unfortunate. Because as much as you want to, you can’t tell anyone about it.
A group of Wombats is called a Wisdom.
When you’re outside your comfort zone often enough, that becomes your comfort zone – and that’s how you grow and thrive.
2006 – Pluto was demoted from full planet status to “dwarf planet”.
If you were born on August 23rd, You were likely conceived the week of… November 30th (prior year)
Wisdom From Television:
Jeannie: How should I punish him? Should I give him the death of a thousand itches?
Major Healey: How about scratches?
Jeannie: Itches are much worse.
Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm syndrome occurs when the victim, unconsciously or involuntarily, begins to sympathize with his abductors. While some are willing to believe that Hearst has been brainwashed, not everyone agrees that Stockholm syndrome is real. The term was coined when four Swedish bank employees were held hostage for six days while siding with their captors in Stockholm in August 1973.
August 23rd is…
Ride Like the Wind Day Spongecake Day The Festival of Vulcan (The Vulcanalia, no longer celebrated)
August 23rd Birthday Quotes
” I die innocent of all the crimes laid to my charge; I pardon those who have occasioned my death, and I pray to God that the blood you are going to shed may never be visited on France.” – Louis XVI of France
” The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment.” – Gene Kelly
“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.” – Kobe Bryant
” People are more interested in someone who goes on stage and tells the truth.” – Jay Mohr
” I don’t know any musician, successful or otherwise, that got in it to make money. Or a writer, for that matter. You get into it because you love it.” – Rick Springfield
August 23rd Birthdays
1754 – Louis XVI of France (died in 1793) 1884 – Will Cuppy, American author and critic (died in 1949) 1905 – Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist, Nancy comic strip (died in 1982) 1912 – Gene Kelly, American actor, singer, and dancer (died in 1996) 1917 – Tex Williams, American singer-songwriter (died in 1985) 1931 – Barbara Eden, American actress 1934 – Sonny Jurgensen, American football player, and sportscaster 1946 – Keith Moon, English drummer, The Who (died in 1978) 1949 – Shelley Long, American actress 1949 – Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter and actor 1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor, and screenwriter 1970 – River Phoenix, American actor (died in 1993) 1974 – Ray Park, Scottish actor, and stuntman 1977 – Jared Fogle, former spokesperson for chain restaurant Subway 1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basketball player (died in 2020)
August 23rd History
79 – Mount Vesuvius began stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
1305 – Sir William Wallace was executed for high treason at Smithfield in London.
1775 – King George III delivered his ‘Proclamation of Rebellion to the Court of St. James’s’ stating that the American colonies have proceeded to a state of open and avowed rebellion.
1913 – The Little Mermaid statue was dedicated in the harbor of Copenhagen, Denmark
1948 – World Council of Churches was formed.
1965 – The Sound of Music was released, starring Julie Andrews
1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
1969 – #1 Hit August 23, 1969 – September 19, 1969: The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
1973 – A bank robbery went wrong in Stockholm, Sweden, turned into a hostage crisis; over the next five days the hostages begin to sympathize with their captors, leading to the term “Stockholm syndrome”.
1975 – #1 Hit August 23, 1975 – August 29, 1975: Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds – Fallin’ in Love
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web opened the WWW to new users.
1996- The Price Is Right celebrated its 25th anniversary special on CBS
1998 – That 70’s show premiered on FOX
August 23, 2000 (fiction) Los Angeles was destroyed by a major earthquake, Escape From L.A., Film
2007 – The skeletal remains of Russia’s last royal family members Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, and his sister Grand Duchess Anastasia were discovered near Yekaterinburg, Russia.
2008 – #1 Hit August 23, 2008 – September 5, 2008: Rihanna – Disturbia
2011 (Earthquake) Virginia/East Coast, USA
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“If you can’t convince them, confuse them.” – Harry S Truman
Useless Pronunciation: O as in ox
‘Yipes’ is the Fruit Stripe chewing gum zebra.
Hedy Lamarr – Real Name: Hedwig Kiesler
“She seems to have an invisible torture” #misunderstoodlyrics
Lilo means “lost” in Hawaiian, so the movie title “Lilo and Stitch” can be interpreted as “lost and pulled together”.
During “One More Time” by Daft Punk says “one more time” 28 times in that song. #onemoretime
“Plastics.” – Mr. Maguire (Walter Brooke) #moviequotes
Garrison Keillor – Real Name: Gary Edward Keillor
umop-apisdn is upside-down upside-down.
“Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.” – Robert A. Heinlein
The only difference between a dream and a nightmare is whether or not you enjoyed it.
1851 – The first America’s Cup was won by the yacht ‘America’. America’s Cup is the oldest international sporting trophy.
1864 – Twelve nations signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing the rules of protection of the victims of armed conflicts.
1945 – The Vietnam Conflict began.
1989 – 1989 – Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts. He retired with 5,714 strikeouts.
August 22 Birthday (fictional) Doug Funnie, Cartoon
If you were born on August 22nd, You were likely conceived the week of… November 29th (prior year)
The Geneva Convention
The Geneva Conventions are the rules that apply in times of armed conflict and seek to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities; these include the sick and wounded of armed forces on the field, wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, prisoners of war, and civilians.
August 22nd is…
Bao Day Be An Angel Day Never Bean Better Day Pecan Torte Day Surgical Oncologist Day Tooth Fairy Day
August 22nd Birthday Quotes
“If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.” – Dorothy Parker
“Music is the silence between the notes.” – Claude Debussy
“Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.” – Ray Bradbury
” Poor people have the blues because they’re poor and hungry. Rich people can’t sleep at night because they’re trying to hold on to their money and everything they have.” – John Lee Hooker
” I don’t think of dying, I think of being here now.” – Valerie Harper
” You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” – Ray Bradbury
” Hip-Hop is my vehicle to scientific and universal enlightenment.” – GZA
“I hate writing. I love having written.” – Dorothy Parker
August 22nd Birthdays
1862 – Claude Debussy, French pianist, and composer (died in 1918) 1880 – George Herriman, American cartoonist, Krazy Kat (died in 1944) 1893 – Dorothy Parker, American poet, critic, and satirist (died in 1967) 1903 – Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died in 1990) 1909 – Julius J. Epstein, American screenwriter, and producer (died in 2000) 1917 – John Lee Hooker, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2001) 1920 – Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer, and screenwriter (died in 2012) 1925 – Honor Blackman, English actress and republican (died in 2020) 1934 – Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr., American general (died in 2012) 1936 – Dale Hawkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2010) 1939 – Valerie Harper, American actress (died in 2019) 1945 – David Chase, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1963 – Tori Amos, American singer-songwriter 1966 – GZA, American rapper 1968 – Rich Lowry, American writer and magazine editor (National Review) 1970 – Giada De Laurentiis, Italian-American chef, and author 1973 – Kristen Wiig, American comedic actress 1978 – James Corden, English actor, and television presenter 1995 – Dua Lipa, English singer-songwriter
August 22nd History
August 22 Birthday (fictional) Doug Funnie, Cartoon
565 – Columba, an Irish missionary, reported seeing a monster in Loch Ness, Scotland.
1791 – Haitian Slave Revolution in Saint-Domingue began. It ended with the founding of the Republic of Haiti in 1804.
1831 – Nat Turner’s slave rebellion began just after midnight in Southampton County, Virginia, leading to the deaths of more than 50 whites and several hundred African Americans who were killed in retaliation for the uprising.
1851 – The first America’s Cup was won by the yacht ‘America.’
1865 – The first patent for making liquid soap was granted to William Sheppard.
1902 – Cadillac Motor Company was founded.
1952 – The French penal colony on Devil’s Island is permanently closed.
1963 – American Joe Walker reached an altitude of 66 miles in an X-15 test plane.
1964 – #1 Hit August 22, 1964 – September 4, 1964: The Supremes – Where Did Our Love Go
1970 – #1 Hit August 22, 1970 – August 28, 1970: Bread – Make It with You
August 22, 1976 Birthday (fictional) Percy Weasley, Harry Potter
1987 – #1 Hit August 22, 1987 – August 28, 1987: Madonna – Who’s That Girl
1989 – Nolan Ryan struck out Rickey Henderson to become the first Major League Baseball pitcher to record 5,000 strikeouts.
2003 – Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore was suspended after refusing to comply with a federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Alabama Supreme Court building.
2004 The Edvard Munch Museum’s versions of ‘Madonna’ and ‘The Scream’ were stolen by masked men wielding firearms. The thieves forced the museum guards to lie down on the floor while they snapped the cable securing the paintings to the wall and escaped in a black Audi A6 station wagon, which police later found abandoned. Both paintings were recovered by the Oslo Police on August 31, 2006.
2007 – The Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 30-3, the most runs scored by a team in modern MLB history.
August 22, 2008 – The Cheetah Girls: One World aired on The Disney Channel
2015 – #1 Hit August 22, 2015 – September 18, 2015: The Weeknd – Can’t Feel My Face
#1 Hit August 22, 2020 – September 4: WAP, 2020 – Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The oldest person to have ever lived, Jeanne Calment, aged 122 at death, attributed her longevity to a diet of olive oil, port wine, and 2 pounds of chocolate every week.
The Capital of Malawi is Lilongwe
In the event of an apocalypse, I would spend the first ten minutes wondering why the internet doesn’t work.
Author Joe Hill was so determined to keep it a secret that he was Stephen King’s son, his own agent didn’t know for 10 years.
Most American car horns honk in the key of F.
TV Quotes… “Makin’ whoopie” (Bob Eubanks) on “The Newlywed Game”
Reflections are just echoes of light. Mirrors are just light echo machines.
Mr. Rogers’ neighborhood is probably my favorite kid’s show that starts and ends with a middle-aged man changing his clothes.
A group of Cosmologists is called a Galaxy.
“It is a damn poor mind indeed which can’t think of at least two ways to spell any word.” – Andrew Jackson
“Who loves you, baby?” – Kojak
Any pizza is a personal pizza if you try hard enough.
1911 – The Mona Lisa was stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia, a Louvre employee. It was returned to the Louvre on January 4, 1914. Peruggia served six months in prison for the crime.
1939 – 5 young African-Americans were denied library cards at the Alexandria, VA Library and arrested after sitting down and reading books. The civil disobedience was one of the earliest in the American Civil Rights Movement.
1961 – Motown released what would be its first #1 hit, Please Mr. Postman by The Marvelettes.
1986 – The Lake Nyos, Cameroon disaster resulted in the deaths of 1800 people when a volcano suddenly burst with a wave of carbon dioxide.
If you were born on August 21st, You were likely conceived the week of… November 28th (prior year)
Southampton Insurrection
Nat Turner’s Rebellion (aka Southampton Insurrection) was a rebellion of slaves that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, on August 21, 1831, led by Nat Turner. Fugitive enslaved people killed from 55 to 65 people, at least 51 were white. The rebellion was effectively suppressed at Belmont Plantation on the morning of August 23, 1831.
August 21st is…
Brazilian Blowout Day Poet’s Day Senior Citizens Day Spumoni Day
August 21st Birthday Quotes
“Learn to deal with the valleys and the hills will take care of themselves.” – Count Basie
“It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.” – Wilt Chamberlain
“You don’t want to work on a job where you’re looking at your watch.” – Stephen Hillenburg
” I’ve always said music should make you laugh, make you cry or make you think.” – Kenny Rogers
” If you play a tune and a person don’t tap their feet, don’t play the tune.” – Count Basie
” As a child, I’d help my mum cook, and it was ridiculous – she had the correct gadget or utensil for everything. ‘Stop! Don’t use that, I have exactly the right utensil.’ After I left home, I survived on cup-a-meals and never saw myself as being like her. Now I’ve become her.” – Kelis
August 21st Birthdays
1754 – William Murdoch, Scottish engineer, and inventor, created gas-powered lighting (died in 1839) 1895 – Blossom Rock, American actress (died in 1978) 1904 – Count Basie, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (died in 1984) 1906 – Friz Freleng, American animator, director, and producer (died in 1995) 1916 – Bill Lee, American actor, and singer (died in 1980) 1936 – Wilt Chamberlain, American basketball player and coach (died in 1999) 1938 – Kenny Rogers, American singer-songwriter and actor (died in 2020) 1941 – Jackie DeShannon, American singer-songwriter 1943 – Hugh Wilson, American actor, director and screenwriter (died in 2018) 1952 – Joe Strummer, English singer-songwriter (died in 2002) 1956 – Kim Cattrall, English-Canadian actress 1961 – Stephen Hillenburg, American marine biologist, and animator, SpongeBob Squarepants (died in 2018) 1967 – Carrie-Anne Moss, Canadian actress 1979 – Kelis Rogers, American singer-songwriter 1988 – Kacey Musgraves, American singer-songwriter 1989 – Hayden Panettiere, American actress
August 21st History
1883 – An F5 tornado strikes Rochester, Minnesota, leading to the creation of the Mayo Clinic.
1888 – The first practical adding machine in the United States was patented (#’s 388,116-388,119) by William Seward Burroughs.
1911 – The Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggia. It was returned in 1913.
1919 – Pearl Harbor Dry Dock officially opened.
1957 – The Soviet Union successfully conducted a long-range test flight of the R-7 Semyorka, the first intercontinental ballistic missile.
