The milepost we passed at midnight was 08.12.2020. This day will be remembered because the first African American women was put onto the ticket of a major political party. Enough to get August 11 a footnote. The storm brewing in the Atlantic has gone from a yellow X, to a red X and is now a red circle. That could mean trouble next week. We will have to wait and see. Today is IBM PC Day, National Julienne Fries Day, National Middle Child Day, Truck Driver Day, Vinyl Record Day, World Calligraphy Day and World Elephant Day. I’d pick the fries. Not a great list. Moving onto history. This is the day in 1480 at the Battle of Otranto when Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. All you would have needed to do was show me the ax and I would have praised Allah. On this day in 1658 the 1st American police force forms in New Amsterdam (now New York City). In 1851 on this day, Isaac Singer patents the sewing machine. This is the day in 1908 Henry Ford’s company builds the first Model T car. It’s also the birthday (1881) of the filmmaker Cecil B. DeMille who said, “The public is always right” and “Give me any two pages out of the Bible and I’ll make a movie”. August 12 is the day in the year 30 BC that Cleopatra was bitten by an asp (cobra) and died. She said, “I will not be triumphed over”. A remarkable lady to have her quotes preserved for over 2,000 years. That wraps up this day’s post. Stay safe and be sure to Abide.
