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Gravdigr · 08-26-2016, 03:00 PM

August 26

Today is Women's Equality Day in the United States.

1346 – Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy.

1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà.

1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour.

1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat.

1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage.

1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote.

1970 – The then-new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality.

1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, United States. The FBI inadvertently detonated the bomb during disarming.

1987 - Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He won the election in 1988 and went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996.

1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade.

2004 - Singer Laura Branigan died of a brain aneurysm. She had had a 1982 US No.2 & UK No.6 single with ‘Gloria’ and a 1984 US No.4 & UK No.5 with ‘Self Control’. She had also played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis.

2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia.

Births

1676 – Robert Walpole; 1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier; 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier; 1845 – Mary Ann Nichols (victim of Jack The Ripper); 1898 – Peggy Guggenheim; 1909 – Jim Davis ('Jock Ewing' on Dallas); 1910 – Mother Teresa; 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro; 1940 – Don LaFontaine (voice-over artist); 1944 – Maureen Tucker

(The Velvet Underground); 1945 – Tom Ridge (1st Secretary of Homeland Security); 1949 – Leon Redbone♪ ♫; 1952 – Michael Jeter; 1952 – Will Shortz (crossword puzzle creator); 1960 – Branford Marsalis♪ ♫; 1966 – Shirley Manson♪ ♫(Garbage); 1970 – Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly); 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, Chris Pine; 1985 – Brian Kelley♪ ♫(Florida-Georgia Line)

Deaths

1930 – Lon Chaney; 1974 – Charles Lindbergh; 1977 – H. A. Rey (created Curious George); 1978 – Charles Boyer; 1980 – Tex Avery (created the characters of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developed Porky Pig, & Chilly Willy); 1986 – Ted Knight; 2004 – Laura Branigan (Gloria); 2009 – Dominick Dunne

08-26-2016, 03:00 PM	#227
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	August 26 Today is Women's Equality Day in the United States. 1346 – Hundred Years' War: The military supremacy of the English longbow over the French combination of crossbow and armoured knights is established at the Battle of Crécy. 1498 – Michelangelo is commissioned to carve the Pietà. 1768 – Captain James Cook sets sail from England on board HMS Endeavour. 1791 – John Fitch is granted a United States patent for the steamboat. 1883 – The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa begins its final, paroxysmal, stage. 1920 – The 19th amendment to United States Constitution takes effect, giving women the right to vote. 1970 – The then-new feminist movement, led by Betty Friedan, leads a nationwide Women's Strike for Equality. 1980 – John Birges plants a bomb at Harvey's Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, United States. The FBI inadvertently detonated the bomb during disarming. 1987 - Sonny Bono, who once said that he never voted until he was 53, announced that he was running for mayor of Palm Springs, California. He won the election in 1988 and went on to win a seat in Congress in 1996. 1999 – Russia begins the Second Chechen War in response to the Invasion of Dagestan by the Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade. 2004 - Singer Laura Branigan died of a brain aneurysm. She had had a 1982 US No.2 & UK No.6 single with ‘Gloria’ and a 1984 US No.4 & UK No.5 with ‘Self Control’. She had also played Janis Joplin in the US musical Love, Janis. 2015 – Two U.S. journalists are shot and killed by a disgruntled former coworker while conducting a live report in Moneta, Virginia. Births 1676 – Robert Walpole; 1740 – Joseph-Michel Montgolfier; 1743 – Antoine Lavoisier; 1845 – Mary Ann Nichols (victim of Jack The Ripper); 1898 – Peggy Guggenheim; 1909 – Jim Davis ('Jock Ewing' on Dallas); 1910 – Mother Teresa; 1935 – Geraldine Ferraro; 1940 – Don LaFontaine (voice-over artist); 1944 – Maureen Tucker(The Velvet Underground); 1945 – Tom Ridge (1st Secretary of Homeland Security); 1949 – Leon Redbone♪ ♫; 1952 – Michael Jeter; 1952 – Will Shortz (crossword puzzle creator); 1960 – Branford Marsalis♪ ♫; 1966 – Shirley Manson♪ ♫(Garbage); 1970 – Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly); 1980 – Macaulay Culkin, Chris Pine; 1985 – Brian Kelley♪ ♫(Florida-Georgia Line) Deaths 1930 – Lon Chaney; 1974 – Charles Lindbergh; 1977 – H. A. Rey (created Curious George); 1978 – Charles Boyer; 1980 – Tex Avery (created the characters of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, and developed Porky Pig, & Chilly Willy); 1986 – Ted Knight; 2004 – Laura Branigan (Gloria); 2009 – Dominick Dunne __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.