[ANSWERS TO THIS WEEK’S August “trivia”]
August 1, 1944 what young girl penned her last entry into her diary?
Anne Frank Anne was then arrested, sent to Nazi concentration camps where
she later died at age 15.
August 2, 1876, frontier marshal “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed
while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota. What poker hand
was he holding when shot (now known as the “dead man’s hand”)?
Two pair (Aces and eights)
August 3, 1994, Stephen G. Breyer made news when he did this?
Was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice
August 4, 1901, Jazz trumpet player Louis Armstrong (1901-1971) was born. By
what nickname was he known?
“Satchmo”
August 5, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the first Federal
income tax. What was the “flat rate” (applicable only on income over $800)?
A 3% emergency wartime measure during the Civil War
August 6, 1926, New Yorker Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to
accomplish what feat?
Swim the English Channel
August 7, 1964, two U.S. Navy destroyers were allegedly attacked, starting
the Vietnam War. Where did this occur?
Gulf of Tonkin off North Vietnam
August 8, 1974, President Richard Nixon made an important announcement to
the nation. What did he say?
He would resign the Presidency
August 9, 1945, an American B-29 bomber with a single atomic bomb headed for
the city of Kokura, Japan. Because of poor visibility what “secondary” city
was targeted?
Nagasaki (70,000 dead)
August 10, 1874, who was the first US President to be born west of the
Mississippi?
Herbert Hoover (West Branch, Iowa)
August 11, 1965, was the beginning of six days of rioting that left what
area of Los Angeles in ruins?
Watts
August 12, 1676, Metacom, leader of the Pokanokets (tribe in the Wampanoag
Indian Federation) was killed follow two years of war against white settlers
on the American frontier. What was his nickname?
King Philip
August 13, 1961, to discourage emigration to the West, the East German
government closed the border with barbed wire. What was this called?
The Berlin Wall
August 14, 1961, actress Susan Olsen was born. She is best known for her TV
sitcom role as Cindy. What was her TV character’s last name?
Brady, on The Brady Bunch
August 15, 1969, the 3-day rock festival originally called the ‘Woodstock
Music and Art Fair’ began. What was the cost of a ticket for the entire
event?
$18.00
August 16, 1896, Gold was discovered in Rabbit Creek, Alaska, leading to
what event?
Great Klondike Gold Rush
August 17, 1786, is the birthday of what former Tennessee congressman and
frontiersman who gained immortality in his heroic “last stand”?
Davy Crockett (killed defending the Alamo)
August 18, 1920 – The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified,
that did what?
Granting women the right to vote
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?
Dayton, Ohio
August 20, 1833, the 23rd U.S. President Benjamin Harrison was born in North
Bend, Ohio. What was his famous grandfather’s nickname?
He was the grandson of Gen. William Henry Harrison (9th President) “Old
Tippecanoe”.
August 21, 1959, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation
admitting Hawaii to the Union. What number state is Hawaii?
50th
August 22, 1862, French composer Claude Debussy was born. His unusual
chords, based on the whole-tone scale, laid the groundwork for what new
style of music?
Impressionism
August 23, 1990, Tim Berners-Lee gives free access of what technology to the
general public?
The WWW – World Wide Web
August 24, 1572, thousands of Protestant Huguenots were massacred in Paris
and throughout France by Catholics. What is this famous event called?
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre.
August 25, 1918, and now considered the finest conductors in American music
history, who was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, not the west side of New
York City?
Leonard Bernstein
August 26, 1883, the most catastrophic volcanic eruptions in recorded
history occurred in what country?
Indonesian island of Krakatoa
August 27, 1910, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu was born in Skopje, Yugoslavia. In
her life’s work she was known by what name?
Mother Teresa, Missionaries of Charity, India
August 28, 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his now-famous ‘I
Have a Dream’ speech at what Civil Rights rally?
The March on Washington
August 29, 1632, what British philosopher, modern political thinking
pioneer, and whose ideas greatly influenced American colonists in their
revolution against England, was born?
John Locke
August 30, 2005, a hurricane and subsequent flooding due to a failed levee
system devastated New Orleans. What was the hurricane’s name?
Katrina
August 31, 1997, at age 36, what world-famous woman died from massive
internal injuries suffered in a high-speed car crash?
Britain’s Princess Diana
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Dr Bob Griffin
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