[More August “trivia” – important birthdays/events. Here are the offerings
for the third part of August. NO GOOGLE. ANSWERS ON FRIDAY.]
August 17, 1786, is the birthday of what former Tennessee congressman and
frontiersman who gained immortality in his heroic “last stand”?
August 18, 1920 – The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified,
that did what?
August 19, 1871, aviation pioneer Orville Wright was born. In 1903, Orville
and his brother Wilbur achieved the world’s first successful sustained and
controlled flight of a motor-driven aircraft. Where was Orville born?
August 20, 1833, the 23rd U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was born in North
Bend, Ohio. What was his famous grandfather’s nickname?
August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation
admitting Hawaii to the Union. What number state is Hawaii?
August 22, 1862, French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918) was born. His
unusual chords, based on the whole-tone scale, laid the groundwork for what
new style of music?
August 23, 1990, Tim Berners-Lee gives free access of what technology to the
general public?
August 24, 1572, thousands of Protestant Huguenots were massacred in Paris
and throughout France by Catholics. What is this famous event called?
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Dr Bob Griffin
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“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”