And This Day

Named in honor of Emperor Augustus in 8 B.C., August is the 8th Month of the year. It's August 1st In 1980 - Siouxsie and the Banshees released "Kaleidoscope" In 1981 – MTV begins broadcasting in the United States and airs its first video, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles. 1984 – Commercial peat-cutters discover the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man , at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, England. Facial reconstruction of Lindow Man Birthdays: Nicke Andersson John Carrol Lynch as Norm Gunderson in "Fargo" Chuck D Coolio Robert Cray Tommy Bolin Boz Burrell Giancarlo Giannini as Christian in "Libido" as Inspector Tellini in "The Black Belly of the Taratula" Jerry Garcia "How MK-Ultra Created the Grateful Dead" Robert James Waller Terry Kiser as Preacher in "Rachel, Rachel" Dom DeLuise as Sgt. Collins in "Fail Safe" as Father Fyodor in "The Twelve Chairs" Rambli...

July 31st is the 212th day of the year (213th in leap years). On this day in 1964 - Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes. First image, about 17 minutes before impact. In 1981 - Electric Light Orchestra released "Time" Birthdays: Daniel Ash Bill Berry Michael Biehn as Lieutenant Hiram Coffey in "The Abyss" Karl Green Gary Lewis Geraldine Chaplin as Elena / Ana in "Peppermint Frappé" Ted Cassidy Hilary Putnam Kenny Burrell Don Murray as Steve Harding in "The Stepford Children" Gilles Carle Hank Jones Louis de Funès as Commisioner Juve in Mario Bava Paul J. Christiansen George Liberace Jean Dubuffet "Court les rues" Fred Quimby Jacques Villon "Girl at the Piano" Ignacia Cervantes Jean Denis Attiret "La Concubine " Alessandro Algardi "Herakles killing the Lernaean Hydra"

July 30th In 1965 - The Rolling Stones released "Out of Our Heads" In 1969 - Miles Davis released "In a Silent Way" Birthdays: Kate Bush Soraida Martinez Delta Burke Rat Scabies Ken Olin as Young Sears James in "Ghost Story" Julia Tsenova Frank Stalone Duck Baker Otis Taylor Jean Reno in "The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting" Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid / Agent Carl Hauser in "Total Recall" as Ben Richards in "The Running Man" William Atherton as Johnson in "The New Centurions" as Walter Peck in "Ghostbusters" Jeffrey Hammond David Sanborn Frances de la Tour as Salvation Army Major in "To the Devil a Daughter" Jimmy Cliff Pollyanna Pickering Paul Anka Terry O'Neill "Jacqueline Bisset on the beach" Buddy Guy Sid Krofft Victor Wong as Howard Birack in "Prince of Darkness" Richard Johnson as Dr. John Markway in "The Haunting" St...