August 31 - More Cake

More Cake

Overheard

[M&D are talking about a computer game]
E: Are there girls in it or boys in it?
D: Well, both.
E: And the girls are nice, and the boys are not nice?

This Day In History

1314

King Håkon V Magnusson moves the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.

1803

Lewis and Clark start their expedition to the west by leaving Pittsburgh at 11 in the morning.

1895

German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin patents his Navigable Balloon.

1897

Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.

1965

The Aero Spacelines Super Guppy makes its first flight.

2006

Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream, stolen on August 22, 2004, is recovered in a raid by Norwegian police.

Famous Birthdays

12

Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)

1663

Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (d. 1705)

1870

Maria Montessori, Italian educator (d. 1952)

1913

Bernard Lovell, English astronomer (d. 2012)

1918

Alan Jay Lerner, American lyricist (d. 1986)

1924

Buddy Hackett, American actor and comedian (d. 2003)

1928

James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)

1945

Van Morrison, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
Itzhak Perlman, Israeli violinist

1957

Glenn Tilbrook, English singer and guitarist (Squeeze)