On this Day

[texan]

On this day, 05 August 1957, It all began when a radio disc jockey working for WFIL Radio was pressed
into hosting duties for a local, after-school dance show on WFIL-TV 6 in Philadelphia.
Originally hosted by Bob Horn, the show was American Bandstand; the young, handsome DJ/host
from Utica, New York was Dick Clark.

And on this day in 1957, Dick Clark’s American Bandstand caught the attention of network executives
at ABC-TV in New York, who decided to put the show on its afternoon schedule.

However, the one thing they couldn’t do was disrupt an airing of the hugely popular Mickey Mouse Club
at 5 p.m. What to do? Halfway through the American Bandstand show, Clark would tell listeners to come
back for more of the show ... but “right now ... here comes the Mouse!”

At that time, the network would cut away from Philadelphia and show Walt Disney’s Mouseketeers.
Following the show ... American Bandstand would return for another 30 minutes.

 

[texan]

On this day, 05 August 1936, Jesse Owens won his third gold medal by running a 200-meter race
in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany.

 

[texan]

On this day, 05 August 1962, Actress Marilyn Monroe died from a drug overdose in Los Angeles, in a
case that is still unsolved and involves a lot of speculation.
She was 36 years old.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

On this day, 05 August 1936, Jesse Owens won his third gold medal by running a 200-meter race
in 20.7 seconds at the Olympic Games held in Berlin, Germany.

The significance of this event deserves much more than a one sentence blurb.

 

[moreluck]

The significance of this event deserves much more than a one sentence blurb.

So, post something about it !!!

 

[texan]

On this day, 6 August 1965, President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act.

On this day in 1965, President Lyndon Baines Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act, guaranteeing
African Americans the right to vote.

 

[texan]

On this day, 7 August 1909, US issues 1st Lincoln penny.

 

[texan]

On this day, 8 August 1974, President Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal.

He was the first president in American history to resign.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

On this day, 7 August 1909, US issues 1st Lincoln penny.

This penny is worth $63.00 (circulated) and $175 (uncirculated).

 

[texan]

On this day, 9 August 1936, Jesse Owens became the first American to win four medals in one Olympics.

Owens ran one leg of the winning 400-meter relay team in Berlin.

His three other gold medals were won in the 100-meter, 200-meter and the long jump events.

 

[texan]

On this day, 10 August 1846, The famous Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. was established on this
day in 1846 by the United States Congress as an institute of learning.

An Englishman, James Smithson, made it possible to create the institute with his
generous monetary gift of $500,000; hence, the name, Smithsonian.

The Smithsonian Institution supports a wide variety of research projects and publications.
It also houses the national museums of natural history, technology, art and history.
One of the most popular is the National Air Museum which contains the Wright Brothers original
biplane and Charles Lindbergh’s plane, The Spirit of St. Louis.


Often referred to as America’s attic, the Smithsonian has a little something for everyone from every
era and pertaining to all subject matter. You’ll even find Archie Bunker’s chair at the Smithsonian Institution.

 

[texan]

On this day, 11 August 1970, Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first pitcher since
Cy Young to win 100 games in each of the two major leagues.

Bunning, who later became a U.S. Senator, pushed the Phils over the Houston Astros, by a score of 6-5.

 

[texan]

On this day 11 August 1909, The international distress call, SOS, which replaced CQD (All stations -- distress!), was
first used by an American ship on this day in 1909. The ocean liner Arapahoe found itself in trouble off
Cape Hatteras, NC. The ship’s wireless operator, T. D. Haubner, radioed for help when his ship lost its screw
propeller near the ‘Graveyard of the Atlantic’, Diamond Shoals. The call was heard by the United Wireless station
at Hatteras.

Contrary to popular opinion, SOS (which has no stops between the letters, the signal being a continuous signal
of three dots, three dashes and three dots) is not an acronym for any series of words
such as Save Our Ship or Save Our Souls.

 

[texan]

On this day, 12 August 1865, Joseph Lister became the first doctor to use disinfectant during surgery.

Hmm. Joseph Lister. That name rings a bell. Yep. Same Joseph Lister as the one whose name is on those
bottles of Listerine mouthwash.

Imagine though, before that they would open you up and use dirty hands to operate.

This break through was was not widley known or accepted though.

Less than four months after his inauguration, President Garfield arrived at the Washington railroad depot on
July 2, 1881, to catch a train for a summer's retreat on the New Jersey seashore. As Garfield made his way
through the station, Charles Guiteau raced from the shadows and fired two shots point blank into the president.

Leading doctors of the age flocked to Washington to aid in his recovery, sixteen in all. Most probed the
wound with their fingers or dirty instruments.

He died from infection and all the probing.

 

[texan]

On this day, 12 August 1964, For the 10th time in his major-league baseball career, Mickey Mantle hit
home runs from both the left and ride sides of the plate in the
same game -- setting a new baseball record. Would we call this ‘am-bat-extrous’?

 

[texan]

On this day, 12 August 1981, IBM (International Business Machines) introduced the Model 5150 PC
(personal computer).

The IBM PC ran on the Intel 8088 microprocessor at 4.77 mHz with one or two 160K floppy disk drives.
It had 16 kilobytes of memory, expandable to 256k, five 8-bit ISA slots, a 65-watt power supply, no
Built-in clock, no built-in serial or parallel ports, and no built-in video capability -- it was available
with an optional color monitor. MS-DOS 1.0/1.1 was issued with the PC (IBM later released its own
operating system: PC-DOS).

Prices started at $1,565. The IBM PC was a smashing success and IBM quickly
became the #1 microcomputer company, with Apple dropping to #2.

 

[texan]

On this day, 13 August 1935, The first roller derby match was held at the Coliseum in Chicago, IL.

This later became a television favorite of many.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Roller derby is making a comeback:

Editorial: Roller derby adds to local offerings Opinion Press-Republican

 

[menotyou]

I love roller skating. Not those goofy inline ones, either. That's ice skating on wheels.

 

[moreluck]

On this day, 13 August 1935, The first roller derby match was held at the Coliseum in Chicago, IL.

This later became a television favorite of many.

It's good that roller derby is coming back......now, Mob Wives of N.Y. and Mob Wives of Chicago will have work when their season ends........can you see Leah on the track??

She wll knock you back to last Tuesday!!