Today in History

"Today in History" - What happened on this date in history? Author Brian T. Bolten presents something interesting, strange, amusing or tragic. Whatever it is, it happened TODAY.........

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

AUGUST 13 = Alfred Hitchcock is Born

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"We are now having a very innocent little chat. Let's suppose that there is a bomb underneath this table between us. Nothing happ...

Monday, August 12, 2013

AUGUST 12 = T-Rex "Sue" is Discovered

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It was on today's date, August 12, in 1990 that workers from the Black Hills Institute thought that they were finishing their work fo...

Friday, August 9, 2013

AUGUST 9 = Tornado Hits Cincinnati

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"The weather had been disagree- able. About noon that day, I had sniffed the air: hot, heavy, humid, with angry winds that fretted...

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Monday, August 5, 2013

AUGUST 5 = "DAMN the torpedoes!! FULL SPEED AHEAD!!"

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Those are the words which are said to have been bellowed by Admiral David Glasgow Farragut from on board his Flagship the "U.S.S. Ha...

Saturday, August 3, 2013

AUGUST 4 = "Lizzie Borden took an ax..."

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The Fall River Herald , August 4, 1892: "SHOCKING CRIME. A Venerable Citizen and His Aged Wife HACKED TO PIECES IN THEIR HOME. Mr...

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

JULY 30 = Jimmy Hoffa Vanishes

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NOTE = I posted this story in 2011 by mistake on July 31... it was actually July 3 0 not the 31'st on which Mr. Hoffa vanished. And th...

JULY 30 = "USS Indianapolis" Sinks in Shark-Filled Waters

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"Japanese sub- marine slammed two torpedoes into our side, Chief. We was comin' back from the island of Tinian to Leyte. We'd...

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