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This template is based on the Babel templates. It displays seasonal messages, styled to look like userboxes, on the appropriate dates. Dates are listed at this site. Requires /Templates/Calendarbox. 


|08/1=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Jerry Garcia was born
83 years ago today.
Hug a Deadhead near you. 
|08/2=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The Second Continental Congress officially signed the Declaration of Independence 249 years ago today. 
|08/3=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Christopher Columbus set sail from
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
533 years ago today. 
|08/4=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Louis Armstrong was born
124 years ago today. 
|08/5=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The Statue of Liberty's cornerstone
was laid 141 years ago today.
Vive la France! 
|08/6=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Hiroshima was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by American B-29
Enola Gay 80 years ago today. 
|08/7=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Jimbo turns 59 today. 


|08/8=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The 2008 Summer Olympics begin
today and run until August 24. 
|08/9=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Richard Nixon resigned as
President of the United States
51 years ago today. 
|08/10=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Candid Camera premiered
77 years ago today.
Celebrate by taking a snapshot. 
|08/11=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Today is Valentine's Day in Taiwan.
Celebrate by sending chocolate to me. 
|08/12=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Mark Knopfler turns 76 today. 
|08/13=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Alfred Hitchcock was born
126 years ago today. 
|08/14=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
World War II ended with
the formal surrender of Japan
80 years ago today. 
|08/15=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Will Rogers and Wiley Post died
when their airplane crashed near
Barrow, Alaska 90 years ago today. 
|08/16=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Angela Bassett turns 67 today. 
|08/17=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Davy Crockett was born
239 years ago today. 
|08/18=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
James Meredith graduated
from the University of Mississippi
62 years ago today. 
|08/19=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
A German referendum vested sole power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer 91 years ago today. 
|08/20=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's
1812 Overture debuted in Moscow
143 years ago today. 
|08/21=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The first of the seven Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in Ottawa, Illinois
167 years ago today. 
|08/22=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Nolan Ryan threw his 5,000th strikeout 36 years ago today. 
|08/23=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Today is Katie's birthday!
(Gifts are happily accepted.) 
|08/24=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried Pompeii and Herculaneum
1946 years ago today. 
|08/25=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Gene Simmons turns 76 today. 
|08/26=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
American women gained the right to vote when Amendment XIX was ratified 105 years ago today. 
|08/27=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
File:Krakatoa 01.JPG Krakatoa (Katie's great-great-great-grandfather) erupted 142 years ago today. 
|08/28=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his
"I Have a Dream" speech
62 years ago today. 
|08/29=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Hurricane Katrina made landfall
20 years ago today. 
|08/30=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
The Second Battle of Bull Run began 163 years ago today. 
|08/31=
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Daniel Schorr turns 109 today. 
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Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Nothing interesting is
happening today.
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