what happened on Aug 21?

by **wpsmit** Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:42 am

August 21, 1922...My mom was born. She would have celebrated her 91st birthday today, but as you all know she passed last September.

I know she's in an amazing place with several other of my loved ones, but I especially miss her today. She was an incredible woman...

Can I get a hug? And everyone, please, please talk to your parents, children and siblings each and every day and tell them how much they mean to you and how much you love them. You just don't know if today will be your last chance.

Thanks

by **wpsmit** Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:45 am

Oh and some other interesting things:

1858		The first of a series of debates begins between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas. Douglas goes on to win the Senate seat in November, but Lincoln gains national visibility for the first time.
1863		Confederate raiders under William Quantrill strike Lawrence, Kansas, leaving 150 civilians dead.
1864		Confederate General A.P. Hill attacks Union troops south of Petersburg, Va., at the Weldon railroad. His attack is repulsed, resulting in heavy Confederate casualties.
1915		Italy declares war on Turkey.
1942		U.S. Marines turn back the first major Japanese ground attack on Guadalcanal in the Battle of Tenaru.
1944		The Dumbarton Oaks conference, which lays the foundation for the establishment of the United Nations, is held in Washington, D.C.
1945		President Harry S. Truman cancels all contracts under the Lend-Lease Act.
1959		Hawaii is admitted into the Union.
1963		The South Vietnamese Army arrests over 100 Buddhist monks in Saigon.
1968		Soviet forces invade Czechoslovakia because of the country's experiments with a more liberal government.
1972		US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched.
1976		Mary Langdon in Battle, East Sussex, becomes Britain's first firewoman.
1976		Operation Paul Bunyan: after North Korean guards killed two American officers sent to trim a poplar tree along the DMZ on Aug. 18, US and ROK soldiers with heavy support chopped down the tree.
1986		In Cameroon 2,000 die from poison gas from a volcanic eruption.
1988		Ceasefire in the 8-year war between Iran and Iraq.
1989		Voyager 2 begins a flyby of planet Neptune.
1991		Communist hardliners' coup is crushed in USSR after just 2 days; Latvia declares independence from USSR.
1994		Ernesto Zedillo wins Mexico's presidential election.
1996		The new Globe theater opens in England.
2000		Tiger Woods wins golf's PGA Championship, the first golfer to win 3 majors in a calendar year since Ben Hogan in 1953.
2001		NATO decides to send a peacekeeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

by **Purpleskyz** Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:47 am

Great reminder wps....

Thanks for your post.

by **wpsmit** Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:52 am

And some birthdays:

1904		William "Count" Basie, American band leader and composer.
1936		Wilt Chamberlin, four-time MVP for the National Basketball Association and only player to score 100 points in a professional basketball game.
1938		Kenny Rogers, singer, actor; one of top-selling artists of all time; voted Favorite Singer of All Time in 1986 poll.
1944		Jackie DeShannon (Sharon Lee Meyers), singer/songwriter ("Lonely Girl," "What the World Needs Now"); toured as The Beatles opening act in 1964; inducted into Songwriters Hall of Fame, 2010.
1944		Peter Weir, film director; among the leaders of Australian New Wave cinema (Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli); Academy Award nominee (Dead Poets Society, Master and Commander).
1950		Arthur Bremer, attempted assassin who shot segregationist Alabama governor George C. Wallace in May 1972.
1951		Harry Smith, TV co-anchor (The Early Show and its predecessor CBS Morning Show, 1987–96, 2002–10).
1952		Joe Strummer, lead singer of British punk band The Clash ("Rock the Casbah").
1953		Ivan Stang (Douglass St. Clair Smith), writer, Church of the SubGenius.
1954		Archie Griffin, NFL running back; only college player to win two Heisman trophies (Ohio State) and first player to start in four Rose Bowls; member, College Football Hall of Fame.
1956		Kim Cattrall, actress (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Sex in the City TV series).
1961		Stephen Hillenburg, animator and cartoonist; created character of Spongebob Squarepants.
1973		Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google.

by **Ponee** Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:33 pm

wpsmit - The first year with all the firsts without her is the toughest. Hang on, it will get better. She is with you in many ways.

by **wpsmit** Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:42 pm

Thanks Purpleskyz and Ponee....Y'all help make it easier!

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