This Day in History Aug. 30

blue water massey · Aug 29, 2016

Aug. 30

1835 Melbourne is founded
1836 The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
1963 The Moscow?Washington hotline between the leaders of the U.S.A. and the Soviet Union goes into operation

Birthdays:

1720 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread
1812 Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery
1926 Daryl Gates, American police officer, created the D.A.R.E. Program

Deaths:

30 -BC- Cleopatra 7th & most famous queen of Egypt
1930 William H Taft 27th US President

Thought for the day:

" The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag. "

RBoots · Aug 30, 2016

The MO-Link. That is so interesting. I just was asking a brother to dad's cousin that passed away about the pin he was wearing on his shirt at the funeral. It was an American Flag and the USSR flag and very fancy. Dad told me he worked in the white house and pentagon and probably had something to do with that, So I asked him about it. He was in charge of keeping the Moscow to Washington line operating at all costs. He said at the end of that project all of the commanding officers of that project were given that pin, 22 total. The only 22 of those pins in existence. Very interesting stories he had! Thanks for your posts every day BWM!

This Day in History Aug. 30

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