1959 – Hawaii becomes the 50th state
1961 – Motown released what would be its first #1 hit, “Please Mr. Postman” by The Marvelettes.
1979 – Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected to the United States.
1983 – Broadway Show – La Cage aux Folles (Musical) August 21, 1983
1992 – Ruby Ridge was the site of a deadly confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992 between Randy Weaver, his family and his friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). It resulted in the death of Weaver’s son Sammy, his wife Vicki, and Deputy U.S. Marshal William Francis Degan.
1994- HBO aired a concert special featuring Barbara Streisand and it was her first public concert in 27 years.
2004 – #1 Hit August 21, 2004 – September 10, 2004: Terror Squad – Lean Back
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
Biggest film of 1941: Sergeant York (Drama) earned ~ $16,000,000
Wade Boggs once Drank 64 Cans of Miller Lite on a Cross Country Flight and then Beat the Seattle Mariners the next day #goals #achievements
“I love the smell of napalm in the morning.” – Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore (Robert Duvall) in Apocalypse Now, 1979
The most common use for Q-tips is not recommended or advertised by the Q-tip makers whatsoever.
In 2015 a French court renamed a baby after the judge ruled that the parents’ decision to the name the child “Nutella” was not in the child’s best interest.
We used to make fun of my mother buying stuff from home on QVC. Now I do the same thing with Amazon.
1920 – The first(?) commercial radio station, 8MK (now WWJ), began operating in Detroit.
1920 – The National Football League was organized as the American Professional Football Conference in Canton, Ohio.
1986 – In Edmond, Oklahoma, U.S. Postal employee Patrick Sherrill shot and killed14 of his co-workers, injured 6 more, and then committed suicide. It was the initial example of “going postal”.
If you were born on August 20th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 27th (prior year)
NASA’s Viking 1 & 2
NASA’s Viking Project found a place in history when it became the first U.S. mission to land a spacecraft safely on the surface of Mars and return images of the surface. Two identical spacecraft, each consisting of a lander and an orbiter, were built. Each orbiter-lander pair flew together and entered Mars orbit; the landers then separated and descended to the planet’s surface. The Viking 1 lander touched down on the western slope of Chryse Planitia (the Plains of Gold), while the Viking 2 lander settled down at Utopia Planitia.
The Viking mission was planned to continue for 90 days after landing. Each orbiter and lander operated far beyond its design lifetime. Viking Orbiter 1 continued for four years and 1,489 orbits of Mars, concluding its mission on August 7, 1980, while Viking Orbiter 2 functioned until July 25, 1978.
August 20th is…
Bacon Lovers Day Chocolate Pecan Pie Day Lemonade Day Radio Day
August 20th Birthday Quotes
“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” – H.P. Lovecraft
” I don’t sit back and count up what I’ve done. There’s just always something else to do. There’s always a challenge ahead.” – Isaac Hayes
” If you want to sell a steak, you can’t just have the sizzle, you gotta have sauce.” – Don King
“No, I’ve never thought that I was gay. And that’s not something you think. It’s something you know.” – Robert Plant
” Don’t pressure yourself. Don’t worry about what others think you should do or what the societal “norm” is. Do what moves you and makes you smile and the good will follow. – Misha Collins
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy. That’s my life motto.” – Demi Lovato
” Educate yourself make your world view beggir, visualize wealth, and put yourself in the picture.” – KRS-One
August 20th Birthdays
1833 – Benjamin Harrison, American politician, 23rd President of the United States (died in 1901) 1890 – H.P. Lovecraft, American short story writer, editor, novelist (died in 1937) 1923 – Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (died in 1964) 1931 – Don King, American boxing promoter 1935 – Ron Paul, American politician, and physician 1942 – Isaac Hayes, American singer-songwriter and producer (died in 2008) 1943 – Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor 1946 – Connie Chung, American journalist 1948 – Robert Plant, English singer-songwriter 1949 – Phil Lynott, Irish singer-songwriter, Thin Lizzy (died in 1986) 1952 – Doug Fieger, American singer-songwriter, The Knack (died in 2010) 1954 – Al Roker, American news anchor, and television personality 1962 – James Marsters, American actor 1965 – KRS-One, American rapper and producer 1966 – Dimebag Darrell, American guitarist, and songwriter (died in 2004) 1970 – Fred Durst, American singer-songwriter 1974 – Misha Collins, American actor 1983 – Andrew Garfield, American-English actor 1992 – Demi Lovato, American singer-songwriter and actress
August 20th History
1000 – The foundation of the Hungarian state by Saint Stephen.
1858 – Charles Darwin first published his theory of evolution through natural selection in The Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London
1882 – Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture debuted in Moscow, Russia.
1910 – The Great Fire of 1910 burned 3 Million acres in Washinton, Idaho, and Montana.
1920 – The first commercial radio station, 8MK “Detroit News Radiophone” (now WWJ), began operations in Detroit, Michigan.
1926 – Japan’s public broadcasting company, Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) was established.
1938 – Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam, a record that stood until 2013 years when it was broken by Alex Rodriguez.
1975 – NASA launched the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
1977 – #1 Hit August 20, 1977 – September 30, 1977: The Emotions – Best of My Love
1977 – NASA launched the Voyager 2 spacecraft towards the outer solar system.
1998 – The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without the federal government’s approval.
2002 – Broadway Show – Hairspray (Musical) August 15, 2002
2014 – 72 people were killed in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture by a series of landslides that were caused by a (typical) month’s worth of rain that fell in a single day.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
While filming an episode of the West Wing, Martin Sheen put a cigarette out in the National Cathedral while in character – prompting the National Cathedral to ban filming inside the building.
The Capital of Maldives is Male
“No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.” – Abraham Lincoln
Doritos could be made without the powder and taste exactly the same. It was left on because it was decided that the residue left on your fingers as part of the “Doritos experience.”
Thomas Jefferson is credited with bringing Macaroni and Cheese to the United States, in 1802.
Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues #6 – Industry. Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions.
“The man who said ‘I’d rather be lucky than good’ saw deeply into life. People are afraid to face how great a part of life is dependent on luck.” – Chris Wilton in Match Point #moviequotes
Jupiter’s moon Europa may have a similar chemical balance to Earth and has “the right conditions for life.” Oh sure, of ALL the places in the universe humans could move to, we pick the ONE place we were warned to avoid…
Lasers were once the greatest scientific breakthrough in history, now we use them to play with cats.
When the mummy of Pharaoh Ramesses II needed to be moved to Paris for restoration, it was issued an Egyptian passport that listed his occupation as “King (deceased)”. The mummy was received with the full military honors usually accorded to royalty.
The Capital of Malaysia is Kuala Lumpur
Because telescopes work using mirrors, we’ll never know if there are any space vampires.
1812 – American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
1893 – Frank Wisner invented the Root Beer Float.
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.
If you were born on August 19th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 26th (prior year)
The Samlesbury Witch Trials
The Samlesbury witches were three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury (Jane Southworth, Jennet Bierley, and Ellen Bierley), each accused by a 14-year-old Grace Sowerbutts, of practicing witchcraft. Their trial at Lancaster Assizes in England on August 19, 1612, was one in a series of witch trials held there over two days, and all three of the Samlesbury women were acquitted. They faired better than the accused Pendle witches.
August 19th is…
Aviation Day Bow Day Potato Day Soft Ice Cream Day World Humanitarian Day World Photo Day
August 19th Birthday Quotes
“If we worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.” – Orville Wright
“Middle age is when you’ve met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.” – Ogden Nash
“Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky, in the street, fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening.” – Coco Chanel
” We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.” – William J. Clinton
“A really good band with a bad drummer is not a good band. A really bad band with a good drummer sounds better.” – Ginger Baker
“There’s nothing on it worthwhile, and we’re not going to watch it in this household, and I don’t want it in your intellectual diet.” – Philo Farnsworth (regarding television)
August 19th Birthdays
1871 – Orville Wright, American engineer, and pilot, co-founded the Wright Company (died in 1948) 1883 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer, founded the Chanel Company (died in 1971) 1902 – Ogden Nash, American poet (died in 1971) 1906 – Philo Farnsworth, American inventor, invented the Television (died in 1971) 1919 – Malcolm Forbes, American publisher and politician (died in 1990) 1921 – Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter, and producer, Star Trek (died in 1991) 1933 – Debra Paget, American actress 1934 – Renée Richards, American tennis player, and ophthalmologist 1939 – Ginger Baker, English drummer, and songwriter (died in 2019) 1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter 1940 – Jill St. John, American actress 1942 – Fred Thompson, American actor, and politician (died in 2015) 1946 – Bill Clinton, American lawyer, 42nd President of the United States 1948 – Gerald McRaney, American actor 1952 – Jonathan Frakes, American actor, and director 1953 – Mary Matalin, American political consultant 1956 – Adam Arkin, American actor 1963 – John Stamos, American actor 1965 – Kyra Sedgwick, American actress 1966 – Lee Ann Womack, American singer-songwriter
August 19, 1966, is the date of a nuclear war in the 1960 film The Time Machine 1969 – Nate Dogg, American rapper (died in 2011) 1969 – Matthew Perry, American actor 1988 – Veronica Roth, American author
August 19th History
295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, was dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges
1612 – The “Samlesbury witches”, three women from the Lancashire village of Samlesbury, England, were put on trial, accused of practicing witchcraft, with all three of the Samlesbury women acquitted.
1692 – In Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, five people, one woman and four men, including a clergyman, are executed after being convicted of witchcraft at the Salem Witch Trials.
1812 – American frigate USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, earning the nickname “Old Ironsides”.
1848 – The New York Herald published the news to the East Coast of the US about the Gold Rush in California.
1909 – The first automobile race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
1934 – The first All-American Soap Box Derby was held in Dayton, Ohio.
1950 – #1 Hit August 19, 1950 – November 17, 1950: Gordon Jenkins and The Weavers – Goodnight Irene
1960 – With Korabl-Sputnik 2, the Soviet Union launched the satellite with the dogs Belka and Strelka, 40 mice, two rats, and a variety of plants. All of the creatures survived
1964 – Syncom 3, the first geostationary communication satellite, was launched.
1967 – #1 Hit August 19, 1967 – August 25, 1967: The Beatles – All You Need Is Love
1973 – The (real) Texas Chain Saw Massacre occurred.
August 19, 19** Birthday (fictional) Aloysius Snuffleupagus, Sesame Street
1991 – Black groups targeted Hasidic Jews on the streets of Crown Heights in New York, New York for three days, after two black children were hit by a car driven by a Hasidic man.
2006 – #1 Hit August 19, 2006 – September 8, 2006: Fergie – London Bridge
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
In the 1970s, Tony the Tiger was given a family in an effort to humanize him. His family included Mama Tony, Mrs. Tony, and a daughter, Antoinette. Theeeyyy’re GONE!
A “kilowarhol” is the unit of measurement used to describe someone who has been famous for 15,000 minutes.
Composer Arthur Sullivan sent a message to Thomas Edison in regard to the phonograph that he was “… terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever.”
TV Quotes… “Heh heh” (Beavis and Butt-head) on “Beavis and Butthead”
If the first two aliens we met were twins we would think their entire species looked the same. #perception
The biggest film of 1943: This is the Army (Musical) earned ~ $12,000,000
Vincent Price did the monologue for Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in one take.
US President #1 President George Washington (1789-1797) Despite rumors, his teeth were made of ivory, not wood. You can visit them at the National Museum of Dentistry in Baltimore, Md.
“Doctors say that Nordberg has a 50/50 chance of living, though there’s only a 10 percent chance of that.” – Ed Hocken #moviequotes
The “Dog Days of Summer” meaning comes from the dog star Sirius, and that the star would rise just before the sun mid-summer (the hottest days of the year).
The AOL “Welcome” & “You’ve Got Mail” sounds were recorded in 1989 on a cassette deck.
1872 – The first mail-order catalogs were published by Montgomery Ward. In 2000, the retail outlet was closed.
1920 – The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution granted women the right to vote.
1960 “The Pill” – birth control went on sale.
If you were born on August 18th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 25th (prior year)
August 18th is…
Fajita Day Ice Cream Pie Day Mail Order Catalog Day Serendipity Day
August 18th Birthday Quotes
” If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth.” – Roberto Clemente
“As I have always held it a crime to anticipate evils, I will believe it a good comfortable road until I am compelled to believe differently.” – Meriwether Lewis
” Like a guide dog, paintings help you see.” – Martin Mull
“I think on-stage nudity is disgusting, shameful, and damaging to all things American. But if I were 22 with a great body, it would be an artistic, tasteful, patriotic and progressive religious experience.” – Shelley Winters
“Write. Write every day. Write honestly. Write something that doesn’t exist, and you wish did. Read. Learn. Study. Watch people. Listen to what they say, listen to how they say it, and listen to what they do not say. Surprise yourself. Scare yourself.” – Brian Michael Bendis
August 18th Birthdays
1587 – Virginia Dare, the first child born to English parents in the Americas (date of death unknown) 1774 – Meriwether Lewis, American soldier, explorer, and politician (died in 1809) 1834 – Marshall Field, American businessman, founded Marshall Field’s (died in 1906) 1904 – Max Factor, Jr., American businessman (died in 1996) 1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (died in 2006) 1927 – Rosalynn Carter, First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981 1933 – Roman Polanski, French-Polish director, and producer 1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican-American baseball player (died in 1972) 1935 – Gail Fisher, American actress (died in 2000) 1943 – Martin Mull, American actor, and comedian 1952 – Elayne Boosler, American comedic actress 1952 – Patrick Swayze, American actor, and dancer (died in 2009) 1956 – Jon ‘Bermuda’ Schwartz, American drummer and producer 1958 – Madeleine Stowe, American actress 1961 – Bob Woodruff, American journalist, and author 1967 – Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book author, and illustrator 1969 – Edward Norton, American actor 1978 – Andy Samberg, American actor, and comedian 1993 – Maia Mitchell, Australian actress
August 18th History
1587 – Virginia Dare, the granddaughter of Governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, became the first English child born in the Americas, to Ananias and Eleanor Dare. She and the rest of the colonists at Roanoke disappeared at some point before August 18, 1590. The only clue was the word “Croatoan” carved into a post.
