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The Daily Rant, a place for the community to express their concerns, post a complaint. A place to loudly and angrily grumble about a specific annoyance, frustration, or social issue. It's aim is to act as a place to freely blow off some steam and vent strong negative feelings stirring inside in a safe, non judgemental space. 

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Today in History - onthisday.com

 

                                                                   AUG 26

1346 Battle of Crécy: Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army south of Calais in northern France; cannons are used for the first time in battle 

1682 English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet named after him 

1873 The first free kindergarten in the United States is started by Susan Blow in Carondelet, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri

1907 Harry Houdini escapes from chains underwater in 57 seconds at Aquatic Park in San Francisco, California 

1937 General Franco's Nationalist troops conquer Santander during the Spanish Civil War

1951 The film "An American in Paris," with music by George Gershwin, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron, premieres in London (Academy Award for Best Picture, 1952)

1959 British Motor Corporation introduces the Morris Mini-Minor, designed by Alec Issigonis; it is only 10 feet long yet seats four passengers

1968 "Hey Jude" single is released by the Beatles in the US (Billboard Song of the Year 1968, Billboard 10th biggest song of all time 2013)

1971 Bobby Orr signs a five-year contract with the Boston Bruins worth one million dollars, the first million-dollar contract in NHL history

1996 US President Bill Clinton signs welfare reform into law, representing a major shift in welfare policy

2013 All 25,000 applicants to the University of Liberia fail their university entrance examination

The Daily Rant

 

The Daily Rant, a place for the community to express their concerns, post a complaint. A place to loudly and angrily grumble about a specific annoyance, frustration, or social issue. It's aim is to act as a place to freely blow off some steam and vent strong negative feelings stirring inside in a safe, non judgemental space. 

The Daily Rant will have clear boundaries to balance free expression with safety. Essential ground rules to keep the platform engaging while preventing abuse, harassment, and legal trouble. 

Safety and Content Rules

No Hate Speech: Ban attacks based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
No Doxxing or Personal Info: Do not allow real names, phone numbers, addresses, or private photos of private individuals.
No Direct Threats: Remove any content encouraging physical violence, harm, or illegal acts.
No Defamation: Block unverified accusations of criminal behavior or fraud against specific people or small local businesses that could lead to libel issues. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Community and Posting Standards

No Witch Hunts: Do not target specific private users, coordinate harassment, or send users to attack external profiles or pages. [1, 2]
Keep it Thematic: Require rants to focus on everyday frustrations, absurd situations, or systemic annoyances rather than broad political mudslinging if you want to avoid toxic polarization. [1]
No Spam or Self-Promotion: Delete commercial links, crypto pitches, or self-promotional blog links hidden inside a vent. [1, 2]
Use Profanity Wisely: Discourage endless, lazy streams of slurs; allow strong language for flavor, but draw the line at abusive harassment

Please do take the time to rant about the idea of the page with some constructive and yes, unconstructive criticism. Give it to me straight ;)

Today in History - onthisday.com

 

                                                                                     AUG 25

1609 Galileo Galilei demonstrates his first telescope to Venetian lawmakers, including the Doge (ruler) of Venice, Leonardo Donato 

1619 Slavery begins in mainland British colonies of North America when the first known African captives (approximately 20) land at Point Comfort, Virginia, before being sold or traded into servitude 

1718 Hundreds of French colonists arrive in Louisiana and found New Orleans 1768 Captain James Cook departs from Plymouth, England, bound for the Pacific Ocean on his first voyage aboard the Endeavour 

1804 Alicia Thornton becomes the first female jockey in England, riding at Knavesmire in Yorkshire

1875 Captain Matthew Webb makes the first recorded unassisted swim across the English Channel in 21 hours and 45 minutes

1894 Japanese scientist Shibasaburo Kitasato discovers the infectious agent of the bubonic plague and publishes his findings in The Lancet

1944 German commander Dietrich von Choltitz surrenders Paris to the Free French forces of Philippe Leclerc, disobeying Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city. President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic Charles de Gaulle gives a famous speech at the Hôtel de Ville.

1955 16th Venice Film Festival: "Ordet" directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer wins Golden Lion

1958 Momofuku Ando markets the first package of precooked instant noodles, Chikin Ramen 

1960 AFL begins placing players' names on the backs of their jerseys

1990 UN Security Council authorizes military action against Iraq for invading Kuwait 

1991 Linux is born when Linus Torvalds sends an email announcing his project to create a new computer operating system

1998 "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" debut album by Lauryn Hill is released (5 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year, Billboard Album of the Year 1998)

The Daily Rant

The Daily Rant, a place for the community to express their concerns, post a complaint. A place to loudly and angrily grumble about a specific annoyance, frustration, or social issue. It's aim is to act as a place to freely blow off some steam and vent strong negative feelings stirring inside in a safe, non judgemental space. 

The Daily Rant will have clear boundaries to balance free expression with safety. Essential ground rules to keep the platform engaging while preventing abuse, harassment, and legal trouble. 

