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1988 – Fires in the United States' Yellowstone National Park ravaged more than 150,000 acres (610 km 2), the single-worst day of the conflagration. 1989 – The final stage of the O-Bahn Busway in Adelaide , South Australia , was completed, at the time the world's longest and fastest guided busway with buses travelling a total of 12 km (7.5 ...
In 2019, it had 20 million unique visitors each month. The same year, journalist Taylor Lorenz of The Atlantic described a Famous Birthdays page as a "status symbol" or "badge of honor" for internet personalities, noting its teenage and Generation Z demographic [ 8 ] and Lorenz for The New York Times calling it a "a milestone in any influencer ...
Of the 172 people on board, 146 die immediately, and eight more later die of injuries sustained in the crash. 2012 – A prison riot in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, kills at least 20 people. 2014 – Seventy-two people are killed in Japan's Hiroshima Prefecture by a series of landslides caused by a month's worth of rain that fell in one day.
Image credits: Old-time Photos "That's why funny, unexpected and random events in old photos always seem so much more magical to me," Ed continued. "The odds of capturing that moment were ...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of Aug. 18-24: ... Aug. 20: News anchor Connie Chung is 78. Trombone player Jimmy Pankow of Chicago is 77. ... Guitarist Brad Avery of Third Day is 53. Actor Misha ...
Britney Spears has a message for her two boys!. As her two sons, Sean Preston and Jayden James Federline, celebrate their birthdays, the pop icon honored them with an Instagram post.Jayden James ...
1999 – Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but later received critical acclaim and influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design. 2012 – At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
With summer in full swing, August was filled to the brim with highly anticipated concerts and festivals. Outside Lands returned to Golden Gate Park on Aug. 5 through Aug. 7, with Post Malone ...