1868 – French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovered helium.
1783 – The 1783 Great Meteor was observed from the British Isles.
1877 – Asaph Hall discovered the Martian moon Phobos.
1903 – German engineer Karl Jatho may have flown his own airplane, four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing women’s suffrage.
1956 – #1 Hit August 18, 1956 – November 2, 1956: Elvis Presley – Don’t Be Cruel / Hound Dog
1958 – Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita was published in the United States.
1958 – #1 Hit August 18, 1958 – August 24, 1958: Domenico Modugno – Volare (Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu)
1962 – Ringo Starr joined the Beatles, replacing Pete Best
1973 – #1 Hit August 18, 1973 – August 24, 1973: Diana Ross – Touch Me in the Morning
1977 – Steve Biko was arrested at a police roadblock under the ‘Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967’ in King William’s Town, South Africa. He died from injuries that occurred during his arrest. Peter Gabriel released a tribute to him, Biko, which became a hit in 1980.
1979 – #1 Hit August 18, 1979 – August 24, 1979: Chic – Good Times
August 18, 1989 (fiction) Jurassic Park’s computer systems were sabotaged, Jurassic Park, Book/Film
August 18, 1993 Birthday (fictional) Percy Jackson, Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book/Film
2001 – #1 Hit August 18, 2001 – September 7, 2001: Alicia Keys – Fallin’
2005 – A massive power blackout hits the Indonesian island of Java, affecting almost 100 million people, one of the largest and most widespread power outages in history, and lasted just over six hours.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The cracking sound you hear from a whip is actually the whip breaking the speed of sound and creating a small sonic boom.
In his 1225 essay on the nature of color (Du Luce/On Light), the English Bishop Robert Grosseteste described the birth of the Universe in an explosion and the crystallization of matter to form stars and planets in a set of nested spheres around Earth, seven centuries before the Big Bang theory.
The Capital of Malta is Valletta
All gerbils in the US descend from 20 caught in Mongolia in 1935 for research purposes.
Roman citizens who did not have land were deemed unfit for battle since they would not have something to protect.
Saying “slashed hashbrowns” in a hushed voice makes me sound like I’m speaking Parseltongue. #teamvoldemort
“I feel the need… the need for speed!” – Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell and Lt.jg Nick “Goose” Bradshaw (Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards) in Top Gun, 1986
Charlie Sheen stayed awake for 48 hours to achieve his wasted look for his cameo as a drugged-up thug in “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”.
The Ouija board got its name after being asked what is should be called. When asked what it meant, the board allegedly replied, “good luck.”
California has a larger GDP than any other country except for China, Japan, Germany, and the UK.
Muhammad Ali recited, during a speech in 1975 at Harvard University, the “shortest poem ever written on what it’s like to be as great as Ali” by saying: “Me? Whee!”
The Capital of Mali is Bamako
“Tastes great!” … “Less filling!” (Miller Lite beer ad)
1807 – Robert Fulton’s steamboat begin its first trip between Albany and New York City.
1978 – Maxie Anderson, Larry Newman, and Ben Abruzzo became the first people to make a transatlantic trip across the ocean, landing in Miserey, France after a 137 hour trip from Maine.
1998 – President Bill Clinton made the statement “It depends on what your meaning of ‘is’ is”.
August 17, 19** Birthday (fictional) Lois Lane, DC Comics
If you were born on August 17th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 24th (prior year)
August 17th is…
Black Cat Appreciation Day I Love My Feet Day! Massachusetts DayNonprofit Day Thrift Shop Day Vanilla Custard Day
August 17th Birthday Quotes
” There is nothing worse than having your personal problems become somebody else’s entertainment.” – Maureen O’Hara
” Remember these words when I am dead. First, be sure you’re right, then go ahead.” – Davy Crockett
” You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” – Mae West
“Stressed about things I shouldn’t even be stressing about.” – Lil Pump
” Life’s too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years.” – Belinda Carlisle
” Time goes on. So whatever you’re going to do, do it. Do it now. Don’t wait.” – Robert De Niro
August 17th Birthdays
1786 – Davy Crockett, American soldier, and politician (died in 1836) 1893 – Mae West, American comedic actress (died in 1980) 1909 – Larry Clinton, American trumpet player, and bandleader (died in 1985) 1919 – Georgia Gibbs, American singer (died in 2006) 1920 – Maureen O’Hara, Irish-American actress (died in 2015) 1943 – Robert De Niro, American actor 1945 – Rachel Pollack, American comic book author, and poet 1958 – Belinda Carlisle, American singer, The Go-Gos 1960 – Sean Penn, American actor 1982 – Mark Salling, American actor (died in 2018) 2000 – Lil Pump, American rapper and songwriter
August 17th History
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 service in the world.
1870 Mount Rainier – 14,417 ft (4,394 m) – Washington, USA – First ascent: August 17, 1870 by Hazard Stevens and P. B. Van Trump
1896 Bridget Driscoll was run over by a Benz car in The Crystal Palace, London grounds. She was the UK’s first pedestrian motoring fatality.
1907 Pike Place Market, in Seattle’s historic district, opened.
1908 Émile Cohl released Fantasmagorie. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation and is considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.
1953 The first meeting of Narcotics Anonymous took place in Southern California.
1958 Pioneer 0, America’s first attempt at lunar orbit, is launched using the first Thor-Able rocket and failed.
1959 Kind of Blue by Miles Davis, the best-selling jazz recording of all time, was released.
1968 #1 Hit August 17, 1968 – September 20, 1968: Young Rascals – People Got to Be Free
1969 Hurricane Camille (Category 5) hit the U.S. Gulf Coast, killing 256 people.
1974 #1 Hit August 17, 1974 – August 23, 1974: Paper Lace – The Night Chicago Died
1977 The Soviet icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach the North Pole.
1978 Double Eagle II became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed in Miserey, France near Paris, 137 hours after leaving Presque Isle, Maine
1990 (Earthquake) Izmit, Turkey
1998 President Clinton admitted to having an “inappropriate” relationship with an intern, Monica Lewinsky.
August 17, 19** Birthday (fictional) Lois Lane, DC Comics
2002 #1 Hit August 17, 2002 – October 4, 2002: Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland – Dilemma
2005 Weeds premiered on Showtime
2007 August 17, 2007 – High School Musical 2 aired on The Disney Channel
2008 American swimmer Michael Phelps was the first to win eight gold medals in one Olympic Games.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
A group of Goldfinches is called a Charm.
Robby the Robot starred in films such as Forbidden Planet and television’s The Addams Family
Alan’s Law of Research: The theory is supported as long as the funds are.
Olivia Newton-John was sewn into the leather trousers she wears in the last scene of Grease.
Q: What do you give to a sick lemon? A: Lemon aid!
When mopping the floor, use very hot water. It evaporates and dries quicker. #LifeProTip
A group of Hedgehogs is called an Array.
The Scary Statistic: Falling Down odds: 1-in-246
What to do: Stay in a chair, or lie on the ground.
The first mainstream album in history to be recorded & mixed digitally and released in CD format was ‘The Visitors’ by ABBA
The biggest film of 1945: The Bells of St. Mary’s (Drama) earned ~ $21,000,000
1896 – Gold was found in Rabbit Creek, leading to the Great Klondike Gold Rush in Canada.
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, was released by Ub Iwerks.
1962 – Pete Best was discharged from The Beatles, to be replaced two days later by Ringo Starr.
August 16, 19** Birthday (fictional) Jason Todd (Robin II), DC Comics
If you were born on August 16th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 23rd (prior year)
Roller Coasters
The origins of the roller coasters probably go back to Russia, where sledding was a popular activity in the winters of the 14th century. In the early 18th century, the first roller coasters were snow and ice – hills built from hills that fell from the cold Russian mountains. It became so popular that people built their own hills in relatively flat areas in winter, often by snowmobiles and sometimes even by hand.
Catherine the Great, the Russian Empress, loved these rides so much that she even had one built for her, and there were slides in the palaces and gardens of the capital. These slides were so popular that they were even part of her palace garden in St. Petersburg. The ride, which opened in St. Petersburg in 1784, consists of a sleigh on a grooved track that descends a small hill, generating electricity through the height and gradient of the first descent. The event took the form of a ride called “Russian Mountains” in honor of Russia’s most famous mountain, the Russian Mountain
They were called Les Montagnes Russe de Belleville, which literally means “Russian mountains of Bellevilles,” and alludes to the place where they began. In Russia, roller coasters began to appear in the late 19th century as a reaction to the popularity of roller coasters in France and Germany.
In 1827, a mining company in Summit Hill, Pennsylvania constructed the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway, a downhill gravity railroad used to deliver coal to Mauch Chunk (now known as Jim Thorpe), Pennsylvania. The first entertainment-themed roller coaster in the country opened on August 16, 1898, in Prescott, Texas, and sparked an obsession with rides among Americans. The best known historical roller coaster, Cyclone, opened at Coney Island in 1927.
August 16th is…
Airborne Day Bratwurst Day Roller Coaster Day Rum Day Tell a Joke Day (Joe Miller’s Day) Wave at Surveillance Day
August 16th Birthday Quotes
“All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible.” – T. E. Lawrence
“Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them.” – John Bosco
“Don’t settle for average. Bring your best to the moment. Then, whether it fails or succeeds, at least you know you gave all you had. We need to live the best that’s in us.” – Angela Bassett
” I’ve had it happen to me before where it turns out that they never had the money and couldn’t have made the movie in the first place. And these are the things you have to look for when trying to read the behavior of the people you sit down with.” – Robert Culp
“Tell me I’m beautiful, it’s nothing. Tell me I’m intellectual – I know it. Tell me I’m funny and it’s the greatest compliment in the world anyone could give me.” – Julie Newmar
” If you settle for what you’ve got, you deserve what you get.” – Kathie Lee Gifford
August 16th Birthdays
1815 – John ‘Don’ Bosco, Italian priest and educator (died in 1888) 1888 – T. E. Lawrence, British colonel, diplomat, writer and archaeologist (died in 1935) 1892 – Hal Foster, Canadian-American author and illustrator (died in 1982) 1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (died in 1983) 1915 – Al Hibbler, American baritone singer (died in 2001) 1924 – Fess Parker, American actor (died in 2010) 1928 – Eydie Gormé, American singer (died in 2013) 1930 – Robert Culp, American actor (died in 2010) 1930 – Frank Gifford, American football player, and sportscaster (died in 2015) 1933 – Julie Newmar, American actress 1946 – Lesley Ann Warren, American actress 1953 – Kathie Lee Gifford, American talk show host 1953 – James “J.T.” Taylor, American R&B singer-songwriter 1954 – James Cameron, Canadian director, producer and screenwriter 1957 – Laura Innes, American actress, and director 1958 – Madonna, American singer-songwriter and actress 1958 – Angela Bassett, American actress 1960 – Timothy Hutton, American actor 1962 – Steve Carell, American actor, 1985 – Cristin Milioti, American actress
August 16th History
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 God in the highest; on earth, peace and goodwill toward men.”
1896 – Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack, and Dawson Charlie discovered gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, starting the Klondike Gold Rush.
1920 – Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians is hit on the head by a fastball thrown by Carl Mays of the New York Yankees, and died early the next day.
1927 – The Dole Air Race from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. Six participating planes crashed or disappeared, only two made it to Hawaii.
1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, was made by ex-Disney cartoonist Ub Iwerks. It appeared in the music video for Eminem’s song “The Real Slim Shady.” Ub went back to work for Disney in 1940.
1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated was published.
August 16, 19** Birthday (fictional) Jason Todd (Robin II), DC Comics
1985 – Madonna married actor Sean Penn.
1986 – #1 Hit August 16, 1986 – August 29, 1986: Madonna – Papa Don’t Preach
1989 – A solar flare from the Sun created a geomagnetic storm that affected micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto’s stock market.
1996 – At the Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield Illinois, a 3-year-old boy fell into a Gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness. Binti Jua, a female Gorilla, guarded the young boy against the other gorillas, cradled him in her arms, and carried him 60 feet to an entrance where zookeepers could retrieve him.
2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago reached 1,389 feet (423 m), making, at the time, the world’s highest residence above ground-level.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The ’57’on the Heinz ketchup bottle represents the number of pickle types the company once had.
