Celebration Excuse
Jesse Owens brings it in Berlin, Jerry Garcia goes to that big Wall of Sound in the sky, and Whitney Houston miraculously lives another year. It’s August 9, and only you can prevent forest fires.
1173
Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa, which takes a quick two centuries to complete.
1483
The Sistine chapel opens in Vatican City.
1892
Thomas Edison receives a patent for the two-way telegraph.
1854
Henry David Thoreau’s Walden, which chronicled the author’s year spent in total self-sufficiency on the shores of Massachusetts’ Walden Pond, is published.
1936
In Berlin, Germany, Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympic Games.
1944
Smokey the Bear is featured for the first time in posters by the U.S. Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council.
1945
The U.S. drops the second-ever used atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing at least 74,000 instantly.
1974
Vice President Gerald Ford assumes the Presidency following Richard Nixon’s resignation.
1995
Jerry Garcia, lead singer of the Grateful Dead, dies at age 63.
Save us some cake
1957: Actress Melanie Griffith
1963: Trainwreck extraordinaire, Whitney Houston
1967: Football star Deion Sanders
1978: Amélie actress Audrey Tautou
Daybook
POTUS
Mr. President is on vacay at his family’s summer home in Kennebunkport, Maine.
STUMPIN’
Senator Sam Brownback campaigns in Iowa.
Governor Mike Huckabee campaigns in Iowa.
Mitt Romney campaigns in Iowa.
The Human Rights Campaign sponsors a presidential forum in Los Angeles, featuring Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Sen. Barack Obama, and Gov. Bill Richardson.
Tommy Thompson attends a forum in Des Moines, IA.
Sen. John McCain holds a town hall meeting in Merrimack, NH.
Sen. Joe. Biden appears on Fox News’ “Fox and Friends” and on National Public Radio’s “On Point.”
Senator Hillary Clinton holds events in Las Vegas and Los Angeles.
John Edwards looks for campaign cash in Los Angeles.
Senator Barack Obama makes appearances in Chicago and Reno, NV.
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich attends a fundraising event in Los Angeles.
Rep. Ron Paul holds a rally in Cedar Rapids, IA.
ON THE HILL
Congress may be on August recess, but “field hearings” are still being held around the country to deal with certain issues.
10:00AM
Los Angeles, California
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee: Full committee field hearing on “Port Pollution and the Need for Additional Controls on Large Ships.”
3:00 PM
Norwalk, California
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee: Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee field hearing on “Federal, State, and Local Roles in Rail Safety.”
INSIDE THE BELTWAY
8:30 AM
Veterans Affairs Department: Meeting of the Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission to review the final report of the Center of Naval Analyses and a report of the Institute of Medicine Committee on Presumptions
10:00 AM
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Presentation on “Pakistani Politics after Lal Masjid,”
1:00 PM
The George Washington University: Seminar on the “safe school initiative on threat assessment in schools” with William Modzeleski, associate assistant deputy secretary in the Education Department’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools.
2:00 PM
The Center for Strategic and International Studies : Discussion on “The Security of Japan in the 21st Century and the U.S.-Japan Alliance”
TV TIME
TiVo this
Oprah: NewlywedsGarthBrooks and Trisha Yearwood
The View: (Repeat) Anne Hathaway, guest co-host Joan Rivers
Regis and Kelly: Cuba Gooding Jr.
Ellen DeGeneres: (Repeat) The cast of “Little Miss Sunshine”
Stay up late
Stewart: Tal Ben-Shahar
Colbert: Judd Apatow
Jimmy Kimmel: Paul Rudd, Michael Cera, Public Enemy
David Letterman: (Repeat) Bruce Willis, Tony Parker, diving dogs
Jay Leno: David Duchovny, Tiki Barber, Nick Thune
Late Late Show: (Repeat) Pamela Anderson Avi Liberman, Nellie McKay
Conan O’Brien: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jackie Hoffman, Bruce Parry
Last Call: Tom Lennon
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