Safety and Content Rules

No Hate Speech: Ban attacks based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability.
No Doxxing or Personal Info: Do not allow real names, phone numbers, addresses, or private photos of private individuals.
No Direct Threats: Remove any content encouraging physical violence, harm, or illegal acts.
No Defamation: Block unverified accusations of criminal behavior or fraud against specific people or small local businesses that could lead to libel issues. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Community and Posting Standards

No Witch Hunts: Do not target specific private users, coordinate harassment, or send users to attack external profiles or pages. [1, 2]
Keep it Thematic: Require rants to focus on everyday frustrations, absurd situations, or systemic annoyances rather than broad political mudslinging if you want to avoid toxic polarization. [1]
No Spam or Self-Promotion: Delete commercial links, crypto pitches, or self-promotional blog links hidden inside a vent. [1, 2]
Use Profanity Wisely: Discourage endless, lazy streams of slurs; allow strong language for flavor, but draw the line at abusive harassment

Please do take the time to rant about the idea of the page with some constructive and yes, unconstructive criticism. Give it to me straight ;)

 

Today in History - onthisday.com

 

                                                                                      Aug 24

79 Believed until 2018 to be the date of the massive eruption of Mt. Vesuvius which buried the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis and Stabiae, killing untold thousands, latest evidence suggests the eruption occurred after 17 October. Pliny the Younger was seventeen and staying with his famous uncle, Pliny the Elder, a naturalist, author and naval commander for the Roman fleet at Misenum in the Bay of Naples. His account written as a letter to the Roman historian Tacitus 25 years later made the eruption of Vesuvius famous long after Pompeii was buried under debris and forgotten.

410 Rome is overrun by Visigoths under Alaric I for the first time in nearly 800 years, seen as the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The fall and collapse of the Roman Empire was a long process, but few events shocked people at the time as the sack of Rome, the first such event in almost 1000 years. St. Jerome who was in Bethlehem at the time wrote "the city which had taken the whole world was itself taken." The Visigoth barbarians were responsible, led by their leader Alaric I. The Western Roman Empire was already in a state of disarray, having split from the East fifteen years before. After sacking and looting the capital, Alaric looted and pillaged several other towns and cities before dying only months after taking Rome.

1456 The printing of the Gutenberg Bible is completed 

1516 Battle of Marj Dabiq: Ottoman forces decisively defeat the Mamluk Sultanate near Aleppo, ending Egyptian control in the Middle East 

1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of Protestants by Roman Catholics begins in Paris with the murder by defenestration of Admiral Gaspard de Coligny and later spreads to the French provinces

1662 Act of Uniformity requires English government and church officials to accept the Book of Common Prayer 

1787 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completes his violin and piano sonata in A, K526

1814 British forces capture Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812 and destroy many landmarks 

1853 First potato chips are prepared by chef George Crum at Moon's Lake House near Saratoga Springs, New York (popular legend says he invents them, though earlier recipes exist) 

1963 24th Venice Film Festival: "Hands Over the City," directed by Francesco Rosi, wins the Golden Lion

1968 France becomes the world's fifth thermonuclear power with a detonation at Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific

2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing become the most-watched event on TV ever, with nearly 5 billion viewers, 70% of the world's population

Today in History - onthisday.com

 

                                                                      Aug 23

1305 Scottish patriot William Wallace is executed for high treason by Edward I of England 

at Smithfield, London 

1542 Rabbi Joseph Caro completes his major work, the "Beit Yosef," a voluminous commentary on the "Arba'ah Turim" code 

1924 Mars makes its closest approach to Earth since the 10th century 

1933 First televised boxing match, a six-round exhibition at Broadcasting House in London between middleweights Archie Sexton and Laurie Raiteri, airs on BBC TV 

1942 Last cavalry charge in history takes place during World War II at Isbuschenskij, Russia, when the Italian Savoia Cavalleria charges Soviet infantry 

1942 Battle of Stalingrad: 600 Luftwaffe planes bomb Stalingrad, killing 40,000 people 

1943 Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle in history, ends after 50 days as the Soviet Union defeats Germany; over 10,000 tanks take part, and nearly 250,000 combatants are killed 

1946 Premiere of "The Big Sleep," directed by Howard Hawks and starring Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe and Lauren Bacall

1994 Jeff Buckley releases his album "Grace," featuring his cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

2008 Ethiopian distance runner Kenenisa Bekele wraps up the 5,000/10,000m double at the Beijing Olympics when he takes gold in the 5,000m in an Olympic record 12:57.82

Today in History - onthisday.com

 

                                                                    Aug 22

565 Saint Columba reports seeing a monster in Loch Ness 

1485 Battle of Bosworth Field: Henry Tudor's forces defeat English King Richard III during the last battle in the Wars of the Roses. Richard is killed, becoming the last English monarch to die in battle. 

1540 Thomas Cromwell became chief advisor to King Henry VIII and led the hunt for a new royal wife. Unfortunately for him he championed the cause of Anne of Cleves.

1639 Madras (now Chennai), India, is founded by the British East India Company on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers 

1642 English Civil War begins between Royalists and Parliamentarians 

1775 King of Great Britain and Ireland, George III, proclaims the American colonies to be in open rebellion and orders his officials to suppress them

1849 Austria launches pilotless balloons against the Italian city of Venice in the first aerial bombing in history 

1851 The 100 Guineas Cup yacht race is held around the Isle of Wight, the first race of the oldest international sporting competition now known as the America's Cup. In the race, US schooner "America" beats the British cutter "Aurora" by 24 minutes, prompting spectator Queen Victoria to ask who was in second place and the famous reply, "Your majesty, there is no second."

1864 First Geneva Convention adopted in Geneva "for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded in Armies in the Field" is signed by 12 nation

1932 BBC begins experimental regular television broadcasts

1987 Madonna's single "Who's That Girl" hits #1