The fear of cooking is known as Mageirocophobia and is a recognized phobia.
“I’m not talented or gifted. I’m a committed, meticulous workaholic. The only reason I succeed is that I refuse to fail.” – Jessie Snow
“Eh, what’s up doc?” #CartoonCatchphrase
Kidz Bop versions of lyrics are basically what the lyrics of those songs would have been if they had been written 60 years ago.
A group of ants is called a Colony or Army or Swarm or Nest.
Jeanne Clemont was the oldest person ever to live, surviving all the way up 120 years and 238 days.
There are more than 30,000 diets on public records. #snapplefacts
A strawberry is not a berry.
Rita Hayworth – Real Name: Marguerita Cansino
“You know, gingivitis is the number one cause of all tooth decay.” – Ace Ventura in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls #moviequotes
This orange juice says concentrate, but it doesn’t say for how long.
1870 – The Transcontinental Railway was completed at Promontory Point, UT, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific ports via rail lines.
1914 – The Panama Canal opened, although the first ship to pass through, The SS Ancon, went through the 50-mile waterway on August 3.
1945 Japan’s Emperor Hirohito addressed the nation, regarding the surrender of Japan to the Allied Forces in the Jewel Voice Broadcast.
If you were born on August 15th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 22nd (prior year)
Emperor Hirohito’ Surrender Address
Assumption of Mary Check The Chip Day Leathercraft Day Lemon Meringue Pie Day Relaxation Day
Check The (micro) Chip Day
Microchips greatly increase the chances that pets will be reunited with their families if they are lost or stolen… but a microchip only works if its registration information is accurate. To remind pet owners to have their pets microchipped and to keep the registration information up-to-date, AVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) joined together to create “Check the Chip Day.”
August 15th is…
Assumption of Mary Check The Chip Day Leathercraft Day Lemon Meringue Pie Day Relaxation Day
August 15th Birthday Quotes
” Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.” – Edna Ferber
” Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” – Julia Child
“If you build an army of 100 lions and their leader is a dog, in any fight, the lions will die like a dog. But if you build an army of 100 dogs and their leader is a lion, all dogs will fight as a lion.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“No matter how much you change, you still got to pay the price for the things you’ve done.” – Ben Affleck
” I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs.” – Jimmy Webb
” On a mission, your worst enemy is idle time.” – Nipsey Hussle
August 15th Birthdays
1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (died in 1810) 1732 – Maria Coventry, Countess of Coventry (died in 1760) #27club 1769 – Napoleon, French general and emperor (died in 1821) 1879 – Ethel Barrymore, American actress (died in 1959) 1885 – Edna Ferber, American novelist, short story writer, and playwright (died in 1968) 1900 – Estelle Brody, American silent film actress (died in 1995) 1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (died in 2004) 1914 – Paul Rand, American graphic designer and art director (died in 1996) 1925 – Mike Connors, American actor (died in 2017) 1933 – Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter (died in 1997) 1938 – Maxine Waters, American politician 1946 – Jimmy Webb, American singer-songwriter 1961 – Ed Gillespie, American political strategist 1968 – Debra Messing, American actress 1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1985 – Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (died in 2019) 1990 – Jennifer Lawrence, American actress
August 15th History
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, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. It may be best known for its wooden roller coaster, Rutschebanen, or Bjergbanen (the Mountain Coaster), built in 1914
1868 (Earthquake) Ecuador
1914 – The Panama Canal opened with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
August 15, 1917 Birthday (fictional) Howard Stark, Marvel Cinematic Universe
1935 – Entertainer Will Rogers and pilot Wiley Post were killed after their aircraft developed engine problems during takeoff in Barrow, Alaska.
1939 – The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.
1947 – India gained Independence from the British Indian Empire.
1948 – CBS launched the first network TV news broadcast.
1960 – #1 Hit August 15, 1960 – September 18, 1960: Elvis Presley – It’s Now or Never
1964 – #1 Hit August 15, 1964 – August 21, 1964: Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody
1965 – The Beatles played at Shea Stadium in New York. It is considered the first major rock concert. There were only a few hundred watts of sound for the band, who did not have monitors to hear each other and could not be heard over the screaming of 55,600 fans. The concert grossed $304,000 – a record at the time.
1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opened in upstate New York. Tickets for the three-day event were $18 in advance and $24 at the gate, and there was sufficient sound for the 500,000 attendees.
1973 – The United States’ bombing of Cambodia ended.
1977 – The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, received a radio signal from deep space – “6EQUJ5.” The event was named the “Wow! signal” from the notation made by Jerry Ehman on the project. The signal appears to have come to the northwest of the globular cluster of M55 in the constellation Sagittarius, near the Chi Sagittarii star group.
1981 – #1 Hit August 15, 1981 – October 16, 1981: Diana Ross and Lionel Richie – Endless Love
1985 – Michael Jackson paid $47.5 Million for the publishing rights to the Beatles’ song catalog.
1992 – #1 Hit August 15, 1992 – November 13, 1992: Boyz II Men – End Of The Road
1992 – Nickelodeon began airing their Saturday night programming known as SNICK.
August 15, 2014 – How to Build a Better Boy aired on The Disney Channel
#1 Hit August 15, 2020 – August 21, 2020: Watermelon Sugar – Harry Styles
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The largest restaurant in the world is the Bawabet Dimashq Restaurant, in Syria, with seating for 6014 patrons.
“Until you’re ready to look foolish, you’ll never have the possibility of being great.” – Cher
Lewis Carroll – Real Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
The traditional meat in Aztec Pozole was the flesh of human sacrifice. Modern Pozole typically contains pork.
‘Sweet, sweet Connie’ from Grand Funk Railroad’s ‘We’re An American Band’ is a real woman, named Connie Hamzy.
Maybe it was the man on first that let the dogs out #wholetthedogsout
Lucille Le Sueur was better known as Joan Crawford.
“Live long and prosper” – Spock (Star Trek)
“Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact, but maybe everything that dies someday comes back.” #songlyrics
e.g. is the abbreviation of the Latin phrase ‘exempli gratia,’ meaning ‘for example.’
A group of Goats is called a Tribe or Trip or Drove or Herd or Flock.
The word “dude” in The Big Lebowski was spoken 160 times in the movie. #dude
1592 – The Falkland Islands were discovered by John Davis.
1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the retired.
1975 – The Gager’s Diner softball team played the Bend’n Elbow Tavern team for 365 innings, to raise money for the Montecillo Community General Hospital (NY) for the construction of a softball field. The Gagers won, 491-467. It remains the longest softball game of all time.
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opened in London.
August 14, 1989 – Sega Mega Drive/Genesis was released, Video Game Console
If you were born on August 14th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 21st (prior year)
Social Security Act
On August 14, 1935, the Social Security Act (SSA) was signed into law, and Roosevelt signed it into law. Congress passed it in 1934 to provide benefits to retirees based on their income and history. On August 13, 1936, Roosevelt, signed the Social Security Act, which provided benefits based on the pensioner’s employment history as required by the law, and on August 15, 1937.
Congress passed it in 1934 to provide benefits to retirees based on their income and history. On August 13, 1936, Roosevelt, together with Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court, signed the Social Security Act, which provided benefits based on the pensioner’s employment history as required by the law, and on August 15, 1937.
Social Security is the largest federal program, paying pension benefits to retired workers and their dependents and survivors through the Social Security program and to disabled workers and their dependents through the Disability Insurance program.
VJ Day
VJ Day stands for “Victory Day over Japan” and is the day on which the Japanese Empire capitulated, ending World War II as a war. Japan signed the official surrender document on September 2, 1945, and made the first announcement of its surrender on August 10, a few days after the end of the war in Japan. It was announced by Harry S Truman on August 14, 1945.
August 14th is…
Creamsicle Day Navajo Code talkers Day VJ Day
August 14th Birthday Quotes
” It’s hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don’t want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.” – Danielle Steel
“Life is too complex to compress into soundbites. Every situation is different.” – Sarah Brightman
“There is no normal life, there’s just life.” – Doc Holliday
” Confidence, not cockiness. Knowing who you are is confidence. Cockiness is knowing who you are and pushing it down everyone’s throat.” – Mila Kunis
” Don’t waste the time. Time is the final currency, man. Not money, not power – it’s time.” – David Crosby
” Be so good they can’t ignore you.” – Steve Martin
” There have been so many people who have said to me, ‘You can’t do that,’ but I’ve had an innate belief that they were wrong. Be unwavering and relentless in your approach.” – Halle Berry
August 14th Birthdays
1586 – William Hutchinson, founder of Rhode Island (died in 1642) 1851 – Doc Holliday, American dentist, and gambler (died in 1887) 1881 – Francis Ford, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died in 1953) 1923 – Alice Ghostley, American character actress (died in 2007) 1926 – Buddy Greco, American singer, and pianist (died in 2017) 1941 – David Crosby, American singer-songwriter 1945 – Steve Martin, American actor, comedian and screenwriter 1946 – Susan Saint James, American actress 1947 – Danielle Steel, American author 1950 – Gary Larson, American cartoonist, The Far Side 1956 – Rusty Wallace, American race car driver, and sportscaster 1959 – Magic Johnson, American basketball player 1960 – Sarah Brightman, English singer, and actress 1966 – Halle Berry, American model, and actress, Miss World United States 1986 1968 – Catherine Bell, English-American actress 1983 – Mila Kunis, Ukrainian-American actress 1987 – Tim Tebow, American football and baseball player
August 14th History
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 London, England.
1893 – France became the first country to introduce motor vehicle registration.
1933 – Oxydol’s Own Ma Perkins debuted on Cincinnati’s WLW and became the first successful national radio soap opera.
1935 – Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act.
1936 – Rainey Bethea was hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last public execution in the United States.
1945 – Japan accepted the Allied terms of surrender in World War II. V-J Day. Be sure to thank Alan Hunter, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman, J.J. Jackson and Martha Quinn for their service to our country.
1959 – Founding and first official meeting of the American Football League.
1965 – #1 Hit August 14, 1965 – September 3, 1965: Sonny & Cher – I Got You, Babe
1975 – The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the longest-running release in film history, opened at the USA Theatre in Westwood, Los Angeles, California.
1980 – Lech Walesa led the first strike at the Gdansk, Poland shipyards.
August 14, 1989 – Sega Mega Drive/Genesis was released, Video Game Console
1994 – Inside The Actors Studio made its debut on Bravo
2000 – Dora the Explorer premiered on Nick Jr
2010 – The first-ever Youth Olympic Games were held in Singapore.
2013 – Egypt declared a state of emergency as security forces killed hundreds of demonstrators supporting former president Mohamed Morsi.
#1 Hit August 14, 2021 – September 10, 2021: Stay – The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
Green Lantern’s ring is mostly just a 3-D printer, isn’t it?
Noah’s Arcade was the sponsor for the TV show “Wayne’s World”.
History doesn’t repeat itself, humans repeat history.
It is often easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission.
“Adapt what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.” – Bruce Lee
Using the word “pedantic,” in fact, makes you sound pedantic.
“I was hiding under your porch because I love you.” – Up
“Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?” – John Bender in The Breakfast Club
Candygram! #TVCatchphrase
Two wrongs don’t make a right, but two Wrights make an airplane.
Acton’s Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The world record for 100-meter three-legged race stands at 13.6 seconds, since 1906.
1997 – South Park, created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, debuted on Comedy Central.
August 13, 2455 (fiction) Jason Vorhees was unfrozen in Space in Jason X, Film
If you were born on August 13th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 20th (prior year)
The Berlin Wall
The fact that the West did not officially recognize the so-called GDR, coupled with the risk of escalation, meant that decisions could only come from the Kremlin. In August 1961, Moscow gave the green light to the German Communists to close the border and build a physical barrier. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the collapse of communism in East Germany, the building that inspired novels by John Carre and Len Deighton became a fixture of the Cold War landscape, threatening to kill the people who crossed it.
The GDF was desperate to stop this so-called “brain drain,” but Moscow’s refusal to recognize it, combined with a lack of political will from West Germany and fear of retaliation from Moscow, coupled with the risk of escalation, meant that the decision could not be made without a decision from the Kremlin, even if it cost lives.
The Berlin Wall was erected on the night of August 13, 1961, on the eastern side of the city of Berlin, north of West Berlin. The barrier itself was erected by the decision of the Volkskammer of the GDR. When it fell on November 9, 1989, its destruction was the culmination of more than two decades of political and economic conflict between the two countries.
Annie Oakley
As a child, Phoebe Ann Moses (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926) honed her game hunting skills, and in 1882 she gave herself the stage name Annie Oakley when she began traveling the country and hosting shooting exhibitions. While still a teenager, she met Frank E. Butler, whom she later married, and the couple had no children of their own.
When the couple joined Buffalo Bill and the Wild West, it was clear that Oakley Was the most talented member of the duo. She rose to fame as a “living legend” who created thrills and spills. Oakley and Butler traveled the world with Buffalo Bill and the Wild West until they finally left the series shortly after the turn of the century. Oakley, who spent much of her adult life in Maryland, was inducted into the Maryland Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Fame in 1984.
