User:KrakatoaKatie/CalendarAugust

This template is based on the Babel templates. It displays seasonal messages, styled to look like userboxes, on the appropriate dates. Dates are listed at this site. Requires /Templates/Calendarbox.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Jerry Garcia was born 82 years ago today. Hug a Deadhead near you.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Second Continental Congress officially signed the Declaration of Independence 248 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain 532 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Louis Armstrong was born 123 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone was laid 140 years ago today. Vive la France!

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by American B-29 Enola Gay 79 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Jimbo turns 58 today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The 2008 Summer Olympics begin today and run until August 24.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States 50 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Candid Camera premiered 76 years ago today. Celebrate by taking a snapshot.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Today is Valentine's Day in Taiwan. Celebrate by sending chocolate to me.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Mark Knopfler turns 75 today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Alfred Hitchcock was born 125 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

World War II ended with the formal surrender of Japan 79 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Will Rogers and Wiley Post died when their airplane crashed near Barrow, Alaska 89 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Angela Bassett turns 66 today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Davy Crockett was born 238 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi 61 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

A German referendum vested sole power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer 90 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture debuted in Moscow 142 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The first of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in Ottawa, Illinois 166 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Nolan Ryan threw his 5,000th strikeout 35 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Today is Katie's birthday! (Gifts are happily accepted.)

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum 1945 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Gene Simmons turns 75 today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

American women gained the right to vote when Amendment XIX was ratified 104 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

File:Krakatoa 01.JPG Krakatoa (Katie's great-great-great-grandfather) erupted 141 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech 61 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Hurricane Katrina made landfall 19 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

The Second Battle of Bull Run began 162 years ago today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Daniel Schorr turns 108 today.

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Sunday, May 12, 2024

Nothing interesting is happening today.