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Oh...also..I thought this was cool, because I didn't really know there was a difference between an Age and an Era. So, since I learned something new, I've decided to punish you all by posting it ^_^ Tootles!
ImpressedOh...also..I thought this was cool, because I didn't really know there was a difference between an Age and an Era. So, since I learned something new, I've decided to punish you all by posting it ^_^ Tootles!
On This Day: Tuesday August 8, 2006
This is the 220th day of the year, with 145 days remaining in 2006.
Fact of the Day: age and era
An age is a period of existence, a generation to which one belongs, or a long but indefinite space of time. In this context, it is any great period of human history distinguished by certain mythical or real characters: the Bronze Age, the Golden Age, the Middle Ages, etc. An era is an historical period marked by particular influences or social conditions, or a new stage in the history of an individual, institution, or nation: Christian Era, Depression Era. Ages and eras are also spoken of in the context of geology.Holidays
- Feast day of St. Dominic, Saints Cyriacus, Largus, and Smaragdus, St. Hormidas the Martyr, and the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
- Tanzania: Farmers' Day.
Events
- 117 - Hadrian became emperor of Rome following the death of his father Trajan.
- 1844 - Brigham Young was chosen to head The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, succeeding Joseph Smith.
- 1876 - Thomas A. Edison received a patent for his mimeograph.
- 1899 - The first household refrigerating machine was patented.
- 1940 - The Battle of Britain, or "The Blitz," began when the German air force waged a sustained series of daytime air attacks on Britain.
- 1942 - During World War II, six German saboteurs who secretly entered the United States on a mission to attack its civil infrastructure were executed by the United States for spying; two others were imprisoned.
- 1945 - President Harry Truman signed the United Nations Charter.
- 1963 - Britain's "Great Train Robbery" took place as thieves made off with 2.6 million pounds.
- 1974 - President Richard M. Nixon announced he would resign following new damaging revelations in the Watergate scandal.
- 1994 - Israel and Jordan opened the first road link between the two countries.
Births
- 1865 - Matthew A. Henson, American explorer who accompanied Robert Peary to North Pole.
- 1879 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary leader.
- 1896 - Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American journalist, short story writer, novelist.
- 1919 - Dino DeLaurentis, American film producer.
- 1923 - Esther Williams, American swimmer, actress.
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