On this day in history.
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August 13, 1913: First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.
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Sorry, I am out of order here but thought this was worth mentioning.
On August 11 in the 1800's my great great grandfather was killed by a bull on his farm. On August 11 in the late1800's my great grandfather was killed by a bull on his farm in England. On August 11 in the 1920's my grandfather was gored to death on his farm in Richmond,BC, Canada. On August 11th in the 1940's my uncle was in a car accident that broke every bone in his body, including his face. On August 11th in the 1960's my Dad and his brothers, as well as all kids old enough to help, worked from dawn to dusk everyday for 5 mo.s to take the grass down around the Vancouver Airport to keep the birds from nesting, and the day they finally finished two kids played with matches in the hayloft and the whole thing burnt to the ground. On August 11, 1982 my brother's wife went into labour. She was in labour for 6 hrs before the Drs decided they had to do a cesarean, it took 6 hrs to get the team together. The next morning the top specialist from the children's hospital happened to be walking through the nursery and saw my nephew and within an hour he was in the neo-natal children's hospital with a phenobarbital IV into his head because he was having seizures from being in the birth canal too long. There are a few others that are minor and I can't remember right now but thought this was quite an amazing day in our family. Luckily it only seemed to be happening to the males so I wasn't too scared for me, just the men in my family whenever August 11th came around.
On August 11 in the 1800's my great great grandfather was killed by a bull on his farm. On August 11 in the late1800's my great grandfather was killed by a bull on his farm in England. On August 11 in the 1920's my grandfather was gored to death on his farm in Richmond,BC, Canada. On August 11th in the 1940's my uncle was in a car accident that broke every bone in his body, including his face. On August 11th in the 1960's my Dad and his brothers, as well as all kids old enough to help, worked from dawn to dusk everyday for 5 mo.s to take the grass down around the Vancouver Airport to keep the birds from nesting, and the day they finally finished two kids played with matches in the hayloft and the whole thing burnt to the ground. On August 11, 1982 my brother's wife went into labour. She was in labour for 6 hrs before the Drs decided they had to do a cesarean, it took 6 hrs to get the team together. The next morning the top specialist from the children's hospital happened to be walking through the nursery and saw my nephew and within an hour he was in the neo-natal children's hospital with a phenobarbital IV into his head because he was having seizures from being in the birth canal too long. There are a few others that are minor and I can't remember right now but thought this was quite an amazing day in our family. Luckily it only seemed to be happening to the males so I wasn't too scared for me, just the men in my family whenever August 11th came around.
August 14, 2003; beginning at 4:10p.m. ET, 21 power plants shut down in the space of 3 minutes. 50 million people were without power in the eastern United States and parts of Canada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_America,_blackout_2003.svg
The blackout affected parts of the states and provinces depicted in this map.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_North_America,_blackout_2003.svgThe blackout affected parts of the states and provinces depicted in this map.
August 14, 1926 РRen̩ Goscinny, French comic-strip author, is born.
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August 15, 1914: The Panama Canal opens to traffic with the transit of the cargo ship SS Ancon.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panama_Canal
August 16, 1977: Elvis Aaron Presley, American singer, guitarist, and actor dies.
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We had school vacations, I was a pupil then. I certainly saw it on TV at home.
August 16, 1896; George Carmack discovers gold on Rabbit Creek(Bonanza Creek), a tributary of the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory, sparking the last great western gold rush. Unlike most prospectors, he became wealthy, taking around a million dollars in gold out of his claims. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klondike_Gold_Rush
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tlingit-map-modify.jpg
The red dot at Bonanza Creek is the point of the initial gold discovery.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tlingit-map-modify.jpgThe red dot at Bonanza Creek is the point of the initial gold discovery.
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August 17, 1959: Quake Lake is formed by the magnitude 7.5 1959 Yellowstone earthquake near Hebgen Lake in Montana.
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Gorgeous photo, JA! Thanks for posting it!
If you follow my link, you'll see it's the third one there. I like it a lot more than the other two!
August 18, 1868: French astronomer Pierre Janssen discovers helium.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Janssen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Janssen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium
August 19, 1921: Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer, is born.
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