COACH HUMPS HISTORY FACTS 8/19 295BC: The first temple to Venus, Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges, 43BC: Octavias, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul. 1561: 18 year old Mary Queen of Scots returns to Scotland after 13 years in France 1612: Three women known as the Samlesbury witches are put on trial for practicing witchcraft in one of Britains most famous witch trials. 1692: Five people are executed in Salem Massachusetts for witchcraft. 1812: During the War of 1812, the USS Constitution defeats the British frigate HMS Guerriere and is dubbed the nickname, Old Ironsides. 1848: The New York Herald breaks the story of gold discovery in California. 1854: The First Sioux War begins when US Army soldiers kill Lakota chief Conquering Bear and are massacred. 1856: Gail Borden receives a patent for condensing milk by vacuum. 1895: Old West outlaw John Wesley Hardin is killed by an off duty policeman in El Paso Texas. 1909: Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosts its first auto race. 1919: Afghanistan gains full independence from the United Kingdom. 1934: The first All American Soap Box Derby is held in Dayton Ohio. 1934: Germany creates the position of Fuhrer for Adolf Hitler. 1944: Paris France is liberated from Germany by Allied forces 1945: Viet Minh led by Ho Chi Minh take power in Hanoi Vietnam. 1957: The New York Giant baseball team decides to move to San Francisco. 1960: The Soviets launch a satellite into orbit with 2 dogs, 40 mice, 2 rats, and several plants on board. 1962: Homero Blancas shoots the lowest round of golf in history, a 55, at an event at the Premier Golf Course in Longview Texas. 1964: The Beatles first American tour begins in San Francisco. 1967: The Beatles have their 14th #1 with All You Need Is Love 1973: Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge get married. 1977: Comedian Groucho Marx dies at age 86. 1988: It was announced that the two most played songs during the first 100 years of jukeboxes were Crazy by Patsy Cline and Hound Dog by Elvis Presley. 1991: Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is placed under house arrest during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. WANT TO FEEL OLD: Actress Jill St. John is 74 today and former President Bill Clinton turns 68. QUOTE: It is better to know and be disappointed than to never know and always wonder DYK: Today is Aviation Day, Humanitarian Day, and Photography Day. FYI: One can of cold drink a day increases your chances of getting Type 2 diabetes by 22% RANDOM THOUGHT: Have you been the kind of friend you want as a friend? THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: Individual commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
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