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Today in History: August 29

708 Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time

1533How 200 Conquistadors Conquered an Empire of 10 Million Atahualpa, last Sapa Inca Emperor is suspected to have been buried in Northern Peru or in Ecuador

1862 Union General John Pope's army is defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the Second Battle of Bull Run.

1882 Australia defeats England in cricket for the first time. The following day a obituary appears in the Sporting Times addressed to the British team.

1942 The American Red Cross announces that Japan has refused to allow safe conduct for the passage of ships with supplies for American prisoners of war.

1945 U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan.

1949 USSR explodes its first atomic bomb, "First Lightning."

1950 International Olympic Committee votes to allow West Germany and Japan to compete in 1952 games.

1957 US Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 after Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24-hour filibuster, the longest in Senate history, against the bill.

1960 US U-2 spy plane spots SAM (surface-to-air) missile launch pads in Cuba.

1966 The Beatles give their last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco).

1968 Democrats nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president at their Chicago convention. My Grandmothers cousin

2005 Hurricane Katrina makes its second and third landfall as a Category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $115 billion in damage

2021 Hurricane Ida makes landfall as a Category 4 storm near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

2023 Parasite worm, alive and wriggling, found in a woman's brain for the first time in Canberra, Australia

Born on August 29

1915 Ingrid Bergman, Oscar winning actress famous whose films include Casablanca and Anastasia.

1938 Elliott Gould, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice).

1941 Robin Leach, TV host (Life Styles of the Rich and Famous).


JOTD
An Irishman walks into a bar.

He bellies up to the bar and says “barkeep, I’d like 3 shots of whiskey. One for me and one each for me brothers Shamus and Patrick back in Ireland.” The bartender give him his three shots of whiskey, he downs them, pays and walks out.
The Irishman continues with this ritual every day for a couple of months and the bartender has taken a liking to him.
One day the Irishman walks in looking glum and says “just two shots of whiskey today barkeep.” Worried, the bartender asks “is everything alright? Did something happen to Shamus or Patrick?”
The Irishman responds “no, Shamus and Patrick are fine, but me doctor says that I have to quit drinking.”

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2023 Parasite worm, alive and wriggling, found in a woman's brain for the first time in Canberra, Australia

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A shock. Australia hasn't had RFK Jr. visit them (I think he's persona non grata after what happened in Samoa) so you wouldn't expect brain worms.

But... speaking of brains! New Guinea, once part of Australia, and possible the most horrible place on the planet (Seriously, everywhere but some of the coastal towns is a death zone), is famous for Kuru.

A spicy Polynesian dish you may ask. Kind of I will answer. It is a prion disease caused by the ritual consumption of human remains. It slowly destroys the brain, causing uncontrollable laughter and tremors before death. It was "discovered" in the 50s but some medical experts think it has been active in New Guinea hundreds, even thousands, of years.

Today in History: August 30

1617
Rosa de Lima of Peru becomes the first American saint to be canonized.

1781
The French fleet arrives in the Chesapeake Bay to aid the American Revolution.

1813
Creek Indians massacre over 500 whites at Fort Mims, Alabama.

1932
Nazi leader Hermann Goering is elected president of the Reichstag.

1961
President John F. Kennedy appoints General Lucius D. Clay as his personal representative in Berlin.

1963
Hot Line communications link installed between Moscow and Washington, DC.

1976
Tom Brokaw becomes news anchor of Today Show.

1979
First recorded instance of a comet (Howard-Koomur-Michels) hitting the sun; the energy released is equal to approximately 1 million hydrogen bombs.

1983
Eiffel Tower welcomes its 150 millionth visitor, 33-year-old Parisian Jacqueline Martinez.

1986
KGB arrests journalist Nicholas Daniloff (US News World Report) on a charge of spying and hold him for 13 days.

2020
Global cases of COVID-19 pass 25 million with death toll at 843,000

2020
India reports world's highest single-day increase in COVID-19 cases at 78,761

Today in History: Born on August 30

1893
Huey P. Long, Louisiana politician who served as governor and U.S. senator, known as "The Kingfish."

1919
Kitty Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason), first female singer to top the Country Music charts in US ("It Wasn't God Who Made Honky-Tonk Angels," 1952).

1960
US Army Master Sgt. Gary Gordon, receives posthumous Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Mogadishu, Somalia.

1972
Cameron Diaz, model, award-winning actress (The Mask, There's Something About Mary, Any Given Sunday).

JOTD
A blonde teenager, wanting to earn some extra money for the summer, decided to hire herself out as a "handy-woman"
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She started canvassing a nearby well-to-do neighborhood. She went to the front door of the first house, and asked the owner if he had any odd jobs for her to do.

"Well, I guess I could use somebody to paint my porch," he said, "How much will you charge me?"

Delighted, the girl quickly responded, "How about $50?"

The man agreed and told her that the paint brushes and everything she would need was in the garage.

The man's wife, hearing the conversation said to her husband, "Does she realize that our porch goes ALL the way around the house?"

He responded, "That's a bit cynical, isn't it?"

The wife replied, "You're right. I guess I'm starting to believe all those dumb blonde jokes we've been getting by email lately."

Later that day, the blonde teenager came to the door to collect her money. "You're finished already?" the startled husband asked.

"Yes, she replied, and I even had paint left over, so I gave it two coats."

Impressed, the man reached into his pocket for the $50.00 and handed it to her along with a $10.00 tip.

“And, by the way," the teenager added, "it's not a Porch, it's a Lexus."

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1781
The French fleet arrives in the Chesapeake Bay to aid the American Revolution.

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Your monthly reminder that we owe the existence of the United States to France. Well, to a version of France.

The colonies successfully rebelling against Great Britain might have been the expensive "victory" in the history of the world for the French monarchy. The loans and equipment that kept the American army in the fight bankrupted the country and to make matters worse the war disrupted trade routes from the Caribbean, which was the big money maker for the French.

Surely it can't get worse? Yep. It did. Lafayette and other young and idealistic French nobles returned from the war preaching the values of democracy just when a lot of people, not just the peasants, were very receptive to such a message. Whoopsie!

I'll spare you the details of the collapse of the Bourbon dynasty, Reign of Terror, and the rise of Napoleon other than to say it was quite unpleasant.

The Old Regime of France was washed away in a sea of blood. Oh. Except over here. The British had conquered French Canada in a previous war and in keeping with their governing policy of "if we aren't making a lot of money off you we'll basically leave you alone" had left all the French traditions in place. So, in Quebec the "traditional" French culture stayed true to Pre-Revolution France. And, to a degree, still is that way today.

Morning All we have some Great games to watch today