August 13th is…
Filet Mignon Day Left-Handers Day Prosecco Day
August 13th Birthday Quotes
“Every day that you don’t practice is one day longer before you achieve greatness” – Ben Hogan
” I believe that the influence of woman will save the country before every other power.” – Lucy Stone
“You know what the issue is with this world? Everyone wants some magical solution to their problem and everyone refuses to believe in magic.” – Sebastian Stan
“Being a child star is great. It’s being a former child star that sucks.” – Danny Bonaduce
“Aim for the high mark and you will hit it. No, not the first time, not the second time and maybe not the third. But keep on aiming and keep on shooting for only practice will make you perfect. Finally, you’ll hit the bulls-eye of success.” – Annie Oakley
” I ain’t afraid to love a man. I ain’t afraid to shoot him either.” – Annie Oakley
August 13th Birthdays
1818 – Lucy Stone, American abolitionist, and suffragist (died in 1893) 1860 – Annie Oakley, American target shooter (died in 1926) 1888 – John Logie Baird, Scottish engineer, invented a television (died in 1946) 1895 – Bert Lahr, American actor (died in 1967) 1899 – Alfred Hitchcock, British director and cameo performer (died in 1980) 1904 – Buddy Rogers, American actor, and musician (died in 1999) 1912 – Ben Hogan, American golfer, and sportscaster (died in 1997) 1926 – Fidel Castro, Cuban revolutionary, and politician, 15th President of Cuba (died in 2016) 1930 – Don Ho, American singer and ukulele player (died in 2007) 1938 – Dave “Baby” Cortez, American R&B pianist and organist 1951 – Dan Fogelberg, American singer-songwriter (died in 2007) 1959 – Danny Bonaduce, American actor, and DJ 1962 – John Slattery, American actor 1964 – Debi Mazar, American actress 1982 – Sarah Huckabee Sanders, American political consultant 1982 – Sebastian Stan, Romanian-American actor 1998 – Dina and Arina Averina, Russian rhythmic gymnasts
August 13th History
1521 – Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes captured Aztec leader Tlatoani Cuauhtémoc and conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan.
1868 (Earthquake & Tsunami) Arica, Chile
1898 – Carl Gustav Witt discovered 433 Eros, the first near-Earth asteroid to be seen.
1918 – Opha Mae Johnson was the first woman to enlist in the United States Marine Corps.
1942 – Walt Disney’s fifth full-length animated film, Bambi, was released in theaters.
1961 – East Germany closed the border between the eastern and western sectors of Berlin with the Berlin Wall.
1965 – Jefferson Airplane made their first professional appearance at the Matrix Club in San Francisco.
1966 – #1 Hit August 13, 1966 – September 2, 1966: The Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the City
1969 – The Apollo 11 astronauts were released from a three-week quarantine to enjoy a ticker-tape parade in New York, New York.
1997 – South Park aired for the first time on Comedy Central.
August 13, 2003 – The Cheetah Girls aired on The Disney Channel
August 13, 2010 – Den Brother aired on The Disney Channel
2013 – Google Incorporated suffered an outage for five minutes. All of its services, including Google Search, YouTube and Google Drive, experienced this outage. During that brief time window, the world’s Internet traffic dropped by 40%.
#1 Hit August 13, 2022 – August 26, 2022: Break My Soul – Beyoncé
August 13, 2455 (fiction) Jason Vorhees was unfrozen in Space in Jason X, Film
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
At a movie theater which armrest is yours?
It Would Cost Thousands of Dollars to Take a Cab From West Philadelphia to Bel Air.
William McKinley was on the $500 bill
So, are quesadillas the Mexican version of pizza, or is pizza the Italian version of a quesadilla?
It is kinda sad when a movie is setting up for a sequel we all know it won’t get. #BuckarooBanzaivsTheWorldCrimeSyndicate
I wonder how many item features I don’t know about because I have never read an instruction manual for anything.
“Explain this to me again. I didn’t know somebody could shoot themself with their own arrow.” #moviequotes
I lived a long chunk of my life thinking “Froot Loops” were spelled “Fruit Loops.”
No word in the English language rhymes with plankton.
Safety pins are just as dangerous as normal pins.
Peter Lorre – Real Name: Laszlo Loewenstein
Searching for Bigfoot should be outlawed because at this point it’s clear he values his privacy and that should be respected.
1492 – Christopher Columbus arrived in the Canary Islands on his first voyage to the New World.
1865 – Joseph Lister, British surgeon, and scientist, performed the first antiseptic surgery.
1952 – Thirteen Jewish writers associated with the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC) were executed under orders from Joseph Stalin.
1953 The detonation of RDS-6s showed that the Soviet Union had created their own nuclear weapons.
If you were born on August 12th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 19th (prior year)
August 12th is…
Julienne Fries Day Middle Child Day Toasted Almond Bar Day Vinyl Record Day
August 12th Birthday Quotes
“The greatest art in the world is the art of storytelling.” – Cecil B. DeMille
” Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.” – Katharine Lee Bates
“I am who I am, I am what I am, I do what I do and I ain’t never gonna do it any different. I don’t care who likes it and who don’t.” – Buck Owens
” Every guitar I own gets used and has its purpose.” – Mark Knopfler
” You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.” – Sam J. Jones
” Successful people jump at opportunity and take advantage of it.” – Sir Mix-a-Lot
“One very fundamental thing has not changed and I realized that it will never change… is that I really need to go home and practice.” – Pat Metheny
August 12th Birthdays
1859 – Katharine Lee Bates, American poet and author (died in 1929) 1881 – Cecil B. DeMille, American director, and producer (died in 1959) 1907 – Joe Besser, American actor, Stooges #5 (died in 1988) 1910 – Jane Wyatt, American actress (died in 2006) 1918 – Sid Bernstein, American record producer (died in 2013) 1920 – Percy Mayfield, American R&B singer-songwriter (died in 1984) 1925 – Norris McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and activist co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 2004) 1925 – Ross McWhirter, Scottish publisher, and activist, co-founded the Guinness World Records (died in 1975) 1926 – John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died in 1998) 1927 – Porter Wagoner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2007) 1929 – Buck Owens, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2006) 1930 – George Soros, Hungarian-American businessman and investor 1949 – Mark Knopfler, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1950 – August “Kid Creole” Darnell, American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer 1954 – Sam J. Jones, American actor 1954 – Pat Metheny, American jazz guitarist 1963 – Sir Mix-a-Lot, American rapper 1971 – Michael Ian Black, American comedian 1971 – Rebecca Gayheart, American actress 1975 – Casey Affleck, American actor 1980 – Maggie Lawson, American actress 1980 – Dominique Swain, American actress 1992 – Cara Delevingne, English actress
August 12th History
30 BC – Cleopatra VII Philopator, the last ruler of the Egyptian Ptolemaic dynasty, committed suicide, by means of an asp bite.
1851 – Isaac Singer was granted a patent (#8,294) for his sewing machine.
1877 – Asaph Hall discovered the Mars moon Deimos.
1883 – The last quagga, a kind of zebra, died at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam, Netherlands. In 1984, the quagga was the first extinct animal to have its DNA analyzed.
1901 – The Indianapolis Motor Speedway opened.
1960 – Echo 1A, NASA’s first successful communications satellite, was launched.
1977 – The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
1978 – #1 Hit August 12, 1978 – August 25, 1978: Commodores – Three Times a Lady
1981 – The IBM Personal Computer was released.
1985 – Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.
1989 – #1 Hit August 12, 1989 – September 1, 1989: Richard Marx – Right Here Waiting
1990 – Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, was discovered by paleontologist Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
1994 – Major League Baseball players went on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
2000 – #1 Hit August 12, 2000 – August 25, 2000: Sisqo – Incomplete
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
In Star Trek, Dr. McCoy never attempts CPR. He just checks for a pulse and says ‘Dead’. #hesdeadjim
Relax…this won’t hurt! – Hunter S. Thompson (last phrase of his suicide note) #LastWords
The older I get, the more I realize that Squidward actually wasn’t that bad of a guy.
“After all, tomorrow is another day!” – Scarlett O’Hara (Vivien Leigh)
Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond film that he starred in.
I might not be the best driver in the world, but at least I’ve never featured in a dashcam video. That’s got to count for something.
“Nobody feels like an adult. It’s the world’s dirty secret.” – Peter Hoberg in Liberal Arts
90% of label makers probably have a label on them that says, “label maker” #people
American Graffiti’s budget was exactly $777,777.77, and it was delivered on time – and on budget.
I still feel rather uncomfortable pronouncing “Worcestershire” around others.
By the time Disney is done with Star Wars films, it will simply be ‘some time ago’
Every day at 4:04, I lose complete track of time. #nerdjokes
1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) began in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
On August 11, 1973, at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue, Bronx, NYC, hip hop was created by a guy named DJ Kool Herc.
August 11, 1981 -Birthday (fictional) Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
If you were born on August 11th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 18th (prior year)
The Watts Riots
The Watts Riots began on August 11, 1965, when African-American Marquette Frye was convicted of drunk driving and driving. Minikus was convinced that he was under the influence and ordered the impounding of his car. Because it was racially motivated violence by the minicabs, the mob turned violent, throwing rocks and other objects as they shouted at the police.
The Fryes’ arrest and Watts’ deterioration led to violent riots in the neighborhood, the first of its kind in Los Angeles. Six days of violence left 34 dead, caused property damage worth more than $40 million, and ended with more than 1,000 injured and more than 4,000 arrests.
August 11th is…
Middle Child Day Presidential Joke Day Raspberry Bombe Day Son and Daughter Day
August 11th Birthday Quotes
” Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of little children.” – Alex Haley
” I feel like I’m ready for any dangerous situation that might come my way, provided I have a hammer on me.” – Chris Hemsworth
” The easier it is to do something, the harder it is to change the way you do it.” – Steve Wozniak
” The only time I’m not Hulk Hogan is when I’m behind closed doors because as soon as I walk out the front door, and somebody says hello to me, I can’t just say ‘hello’ like Terry. When they see me, they see the blond hair, the mustache, and the bald head, they instantly think Hulk Hogan.” – Hulk Hogan
” One of the most fascinating lessons I’ve absorbed about life is that the struggle is good.” – Joe Rogan
August 11th Birthdays
1673 – Richard Mead, English physician, and astrologer (died in 1754) 1908 – Don Freeman, American author, and illustrator (died in 1978) 1915 – Morris Weiss, American comic book author, and illustrator (died in 2014) 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (died in 1992) 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (died in 2007) 1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter 1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist, and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc. 1953 – Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea), American wrestler 1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter 1962 – Brian Azzarello, American comic book author 1967 – Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
August 11th History
3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, began. This was the calendar that caused the Friday, December 21, 2012 fears.
1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps was ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington, along with Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
1929 – Babe Ruth became the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1942 – Hedy Lamarr (actress) and George Antheil (musician) received a patent (#2,292,387) for a Frequency-hopping communication system which later became the basis for modern technologies like wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
1962 – #1 Hit August 11, 1962 – August 24, 1962: Neil Sedaka – Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
1965 – The arrest of an accused drunk driver, Marquette Frye, escalated to become the Watts Riots in Los Angeles.
August 11, 1981 -Birthday (fictional) Ginny Weasley, Harry Potter
1982 – A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers. Jordanian Mohammed Rashed placed the bomb, and the pilot was able to later land in Hawaii.
1984 – #1 Hit August 11, 1984 – August 30, 1984: Ray Parker, Jr. – Ghostbusters
1984 – “We begin bombing in five minutes” – US President Ronald Reagan joked while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
1991 – Nickelodeon aired the first episodes of Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy
2007 – #1 Hit August 11, 2007 – September 7, 2007: Sean Kingston – Beautiful Girls
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The ‘security’ number on the backs of credit cards is the easiest number to remember. #isntititironic #dontchathink
“Wait. You dropped your phony dog poo” … “What phony dog poo?” #moviequotes
Richard Burton – Real Name: Richard Jenkins
“Rosebud.” – Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles) #moviequotes
The word OK looks like a sideways person. I’ve said OK my whole life and never noticed him.
A group of Foxes is called a Leash or Skulk or Earth or Lead or Troop.
Learning English is hard but it can be taught through tough thorough thought though.
If you don’t know whether to use ‘effect’ or ‘affect’, use ‘impact’. – Writer Tips
Lie, liar and lying all come from the same word, but are all spelled differently.
The word ‘night’ is a shortened version of ‘no light’. #ireadthatonline
30 years ago, I wonder how many people had ever uttered the words “My phone got stolen.”
A salesman gives you a deal. A great salesman makes you think you got a good deal.
1945 – Japan surrendered to the Allied Powers, effectively ending World War II.
1948 – Candid Camera, considered by many to be the first reality tv show, debuted on ABC.
