GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS MONDAY, August 19, the 231st day of 2013 with 134 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:55 and sunset is @ 7:40. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Saturn and Venus. ON THIS DAY IN: 1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeated the British frigate GuerriÈre in a furious engagement off the coast of Nova Scotia and earned its nickname of "Old Ironsides". 1893 - The root beer float, or "Black Cow," was invented by Frank J. Wisner, owner of Cripple Creek Brewing in Colorado. 1929 - The comedy program "Amos and Andy," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its network radio debut. 1934 - A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. 1950 - The American Broadcasting Company aired the first Saturday morning television shows for children. 1960 - In the USSR, captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage. Eighteen months later, the Soviets agreed to release him in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy. GOOD MORNING - TODAY IS MONDAY, August 19, the 231st day of 2013 with 134 to follow. Sunrise in the Boston area is @ 5:55 and sunset is @ 7:40. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Saturn and Venus. ON THIS DAY IN: 1812 - During the War of 1812, the U.S. Navy frigate Constitution defeated the British frigate GuerriÈre in a furious engagement off the coast of Nova Scotia and earned its nickname of "Old Ironsides". 1893 - The root beer float, or "Black Cow," was invented by Frank J. Wisner, owner of Cripple Creek Brewing in Colorado. 1929 - The comedy program "Amos and Andy," starring Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, made its network radio debut. 1934 - A plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer. 1950 - The American Broadcasting Company aired the first Saturday morning television shows for children. 1960 - In the USSR, captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for his confessed espionage. Eighteen months later, the Soviets agreed to release him in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy.
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