Monday, August 20, 2012

August 20 - Beach Day





Beach Day


2012-08-19 16.06.46




Overheard
[E looks out the front of the car and sees the sunset]
E: Who painted the sky?

This Day In History
1083
Canonization of the first King of Hungary, Saint Stephen and his son Saint Emeric.
1882
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuts in Moscow.
1938
Lou Gehrig hits his 23rd career grand slam – a record that still stands.
1977
NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
1989
The O-Bahn in Adelaide, the world's longest guided busway, opens.


Famous Birthdays
1613
Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, German poet and composer (d. 1676)
1719
Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer (d. 1783)
1778
Bernardo O'Higgins, South American revolutionary (d. 1842)
1833
Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President of the United States (d. 1901)
1873
Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1950)
1890
H. P. Lovecraft, American writer (d. 1937)
1907
Alan Reed, original voice of Fred Flintstone. (d. 1977)
1910
Eero Saarinen, Finnish architect (d. 1961)
1923
Jim Reeves, American country and popular music singer-songwriter (d. 1964)
1943
Sylvester McCoy, Scottish actor
1948

John Noble, Australian actor
Robert Plant, British Musician (Led Zeppelin)
1951
Greg Bear, American science fiction author
1962
James Marsters, American actor
1970
John D. Carmack, American computer game programmer
1974
Amy Adams, American actress
Misha Collins, American actor and producer
1981
Ben Barnes, English actor

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