August 10, 1967 Birthday (fictional) Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ alter ego
If you were born on August 10th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 17th (prior year)
Traditional August 10th Information
August 10th is…
Lazy Day S’mores Day
August 10th Birthday Quotes
” I think the worst enemy for success is the anxiousness to get it.” – Antonio Banderas
” Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.” – Herbert Hoover
” You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom.” – Clarence Darrow
” I think the most important thing for an artist is to not worry about what anybody else thinks. You just have to do what comes from your heart and your being and put it out there that’s true in any of the arts.” – Rosanna Arquette
“There is an excitement about having nightmares.” – Betsey Johnson
” But, you know, the Stones were my opening act in the Sixties. I loved those British guys, the way they just stood there and shook their hair.” – Ronnie Spector
“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
August 10th Birthdays
1821 – Jay Cooke, American financier, founded Jay Cooke & Company (died in 1905) 1856 – William Willett, English inventor, founded British Summer Time (died in 1915) 1874 – Herbert Hoover, American politician, 31st President of the United States (died in 1964) 1889 – Charles Darrow, American game designer, created Monopoly (died in 1967) 1897 – John W. Galbreath, American businessman, and philanthropist, founded Darby Dan Farm (died in 1988) 1897 – Jack Haley, American actor, and singer (died in 1979) 1902 – Norma Shearer, Canadian-American actress (died in 1983) 1922 – Al Alberts, American pop singer, and composer, The Four Aces (died in 2009) 1923 – Rhonda Fleming, American actress 1928 – Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company (died in 2010) 1928 – Eddie Fisher, American singer, and actor (died in 2010) 1931 – Tom Laughlin, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died in 2013) 1942 – Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer 1943 – Ronnie Spector, American singer 1947 – Ian Anderson, Scottish-English singer-songwriter 1950 – Patti Austin, American singer-songwriter 1959 – Rosanna Arquette, American actress 1960 – Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor 1962 – Suzanne Collins, American author 1965 – Claudia Christian, American actress 1971 – Justin Theroux, American actor 1972 – Angie Harmon, American actress 1979 – JoAnna Garcia, American actress 1997 – Kylie Jenner, American television personality
August 10th History
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 – The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the United States Congress.
1873 – Louvre Museum opened in France.
1932 – An 11-pound chondrite-type meteorite broke into several pieces and landed near the town of Archie in Cass County, Missouri.
1941 – The Mount Rushmore Memorial was dedicated.
1948 – Candid Camera made its television debut, after being on radio for a year as Candid Microphone.
1949 – The US Department of War was replaced with the United States Department of Defense.
1959 – #1 Hit August 10, 1959 – August 23, 1959: Elvis Presley – A Big Hunk o’ Love
1963 – #1 Hit August 10, 1963 – August 30, 1963: Little Stevie Wonder – Fingertips (pt. II)
1966 – The US Treasury Department discontinued printing the $2 bill due to a lack of demand.
August 10, 1967 Birthday (fictional) Chris Gaines, Garth Brooks’ alter ego
1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
1974 – #1 Hit August 10, 1974 – August 16, 1974: Roberta Flack – Feel Like Makin’ Love
1977 – In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz (the “Son of Sam”) was arrested for a series of killings in New York City.
1981- Pete Rose broke Stan Musial’s NL record by getting hit number 3,631.
1984 – Red Dawn, starring Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen, became the first-ever PG-13 movie to be released in theaters.
1985 – Michael Jackson paid $47.5 million for ATV Music, a catalog of the Beatles’ songs, which included 251 songs written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, beating Paul McCartney’s offer.
1986 – Broadway Show – Me and My Girl (Musical) August 10, 1986
1995 In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols were indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pled guilty in a plea bargain for his testimony.
August 10, 2031 (fiction) Terraforming began on Luna for future settlers. Aliens/Prometheus, Films
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
A group of Fungi is called a colony.
Stars appear to us to have 5 corners because of diffraction.
A clean tie attracts the soup of the day.
What if buying the WinRar license is the ultimate test of modern mankind and we are all failing?
The Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana, Mexico in the 1920s.
The entire cast was male on the set of 1982’s “The Thing”.
Blackbeard (the Pirate) – Real Name: Edward Teach
Vantablack is the blackest black absorbing up to 99.965% of radiation in the visible spectrum.
“They killed Kenny!” – Stan and Kyle (South Park)
The French word for “cheese” is “Fromage.” Cheese is made by aging milk. Cheese comes “from age.”
A group of Cockroaches is called an Intrusion.
A pentad is a five year period. A decade is ten years long.
1790 – Robert Gray, sailing The Columbia, became the first person to circumnavigate the Earth, from and to Boston, MA.
1945 – The second atomic bomb was dropped on Japan. “Fat Boy” was dropped over Nagasaki, due to the city of Kokura blocked by clouds.
1974 – US President Nixon resigned from office.
August 9, 1974 Birthday (fictional) Philip J. Fry, Futurama, TV
If you were born on August 9th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 16th (prior year)
August 9th is…
Book Lovers Day Rice Pudding Day Veep Day
August 9th Birthday Quotes
“Art is like singing. Some do it better than others, but everyone can and should be doing it for their soul.” – Barbara Mason
” There are a lot of people who will give money or materials, but very few who will give time and affection.” – Daniel Keyes
“I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you’re a lucky individual.” – Sam Elliott
” There are two types of people: The ones who give you 50 reasons it can’t be done … and the ones who just do it.” – Hoda Kotb
” I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.” – Michael Kors
” Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn’t leave the house or interact with people ever.” – Anna Kendrick
August 9th Birthdays
1899 – P. L. Travers, Australian-English author (died in 1996) 1927 – Daniel Keyes, American short story writer, and novelist (died in 2014) 1943 – Ken Norton, American boxer (died in 2013) 1944 – Sam Elliott, American actor 1947 – Barbara Mason, American R&B/soul singer-songwriter 1957 – Melanie Griffith, American actress 1958 – Amanda Bearse, American comedic actress 1959 – Kurtis Blow, American rapper 1959 – Michael Kors, American fashion designer 1963 – Whitney Houston, American singer-songwriter and actress (died in 2012)[7] 1964 – Hoda Kotb, American journalist and television personality 1968 – Eric Bana, Australian actor 1968 – McG, American director, and producer 1970 – Chris Cuomo, American lawyer, and journalist 1976 – Jessica Capshaw, American actress 1985 – Anna Kendrick, American actress 1991 – Alice Barlow, English actress
August 9th History
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 published Walden or Life in the Woods.
1892 – Thomas Edison received a patent (#480,567) for a two-way telegraph.
1930 – Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
1942 – Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1944 – Nagasaki, Japan was decimated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, was dropped by the United States B-29 Bock’s Car.
1969 – Followers of Charles Manson murdered pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Jay Sebring and Steven Parent. Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were killed by the same crew the following day.
1972 – East End Show – Jesus Christ Superstar (Musical) August 9, 1972
August 9, 1974 Birthday (fictional) Philip J. Fry, Futurama, TV
1975 – #1 Hit August 9, 1975 – August 22, 1975: Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’
2001 – Gomer Pyle, the fictional TV character, was made an honorary U.S. Marine and promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal by the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps
2104 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American male in Ferguson, Missouri, was shot and killed by a Ferguson police officer, sparking protests and unrest in the city.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“Most of us would rather risk a catastrophe than read the instructions.” – Mignon McLaughlin
We put a man on the moon before we put wheels on suitcases. What else are we missing out on?
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” – Dale Carnegie
Abrams’s Advice: When eating an elephant, take one bite at a time.
There is a species of fungus called “Spongiforma squarepantsii” named after the character “SpongeBob SquarePants”.
“Give me liberty or… OOOooo… A jelly donut !” – Homer Simpson
“Mahatma” is a Sanskrit honorific, like “Saint”, and not the first name of *Mohandas* Gandhi.
BuzzBee the bee shills Honey Nut Cheerios cereal.
The only time I have ever heard somebody pronounce it potahto is while saying “potayto potahto”
The first fried dill pickle ever sold was at the Duchess Drive-In in Atkins, Arkansas, in 1963.
I wonder what the spooky girl from The Ring is doing these days since VHS is completely obsolete.
Lillian Gish – Real Name: Lillian Guiche
Almost every Villain in Batman could be called ‘One-Face’. Excluding Two-Face #batmanvillains
August 8, 1953 Birthday (fictional) Samuel Beckett, Quantum Leap, TV
1962 – Sabado Gigante premiered on Chilean television. It concluded in 2015.
1963 – England’s Great Train Robbery, near Mentmore in Buckinghamshire, England, £2.6 million was stolen.
1978 – featured the first appearance of “Odie” in the Garfield comic strip.
If you were born on August 8th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 15th (prior year)
August 8th is…
CBD Day Dollar Day Frozen Custard Day Happiness Happens Day Wear Your Mothers Jewelry Day.
August 8th Birthday Quotes
“What the public expects and what is healthy for an individual are two very different things.” – Esther Williams
“My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.” – Dino De Laurentiis
“The lack of facts holds you back. The odds are stacked against a weak mind.” – Kool Moe Dee
” Depressed, anxious, sad, frightened? Yes. But I’ve never been bored.” – Dustin Hoffman
” It’s essential that a part of you not grow up. Childhood wonder gives us our spark and beauty.” – Robin Quivers
August 8th Birthdays
1879 – Bob Smith, the American physician, and surgeon co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (died in 1950) 1919 – Dino De Laurentiis, Italian actor, and producer (died in 2010) 1921 – Esther Williams, American swimmer, and actress (died in 2013) 1926 – Richard Anderson, American actor (died in 2017) 1930 – Terry Nation, Welsh-American author, and screenwriter (died in 1997) 1932 – Mel Tillis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died in 2017) 1933 – Joe Tex, American soul singer-songwriter (died in 1982) 1935 – Donald P. Bellisario, American director, producer and screenwriter 1937 – Dustin Hoffman, American actor 1938 – Connie Stevens, American actress 1947 – Larry Wilcox, American actor 1949 – Keith Carradine, American actor 1952 – Robin Quivers, American radio host/personality 1962 – Kool Moe Dee, American Hip Hop musician 1973 – Scott Stapp, American singer-songwriter 1976 – JC Chasez, American singer 1980 – Michael Urie, American actor
August 8th History
1786 – Mont Blanc on the French/Italian border was climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard.
1786 – Congress established coinage of US money
1876 – Thomas Edison received a patent (#180,857) for his mimeograph (Autographic Printing).
1908 – Wilbur Wright made his first flight at a racecourse at Le Mans, France; the Wright Brothers’ first public flight.
1953 – #1 Hit August 8, 1953 – October 9, 1953: Les Paul and Mary Ford – Vaya Con Dios (May God Be With You)
August 8, 1953 Birthday (fictional) Samuel Beckett, Quantum Leap, TV
1960 – #1 Hit August 8, 1960 – August 14, 1960: Brian Hyland – Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini
1963 – In England, a gang of 15 train robbers stole £2.6 million in banknotes in the Great Train Robbery. They were later caught.
1969 – At a ‘zebra crossing’ in London, photographer Iain Macmillan took one of the most famous photographs of all time, the cover of the Beatles album, Abbey Road.
1974 – President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announced his resignation from the office of the President of the United States, effective noon the next day.
1975 – Hank Williams, Jr. fell from a mountain in Montana, requiring reconstructive surgery to his face.
1987 – #1 Hit August 8, 1987 – August 21, 1987: U2 – I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For
1989 – STS-28 Mission: Space Shuttle Columbia took off on a secret five-day military mission. It landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on August 13. That’s all we know.
1991 – The Warsaw Radio Mast was the world’s tallest structure until its collapse today. It was 2,120 feet tall and was built 1970-1974.
1992 – #1 Hit August 8, 1992 – August 14, 1992: Madonna – This Used To Be My Playground
#1 Hit August 8, 2020 – August 14, 2020: Cardigan – Taylor Swift
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
I love how we call it ‘Banana Bread ‘ to disguise the fact that we are eating cake for breakfast.
“I saw that! Brick killed a guy. Did you throw a trident?” – Ron Burgundy #moviequotes
A group of Frogs is called an Army or Colony or Knot.
Steve Carell’s real last name was “Caroselli”, but his father changed it.
Pteronophobia is the fear of being tickled by feathers.
No word in the English language rhymes with purple.
Either I’m getting older or the guy on the Quaker Oats box looks younger than he used to.
The working title for E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial was “A Boy’s Life”.
“Welcome to the island of misfit toys.” – Sam in The Perks of Being a Wallflower #moviequotes
In the Wonder Woman television show starring Lynda Carter, the ore used to make her bracelets were known as “Feminum”
Neuralizer – the hand-held flashing device used by the Men in Black that makes people forget things.
1782 – General George Washington ordered the creation of the badge that would become America’s Purple Heart.
1882 – The famous Hatfield & McCoy Feud began at the Kentucky/West Virginia border.
1959 – US satellite Explorer 6 took the first photograph of Earth from space.
1978 – Love Canal, NY, near Niagra Falls, was declared a disaster area by President Jimmy Carter.
1990 – Operation Desert Shield began in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.
2007 – Barry Bonds beat Hank Aarons home record with his 756th home run.
