“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
~George Santayana
August 16: On this date in 1977 Elvis Presley died in his home in Graceland, Tennessee. He died at age 42 as a result of lifelong drug abuse.
August 17: Today on 1998, President Clinton admits in a taped grand jury testimony that he had an affair with Monica Lewinsky. That evening President Clinton addressed the national admitting his affair.
August 18: James Meredith graduated from the University of Mississippi with his bachelor’s degree on this date in 1963. He was the first African American to graduate from the University of Mississippi. Meredith’s road to his degree was not an easy one. It took an 18 month court case and the armed troops surrounding campus for Meredith to be granted enrollment.
August 19: On this day in history 1987 an unemployed handyman and antique dealer named Michael Ryan Robert gunned down 16 people and then committed suicide. This occurred in Hungerford, Berkshire, which is where this traumatic event receives its name the Hungerford Massacre.
August 20: On this day in history 1986, the Edmond Post Office Shooting occurred in Edmond, Oklahoma. Patrick Sherrill, a postal worker, went on a shooting rampage that resulted in 20 people being shot. 14 of these people died, and following his rampage Patrick Sherrill committed suicide. This tragedy led to the phrase “going postal”.
August 21: In 1986 on this day in history, a volcanic eruption in Cameroon, Africa killed 2,000 people. A cloud of poisonous gas erupted from the volcano. This cloud killed everything within a 15 mile radius.
August 22: Rhodesia was banned by the International Olympic Committee games for their illegal political regime. The vote to ban Rhodesia was 36 to 31 with 3 people who abstained.
Staff Reporter- Maddie Wright
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