blue water massey
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Aug. 12
1851 Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine
1877 Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device
1898 The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and
replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic
of Hawaii to the United States
1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched
1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released
Birthdays:
1757 ALF alien life form (ALF)
1852 Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus
Deaths:
30 BC Cleopatra, Egyptian queen
1982 Henry Fonda actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 77 from heart disease
Thought for the day:
" Too much of a good thing is wonderful. "
1851 Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine
1877 Thomas Edison invents the Edisonphone, a sound recording device
1898 The Hawaiian flag is lowered from ʻIolani Palace in an elaborate annexation ceremony and
replaced with the flag of the United States to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the Republic
of Hawaii to the United States
1960 Echo 1A, NASA's first successful communications satellite, is launched
1981 The IBM Personal Computer is released
Birthdays:
1757 ALF alien life form (ALF)
1852 Michael J. McGivney, American priest, founded the Knights of Columbus
Deaths:
30 BC Cleopatra, Egyptian queen
1982 Henry Fonda actor (On Golden Pond), dies at 77 from heart disease
Thought for the day:
" Too much of a good thing is wonderful. "