If you were born on August 7th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 14th (prior year)
August 7th is…
Lighthouse Day Professional Speakers Day Raspberries & Cream Day
August 7th Birthday Quotes
“You can make sounds and music out of pretty much anything with a little imagination and putting your mind to it!” – Stan Freberg
” I’m a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.” – Jimmy Wales
” I am a woman who enjoys herself very much; sometimes I lose, sometimes I win.” – Mata Hari
” Age is of no importance unless you are a cheese.” – Billie Burke
” You get old and you realize there are no answers, just stories.” – Garrison Keillor
“Whatever road you’ve been given, enjoy that road.” – Wayne Knight
August 7th Birthdays
1876 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer, and spy (died in 1917) 1884 – Billie Burke, American actress, and singer (died in 1970) 1890 – Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, American author, and activist (died in 1964) 1926 – Stan Freberg, American puppeteer and voice actor (died in 2015) 1942 – Garrison Keillor, American humorist, and radio host 1942 – B.J. Thomas, American singer 1955 – Wayne Knight, American actor 1960 – David Duchovny, American actor 1966 – Jimmy Wales, American businessman, co-founder of Wikipedia 1971 – Rachel York, American actress 1977 – Samantha Ronson, English DJ 1982 – Abbie Cornish, Australian actress
August 7th History
1782 – George Washington ordered the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle. It was later renamed the Purple Heart.
1909 – Alice Huyler Ramsey and three other women became the first women to complete a transcontinental automobile trip, taking 59 days to travel from New York, New York to San Francisco, California. Alice drove the whole trip.
1930 – Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, two accused African-American criminals were taken from jail by a mob and lynched. Lawrence Beitler took a picture of the mob and bodies, inspiring Abel Meeropol to write a poem, “Bitter Fruit.” It was later rephrased as “Strange Fruit” and recorded by Billie Holiday.
1944 – IBM announced the first program-controlled calculator, the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator, known best as the Harvard Mark I. It used 765,000 components and hundreds of miles of wire and weighed about 5 tons.
1954 – #1 Hit August 7, 1954 – September 24, 1954: The Crew-Cuts – Sh-Boom
1955 – Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (became Sony in 1958) sold its first transistor radios in Japan.
1959 – The Lincoln Memorial design on the U.S. penny went into circulation. It replaced the “wheat” design and was minted until 2008.
1959 – Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The satellite fell back to Earth on July 1, 1961
1965 – #1 Hit August 7, 1965 – August 13, 1965: Herman’s Hermits – I’m Henry VIII, I Am
1971 – #1 Hit August 7, 1971 – September 3, 1971: Bee Gees – How Can You Mend a Broken Heart
1974 – Philippe Petit walked an illegal tightrope between the twin towers of the World Trade Center.
1975 (Typhoon) Nina, China
1976 – #1 Hit August 7, 1976 – September 3, 1976: Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
1976 – Viking 2 entered orbit around Mars. The lander went onto the Mars surface on September 3,
1976, and took pictures and analyzed soil samples until July 1980.
1978 – The US Government made funds available to offer federal assistance for the Love Canal Disaster
1992 – Growing Pains actress Tracy Gold was hospitalized for anorexia and is written out of most of the final episodes for the series
2004 – #1 Hit August 7, 2004 – August 20, 2004: Juvenile featuring Soulja Slim – Slow Motion
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“When someone is attacking you, they are coming to you for advice.” – Bryant McGill
If I had a twin that was five minutes younger than me, I would constantly remind him about the things I did when I was his age.
Think of one of your friends. Chances are, that person is on their phone right now.
People in 2100 are going to look back at us like we look back at the people who we look at in the early 1900s.
The first episode for Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner was called ‘Fast and Furry-ous’.
“a password that includes the current year becomes stronger as each year passes” – #modernproverb
James Madison was on the $5,000 bill.
Cheeto dust has an official name – “cheetle”.
The US Navy diving manual has detailed instructions for escaping a giant clam.
The seven spikes on Lady Liberty’s crown represent the seven continents.
Gatorade was named after the University of Florida’s college football team – the Gators.
1890 – The first electrocution as the death penalty was carried out in Auburn, NY. William Kemmler was executed for murdering his common-law wife, Matilde Ziegler.
August 6, 1921 Birthday (fictional) Lucy Ricardo, I Love Lucy, TV
1926 – Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel (14 hours, 31 minutes).
1945, August 6, 8:15 AM, an atomic bomb (Little Boy) was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan, injuring or killing over 200,000 people.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed, designed to make voting easier for minorities.
If you were born on August 6th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 13th (prior year)
August 6th is…
Fresh Breath Day Root Beer Float Day Wiggle Your Toes Day
August 6th Birthday Quotes
“You’re always going to face criticism, you’re always going to face challenges, but those things are there to make you stronger and more committed.” – David Robinson
” One sometimes finds what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on Sept. 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I guess that was exactly what I did.” – Alexander Fleming
“One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn’t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.” – Lucille Ball
“You don’t get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can’t.” – M. Night Shyamalan
Andy Warhol Birthday Quotes
“What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest, all the cokes are the same and all the cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the president knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.” – Andy Warhol
“An artist is somebody who produces things that people don’t need to have.” – Andy Warhol
“When I got my first television set, I stopped caring so much about having close relationships.” – Andy Warhol
“Don’t pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” – Andy Warhol
“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” – Andy Warhol
“You know who would never lie to you guys about what work they had done? Celebrities.” – Adrianne Curry
August 6th Birthdays
1848 – Susie Taylor, American writer and first African-American Army nurse (died in 1912) 1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1955) 1881 – Louella Parsons, American gossip columnist (died in 1972) 1902 – Dutch Schultz, American gangster (died in 1935) 1911 – Lucille Ball, American comedic actress and television producer (died in 1989) 1917 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (died in 1997) 1926 – Norman Wexler, American screenwriter (died in 1999) 1965 – David Robinson, American basketball player 1970 – M. Night Shyamalan, Indian-American director, and screenwriter 1972 – Geri Halliwell, English singer, dancer, and actress 1982 – Adrianne Curry, American model
August 6th History
1787 Sixty copies of the Constitution of the United States were delivered to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1890 At Auburn Prison in New York, William Kemmler was the first to be executed by an electric chair.
1921 August 6, 1921 Birthday (fictional) Lucy Ricardo, I Love Lucy, TV
1926 Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
In New York, New York, the Warner Bros.’ Vitaphone sound system premiered with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore, with music and sound effects.
1930 Joseph Crater, a New York Supreme Court judge, disappeared. He was declared dead in 1939.
1934 Mount Foraker – 17,400 ft (5,304 m) – Alaska, USA – First ascent: August 6, 1934 by Charles S. Houston, Dr. T. Graham Brown, and Chychele Waterston
1945 Hiroshima, Japan, was largely destroyed when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” was dropped by the B-29 Enola Gay. August 6th, 1945 at 8:16 a.m. was the deadliest moment in history, killing over 70,000 people in 5 seconds.
1952 August 6, 1952 (fiction) Hellboy was granted honorary human status by the United Nations, Comic Books
1956 The DuMont Television Network made its final broadcast, A Boxing Match from the St. Nicholas Arena series.
1964 Prometheus, a bristlecone pine and the world’s oldest tree, at least 4862 years old, was cut down in Nevada.
1966 In a post-fight interview, Howard Cosell honors Muhammad Ali’s wishes to no longer be called Cassius Clay, making his new name more acceptable by everyone.
1970 200 ‘yippies’ invaded Disneyland, putting on a circus (acting like fools), climbing buildings, and singing the Mickey Mouse Club theme.
1986 Rain fell a record 13 inches in a single day in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
1988 Yo! MTV Raps premiered on MTV
1992 Harold Russell sold his 1946 Best Supporting Actor award for $65,000.
1994 #1 Hit August 6, 1994 – August 26, 1994: Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories – Stay (I Missed You)
1996 NASA announced that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars and found in Antarctica, contained evidence of primitive life forms.
2012 NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on the surface of Mars.
2016 #1 Hit – August 6, 2016 – September 2, 2016: Sia featuring Sean Paul – Cheap Thrills
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
A group of Flies is called a Business or Swarm or Cloud.
Star Wars Episodes 1-6 is basically Darth Vader’s life story.
The world record for the oldest cat ever is held by Creme Puff, who lived for 38 years. She lived from Aug 3rd, 1967 to Aug 6th, 2005.
“And the sign said ‘The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls.’” #songlyrics
Johnny Rotten – Real Name: John Lydon
The serial killer “Ghost face” from the Scream film franchise was based on ‘The Scream’ painting by Edvard Munch.
Frank Zappa coined the term “Groupie”.
Raquel Welch – Real Name: Raquel Tejada
The phrase “…as American as apple pie” has only been around since the 1960s.
A group of Angels is called a Host.
10 rations = 1 decoration
Wayne Allwine, the voice actor for Mickey Mouse, and Russi Taylor, the voice actress for Minnie Mouse, got married in 1991.
80’s computers typically had 64 KB (yes, Kilobytes) of memory.
No one expected this post to be about the Spanish Inquisition.
1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured, tried, and executed by the English near Glasgow.
1583 – Sir Humphrey Gilbert established the first English colony in the New World, in (now) Newfoundland’s St. John’s harbor.
August 5, 1924 – Little Orphan Annie, Comic Strip debuted
If you were born on August 5th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 12th (prior year)
August 5th is…
Chile Pepper Day Oyster Day Underwear Day Work Like a Dog Day
August 5 Birthday Quotes
” It’s the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done.” – Patrick Ewing
” One should be willing to throw away a dozen ideas to come up with a good one, just as one should throw away a dozen words to come up with the right one.” – James Gunn
” Look up the definition of rejection in the dictionary, get really comfortable with it, and then maybe you can go into acting.” – Loni Anderson
“People complain that pro athletes make a lot of money, but what they don’t understand is that we need a lot of money because we spend a lot of money.” – Patrick Ewing
Neil Armstrong Birthday Quotes
“This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.” -Neil Armstrong
“Good Luck, Mr. Gorsky.” -Neal Armstrong, based on a promise Mrs. Gorsky make to Mr. Gorsky about a man landing on the moon Neal heard as a child (*possibly).
August 5th Birthdays
1880 – Gertrude Rush, American lawyer and jurist (died in 1962) 1887 – Reginald Owen, English-American actor, and singer (died in 1972) 1889 – Conrad Aiken, American novelist, short story writer, critic, and poet (died in 1973) 1929 – Don Matheson, American actor (died in 2014) 1930 – Neil Armstrong, American astronaut (died in 2012) 1935 – John Saxon, American character actor (died in 2020) 1941 – Bob Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died in 2007) 1945 – Loni Anderson, American actress 1947 – Rick Derringer, American singer-songwriter 1962 – Patrick Ewing, Jamaican-American basketball player 1970 – James Gunn, American director, producer, and screenwriter 1989 – Jessica Nigri, American model and cosplayer
August 5th History
1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, was captured, tried, and executed near Glasgow. Mel Gibson starred in a dramatization of the story in Braveheart.
1620 – The Mayflower departed from Southampton, England, headed towards North America.
1861 – In order to help pay for the war effort, the United States government levied the first income tax as part of the Revenue Act of 1861 (3% over $800)
1882 – The Standard Oil of New Jersey was established. Standard+Oil=SO=Esso, now Exxon.
1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France, was laid on Bedloe’s Island (now Liberty Island) in New York Harbor.
1888 – Germany’s Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long-distance automobile trip
1914 – Cleveland, Ohio, installed the first electric traffic light.
1921 – KDKA of Pittsburgh broadcasts first baseball game over radio, the Pittsburgh Pirates beating the Philadelphia Phillies (8-5).
August 5, 1924 – 1st appearance Little Orphan Annie, Comic Strip
1926 – Harry Houdini performed one of his greatest stunts, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping.
1933 – The comic strip, Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray, debuted
1957 – American Bandstand debuted on the ABC television network, with host Dick Clark. The show began locally on Philadelphia television station WFIL-TV Channel 6 (now WPVI-TV) in 1952.
1978 – #1 Hit August 5, 1978 – August 11, 1978: The Rolling Stones – Miss You
1981 – US President Ronald Reagan fired 11,359 striking air-traffic controllers who ignored his order for them to return to work.
1989 – #1 Hit August 5, 1989 – August 11, 1989: Prince – Batdance
2001 – Cable network Odyssey was renamed to Hallmark Channel.
2011 – Standard & Poor’s lowered the United States’ AAA credit rating by one notch, to AA-plus.
August 5, 2011 – Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension aired on The Disney Channel
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
Ketchup was sold in the 1830s as medicine.
“The nerve of those Whos. Inviting me down there – and on such short notice.” – The Grinch #moviequotes
In the movie “Chef”, Carl Casper (Jon Favreau, Director of Iron Man 1 & 2) and his kid were watching Iron Man in the movie theater.
“And a one, and a two…” #TVCatchphrase
Notice the big letter on the face of the dollar bill? Each letter represents which Federal Reserve Bank printed it! “G” is for Chicago
Useless Pronunciation: E as in eye.
“The road to success is always under construction.” – Lily Tomlin
Kwyjibo – the Simpsons – Bart Simpson’s Scrabble word
Malcolm X – Real Name: Malcolm Little
Procrastination is a dish best served eventually.
The hottest chile in the world is the habanero.
“I see dead people.” – Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) #moviequotes
1693 – This date is traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon’s invention of champagne.
1821 – The Saturday Evening Post is published for the first time as a weekly newspaper. It is now published periodically throughout the year.
1892 – Andrew Jackson Bordon, along with his wife Abby, were found by Lizzie Bordon, who was arrested and acquitted of their grisly ax murder.
1977 – The United States Department of Energy was formed.
If you were born on August 4th, You were likely conceived the week of… November 11th (prior year)
Traditional August 4th Information
Mosquitoes are attracted to people who just ate bananas.
