August 17
NATIONAL Thrift Shop Day
NATIONAL Vanilla Custard Day
NATIONAL Get Smart About Credit Day
NATIONAL Black Cat Appreciation Day
NATIONAL I Love My Feet Day
Today in legal and military [and occasional oddities] history
1969 Hurricane Camille devastated the Gulf Coast, killing 248 people
1978 Three Americans complete the first crossing of the Atlantic in a balloon
1982 The first Compact Discs (CDs) are released to the public in Germany
1998 President Bill Clinton admits to the American public that he had affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky
1999 A 7.4-magnitude earthquake near Izmit, Turkey kills over 17,000 and injures nearly 45,000
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