August 14 1889: "The Washington Post March" by John Phillip Sousa was copyright registered. 1984: IBM released MS-DOS version 3.0. IBM first approached Bill Gates and Microsoft to discuss the state of home computers in 1980.
August 15, 1914 Architect Frank Lloyd Wright "1914 -Taliesian Massacre (Spring Green, Wisconsin): Julian Carlton, a disgruntled employee, kills architect Frank Lloyd Wright's mistress Martha Borthwick, her 2 children, and 4 others with a hatchet and burns the architect's home to the ground while Wright is away on business."
August 15 1939 "The Wizard of Oz", American musical fantasy film adaptation of L. Frank Baum's book, premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood 1969 Woodstock Festival opens in Bethel, New York on Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm; performers include Richie Havens, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie, Arlo Guthrie, and Joan Baez
If I remember correctly, "The Wizard of OZ" movie was nothing like the book. Not that I'm complaining; the movie was better than the book. Now to get the thread back on topic, happy August, y'all!!!!
The underrated Birthstone of August "A birthstone of the highest beauty, period. Errr, we mean peridot. Peridot is a stunning green gem that is forged in lava." "While it may not be the most well known of the birthstones, its stunning range of color from electric grass to subtle olive, will make anyone green with envy."
August 16 "1969 Second day of the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York; performers include Santana, John Sebastian; Mountain, Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, and Jefferson Airplane."
Joni Mitchell covers George Gershwin's classic 1935 composition Summertime. From the "A Day In The Garden" Festival on August 15th, 1998 in Bethel, NY (on the grounds of the original Woodstock Festival).
Stories of August 31 August 2018 "I’m very excited about autumn but this summer was so lovely that wishing August away is not easy. We got to spend so much time outside and rain didn’t follow us everywhere, as it usually does here in Belgium. " "So one sunny Saturday, after our traditional monthly brunch, we went to a local fair of old trades. I had never been to anything similar and it was honestly fascinating to witness it! Trades of earth, stone, wood, wool, glass; you name it, it was there. It was organized by locals and they were the ones showing off the trades and explaining the processes. All in all, it was a lovely experience about something I was unfamiliar with." (READ MORE)