On This Day August 14th

  OTD

August 15th is the two-hundredth-twenty-seventh day of the year, and there are 138 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1057 – King Macbeth is killed at the Battle of Lumphanan by the forces of Máel Coluim mac Donnchada.

1483 – Pope Sixtus IV consecrates the Sistine Chapel.

1248 – The foundation stone of Cologne Cathedral, built to house the relics of the Three Wise Men, is laid. (Construction was eventually completed in 1880.)

1824 – The Marquis de Lafayette, the last surviving French general of the American Revolutionary War, arrives in New York and tours 24 states.

1843 – The Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace in Honolulu, Hawaii, is dedicated. Now, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu Cathedral is the oldest Roman Catholic cathedral in continuous use in the United States.

1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

1899 – Fratton Park football ground in Portsmouth, England, opened officially.

1915 – A story in the New York World newspaper reveals that the Imperial German government had purchased excess phenol from Thomas Edison that could be used to make explosives for the war effort and diverted it to Bayer for aspirin production.

1939 – The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California.

1947 – India gained independence from British rule after nearly 190 years of British company and crown rule and joined the Commonwealth of Nations.

1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60,000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York City, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.

1969 – The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in Bethel, New York, featuring some of the top rock musicians of the era.

1998 – Apple introduces the iMac computer.

 

 

Birthdays

 1717 – Blind Jack, English engineer (d. 1810)

1769 – Napoleon Bonaparte, French general and emperor (d. 1821)

1859 – Charles Comiskey, American baseball player and manager (d. 1931)

1912 – Julia Child, American chef and author (d. 2004)

1925 – Rose Maddox, American singer-songwriter and fiddle player (d. 1998)

1938 – Stephen Breyer, American lawyer, and jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

1954 – Stieg Larsson, Swedish journalist, and author (d. 2004)

1972 – Ben Affleck, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.

  

Holiday Spotlight

  Flooding of the Nile

The Nile is one of the most miniature rivers in the world when it comes to the amount of water it carries each year. It's about 6,650 km long and runs through eleven African countries. The Nile is significant for Egypt, Sudan, and South Sudan, helping with farming and fishing.

People have been throwing parties for thousands of years during the Nile floods in Egypt. Even before Egypt was a thing, the Nile just kept on overflowing. The Egyptians back in the day thought the flooding happened because a goddess named Isis was crying for her husband, Osiris after he got snuffed out by Set. They loved the flooding because it left behind this excellent black dirt that made it possible to grow great crops. This fertile land comprised only 3% of Egypt, but it was a big deal. A good flood meant good times, while a bad one meant famine because the height of the water determined what could be planted. People would store grain in the good years to prepare for the bad ones.

 

Holidays And Observance.

 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Catholic)

Chant at the Moon Day

Chauvin Day

Check the Chip Day - (Pet Microchips)

I Love Cowboys and Cowgirls Day

Julia Child's Birthday

Lemon Meringue Pie Day

National Acadian Day - (Canada)

National Best Friends Day

National Failures Day

National Leathercraft Day

National No Spongebob Day

National Relaxation Day

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