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Roman Legionar Aug 8, 2013

Only one fact is allowed a day.

Try to keep it going!
Roman Legionar Aug 8, 2013

August 8th: President Richard Nixon publically announces his resignation from office.
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 8, 2013

Today (August 8) in 1959, Project Teepee was announced. It monitors nuclear detonations and missile launches.
c ⌖😱ᵙǥͨ Aug 8, 2013

8-8-13 this thread was created
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 8, 2013

c. wrote:
8-8-13 this thread was created

I did not know that.
P😈Loco(E771) Aug 8, 2013

Capt. Calhoun wrote:
c. wrote:
8-8-13 this thread was created

I did not know that.
😱 OMG
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 9, 2013

August 9, 1815; Commodore Stephen Decatur secured a peace treaty with the Barbary pirates after kicking their asses.
Dave™ Aug 9, 2013

Capt. Calhoun wrote:
August 9, 1815; Commodore Stephen Decatur secured a peace treaty with the Barbary pirates after kicking their asses.

Somebody didnt read the rules
c ⌖😱ᵙǥͨ Aug 9, 2013

8-9-1945 fatman bomb is dropped on nagasaki.
Ҝ༏།།ی৸⌖† Aug 10, 2013

8-10-13 killshot is having a BBQ in Calgary
ChubsTheWalrus Aug 10, 2013

8-10-1821 Missouri becomes the 24th state
jศསgຮ☠И~山~Я☠ Aug 10, 2013

8-10-2008 I had a pacemaker implanted in my chest.
☣ 🎸ӈɪƖƖßıƖƖγ🎸☣ Aug 10, 2013

8-10-2008 Isaac Hayes died.
Roman Legionar Aug 11, 2013

August 11th: (106 A.D.) Rome conqueres Southwestern part of Dacia.
Eric. Aug 12, 2013

August 12th, 1972: Last American troops leave Vietnam
ChubsTheWalrus Aug 12, 2013

August 12th, 1898: The Spanish American War Ends.
Roman Legionar Aug 13, 2013

August 13, 582 A.D. Maurice becomes emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Talk to me nice Aug 13, 2013

1997-
South Park's first episode is aired.
c ⌖😱ᵙǥͨ Aug 13, 2013

8-13-1940 battle of britain begins
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 13, 2013

13 August 1775-present, US Marines kicked ass.
Eric. Aug 14, 2013

August 13th, 1521: Spanish conquistadors conquer the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlàn.
Gray Mane Aug 14, 2013

8-14-1945 Japan surrenders ending WWII.
Talk to me nice Aug 14, 2013

2126-
Comet Swift-Tuttle approaches close to Earth.
ChubsTheWalrus Aug 15, 2013

August 14th, 1959: The NFL is founded.
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 15, 2013

14 August 1775-present, US Marines kicked ass. I am stalling until November. Or August 20.
ChubsTheWalrus Aug 15, 2013

August 15th, 1945: Japan Surrenders To End WWII.
Talk to me nice Aug 15, 2013

2007-
An 8.0-magnitude earthquake off the Pacific coast devastates Ica and various regions of Peru killing 514 and injuring 1,090.
💀💣CaptCalhoun💀💣 Aug 16, 2013

15 August 1969. Woodstock. Drugs, music, and hippie mud-sex.
〓§ÏÇÅ☈ÏÚ§〓 Aug 16, 2013

16 August 1977, Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, TN.
✯RagnarLoðbrók✯ Aug 16, 2013

Today is National Airborne Day.

On August 16, 1940, the US Army recorded its first offical parachute jump.
Talk to me nice Aug 16, 2013

2008-
Usain Bolt sets a new 100 metres dash world record of 9.69 seconds at the Beijing 2008 summer olympics.

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