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Thursday August 22, 2013 This is the 234th day of the year, with 131 days remaining in 2013. Fact of the Day: poisonous plants for pets While plants add a touch of color and fragrance to our daily lives, they also inject an element of danger into the lives of our pets. More than 700 plants have been identified as producing physiologically active or toxic substances in sufficient amounts to cause harmful effects in animals. Poisonous plants produce a variety of toxic substances and cause reactions ranging from mild nausea to death. Certain animal species may have a peculiar vulnerability to a potentially poisonous plant.
Holidays Feast day of St. Timothy, St. Andrew of Fiesole, St. Sigfrid of Wearmouth, and St. John Kemble.
Events 1642 - The English Civil War began, between the supporters of Charles I and of Parliament, when the king raised his standard at Nottingham.
1762 - Ann Franklin became the first female editor of an American newspaper, the "Newport Mercury" (in Rhode Island).
1846 - The United States annexed New Mexico.
1851 - U.S.-built schooner America beat a fleet of Britain's finest ships in a race around England's Isle of Wight, in the first America's Cup.
1864 - The International Red Cross was founded by Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri Dunant.
1902 - President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. President to ride in an automobile, in Hartford, Connecticut.
1906 - The Victor Talking Machine Company of Camden, New Jersey began to manufacture the Victrola (record player).
1932 - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) began its first experimental TV broadcast in England.
1945 - The Vietnam Conflict began when a team of Free French parachuted into southern Indochina in response to a successful coup by Communist guerrilla Ho Chi Minh.
1966 - The United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC), later renamed the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), was formed.
Births 1834 - Samuel Pierpont Langley, American astronomer, physicist, aeronautics pioneer.
1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer.
1880 - George Herriman, American cartoonist.
1893 - Dorothy Parker (Rothschild), American author, columnist.
1904 - Deng Xiaoping, leader of the People's Republic of China (1970s-1997).
1920 - Ray Bradbury, American science fiction writer.
Deaths 1922 - Michael Collins, Irish nationalist hero of the struggle for independence.
1989 - Huey P. Newton, American political activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party shot to death in Oakland, California.
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