And This Day

August 20th In 1984 - Flock of Seagulls released "The Story of a Young Heart"

August 9th On this day in 1892 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. In 1944 - Smokey the Bear makes his first appearance. In 2012 - Philip Glass' Symphony No. 10 premieres with the Orchestre Français des Jeunes.

It's August 8th On this day in 1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe 's Uraniborg observatory is laid on the island of Hven. In 1786 – Mont Blanc on the French-Italian border is climbed for the first time by Jacques Balmat and Dr. Michel-Gabriel Paccard. "Mount Blanc" by Nicholas Roerich In 1876 – Thomas Edison receives a patent for his mimeograph. In 1908 – Wilbur Wright makes the Wright Brothers' first public flight, at a racecourse in Le Mans, France. In 1988 - N.W.A. released "Straight Outta Compton" Birthdays: Kool Moe Dee Daniel House Caroline Ansink Dennis Drew David Grant Chris Foreman Willie Hall Keith Carradine as Archibald "Whizzer" Overton in "Hex" Larry Wilcox as Jody in "Death Stalk" John Gustafson Donald P. Bellisario Joe Tex Terry Nation Richard Anderson as Owen Clark in "A Cry in the Night" as Quin in "Forbidden Planet" as Max Steiner in "Compulsion" Ro...

August 7th In 1947 – Thor Heyerdahl's balsa wood raft, the Kon-Tiki, smashes into the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands after a 101-day, 4,300 mi journey across the Pacific in an attempt to prove that pre-historic peoples could have traveled from South America. Kon-Tiki on display at the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo, Norway. In 1956 - Explorer 6 is launched. In 1970 - The Moody Blues released "A Question of Balance" - Edwin Starr released "War and Peace" In 1976 - Viking 2 enters orbit around Mars. Birthdays Brian Conley as Reading Room Overseer in "Equilibrium" David Duchovny as Bruce in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" Bruce Dickinson Wayne Knight as Dennis Nedry in "Jurassic Park" Kenny Ireland First Soldier in "Salome's Last Dance" John Glover as Sheb Sheppard in "A Killing Affair" Caroline Aaron as Marge in "Edward Scissorhands" Alain Corneau Lana Cantrell B. J....

It's August 6th 1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. In 1965 - The Beatles released "Help" Birthdays: Melissa George as May in "Dark City" Soleil Moon Frye Jason O'Mara Chopper #3 in "Space Truckers" Regina Carter Joyce Sims Ton Scherpenzeel Catherine Hicks as Sally in "Death Valley" Allan Holdsworth Byard Lancaster Louise Sorel Peter Bonerz Paul Bartel Barbara Windsor as Babs Newton in "Death Trap" Charlie Haden Charles Wood Howard Hodgkin Michael Deeley Abbey Lincoln Mike Elliot Andy Warhol Norman Wexler Frank Finlay as Inspector Lastrade in "A Study in Terror" as Paul in "Ring of Darkness" aka "Satan's Wife" Ella Jenkins Jess Collins Ella Raines as Rhona Ellison in "The Man in the Road" Robert Mitchum as Eddie Coyle in "The Friends of Eddie Coyle" as Donner/Ro...