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2008-08-09 06:55:33

Thanks to Anthony and Matt for keeping the roll going.
Here's one for August 9th.
1944: The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release the first posters featuring "Smokey the Bear".
JSG

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2008-08-09 07:23:54

The Tate-LaBianca Murders and The Manson Family---------------On the morning of August 9, 1969 in a mansion located within an exclusive enclave of Los Angeles known as Benedict Canyon five people were murdered. Among those found dead maid the following morning was actress Sharon Tate (wife of film director Roman Polanski) and coffee heiress Abigail Folger. Some bodies were strewn across the estate, but Sharon Tate, who was more than eight months pregnant, laid dead with a rope around her neck on the living room floor. Graffiti found written in blood at the murder scene said, "Death to Pigs."

On the night of August 9, 1969 another multiple murder shook Los Angeles. A wealthy couple, Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, were stabbed to death in their home on the edge of Hollywood.

These grisly acts during the summer of 1969 came to be known as the "Tate-LaBianca Murders." Three months later police arrested a group of cult members for the murders who called themselves "The Family" (a.k.a. the Manson Family, the devoted followers of Charles Manson). Anybody else ?

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2008-08-09 14:23:53

Jesse Owens wins his 4th Gold Medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Richard M. Nixon resigns, Gerald Ford becomes the 38th President of the United States.

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2008-08-10 09:11:17

David Richard Berkowitz (born June 1, 1953), also known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" and the "Son of Sam", was an American serial killer and arsonist.
Shortly after his arrest on August 10th 1977, Berkowitz confessed to killing six people and wounding seven others in the course of eight shootings in New York City between 1976 and 1977. He has been imprisoned for the crimes since 1977. His crimes had terrorized New York for a year. Berkowitz subsequently claimed that he was commanded to kill by a demon who possessed his neighbor's dog. He was arrested 31 years ago today, this being August 10th. Anybody else ?

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2008-08-10 11:34:24

Here is a list of people that David Berkowitz either killed or injured. What a sick bastard he was . He supposedly found Jesus 21 years ago. This list is as followed:


Berkowitz's Crime Spree:
July 29, 1976 – Jody Valenti and Donna Lauria were shot as they sat talking in a parked car outside Donna’s apartment. Lauria died instantly from a gunshot wound to her neck. Valenti survived the attack.
October 23, 1976 – Carl Denaro and Rosemary Keenan were shot while sitting in Denaro’s parked car. Both survived, but Carl was struck in the head by one of the bullets.
November 26, 1976 – Donna DeMasi and 18-year-old Joanne Lomino were walking near Joanne’s home after a late movie. Berkowitz followed them briefly, then shot them. Donna survived without suffering permanent physical harm, but Joanne was paralyzed for life.
January 30, 1977 – 26-year-old Christine Freund and her fiance John Diel were shot as they sat in a parked car. Christine died and John Diel survived the attack.
March 8, 1977 – Virginia Voskerichian, a Barnard College honor student was shot and killed while walking home from class.
April 17, 1977 – 18-year-old Valentina Suriani and her 20-year-old boyfriend Alexander Esau, were both shot twice. Both died as a result of gunshot wounds. Berkowitz left a letter at the scene, signed “Son of Sam.”
June 26, 1977 – Judy Placido and Sal Lupu were shot while leaving a disco. Both survived although Judy was shot three times.
July 31, 1977 – Bobby Violante and Stacy Moskowitz were shot in the car while parked at a lover’s lane. Stacy died from a gunshot wound to her head and Bobby lost vision in one eye and partial vision in the other eye.

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2008-08-10 21:45:21

Great pieces of information guys!
August 10, 1821 Missouri became the 24th state!

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2008-08-11 07:23:40

1929:
Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

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2008-08-12 08:33:35

Let's go way back for this one.
30 BC :
Cleopatra commits suicide after her lover Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium.
Anyone else ?

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2008-08-12 21:47:28

Well, I was just months old but, in 1966 John Lennon apologized at a news conference in Chicago for saying "the Beatles are more popular than Jesus."

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2008-08-13 01:12:09

On this day August 13th 1969, Sanitation the Quizmaker was born in Queens, New York. Former Philadelphia Flyers player Bobby Clarke and Alfred Hitchcock were also born on this day August 13th. Off hand, I want to say that Mickey Mantle died on this day in 1995. Not bad, considering I did not look any of this stuff up. The first one was easy, I knew that birthday. Anybody else ?