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ON THIS DAY: August 10, 2017
August 10th is National Lazy Day National S’Mores Day Skyscraper Appreciation Day * Smithsonian Charter Day * World LION Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Leo Fender, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss and Madonna, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Aleksandr Glazunov, Anna Julia Cooper, Charles Keene, Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Leo Fender, Madonna, William Van Alen
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ON THIS DAY: August 7, 2017
August 7th is National Purple Heart Day * National Lighthouse Day * Professional Speakers Day Raspberries n’ Cream Day Sea Serpent Day * Particularly Preposterous Packaging Day International Assistance Dog Week * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Simón Bolívar, Mata Hari and Abebe Bikila, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abebe Bikila, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Louis Leakey, Mata Hari, Nicholas Ray, Ralph Bunche, Simón Bolívar
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TCS: Music Wrapped in Mystery
Good Morning! ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
Posted in Music, The Coffee Shop
Tagged A Song Before Sunrise, BBC Documentary, Frederick Delius, On Hearing the First Cuckoo, Sir Thomas Beecham, Summer Night on the River, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: August 6, 2017
August 6th is Fresh Breath Day Hiroshima Day * Root Beer Float Day Wiggle Your Toes Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Alexander Fleming, Lucille Ball and Takako Doi, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Fleming, Lucille Ball, Mother Ann Lee, Richard Hofstadter, Sonia Sotomayor, Takako Doi, Theodore Roosevelt
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ON THIS DAY: August 5, 2017
August 5th is Mustard Day Oyster Day Underwear Day Work Like a Dog Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Guy de Maupassant, Bertha Benz and Elena Kagan, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bertha Benz, Conrad Aiken, Elena Kagan, Guy de Maupassant, Harry Houdini, Mary Ritter Beard, Tom Thompson
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ON THIS DAY: August 3, 2017
August 3rd is India Pale Ale Day Clean Your Floors Day Grab Some Nuts Day Watermelon Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Hamilton Fish, P. D. James and Jesse Owens, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ernie Pyle, Hamilton Fish, Jesse Owens, La Scala, Maggie Kuhn, P. D. James, Rupert Brooke
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Flowers For Socrates 