Time Capsule: August 26th, 8/26/2006, 12:30 am

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Title:

Time Capsule: August 26th

Date:

Saturday August 26, 2006 Time:

12:30 am - 12:30 am

Repeats:

This event repeats every year.

Description:

On this day in1791, Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.1883, Krakatoa erupted with increasingly large explosions, killing 36,000. Noteworthy people born on this day:In 1740: ph Montgolfier, France, aeronaut (ballooning). In 1743: Antoine-t Lavoisier, Paris, father of modern chemistry (Oxygen). In 1850: Richet, French physiologist (anaphylaxis-Nobel 1913). In 1873: Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor [Audion vacuum (radio) tube]. In 1906: Dr. Albert B. Sabin, polio vaccine discoverer.

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