Hello.
We are glad you are here and welcome you to your weekend. The last full weekend in August…whoa!
As the Summer tends to fill up fast with activities, duties, and LIFE we like to intentionally slow things down a bit on weekend mornings with a simpler “scroll down memory lane.”
It’s just a look back at events that happened on these dates in history before we head out to make more history today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
Tomorrow is August 27th, the 239th day of the year.
On this day:
In 1921, the Acme Packers of Green Bay was awarded an NFL franchise. The team became known as the Green Bay Packers.
In 1939, the German Heinkel H-E 178 made its maiden flight. It was the world’s first jet propelled airplane.
In 1945, American troops began landing in Japan following the surrender of the Japanese government at the end of World War Two.
In 1950, the United States Army seized all U.S. railroads to prevent a strike.
In 1955, “The Guinness Book of World Records” was published for the first time in Britain. The following year, it launched in the United States and sold 70-thousand copies.
In 1962, NASA launched the Mariner 2 space probe from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
In 1964, Disney’s “Mary Poppins” was released. Walt Disney went on to use his huge profits from the film to purchase land in central Florida and finance the construction of Walt Disney World.
In 1965, The Beatles and Elvis Presley met for the first and only time at Presley’s Bel Air, California, home.
In 1967, Beatles manager Brian Epstein, often referred to as the “Fifth Beatle,” died of a drug overdose at the age of 32.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan announced a schoolteacher by the name of Christa McAuliffe would become the first “citizen astronaut” to fly aboard the space shuttle. McAuliffe later died in the Challenger disaster, which exploded shortly after launching.
In 1990, guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan died at the age of 35. He died along with members of Eric Clapton’s entourage in a helicopter crash in Wisconsin.
In 1996, actor Greg Morris died at the age of 61. Morris’ credits included the TV series “Mission: Impossible,” and “Vega$.”
In 1997, former NBC Television President Brandon Tartikoff died of cancer at the age of 48. He helped create such hit shows as “Cheers,” “L-A Law” and “The Cosby Show.”
In 2004, the film “Hero” starring Jet Li opened in theaters in the U.S. It became the first Chinese-language film to go number one at the box office.
In 2007, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned in the midst of controversy surrounding his firing of nine federal prosecutors earlier in the year. Critics said Gonzales fired the prosecutors for political reasons.
In 2007, Atlanta Falcons NFL quarterback Michael Vick asked for forgiveness and apologized for his actions after formally pleading guilty to his involvement in an illegal dogfighting ring. The NFL suspended Vick indefinitely for his actions.
In 2011, authorities blamed Hurricane Irene for at least nine deaths along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.
In 2012, the first interplanetary human voice recording is broadcast from the Mars Rover Curiosity.
In 2017, former five-weight world boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated MMA fighter Conor McGregor in his debut match in the 10th round in Las Vegas.
In 2019, race car driver Jessi Combs died while breaking women’s land speed record, achieving five-hundred-twenty-two-point-eight miles per hour. She was known as “the fastest woman on four wheels”. She was 39.
And that brings us here to this day. So, whatever plans you have for your weekend we wish you moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history book.
Thanks for stopping by!
