Today is Wednesday August 4, 2010
Coast Guard Day
Today, we honor the military branch that protects our waters and shorelines: the United States Coast Guard. Did you know that the term "Coast Guard" wasn't used until 1915? This military branch got its start on August 4, 1790 and was originally referred to as the Revenue Cutter Service. More than two hundred years later, we celebrate all that the Coast Guard has done to protect our great country!
To celebrate today, attend the Coast Guard Festival in America's own "Coast Guard City," Grand Haven, Michigan. The mission of the festival is to honor the men and women of the US Coast Guard. This fun-filled event includes a parade, downtown carnival, ship tours, fireworks, and much more. The Coast Guard Festival been around since 1924 and sees over 350,000 people annually.
Today is also National Night Out
This week is Simplify Your Life Week
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On this day in History:
1790 - The Revenue Cutter Service was formed. This U.S. naval task force was the beginning of the U.S. Coast Guard.
1821 - "The Saturday Evening Post" was published for the first time as a weekly.
1934 - Mel Ott became the first major league baseball player to score six runs in a single game.
1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested eight people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her diary would be published after her death.
1956 - Elvis Presley's song "Hound Dog" was released.
1957 - Florence Chadwick set a world record by swimming the English Channel in 6 hours and 7 minutes.
Quote of the Day:
"My code of conduct is simply this: work hard; play to the allowable limit; disregard equally the good and bad opinion of others...live the moment to the utmost of its possibilities...and be satisfied with life always, but never with oneself."
--George Jean Nathan
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