DaddysKat:And the lead singer of one of my favorite current bands ... Zac Brown
That was my first go with them....I like ;-}
August 1
10 BC - Claudius ~ Roman Emperor who succeeded the infamous Caligula who was stabbed to eternal death
126 - Pertinax ~ Roman Emperor
1313 - Kogon ~ Jap Emperor
1377 - Go Kamatsu ~ Jap Emperor ---- loved to do the Go-Go
1770 - William Clark ~ Of the amazing Lewis & Clark Expedition
1779 - Francis Scott Key ~ see Sister Kat
1815 - Richard Henry Dana ~ Novelist & Lawyer who spent 2 years before the mast. The once very beautiful Dana Point in California, was named for him. I say 'once' because it is now an ugly boat harbor
1819 - Herman Melville ~ Author of Moby Dick & Billy Budd
1843 - Robert Todd Lincoln ~ Abe's son who did quite well on his own two feet
~ Bye the Bye ~
1619 ~ 1st African Americans ( 20 ) land at Jamestown, Virginia
1714 ~ Georg Ludwig becomes King George I of England
1774 ~ Joseph Priestly, English chemist, discovers Oxygen and claims it is OK to inhale
1781 ~ British General Charles Cornwallis occupies Yorktown, Virginia
1794 ~ Whiskey Rebellion begins in Western Pennsylvania
1831 ~ London Bridge opens to traffic
1873 ~ 1st cable car begins service in Frisco
~ See Ya on Campus ~