the day in the history

August 17

1987 -- Rudolph Hess, the last surviving member of Adolf Hitler's inner circle, died at Spandau Prison, aged 93.

18th of August
1201 Latvia`s capital Riga was founded.

Y'know, saab, I was born in Riga and I didn't know that!!!

1991 20th of August Estonia declares independence from UdSSR

1153 Bernhard of Clairvaux died. a French abbot and the primary builder of the reforming Cistercian order. Patron saint of candle makers, wax melters and beekeepers.

August 20

1974 -- Gerald Ford officially assumes role of US President, following resignation of Richard M. Nixon.

21 of August

1911 – the painting Mona Lisa was stolen from Louvren in Paris.

August 21

1940- Leon Trotsky was assasinated.

August 21

1609 -- Galileo Galilei demonstrates his new telescope atop the Campanille in Venice.

1831 -- Nat Turner leads a slavde rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the deaths of at least 55 white people.

1959 -- President Dwight D. Eienhower signs an executive order making Hawaii the 50th state.

August 23

1305 -- Scots whae' high where Wallace bled . . .
Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace executedd by the English for treason.

1912 -- "I'm singin' and dancin' in the rain . . ."
Gene Kelly born Eugene Curran Kelly in Pittsburgh, PA.

1953: Millions cheer as Queen is crowned

Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at a coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in London.

1994: MI5 officers killed in helicopter crash
Twenty of Britain's top intelligence experts are killed when a RAF helicopter crashes on the Mull of Kintyre.

1985: Uefa bans English clubs from Europe
English clubs are banned from playing in Europe indefinitely, after the riot at Brussels' Heysel stadium in which 39 people died.

1976: Piggott celebrates 7th Derby victory
Jockey Lester Piggott wins the Epsom Derby for a record seventh time, riding the French-trained Emperie.

24th
1572 Bartholomew night, when French hugenottes were massacred in Paris

Bartholomew is the patron saint of people with nervous conditions.

Good one. I was going to post that also, saab.

August 24.

1899. Jorge Luis Borges is born.

Good I learned about an author I did not know about

25th of August
1718 New Orleans was founded - the city in case there are other New Orleans

You try to explain our whole history year by year..It's nice.

August 25

1825 -- Uruguay declares independence from Brazil.

1944 -- Paris liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

August 26th
1946
Swedish schools changed the first foreign language to be taught from German to English. German became 2nd language and French stayed 3rd.

August 27

Two important birthdays today:
1770 -- German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel born in Stuttgart.

1908 -- Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th US President, born near Stonewall, Texas

Also on this date:
1883 -- Krakatoa, the island volcano, blows its top, resulting in tsunamis in the Sunda Strait, claiming some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra

August 28th
Another birthday, - Tarzan - and still going strong in the djungel even though it is less than a few decades ago.

1st
September
It is 40 years ago since Interail was introduced. Has been used by 8 million people over the years.

And it is the first day where normal lightbulbs cannot be sold any more and we have to use the rather dangerous energy saving bulbs.