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Upon The Feast Of St. Augustine
Apoloblogology | August 28th 2008
Perhaps this loquacious doctor of the Church could be invoked as the patron saint of politics:"Already I had learned from thee that because a thing is eloquently expressed it should not be taken to be as necessarily true; nor because it is uttered wi read more
On this day in history: Tom Thumb beats the horse, 1830
The Modern Historian | August 28th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In 1826, two Baltimore bankers, Philip E. Thomas and George Brown, visited England to investigate rail transportation systems. In the year since the Erie Canal opened, providing a new transportation route from mid-western cities to New York, Baltimor read more
This Day In History - Kellogg-Briand Pact Signed
Top Dollar Blog | August 28th 2008 by Neo2012
The Kellogg-Briand Pact was an agreement between the US and France to renounce war and seek settlement of disputes by peaceful means. It took its name from US Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg and French foreign minister Aristide Briand. Numerous o read more
On this day in history: shortest war in history, 1896
The Modern Historian | August 27th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
On the 27th August 1896 the shortest war in history was fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar. Three days earlier the pro-British Sultan Hamad bin Thuwain died, resulting in a power-struggle in which Hamad bin Thuwain's nephew Khalid bin Bar read more
This Day In History - Pope John Paul I Elevated to Papacy
Top Dollar Blog | August 27th 2008 by Neo2012
Born Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to choose a double name, a move that honored his two immediate predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Refusing to have the millennium-old traditional papal coronation, he instead opted read more
This Day In History
Apoloblogology | August 26th 2008
On August 26, 1498, Michelangelo was commissioned to sculpt The Pieta, one of the most recognizable pieces of Christian art in history, because Ninja Turtles worship the Virgin Mary. read more
This Day In History - Pope John Paul I Elevated to Papacy
Top Dollar Blog | August 26th 2008 by Neo2012
Born Albino Luciani, Pope John Paul I was the first pope to choose a double name, a move that honored his two immediate predecessors, Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. Refusing to have the millennium-old traditional papal coronation, he instead opted read more
This Day In History - Potato Chips First Prepared
Top Dollar Blog | August 25th 2008 by Neo2012
It is believed that the original potato chip recipe was created by chef George Crum at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY. Fed up with a customer who continued to send his fried potatoes back, complaining that they were too thick and soggy, Crum de read more
On this day in history: First man swims across the English Channe…
The Modern Historian | August 24th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
Matthew Webb was born at Dawlish, Shropshire, on 18th January 1848 to a country doctor of the same name and his wife, Sarah. By the age of eight, Webb had learnt to swim in the River Severn below Ironbridge. He continued to swim after joining the mer read more
This Day In History - Potato Chips First Prepared
Top Dollar Blog | August 24th 2008 by Neo2012
It is believed that the original potato chip recipe was created by chef George Crum at a restaurant in Saratoga Springs, NY. Fed up with a customer who continued to send his fried potatoes back, complaining that they were too thick and soggy, Crum de read more
This Day In History - William Wallace is Executed
Top Dollar Blog | August 23rd 2008 by Neo2012
Wallace was a Scottish knight who, during the Wars of Scottish Independence, led a resistance movement against the English occupation. Much of what is known about his life is based on legend and the poem The Acts and Deeds of Sir William Wallace, Kni read more
On this day in history: British capture of Hong Kong, 1839
The Modern Historian | August 23rd 2008 by Kevin Grieves
During the eighteenth century, the demand in Britain for Chinese luxury goods, such as porcelain, silk and tea, created an enormous trade deficit because the British lacked any profitable product that they could export to China. In 1773, the East Ind read more
This Day In History - Edvard Munch’s
Top Dollar Blog | August 22nd 2008 by Neo2012
There are four painted versions and one lithograph of Edvard Munch's most famous work, The Scream, an expressionist depiction of the existential agony of modern man. In 2004, the version belonging to the Munch Museum was stolen at gunpoint. A differe read more
On this day in history: Haitian Revolution, 1791
The Modern Historian | August 22nd 2008 by Kevin Grieves
At the time of the Storming of the Bastille in Paris, the French territories on the island of Hispaniola, known as Saint-Domingue, produced forty per cent of the world's sugar utilising slave labour. As well as slaves, there were many free men of mix read more
This Day In History - Clinton Retaliates against Al Qaeda for Emb…
Top Dollar Blog | August 21st 2008 by Neo2012
Operation Infinite Reach was a US cruise missile strike on purported terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan. The attack came in response to bombings at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people and were linked to local mem read more
On this day in history: Warsaw Pact troops invade Czechoslovakia,…
