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Throwback Thursdays ~ Fun Facts

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It's fun to look back over the years and see the significance of certain dates. Here's a few to check out!

2006: On Aug. 24, Pluto is reclassified as a “dwarf planet,” losing planetary status.

1979: On Aug. 23, Soviet ballet dancer Alexander Godunov defects to the U.S.

1959: On Aug. 21, Hawaii becomes the 50th U.S. state.

1959: On Aug. 24, NATO, a military alliance against communism, goes into effect.

1916: On Aug. 25, the U.S. National Parks Service is established.

1859: The first oil well is drilled near Titusville, PA, on Aug. 27.

1841: On Aug. 21, John Hampton receives a patent for Venetian blinds.

1775: England’s King George declares the American colonies “in rebellion” on Aug. 22.

79 AD: Italy’s Mt. Vesuvius erupts Aug. 24, burying three cities.

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Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Hi Dorie - I remember some of those.  Those are fun trivia facts.

Aug 25, 2022 09:51 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thank you very much, Dorie, for the historical reminders.

I did not remember that Hawaii became a state on my birthday.

Aug 25, 2022 09:57 AM
Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400
The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY
Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

I remember when Pluto was reclassified Dorie. Kept thinking what about all we learned in school!

Aug 25, 2022 09:58 AM
Ed Silva, 203-206-0754
Mapleridge Realty, CT 203-206-0754 - Waterbury, CT
Associate Real Estate Broker

I almost lost an eye t those blinds when  pulled the cord as a kid and it wasn't fastened in properly and came down on my head

Aug 25, 2022 10:18 AM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Dorie and thank you for these. I would not have guessed that Venetian blinds were invented that long ago!!!

Aug 25, 2022 12:48 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Dorie again I learned several new things.  Also I would have expected the first oil well to have been drilled in TX, and not PA.

Aug 25, 2022 02:54 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Nina Hollander, Broker : I remember it well too.

Aug 25, 2022 04:52 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Ray Henson : I was surprised at the one too!

Aug 25, 2022 04:53 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Joan Cox : I'm with you on that one too!

Aug 25, 2022 04:54 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Will Hamm : I'm sure that is debatable! LOL!

Aug 25, 2022 04:54 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Michael Jacobs ; I'm sure that is not in the plans!

Aug 25, 2022 04:55 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Carol Williams : I'm as surprised as both of you!

Aug 25, 2022 04:55 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Roy Kelley : Well that is something!

Aug 25, 2022 04:55 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Grant Schneider : Thank you!

Aug 25, 2022 04:56 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400 : That was when we learned about out country and what was going on all over the world!

Aug 25, 2022 04:57 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Ed Silva : I remember cleaning them UGH!

Aug 25, 2022 04:57 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Kathy Streib : Hard to believe!

Aug 25, 2022 04:58 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi George Souto : I was surprised with that one too!

Aug 25, 2022 04:58 PM
Myrl Jeffcoat
Sacramento, CA
Greater Sacramento Realtor - Retired

Lil Pluto is the sand kicker of the zodiac.  After a couple decades in Capricorn, where its influence has kicked the foundations of governments, religions, and banking, it will move into the sign of Aquarius on March 24th next year.  It's likely to change our perception of things, and chisel through a little mental concrete.  It will go retrograde and return to Capricorn for a spell in July.  However, the following July it will again go direct into the sign of Aquarius and stay in earnest.  I'm hopeful the little planets influence will subdue some of the chaos we are going through.

Aug 25, 2022 07:24 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Hi Myrl Jeffcoat : I sure hope so too!

Aug 25, 2022 07:47 PM