User:KrakatoaKatie/CalendarAugust

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This template is based on the Babel templates. It displays seasonal messages, styled to look like userboxes, on the appropriate dates. Dates are listed at this site. Requires /Templates/Calendarbox. 


|08/1=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Jerry Garcia was born
82 years ago today.
Hug a Deadhead near you. 
|08/2=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
The Second Continental Congress officially signed the Declaration of Independence 248 years ago today. 
|08/3=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Christopher Columbus set sail from
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
532 years ago today. 
|08/4=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Louis Armstrong was born
123 years ago today. 
|08/5=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone
was laid 140 years ago today.
Vive la France! 
|08/6=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by American B-29
Enola Gay 79 years ago today. 
|08/7=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Jimbo turns 58 today. 


|08/8=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
The 2008 Summer Olympics begin
today and run until August 24. 
|08/9=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Richard Nixon resigned as
President of the United States
50 years ago today. 
|08/10=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Candid Camera premiered
76 years ago today.
Celebrate by taking a snapshot. 
|08/11=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Today is Valentine's Day in Taiwan.
Celebrate by sending chocolate to me. 
|08/12=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Mark Knopfler turns 75 today. 
|08/13=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Alfred Hitchcock was born
125 years ago today. 
|08/14=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
World War II ended with
the formal surrender of Japan
79 years ago today. 
|08/15=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Will Rogers and Wiley Post died
when their airplane crashed near
Barrow, Alaska 89 years ago today. 
|08/16=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Angela Bassett turns 66 today. 
|08/17=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Davy Crockett was born
238 years ago today. 
|08/18=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
James Meredith graduated
from the University of Mississippi
61 years ago today. 
|08/19=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
A German referendum vested sole power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer 90 years ago today. 
|08/20=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's
1812 Overture debuted in Moscow
142 years ago today. 
|08/21=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
The first of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in Ottawa, Illinois
166 years ago today. 
|08/22=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Nolan Ryan threw his 5,000th strikeout 35 years ago today. 
|08/23=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Today is Katie's birthday!
(Gifts are happily accepted.) 
|08/24=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
1945 years ago today. 
|08/25=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Gene Simmons turns 75 today. 
|08/26=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
American women gained the right to vote when Amendment XIX was ratified 104 years ago today. 
|08/27=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
File:Krakatoa 01.JPG Krakatoa (Katie's great-great-great-grandfather) erupted 141 years ago today. 
|08/28=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his
"I Have a Dream" speech
61 years ago today. 
|08/29=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Hurricane Katrina made landfall
19 years ago today. 
|08/30=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
The Second Battle of Bull Run began 162 years ago today. 
|08/31=
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Daniel Schorr turns 108 today. 
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Sunday, May 5, 2024
Nothing interesting is
happening today.
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