The Modern Historian | August 21st 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In January 1968, Alexander Dubček became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. Dubček was previously leader of the party in Slovakia, where he had implemented a programme of liberalisation. His application of the same reforms to read more
This Day In History - Clinton Retaliates against Al Qaeda for Emb…
Top Dollar Blog | August 20th 2008 by Neo2012
Operation Infinite Reach was a US cruise missile strike on purported terrorist bases in Afghanistan and Sudan. The attack came in response to bombings at US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed more than 200 people and were linked to local mem read more
On this day in history: Tucson, Arizona founded, 1775
The Modern Historian | August 20th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
Hugh O'Connor was born in Dublin in 1732 into an aristocratic family. Like many contemporary Irish Catholics of the day, Hugh saw no future for himself in his homeland, which he left in 1750 to serve the Spanish King. His cousin, Alexander O'Reilly, read more
This Day In History - Afghanistan Gains Independence from United…
Top Dollar Blog | August 19th 2008 by Neo2012
After becoming the major power on the Indian subcontinent in the late 18th c, the British Empire sought to secure its trade routes through Afghanistan against expanding Russian influence in the region. In doing so, Britain transformed Afghanistan int read more
On this day in history: Buffalo Nine arrested, 1968
The Modern Historian | August 19th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In the summer of 1968, a group of anti-war protesters centred on the University of Buffalo in New York State began to engage in draft resistance. Fearing arrest, a number of them sought sanctuary in the Unitarian Universalist Church on Elmwood Avenue read more
This Day In History - Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is the story of…
Top Dollar Blog | August 18th 2008 by Neo2012
Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita is the story of a middle-aged European intellectual's infatuation with a 12-year-old American "nymphet," a term Nabokov himself coined in this novel. Due to the novel's highly controversial subject matter, Nabokov initially read more
18th August in Automotive History
Indian Autos Blog | August 18th 2008 by notjustshrawan
August 18th 1905 Newell S. Wright, an attorney, filed to register the Cadillac crest as a trademark. The insignia has adorned Cadillac’s luxury car for almost a century now and is very distinct. August 18th 1937 The Toyota Motor Company, Ltd., read more
On this day in history: Battle of Lower Sioux Agency, 1862
The Modern Historian | August 18th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In 1851, the United States government signed a pair of treaties with the Dakota Sioux who ceded much of their land in the Minnesota Territory in return for goods and money. The Dakota neither received the full compensation nor all of the annuity paym read more
This Day In History - Buchanan Inaugurates New Transatlantic Tele…
Top Dollar Blog | August 17th 2008 by Neo2012
After the introduction of the working telegraph in 1839, the idea that countries and continents could be connected by a communications network became an exciting possibility. A working telegraph could transmit in mere minutes messages that had once t read more
Stock Market Trading Technical Analysis 8/17/07
Topix: Trivia | August 17th 2008 by Michael Foxworth
What was the stock market doing on this date a year ago? You can look back for a look forward with this YouTube video clip.....................ALTACITIES..........Consider What's Important,Not Just What's Urgent read more
On this day in history: Indonesian independence declared, 1945
The Modern Historian | August 17th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In the early sixteenth century, Portuguese explorers arrived in Indonesia seeking a source of spices that would break the monopoly of Muslim traders and their Venetian agents. Over the next five-hundred years the Portuguese established forts, trading read more
This Day In History - Buchanan Inaugurates New Transatlantic Tele…
Top Dollar Blog | August 16th 2008 by Neo2012
After the introduction of the working telegraph in 1839, the idea that countries and continents could be connected by a communications network became an exciting possibility. A working telegraph could transmit in mere minutes messages that had once t read more
On this day in history: Peterloo Massacre, 1819
The Modern Historian | August 16th 2008 by Kevin Grieves
In spite of victory, the Napoleonic Wars left Britain with chronic economic problems. The Government's response, the Corn Laws, resulted in famine and unemployment, which only served to politicise the poorer echelons of society who joined with the po read more
This Day In History - World War II: Victory over Japan Day
Top Dollar Blog | August 16th 2008 by Neo2012
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day) celebrates the surrender of Japan, the last Axis power to yield during WWII, and the subsequent end of the war. Though Japan's surrender was announced on Aug 15, the terms were not signed until Sept 2. One of the most read more
This Day In History - Lech Walesa Leads Shipyard Strike
Top Dollar Blog | August 15th 2008 by Neo2012
As leader of the trade union Solidarity, Walesa, a moderate, gained numerous concessions from the Polish authorities before his arrest and internment during the military crackdown of 1981. He was released in 1982 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize read more
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