Today in History for 18th August 2014

Historical Events

1835 - Last Pottawatomie Indians leave Chicago

1914 - French troops under general Dubail occupy Sarrebourg

1932 - Auguste Piccard/Max Cosijns reach 16,201m in a balloon

1943 - Otto Skorzeny's Heinkel-111 shot down at Sardinia

1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament

1983 - Samantha Druce, age 12y 119d is youngest woman to swim English Channel

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Famous Birthdays

1887 - Nico J Polak, Dutch economist

1908 - Milan Ristic, composer

1956 - Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz, American musician

1966 - Steve Avery, NFL fullback (Pittsburgh Steelers)

1967 - Daler Mehndi, Indian bhangra/pop singer

1968 - Justin Strzelczyk, NFL guard/offensive tackle (Pittsburgh Steelers)

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Famous Deaths

1620 - Wanli, Emperor of China (b. 1563)

1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals, dies at 89

1966 - Watze Cuperus, Frisian author (Struggle and Blessing), dies at 75

1982 - Beverly Bayne, actress (Romeo and Juliet, Passionate Youth), dies at 87

1996 - Geoffrey Dearmer, poet, dies at 103

2003 - Tony Jackson, English musician (The Searchers) (b. 1938)

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Aug 18, 2014)

Mysterious Loss



At a train station in Sydney, Australia, an intelligent rich man was awaiting his upper class rail transport. He was sorting through his wallet and pulled out credit cards, receipts, and $200 in cash.



An egotistical scam artist (and a talented one at that) approached the man and said to him, "I'll bet you, on all the money in your wallet, that I can get a packet of chips out of that snack machine without inserting any money!"



The rich man, who was intrigued by this 'talent', readily agreed.



The scam artist walked over to the snack dispenser, stuck his hand up through the compartments, and a chip packet fell out.



The rich man was amazed, but being a faithful businessman, stuck to his word, yet the scam artist walked off without a penny.





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Brain Teaser 8/17/2014

1. A woman depended on a public telephone to make her calls, but it was usually out of order. Each day she reported this to the phone company, but nothing was done. Finally she came up with a fib that she told the phone company. The phone was fixed the next day. What did she tell them?



2. Soon little Freddie will celebrate his tenth birthday. In 11 years Freddie will reach half the average age of his parents. His mother is only 17 years older than her son. How old are Freddie's father and mother.

Solution

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Today in History for 17th August 2014

Historical Events

1891 - 1st public bathhouse with showers opens in NYC (People's Bath)

1940 - Hitler orders total blockade of Great Britain

1947 - The Radcliffe Line, the border between Union of India and Dominion of Pakistan is revealed.

1953 - Addiction: First meeting of Narcotics Anonymous in Southern California.

1980 - Azaria Chamberlain disappears, likely taken by a dingo, leading to what was then the most publicised trial in Australian history

1986 - Rioting at DMC concert, 40 injured

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Famous Birthdays

1811 - Johannes H Scholten, Dutch theologist (Free Will)

1921 - Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer

1926 - George Melly, British singer (d. 2007)

1966 - Rodney Mullen, American skateboarder

1975 - İlhan Mansız, Turkish footballer

1979 - Marcus Patric, British actor

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Famous Deaths

1730 - Mauritius Vogt, composer, dies at 61

1792 - Jan Jachym Kopriva, composer, dies at 38

1865 - Mosby Munroe Parsons, US Confederate gen-maj, dies in battle

1966 - Archibald Palm, cricketer (Test South Africa v England 1927-28), dies

1995 - Howard Koch, screenwriter, dies at 92

2007 - Eddie Griffin, American basketball player (b. 1982)

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This terrifying creature is called Eunice aphroditois…

A father murdered 2 people after they ‘unfriended’…

A father murdered 2 people after they ‘unfriended’ his daughter on Facebook.

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Beethoven hated authority and social rank (he was a commoner)…

Beethoven hated authority and social rank (he was a commoner), so much that he would stop playing if aristocrats talked during his performances.

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The word ‘gymnasium’ comes from the Greek word…

The word ‘gymnasium’ comes from the Greek word “gymnós”, which literally means “naked.” Athletes competed nude, a practice said to encourage aesthetic appreciation of the male body and a tribute to the gods.

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There is an “Inception” phenomenon where the individual…

There is an “Inception” phenomenon where the individual believes they have awakened and are going about their day as usual (i.e. got dressed, ate breakfast) only to wake up and realize none of it happened in reality. There can be multiple false awakenings in a dream session.

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