Good Day #Nostr

On a #DayLikeToday

Aug 30

* #JohnMauchly born, 1907

* 75 cents a pound #tariff set on #opium, 1842

* #JapanStationery Co. sells first felt-tipped pen, 1960

* #StRose of #Lima in #Peru

* Washington-to-Moscow #hotline connected, 1963

* #HueyPLong Day in #Louisiana

* #VictoryDay in #Turkey

Aug 31

* 269 people #killed after #KoreanAirlines 747 shot down by #USSR, 1983

* #MaryAnneNichols becomes #JackTheRipper 's first victim, 1888

* #NonAggression pact signed by #USSR and #Afghanistan, 1926

* Independent union #Solidarnosc born, #Gdansk, 1980

* #IndependenceDay in #Trinidad, #Tobago

* #NationalDay in #Malaysia

* #Pashtoonian Day in #Afghanistan

Sep 01

* #BobbyFischer defeats #BorisSpassky in #WorldChess Match, 1972

* #ArmyDay in #Chile

* Engelbert #Humperdinck is born in #Siegburg, #Germany, 1854

* Support for the #sparc (32bit) architecture #removed, 2016

* J.R.R. #Tolkien died, 1973

* #GreatBritain adopts #Gregorian Calendar, 1752

* #Japan signs unconditional #surrender on #US battleship 'Missouri', 1945