Michelle Carr Crowe’s Trio of Thrilling Tales From This Date August 28
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Cupertino real estate agent
When I take a break from selling houses in San Jose, Cupertino and Santa Clara, Calif., I love learning new facts. Here are three thrilling tales from this date in history, August 19, courtesy of Wikipedia. 
· 1565 – Pedro Menéndez de Avilés sights land near
St. Augustine, Florida. He establishes what will become the oldest continuously occupied city founded by a European in the continental United States.
· 1845 – The first issue of Scientific American magazine is published.
· 1859 – The solar storm of 1859, also known as the Carrington Event, was a powerful geomagnetic solar storm. The associated white light flare in the solar photosphere was observed and recorded by two separate English astronomers Richard C. Carrington and Richard Hodgson.
If a solar storm of this magnitude happened today it would likely cause widespread problems for modern civilization, in particular to communications. Reportedly there is an estimated 12% chance of a similar event occurring between 2012 and 2022.
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