August 4th is…
Chocolate Chip Cookie Day US Coast Guard Day Single Working Women’s Day
August 4th Birthday Quotes
“I don’t think a tough question is disrespectful.” – Helen Thomas
“I think anything is possible if you have the mindset and the will and desire to do it and put the time in.” – Roger Clemens
“Either you focus, or you hit something really hard.” – Jeff Gordon
” When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!’” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
” Getting the nomination is like gravy. Winning would be like whatever is better than gravy.” – Billy Bob Thornton
“We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.” – Barack Obama
August 4th Birthdays
1521 – Pope Urban VII (died in 1590) 1792 – Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet, and playwright (died in 1822) 1821 – Louis Vuitton, French fashion designer, founded Louis Vuitton (died in 1892) 1900 – Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (died in 2002) 1904 – Helen Kane, American singer, and actress (died in 1966) 1910 – Anita Page, American actress (died in 2008) 1920 – Helen Thomas, American journalist and author (died in 2013) 1944 – Richard Belzer, American actor 1955 – Billy Bob Thornton, American actor 1961 – Barack Obama, American politician, 44th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate 1962 – Roger Clemens, American baseball player 1970 – Bret Baier, American journalist 1971 – Jeff Gordon, American race car driver 1975 – Andy Hallett, American actor (died in 2009) 1978 – Kurt Busch, American race car driver 1981 – Meghan Markle, American actress 1988 – Carly Foulkes, Canadian model, and actress 1992 – Dylan Sprouse, American actor 1992 – Cole Sprouse, American actor
August 4th History
70 – The Romans destroyed the Second Temple in Jerusalem.
1693 – Celebratory date for Dom Perignon’s invention of Champagne.
1790 – A tariff act created the need for the Revenue Cutter Service, later renamed The United States Coast Guard.
1892 – The father and stepmother of Lizzie Borden were found murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. Lizzie was acquitted of the crime.
1921 – Cropdusting was invented. John B. Macready flew a Curtiss JN-4 over catalpa trees near Troy, Ohio, killing 99% of the leaf caterpillars, saving the 5000 trees with 175 pounds of lead arsenate pesticide.
1936 – Jesse Owens, black Olympic track star, won the Gold Medal in Germany’s Olympics, embarrassing Adolph Hitler.
1942 – Holiday Inn was released in theaters. The Holiday Inn hotel chain was named after this film. Introduced the Academy Award for Best Original Song, White Christmas, by Irving Berlin and performed by Bing Crosby.
1956 – #1 Hit August 4, 1956 – August 17, 1956: The Platters – My Prayer
1958 – The Billboard Hot 100 was published for the first time. The first number-one song of the Hot 100 was “Poor Little Fool” by Ricky Nelson.
1958 – #1 Hit August 4, 1958 – August 17, 1958: Ricky Nelson – Poor Little Fool
1973 – #1 Hit August 4, 1973 – August 17, 1973: Maureen McGovern – The Morning After
1977 – US President Jimmy Carter signed legislation creating the United States Department of Energy.
1987 – The Federal Communications Commission rescinded the Fairness Doctrine, which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues “fairly.”
1990 – #1 Hit August 4, 1990 – August 31, 1990: Mariah Carey – Vision Of Love
August 4, 1997 (fiction) Skynet was activated, The Terminator, Film
2001 – #1 Hit August 4, 2001 – August 17, 2001: Destiny’s Child – Bootylicious
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The Epic of Gilgamesh was indeed the first Bromance narrative.
If people really slept like a baby, then they would wake up every 2 hours crying. #babysleep
If every apple picked in Washington in a single year was placed side-by-side, they would circle the earth 29 times.
Randolph Scott – Real Name: Randolph Crane
A group of planted Flowers is called a Bed.
Would a lightsaber continuously hum if you held it out the window of a sports car at top speed?
99% of all hazelnuts in the U.S. are grown in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
If I was transported back in time, I don’t think I’d remember enough critical information to make me wealthy or successful.
A 41-gun salute is a traditional salute to a royal birth in Great Britain.
It is impossible to look cool while your shoes are squeaking on the floor.
A group of Fish is called a Draft or Nest or Shoal or School. A group of caught Fish is called a Catch or Drought or Haul.
“What an excellent day for an exorcism.” – Pazuzu in The Exorcist #moviequotes
1492 – Christopher Columbus sailed from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, with the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria.
1852 – In the first American intercollegiate athletic event, Harvard University won the first Boat Race between Yale University and Harvard.
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the world’s first themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana.
August 3, 2032 (fiction) Crime lord Simon Phoenix escaped from cryo-prison and had a crime spree in San Angeles, in Demolition Man, Film
If you were born on August 3rd, You were likely conceived the week of… November 10th (prior year)
Traditional August 3rd Information
August 3rd is…
Champagne Day Georgia Day Grab Some Nuts Day Watermelon Day
August 3rd Birthday Quotes
” Once you realize that you have identified a passion, invest in yourself. Figure out what you need to know, what kind of experience and expertise you need to develop to do the things that you feel in your heart you will enjoy and that will sustain you both mentally and economically.” – Martha Stewart
” Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.” – Ernie Pyle
“I don’t think writers choose the genre, the genre chooses us. I wrote out of the wish to create order out of disorder, the liking of a pattern.” – P. D. James
We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.” – Martin Sheen
” You don’t protect any of your individual liberties by lying down and going to sleep.” – John T. Scopes
“Abe Lincoln is my favorite president of all time – and he pulls off that top hat pretty well.” – Ryan Lochte
August 3rd Birthdays
1900 – Ernie Pyle, American soldier, and journalist (died in 1945) 1900 – John T. Scopes, American educator (died in 1970) 1904 – Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (died in 1983) 1920 – P. D. James, English author (died in 2014) 1920 – Charlie Shavers, American trumpet player (died in 1971) 1921 – Marilyn Maxwell, American actress, and singer (died in 1972) 1926 – Gordon Scott, American actor (died in 2007) 1939 – Jimmie Nicol, English drummer 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor 1941 – Martha Stewart, American businesswoman, founded Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia 1946 – Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (died in 2004) 1950 – John Landis, American director, producer and screenwriter 1959 – John C. McGinley, American actor 1979 – Evangeline Lilly, Canadian model, and actress 1984 – Ryan Lochte, American swimmer
August 3rd History
1492 – Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain towards, he expected, Asia.
1769 – The La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California were discovered.
1852 – Harvard University won the first Boat Race against Yale University. The race was the first American intercollegiate athletic event
1926 – The first traffic lights in Great Britain were installed at Piccadilly Circus.
1936 – Jesse Owens won the 100-meter dash, beating ‘the world’s fastest man’ Ralph Metcalfe at the Berlin Olympics.
1946 – Santa Claus Land, the first modern themed amusement park, opened in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States.
1958 – The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus traveled under the Arctic ice cap.
1963 – #1 Hit August 3, 1963 – August 9, 1963: The Tymes – So Much in Love
1968 – #1 Hit August 3, 1968 – August 16, 1968: The Doors – Hello, I Love You
1977 – Tandy Corporation announced the TRS-80, one of the world’s first mass-produced personal computers. The basic model originally shipped with 4 KB of RAM.
1985 – #1 Hit August 3, 1985 – August 23, 1985: Tears for Fears – Shout
1996 – #1 Hit August 3, 1996 – November 8, 1996: Los Del Rio – Macarena (Bayside Boys Mix)
1997 – The tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere, Sky Tower in downtown Auckland, New Zealand, opened.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
The only letter not appearing on the Periodic Table is the letter “J”.
When we say something is “just a cry for help”, it’s usually to explain why we won’t be offering any.
There have only been two voice actors to voice Donald Duck. Clarence Nash (1934 – 1985) and Tony Anselmo (1985 – present).
Flux Capacitor – The device used by Doctor Emmett Brown, requiring 1.21 gigawatts of power, to travel through time.
A group of Ferrets is called a Business or Cast.
Pixar’s “UP” was the first-ever animated film or 3D film to open the Cannes Film Festival.
I would like to open a restaurant called ‘Sanswiches’. We would serve everything but sandwiches.
Q: What is a cheetah’s favorite food? A: Fast food!
“You’re my best friend” by Queen is probably about a car. And now, you are singing it in your head. #queenrocks
“Kiss My Grits!” #TVCatchphrase
“What, did someone just step on a duck?” #moviequotes
The lifespan of a taste bud is about ten days. #snapplefacts
August 2, 1776 – The official signing of The Declaration of Independence took place in Philadelphia.
1943 – A Japanese destroyer sank the US torpedo boat PT 109, Future president John F. Kennedy and 10 other crewmen survived.
1990 – Iraq invaded Kuwait, instigating the Gulf War.
If you were born on August 2nd, You were likely conceived the week of… November 9th (prior year)
August 2nd is…
Coloring Book Day Ice Cream Sandwich Day
August 2nd Birthday Quotes
Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.” – Peter O’Toole
“Life is not a having and a getting, but a being and a becoming.” – Myrna Loy
” Goodness is about character – integrity, honesty, kindness, generosity, moral courage, and the like. More than anything else, it is about how we treat other people.” – Dennis Prager
“There may be honor among thieves, but there’s none in politicians.” – Peter O’Toole
“In the face of such hopelessness as our eventual, unavoidable death, there is little sense in not at least trying to accomplish all of your wildest dreams in life.” – Kevin Smith
August 2nd Birthdays
1835 – Elisha Gray, American businessman, co-founded Western Electric (died in 1901) 1905 – Myrna Loy, American actress (died in 1993) 1922 – Betsy Bloomingdale, American philanthropist, and socialite (died in 2016) 1924 – Carroll O’Connor, American actor (died in 2001) 1932 – Peter O’Toole, British-Irish actor (died in 2013) 1944 – Jim Capaldi, English drummer and singer-songwriter (died in 2005) 1945 – Joanna Cassidy, American actress 1948 – Dennis Prager, American radio host, and author 1951 – Andrew Gold, American singer-songwriter(died in 2011) 1953 – Butch Patrick, American actor 1959 – Victoria Jackson, American comedic actress 1959 – Johnny Kemp, Bahamian singer-songwriter (died in 2015) 1959 – Apollonia Kotero, American singer and actress 1964 – Mary-Louise Parker, American actress 1970 – Kevin Smith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1976 – Michael Weiss, American figure skater 1976 – Sam Worthington, English-Australian actor
August 2nd History
1610 – Henry Hudson sailed into what is now known as Hudson Bay (he thought he had made it through the Northwest Passage, and reached the Pacific Ocean).
1776 – The signing of the Declaration of Independence didn’t occur on July 4. After the Continental Congress voted to declare independence on July 2, the final language of the document was approved on July 4, and it was printed and distributed on July 4 – 5. The actual signing was on August 2, 1776, Matthew Thornton from New Hampshire signed it on November 4, 1776.
1790 – The first United States Census was conducted. There were 3,929,214 people counted that year.
1869 – Japan’s samurai, farmer, artisan, merchant class system (Shinokosho) was abolished as part of the Meiji Restoration reforms.
1870 – Tower Subway, the first underground tube railway, opened in London, England.
1873 – The Clay Street Hill Railroad began operating the first cable car in San Francisco’s famous cable car system.
1876 – In Jack McCall shot Wild Bill Hickok in the back as he played poker at a saloon in Deadwood, in the Dakota Territory. Wild Bill held black aces and eights, which became known as the “dead man’s hand.”
1937 – The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 was passed in America, making marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
1973 – The Summerland Disaster occurred when a fire spread through the Summerland leisure center in Douglas on the Isle of Man. Fifty people were killed and eighty seriously injured in the fire, started by some boys smoking in a closet.
1975 – #1 Hit August 2, 1975 – August 8, 1975: Eagles – One of These Nights
1980 – #1 Hit August 2, 1980 – August 29, 1980: Olivia Newton-John – Magic
1986 – #1 Hit August 2, 1986 – August 15, 1986: Peter Cetera – Glory of Love
1990 – Iraq invaded Kuwait, leading to the Gulf War.
August 3, 2032 (fiction) Crimelord Simon Phoenix escaped from cryo-prison and had a crime spree in San Angeles. Demolition Man, Film
What’s the difference between a nook and a cranny? A nook is a corner and cranny is a crack.
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts
“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!” – Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell) in Auntie Mame, 1958
The whip is probably the first human invention to break the sound barrier.
The library posters in “The Breakfast Club” can also be seen in the school halls of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” Both John Hughes’s films were shot back-to-back to save time and money.
Columbus thought manatees were mermaids, describing them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”
The first airline stewardesses were all registered nurses, but this requirement disappeared when many nurses left to enlist during WWII.
The Capital of the Marshall Islands is Majuro
Childhood is when you idolize the Jedi. Adulthood is when you realize Emperor Palpatine was right.
Walking around the earth (if it were all land) at average walking speed would take 3.4 years.
Marc Bolan – Real Name: Marc Feld
World-wide lightning strikes peak in activity at 7:00 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time.
In 1976, the first eight Jelly Belly® flavors were sold: Orange, Green Apple, Root Beer, Very Cherry, Lemon, Cream Soda, Grape, and Licorice.
The Vlassic pickle mascot is a stork because pregnant women often crave pickles.
