Today in History highlights key events on August 12
On this date in history August 12 marks the opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909, Katharine Lee Bates birth in 1859, Johnson impeachment move in 1867, Spanish American War end in 1898, Joseph Kennedy Jr. death in 1944, hydrogen bomb test in 1953, Echo 1 balloon satellite in 1960, cosmonaut launches in 1962, Pope Paul VI burial in 1978, and IBM PC model 5150 debut in 1981.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Katharine Lee Bates
Falmouth
Mass
Andrew Johnson
Congress
Edwin M. Stanton
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
Joseph and
Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Navy
England
Soviet Union
United States
Cape Canaveral
Andrian Nikolayev
Pavel Popovich
Goose Creek Budget Sparks Teacher Pay Rise and Band Uniform Gap
A historical recap notes that in 1938 Goose Creek trustees approved a 504000 budget with an 11000 raise for teachers but offered no uniforms for Lee High School band. Later entries cover wartime shop signs, Baytown Lee College budgets, and a 2005 alcohol rule change amid city events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek Board of Trustees
Lee High School
Tri- Cities
Baytown and Lee College
Lee College
Baytown
Bayland Park
Long Neck
Bible Verse Promise of Life Through Spirit
A verse states that the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead lives in believers and will give life to their mortal bodies through that same Spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Christ
Josie
Sam
Mom
Dad
Brian Jensen
Community Center Calendar Teems With Classes And Clubs
Baytown and Crosby offer rhythm walking aerobics painting TOPS and chorus plus senior and teen activities across multiple centers. Open groups include Baytown Chamber events at Amegy Bank, a Bipolar support group at Texas Child and Family Institute, and many ongoing sessions from line dancing to guitar lessons and GED prep across local facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby Community Center
Melissa
Crosby Ladies and Lords Chorus
Baytown
Market Street
Bay Area
B.A.N.G
J.D. Walker
Wade Road
Goose Creek
ExxonMobil Baytown Toastmasters Club
ExxonMobil
Ralph Matthews
Hare Rd
Marguerite
St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander Drive
Baytown Alzheimer's
Remington Park
Hare Road
Frank Butcher
Frank
Riley Chambers Community Center
Barrett Station
Highlands Community Center
Highland Woods Drive
Market St
Sterling Municipal Library
Baytown Kiwanis
Angelique
Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars
A Scholastic novel follows the Baker Street Regulars led by Ozzie and Wiggins as they aid Sherlock Holmes in a Victorian London mystery involving Elsa Hoff, her guardian aunt Greta, a medium named Konstantine and troubling séances. The tale blends ghostly themes with Holmesian deduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack, Tracy
Michael Citrin
New York
Scholastic
Sherlock Holmes
Aew
Baker Street
John Watson
Holmes
London
Ozzie and Wiggins
Elsa Hoff
Elsa
Greta
Konstantine
Wiggins
Ozzie and
Scotland Yard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paul VI
St. Peter's Basilica
IBM
SUN History
TOPS
Market
Decker Dr
Wetlands Center
Grace’s Kitchen
Grace United
Methodist Church
N. Pruett
VFW
N. Main
Calvary Temple
Breda
Community Duplicate Bridge Club
Chambers County
Anahuac
Eer
Navarre Neral Homi
Rollingbrook
Navarrefuneralhome.com
Eagle Insider
Pari Soaring Eagle Band
Bulletin Board
Sherlock Holmes and the
The
Times
Watson
Citrin
Loewen
Nancy
Brian Jenson
Minneapolis
Picture Window Books
Joan
Martin
Barbers Hill Independent School District
Www
Bhisd.net
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