August 5 is day 217 of the Gregorian Calendar year, Boomtime, Confusion 71, 3185 YOLD (discordian), And let us not forget 13.0.6.12.18 by the Mayan Long Count
-In 1735 a person was aquitted of Seditious Libel against the Royal Governor of New York because he was telling the truth. Boy was tht ever another world. Today we pesecute such people
-In 1816, the British Admiralty decided to stick with the semaphore over the new electrical telegraph. We should not mock this, given that the first transatlantic telegraph cable only worked for a week and I'm lucky if I can get through a day without my internet provider crashing.
-Japan, copying the earlier accomplishment of the UK, adopted a postal savings system in 1874. We'll never see that here because the commercil banks own Congress
-1888 brought us Bertha Benz's historic first long distance automobile trip which doubled as the first long distance automobile trip by a woman.
-1964 brought us carrier based bombing attacks on North Vietnam in retaliation for alleged events in the gulf of Tnkin that never actually happened, stuff we made up, and the like. It seems that the shining light upon the hill is simply a targeting beacon, and nothing more.
- -Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift, look out kid, ...
-On this day in history:
-1735 – John Peter Zenger is acquitted of seditious libel because he told the truth 1816 – The British Admiralty rejected the electric telegraph in favor of the semaphore 1858 – The first transatlantic telegraph cable was finished, it worked for a month 1861 – The US Army abolished flogging. 1874 – Japan launched its postal savings system based on the UK's 1888 – Bertha Benz drove from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back 1906 – The King of Iran, agreed to convert the government to a constitutional monarchy. 1925 – Plaid Cymru was formed 1957 – American Bandstand had its debut 1964 – Aircraft from the USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bombed North Vietnam 1981 – Reagan fired striking air traffic controllers 1989 – The Sandinista National Liberation Front won the majority in Nicaragua's general election
- -Born this day in: 1850 – Guy de Maupassant, author and poet 1876 – Mary Ritter Beard, historian and activist 1940 – Rick Huxley, bass player 1942 – Joe Boyd, record producer 1948 – David Hungate, bass player
-Died this day in: 1881 – Spotted Tail, Brulé Lakota tribal chief 1955 – Carmen Miranda, singer, dancer, and actress 1959 – Edgar Guest, journalist and poet 1968 – Luther Perkins, rockabilly guitarist, the guitar behind Johnny Cash
-Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such: National Underwear Day
- -Music goes here, iirc, well,
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